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Episode 72: Mike “The Captain” Duhamel

March 22, 2016 04:01 - 1 hour - 51.5 MB

Well folks, fasten your seat belt for this episode. “The Captain” has taken the wheel and we are all going for a wild ride. Mike “The Captain” Duhamel is a BIG character overflowing with tales and misadventure. His story telling...

Episode 71: Jamie Warren

March 15, 2016 04:01 - 1 hour - 48.6 MB

We had a lot of fun in this episode speaking with (multiple) Juno nominated country recording-artist Jamie Warren, about the music industry as a whole, and the intricacies of a song. We learn of his initial interest in becoming an...

Episode 70: Don McDougall

March 08, 2016 05:01 - 1 hour - 41.1 MB

A born drummer, Donnie knew he wanted to be a musician while watching Buddy Rich on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson at the tender age five. We chat about his career playing in bands, doing session work, teaching and...

Episode 69: Tom Cummings

March 01, 2016 05:01 - 1 hour - 37.3 MB

Missouri born drummer / percussionist, Tom Cummings has spent his life following his passion of playing in Big Band/Jazz Bands based out of Houston, Texas while traveling around the world. A big storyteller, we find out his path to becoming...

Episode 68: Derek Wildfong

February 23, 2016 05:01 - 1 hour - 35.4 MB

Derek grew up under extremely difficult circumstances. His lost his father when he was child and was raised by a mother that was forced to go on welfare. He faced the cruelty of being bullied, and suffered sexual abuse at...

Episode 67: Dan Burjoski

February 16, 2016 07:00 - 1 second - 40.9 MB

Storyteller, public speaker, financial planner, Dan Burjoski walks us thru his life. We learn how he balances his creative side with his more conservative side. From musician, wedding DJ and actor, to public speaking, and his interest in politics. The...

Episode 66: Marion Grousopoulos

February 09, 2016 07:01 - 1 hour - 36.9 MB

Marion is a grounded; take it as it comes kinda person. She explains her parents reasoning for sending her away to private school, and the idea of rewriting yourself. We discuss her love of being a Mom, volunteering for a...

Episode 65: Steve Lehmann

February 02, 2016 05:01 - 1 hour - 35.7 MB

Small town family man, Steve Lehmann, discusses his inner nerd when it comes to favorite topics like science, theoretical physics and computers. We key in on his passion for music and his different musical outlets such as his business; a...

Episode 64: Ian Tanner

January 26, 2016 15:01 - 1 hour - 45.1 MB

Raised by a single mother after his father’s passing, we discover Ian is a life long musician following his passion via Rock, Christian and Country bands. Early on we find Ian joining a Christian Rock band, being signed to a...

Episode 63: Kim Wardell – Part 2

January 19, 2016 06:01 - 1 hour - 42 MB

In this episode we continue on with Kim’s incredible tale of endurance and durability. Her addictive personality has her obsessed with skydiving, parking a trailer in the drop-zone. Her live-in-the-moment style has her leave everything behind and travel to Europe...

Episode 62: Kim Wardell – Part 1

January 12, 2016 05:01 - 1 hour - 32.9 MB

You’re going to have to buckle up real tight for this two-part episode folks. Kim’s journey is extensive, filled with unfathomable challenges and struggle, abuse, addiction, constant movement and eventual blessings in her fairly newfound Christian outlook. Without her outgoing,...

Episode 61: Stephanie Soulis

January 05, 2016 05:01 - 1 hour - 37.7 MB

Self proclaimed “keener”, Stephanie walks us through her self-driven life. We uncover the steps towards becoming a teacher, only to move on into the restaurant business, and eventually towards the creation of her own successful catering company and the work...

Episode 60: New Years Special 2015

December 29, 2015 05:01 - 1 hour - 28.7 MB

Welcome to our annual special variety show to cap off a stellar year. Every year we splice together sections from many episodes over the last year, detailing the challenges, accomplishments and wild stories from many of our guests. What an...

Episode 59: Xmas Special

December 22, 2015 05:00 - 51 minutes - 23.7 MB

It’s that time of the year once again folks! Grab an Eggnog and come with us as we chat and celebrate never before heard Christmas moments from many of our past podcast guests. The Mouthpiece and The Drum Muffin would...

Episode 58: Bob Shindle

December 15, 2015 06:00 - 1 hour - 44.1 MB

This episode is chocked full! We chat with one of Canada’s best soundmen, Mr. Bob Shindle, and discuss how he basically fell into the role. Bob shares with us his approach to being a sound technician and how he sees...

