Face2Face with David Peck
803 episodes - English - Latest episode: 4 months ago -Face2Face is hosted by change maker David Peck and is rooted in casual conversation and intelligent inspiration. David interviews film makers, actors, writers and artists of various kinds and he does it in a fun, thoughtful and entertaining way. Check out this weekly podcast where David honors and celebrates people who believe in the power of little things, the splash and ripple effect and who are rolling up their sleeves to make the world a better place.
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Sharkwater Extinction - Brock Cahill
October 17, 2018 11:39 - 38 minutes - 53 MBBrock Cahill Z and Face2Face host David Peck talk about Sharkwater Extinction, Rob Stewarts news film, enemies of sharks and activism, drift net fishing, policy changes and why sometime sit’s easier to like animals more than people. Trailer Synopsis Sharkwater Extinction is a follow-up to the critically acclaimed Sharkwater, Stewart’s first film, which brought the devastating issue of shark finning to the world stage. Sharkwater Extinction is a thrilling and inspiring action-packed journe...
Episode 398 - Jeff Knoll
October 15, 2018 03:12 - 45 minutes - 62 MBJeff Knoll and Face2Face host David Peck talk about listening, hopeful idealism and change, affordable housing, libraries, community service, Taylor Swift, 1930’s movies theatres and why municipal politics matters. Meet Jeff Knoll I have had the honour of serving as Oakville’s Ward 5 Regional and Town Councillor since being first elected in 2000 and re-elected in subsequent elections in 2002, 2006, 2010 and 2014. A local entrepreneur and employer, I am also the founder and Chief Exec...
Jeff Knoll
October 15, 2018 03:12 - 45 minutes - 62 MBJeff Knoll and Face2Face host David Peck talk about listening, hopeful idealism and change, affordable housing, libraries, community service, Taylor Swift, 1930’s movies theatres and why municipal politics matters. Meet Jeff Knoll I have had the honour of serving as Oakville’s Ward 5 Regional and Town Councillor since being first elected in 2000 and re-elected in subsequent elections in 2002, 2006, 2010 and 2014. A local entrepreneur and employer, I am also the founder and Chief Executive ...
Episode 397 - Baldvin Z
October 13, 2018 18:06 - 29 minutes - 20.1 MBBaldvin Z and Face2Face host David Peck talk about his new beautiful and challenging new film Let me Fall, drug addiction, responsibility, life changing moments, choice and why everything we do has a consequence that can affect others. Trailer Synopsis Drawing on true stories and interviews with the families of addicts, this harrowing portrait of addiction follows Stella and Magnea through the decades as precarious teenage years morph into perilous adulthoods. Told over sever...
Let me Fall - Baldvin Z
October 13, 2018 18:06 - 29 minutes - 20.1 MBBaldvin Z and Face2Face host David Peck talk about his new beautiful and challenging new film Let me Fall, drug addiction, responsibility, life changing moments, choice and why everything we do has a consequence that can affect others. Trailer Synopsis Drawing on true stories and interviews with the families of addicts, this harrowing portrait of addiction follows Stella and Magnea through the decades as precarious teenage years morph into perilous adulthoods. Told over several decades, ...
Episode 396 - Ben Gilmour & Sam Smith
October 03, 2018 12:30 - 39 minutes - 27.1 MBBenjamin Gilmour, Sam Smith, and David Peck talk about the Toronto International Film Festival premiere of Jirga and how one soldier's journey takes him back to Afghanistan to right a wrong. Mike (Smith), an Australian ex-soldier, returns to Afghanistan in search of a civilian family that he knows he wronged three years earlier. His journey from the bustling streets of Kabul to the small village where he hopes to find the family is filled with delays, detours, danger, and, some unexpected r...
Jirga - Ben Gilmour & Sam Smith
October 03, 2018 12:30 - 39 minutes - 27.1 MBBenjamin Gilmour, Sam Smith, and David Peck talk about the Toronto International Film Festival premiere of Jirga and how one soldier's journey takes him back to Afghanistan to right a wrong. Mike (Smith), an Australian ex-soldier, returns to Afghanistan in search of a civilian family that he knows he wronged three years earlier. His journey from the bustling streets of Kabul to the small village where he hopes to find the family is filled with delays, detours, danger, and, some unexpected r...
Episode 395 - Michael Klein
October 03, 2018 09:42 - 40 minutes - 27.9 MBDr. Michael Klein and David Peck talk about his new book Dissident Doctor and how Medicare and family medicine deserves more respect and support. Biography The son of left-wing American activists, Dr. Klein refused to serve as a military physician during the Vietnam War and fled to Canada with his wife Bonnie in 1967. Dr. Klein later became a family practitioner, pediatrician, and researcher at McGill and the University of British Columbia. His work and research focus on the consideration ...
Dissident Doctor - Michael Klein
October 03, 2018 09:42 - 40 minutes - 27.9 MBDr. Michael Klein and David Peck talk about his new book Dissident Doctor and how Medicare and family medicine deserves more respect and support. Biography The son of left-wing American activists, Dr. Klein refused to serve as a military physician during the Vietnam War and fled to Canada with his wife Bonnie in 1967. Dr. Klein later became a family practitioner, pediatrician, and researcher at McGill and the University of British Columbia. His work and research focus on the consideration ...
Episode 394 - Ghost Fleet
September 21, 2018 05:19 - 33 minutes - 45.4 MBSee acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Ghost Fleet
September 21, 2018 05:19 - 33 minutes - 45.4 MBHosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 393 - Joel Solomon
September 19, 2018 13:15 - 43 minutes - 30.1 MBHosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mark Deeble & Victoria Stone
September 14, 2018 00:16 - 25 minutes - 17.4 MBHosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episode 392 Mark Deeble & Victoria Stone
September 14, 2018 00:16 - 25 minutes - 17.4 MBSee acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Astra Taylor
September 13, 2018 02:21 - 43 minutes - 29.8 MBHosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
What is Democracy
September 13, 2018 02:21 - 43 minutes - 29.8 MBAstra Taylor and Face2Face host David Peck talk about her new film What Is Democracy, the house with the white picket fence, what its like the day after the protest, public love and activism and why we should all put on a ridiculous dress from time to time. Trailer Synopsis Coming at a moment of profound political and social crisis Astra’s new film What Is Democracy reflects on a word we too often take for granted. What does it mean for the people to rule—and is that something we even wa...
Emu Runner - Imogen Thomas
September 07, 2018 09:00 - 40 minutes - 27.7 MBImogen Thomas and David Peck talk about her new film Emu Runner, social realism, loss and grief, challenging stereotypes, intergenerational trauma, taking more time for others and indigenous rights and cultures in Australia. Trailer Emu Runner is a story about a nine-year-old Indigenous girl, Gem Daniels, who lives in a remote Australian town. As she copes with her mother’s unexpected death, Gem finds solace in the company of a wild emu, unwittingly connecting with her mother’s traditiona...
Imogen Thomas
September 07, 2018 09:00 - 40 minutes - 27.7 MBImogen Thomas and David Peck talk about her new film Emu Runner, social realism, loss and grief, challenging stereotypes, intergenerational trauma, taking more time for others and indigenous rights and cultures in Australia. Trailer Emu Runner is a story about a nine-year-old Indigenous girl, Gem Daniels, who lives in a remote Australian town. As she copes with her mother’s unexpected death, Gem finds solace in the company of a wild emu, unwittingly connecting with her mother’s traditiona...
Manto - Nandita Das
September 05, 2018 19:49 - 38 minutes - 26.5 MBNandita Das and David Peck talk about her new film Manto, dignity and context, subversive push back, normalized equality, deep convictions, having a social conscience and activism and why you need to be yourself, because everyone else is already taken. Trailer Synopsis Manto begins in an optimistic India waiting to be free from British colonial rule. No one has any idea of the upheaval the Partition of India and Pakistan will soon bring. Riots between Hindu and Muslim pit neighbour agains...
Nandita Das
September 05, 2018 19:49 - 38 minutes - 26.5 MBNandita Das and David Peck talk about her new film Manto, dignity and context, subversive push back, normalized equality, deep convictions, having a social conscience and activism and why you need to be yourself, because everyone else is already taken. Trailer Synopsis Manto begins in an optimistic India waiting to be free from British colonial rule. No one has any idea of the upheaval the Partition of India and Pakistan will soon bring. Riots between Hindu and Muslim pit neighb...
The Dwindling - Janet Dunnett
August 29, 2018 09:00 - 37 minutes - 26 MBThere are two certainties in life right? And one of those things is taxes. At least that’s the cliché we are so often reminded of in casual conversation. Death, assisted care and ending life well are not things we often talk about. Janet Dunnett wants to change that. The stats suggest that one in four Canadians will be living in assisted care in the not so distant future. Sobering though really isn’t it? Janet Dunnett and Face2Face host David Peck talk about her new book The Dwindling, A D...
Janet Dunnett
August 29, 2018 09:00 - 37 minutes - 26 MBThere are two certainties in life right? And one of those things is taxes. At least that’s the cliché we are so often reminded of in casual conversation. Death, assisted care and ending life well are not things we often talk about. Janet Dunnett wants to change that. The stats suggest that one in four Canadians will be living in assisted care in the not so distant future. Sobering though really isn’t it? Janet Dunnett and Face2Face host David Peck talk about her new book The Dwindling, A...
Molly Murphy
August 21, 2018 22:05 - 38 minutes - 26.1 MBMolly Murphy and David Peck talk about The Mudgirls Building Initiative, patriarchy, capitalism, applied activism, patience and problem solving and why its important not to leave anyone behind. Biography The Mudgirls are a network of women builders on the west coast of BC, Canada. They specialize in using local, natural and recycled materials and can be hired to build with you or for you and to create whatever your heart desires. They are experienced in building everything from cob c...
The Mudgirls - Molly Murphy
August 21, 2018 22:05 - 38 minutes - 26.1 MBMolly Murphy and David Peck talk about The Mudgirls Building Initiative, patriarchy, capitalism, applied activism, patience and problem solving and why its important not to leave anyone behind. Biography The Mudgirls are a network of women builders on the west coast of BC, Canada. They specialize in using local, natural and recycled materials and can be hired to build with you or for you and to create whatever your heart desires. They are experienced in building everything from cob cabins,...
Gail Harvey & Marina Cordoni
August 15, 2018 09:00 - 44 minutes - 30.3 MBFilming in difficult conditions led producer Marina Cordoni to comment that she faced, …one of the most important days of her life. This was on the set of the new film Never Saw It Coming. This is a feminist drama starring her and director Gail Harvey. Keisha Ceylon is a psychic. At least, that’s what she passes herself off as. She watches the news for stories of missing family members and by the way, she charges for this service, and likes to see the money up front. Keisha’s latest mark is...
Gail Harvey and Marina Cordoni Discuss Films
August 15, 2018 09:00 - 44 minutes - 30.3 MBFilming in difficult conditions led producer Marina Cordoni to comment that she faced, …one of the most important days of her life. This was on the set of the new film Never Saw It Coming. This is a feminist drama starring her and director Gail Harvey. Keisha Ceylon is a psychic. At least, that’s what she passes herself off as. She watches the news for stories of missing family members and by the way, she charges for this service, and likes to see the money up front. Keisha’s latest mark is...
Indian Act, Potlatches & Identity
August 01, 2018 13:58 - 44 minutes - 30.5 MBThe current Indian act was first passed in 1876 -- it's been amended but the original act is still in force. In 2002, there were twenty major amendments made but the fact remains that it's based on an old act that was written when settlers' relationships with Indigenous people was different than it is today. The Indian Act is a dense document and there are many things wrong with it. Today's Face2Face guest, Bob Joseph, doesn't tackle the entire Indian Act, but he does have plenty of meaning...
Dev Aujla, author of "50 Ways to Get a Job"
July 25, 2018 07:00 - 37 minutes - 25.9 MBDev Aujla and David Peck talk about 50 Ways to Get A Job, finding meaning in the simple things, giving back, the road less travelled and why relationships are key to pretty much everything. Dev Aujla is the CEO of Catalog, an insight and recruiting firm that has provided talent and strategy to some of the world’s most innovative companies including BMW, GOOD Magazine, Change.org, and Planned Parenthood. His writing and work have been featured in dozens of media outlets including the New Yo...
50 Ways to Get a Job - Dev Aujla
July 25, 2018 07:00 - 37 minutes - 25.9 MBDev Aujla and David Peck talk about 50 Ways to Get A Job, finding meaning in the simple things, giving back, the road less travelled and why relationships are key to pretty much everything. Dev Aujla is the CEO of Catalog, an insight and recruiting firm that has provided talent and strategy to some of the world’s most innovative companies including BMW, GOOD Magazine, Change.org, and Planned Parenthood. His writing and work have been featured in dozens of media outlets including the New Yo...
Adriane Franklin talks about the program "Days for Girls"
July 20, 2018 07:00 - 38 minutes - 26.5 MBAdriane Franklin and David Peck talk about feminine hygiene, poverty and social justice, simple solutions, her desire for a more equitable playing field and why the little things matter. Adriane Franklin is the volunteer creator and team leader of the Mississauga Days for Girls team. She started the team in March 2016 after hearing about it the Christmas before and thinking about what a perfect fit it would be for her. Adriane has extensive experience, particularly in working wit...
Days for Girls - Adriane Franklin
July 20, 2018 07:00 - 38 minutes - 26.5 MBAdriane Franklin and David Peck talk about feminine hygiene, poverty and social justice, simple solutions, her desire for a more equitable playing field and why the little things matter. Adriane Franklin is the volunteer creator and team leader of the Mississauga Days for Girls team. She started the team in March 2016 after hearing about it the Christmas before and thinking about what a perfect fit it would be for her. Adriane has extensive experience, particularly in working wit...
Resurrecting Religion - Greg Paul
July 18, 2018 15:48 - 46 minutes - 32.2 MBGreg Paul and David Peck talk about his weapons of love, bad, crazy, vicious religion, belief, and the politics of fear, vulnerability, oppression, exclusion and the enormous problem of faith. Greg Paul is a pastor and member, as well as the founder, of the Sanctuary community in Toronto. Sanctuary, a community in which people who are wealthy and people who are poor live, work and share their experiences and resources on a daily basis, makes a priority of welcoming and caring for some of t...
Greg Paul talks about "Resurrecting Religion"
July 18, 2018 15:48 - 46 minutes - 32.2 MBGreg Paul and David Peck talk about his weapons of love, bad, crazy, vicious religion, belief, and the politics of fear, vulnerability, oppression, exclusion and the enormous problem of faith. Greg Paul is a pastor and member, as well as the founder, of the Sanctuary community in Toronto. Sanctuary, a community in which people who are wealthy and people who are poor live, work and share their experiences and resources on a daily basis, makes a priority of welcoming and caring for some of t...
Altogether Healthy - Andrew MacLeod
July 04, 2018 07:00 - 41 minutes - 28.3 MBAndrew MacLeod and David Peck talk about mental health, choices and social context, addiction, brokenness, trauma, thinking collectively and a health in all policies approach to wellness. Synopsis Never before have individuals faced so much conflicting information about how to be healthy: a constant rotation of fad diets, extreme workout regimens and celebrity-endorsed supplements are regularly hyped as the latest cure for all modern ills. We also maintain a massive health care system that...
Andrew MacLeod talks about "All Together Healthy"
July 04, 2018 07:00 - 41 minutes - 28.3 MBAndrew MacLeod and David Peck talk about mental health, choices and social context, addiction, brokenness, trauma, thinking collectively and a health in all policies approach to wellness. Synopsis Never before have individuals faced so much conflicting information about how to be healthy: a constant rotation of fad diets, extreme workout regimens and celebrity-endorsed supplements are regularly hyped as the latest cure for all modern ills. We also maintain a massive health care system th...
Ajay Parasram
June 27, 2018 07:00 - 37 minutes - 25.5 MBAjay Parasram and I talked about redemption songs and protest music, solidarity as a verb, inspiration, cosmopolitanism, Bob Marley and why some of the best activists are in the hard sciences. Biography Ajay Parasram is a transnational, multi-generational by-product of British empire living and working in K’jipuktuk, unceded Mi’kma’qi. He is Assistant Professor in the departments of International Development Studies and History at Dalhousie University, where he researches and teaches o...
AJay Parasram
June 27, 2018 07:00 - 37 minutes - 25.5 MBAjay Parasram and I talked about redemption songs and protest music, solidarity as a verb, inspiration, cosmopolitanism, Bob Marley and why some of the best activists are in the hard sciences. Biography Ajay Parasram is a transnational, multi-generational by-product of British empire living and working in K’jipuktuk, unceded Mi’kma’qi. He is Assistant Professor in the departments of International Development Studies and History at Dalhousie University, where he researches and teaches o...
Cameron Mullenneaux talks about her film Exit Music
June 20, 2018 07:00 - 37 minutes - 25.7 MBCameron Mullenneaux and David Peck talk about her brave and brilliant new film Exit Music, regrets and imagination, living and dying well, short-term goals and being guided by love. Synopsis Exit Music is a documentary film that travels the intimate and complex path of terminal illness. Ethan Rice was born with cystic fibrosis, an incurable genetic illness that eventually leads to respiratory failure. At their home in a small upstate New York community, Ethan and his family live in const...
Exit Music - Cameron Mullenneaux
June 20, 2018 07:00 - 37 minutes - 25.7 MBCameron Mullenneaux and David Peck talk about her brave and brilliant new film Exit Music, regrets and imagination, living and dying well, short-term goals and being guided by love. Synopsis Exit Music is a documentary film that travels the intimate and complex path of terminal illness. Ethan Rice was born with cystic fibrosis, an incurable genetic illness that eventually leads to respiratory failure. At their home in a small upstate New York community, Ethan and his family live in const...
Margarita Cadenas on her film "Women of the Venezuelan Chaos"
June 13, 2018 07:00 - 39 minutes - 27.1 MBMargarita Cadenas and David Peck talk about her new film Women of the Venezuelan Chaos, truth and justice, human rights abuses, food shortages and why we must speak truth to power. Synopsis Five Venezuelan women, from different backgrounds and generations, draw a portrait of their collapsing country that faces a significant social, economic, power, and political crisis in its 200-year history. Their lives and testimonies speak of the urgency in which the locals are plunged into. Each ...
Women of the Venezuelan Chaos - Margarita Cadenas
June 13, 2018 07:00 - 39 minutes - 27.1 MBMargarita Cadenas and David Peck talk about her new film Women of the Venezuelan Chaos, truth and justice, human rights abuses, food shortages and why we must speak truth to power. Synopsis Five Venezuelan women, from different backgrounds and generations, draw a portrait of their collapsing country that faces a significant social, economic, power, and political crisis in its 200-year history. Their lives and testimonies speak of the urgency in which the locals are plunged into. Each of ...
Metamorphosis - Velcrow Ripper and Nova Ami
June 11, 2018 06:30 - 35 minutes - 24.2 MBVelcrow Ripper, Nova Ami and David Peck talk about the myth of Proteus, cynicism, grieving loss, submersive art, futurelessness and what wise and radical hope really looks like. Synopsis A poem for the planet, Nova Ami and Velcow Ripper’s film Metamorphosis takes the pulse of our Earth and bears witness to a moment of profound change: the loss of one world, and the birth of another. Metamorphosis captures the true scale of the global environmental crisis. Forest fires consume commu...
Velcrow Ripper and Nova Ami talk about the film Metamorphosis
June 11, 2018 06:30 - 35 minutes - 24.2 MBVelcrow Ripper, Nova Ami and David Peck talk about the myth of Proteus, cynicism, grieving loss, submersive art, futurelessness and what wise and radical hope really looks like. Synopsis A poem for the planet, Nova Ami and Velcow Ripper’s film Metamorphosis takes the pulse of our Earth and bears witness to a moment of profound change: the loss of one world, and the birth of another. Metamorphosis captures the true scale of the global environmental crisis. Forest fires consume commu...
The Oslo Diaries - Mor Loushy and Daniel Sivan
June 06, 2018 07:00 - 25 minutes - 17.5 MBMor Loushy, Daniel Sivan and David Peck talk about The Oslo Diaries, secret meetings, common languages, enemies as friends, land disputes and what we’re leaving behind for our children. Synopsis In 1992, with Israeli-Palestinian relations at an all-time low and any communication punishable with jail time, a small group of Israelis and Palestinians gathered in Oslo – secretly and against the law. Although the meetings that came to be known as The Oslo Accords changed the Middle East forev...
Mor Loushy and Daniel Sivan - "The Oslo Diaries"
June 06, 2018 07:00 - 25 minutes - 17.5 MBMor Loushy, Daniel Sivan and David Peck talk about The Oslo Diaries, secret meetings, common languages, enemies as friends, land disputes and what we’re leaving behind for our children. Synopsis In 1992, with Israeli-Palestinian relations at an all-time low and any communication punishable with jail time, a small group of Israelis and Palestinians gathered in Oslo – secretly and against the law. Although the meetings that came to be known as The Oslo Accords changed the Middle East forev...
Matthew Shoycet and Ricki Gurwitz - "The Accountant of Auschwitz"
May 30, 2018 07:00 - 37 minutes - 25.4 MBMatthew Shoycet, Ricki Gurwitz and David Peck talk about their new film The Accountant of Auschwitz, guilt, complicity, brainwashing and where one draws moral versus legal lines. Synopsis In the sleepy town of Luneberg, Germany, most days are quiet and uneventful. But one morning in September 2014, a 93 year-old man was charged with accessory to murder...of 300,000 people. Seventy years earlier, Oskar Gröning was an accountant at Auschwitz, the infamous concentration camp where mor...
The Accountant of Auschwitz - Matthew Shoycet and Ricki Gurwitz
May 30, 2018 07:00 - 37 minutes - 25.4 MBMatthew Shoycet, Ricki Gurwitz and David Peck talk about their new film The Accountant of Auschwitz, guilt, complicity, brainwashing and where one draws moral versus legal lines. Synopsis In the sleepy town of Luneberg, Germany, most days are quiet and uneventful. But one morning in September 2014, a 93 year-old man was charged with accessory to murder...of 300,000 people. Seventy years earlier, Oskar Gröning was an accountant at Auschwitz, the infamous concentration camp where mor...
Daniel Zuckerbrot and Julie Eng - "The Science of Magic"
May 23, 2018 07:00 - 42 minutes - 29.5 MBJulie Eng, Daniel Zuckerbot and David Peck talk about their new film The Science of Magic, change blindness, assumptions, subverting reality, free will, doubt and the problems of perception. Synopsis Magic has become the latest investigative tool for scientists exploring human cognition, neurobiology, and behaviour. Across Canada, the US and Europe, our film follows researchers who are bringing magicians’ tricks into the laboratory. With impossible magic, amazing facts, and opportunitie...
The Science of Magic - Daniel Zuckerbrot and Julie Eng
May 23, 2018 07:00 - 42 minutes - 29.5 MBJulie Eng, Daniel Zuckerbot and David Peck talk about their new film The Science of Magic, change blindness, assumptions, subverting reality, free will, doubt and the problems of perception. Synopsis Magic has become the latest investigative tool for scientists exploring human cognition, neurobiology, and behaviour. Across Canada, the US and Europe, our film follows researchers who are bringing magicians’ tricks into the laboratory. With impossible magic, amazing facts, and opportunitie...
Brian McLaren - The Great Spiritual Migration
May 16, 2018 07:00 - 47 minutes - 32.7 MBBrian McLaren and David Peck talk about his new book The Great Spiritual Migration, framing stories, confirmation bias, difference as assets, patriarchy as a weapon, a system of beliefs versus a way of life and the way of love. Biography Brian D. McLaren is an author, speaker, activist, and public theologian. A former college English teacher and pastor, he is a passionate advocate for a new kind of Christianity – just, generous, and working with people of all faiths for the common good. He...