Episode 57: Leo Valvassori

December 08, 2015 06:00 - 1 hour - 37.5 MB

Leo’s story is that of a creative individual; playing bass in bands, touring live, studio work, and the occasional producing job. We hear about gigging with local legend, and universally recognized bluesman, Mel Brown, touring with “The Hawk”, Ronnie Hawkins,...

Episode 56: Scott Corman

December 01, 2015 05:01 - 1 hour - 46.4 MB

Life chaser, knowledge hunter, Scott Corman tells us about growing up in a tight knit family where his love of community first began. We discuss combining his business and creative instincts by starting a vintage guitar business, playing in a...

Episode 55: Robi Banerji

November 24, 2015 05:30 - 1 hour - 38.4 MB

When it comes to studio work, Robi has done it all and worked with a who’s who in the music industry. Whether he is first engineer, assistant engineer, or producing, we get into the nitty-gritty of gear, recording technics, and...

Episode 54: Sean Croley

November 17, 2015 05:01 - 1 hour - 49.3 MB

Sean is a faith driven individual still working on his inability to truly connect the way he’d like, with those closest to him. We wonder aloud if being adopted may have had an affect on him in this way. Working...

Episode 53: Jeff Pitts

November 10, 2015 05:01 - 1 hour - 47.5 MB

This is an episode we have chosen to re-release. We decided to pull it down last year after we originally put it out because of a controversy surrounding this particular guest. He was involved in a car accident that caused...

Episode 52: One Year Anniversary Episode

November 03, 2015 05:01 - 1 hour - 40.2 MB

Has it been one year already?! Welcome to Episode 52! The Mouthpiece and The Drum Muffin return to discuss the challenges and rewards of the last year of the Movin’ Air Podcast. Find out about scrapped episodes, heart-warming tales and...

Episode 51: Konrad Sauer

October 27, 2015 04:01 - 1 hour - 45.2 MB

Today we chat with hard-working perfectionist, introvert, Konrad Sauer about what makes up the fabric of his creative, just-give-it-a-try, life. There are no excuses for this guy. We examine topics as diverse as growing up in a Mennonite community, who...

Episode 50: Mark Willms

October 20, 2015 04:01 - 1 hour - 36.7 MB

What path does your career take when your earliest childhood memory is of a piano being moved? A piano player of course! In this episode we talk with world traveller Mark Willms, about being on the road with bands and...

Episode 49: Ralf Wall

October 13, 2015 04:01 - 1 hour - 35 MB

They call him “Raflar The Wanderer” and we discover why in this week’s episode. This gentle giant chats with us about growing up in the bar scene, bouncing, DJing, and the cautious tale of where his tattoo came from. Ralf...

Episode 48: Steve Hogg

October 06, 2015 04:01 - 1 hour - 44.1 MB

This professional musician has lived a full life, no doubt about it. Married and signed to a major label at 19 years old, Steve has spent the better part of his career playing in bands and touring the world. His...

Episode 47: John Bailey

September 29, 2015 04:01 - 1 hour - 42.1 MB

The son of hippy counterculture parents, John tells us all about his musical education; from playing violin, to doing live sound, to finally settling into his career as a Juno award winning engineer, working with likes of Tom Cochrane, Triumph...

Episode 46: Andrew Rourke

September 22, 2015 04:01 - 1 hour - 42.1 MB

Growing up in a small town in Ontario, Canada, restless, this adventure seeker was always looking to break out and explore the world around him. Andrew’s early life had him touring Canada with rock band, the Rheostatics, and getting married...

Episode 45: Mark Auld – Part 2

September 15, 2015 04:01 - 1 hour - 33 MB

Welcome to Part 2 of Mark Auld’s race thru life. We pick up in this episode discussing his first marriage, a further tumultuous relationship, and his continued spiral into drugs and alcohol, depression, and his attempt at suicide. More years...

Episode 44: Mark Auld – Part 1

September 08, 2015 04:01 - 55 minutes - 25.5 MB

We’ve got another two-parter for you, my AirHead Hardcore. Every once in a while a life-story is so jammed packed with information and adventure, we need to split it up, and Mark’s is most certainly one of those. Mark takes...

Episode 43: Jim Penner

September 01, 2015 04:01 - 1 hour - 37.5 MB

Growing up in a large Mennonite family, Jim, a solitaire man, graciously opens the door to his life, allowing us to bare witness to his battle with depression and his “experimental” attempt at suicide. His life’s exploration takes us on...

Episode 42: Vacation Episode

August 25, 2015 04:01 - 41 minutes - 19.2 MB

Featuring all new material, we whisk you to distant shores on this week’s episode with clips from all of our guests over the last year talking about their favorite vacations and/or what they love about summer, especially here in Canada....

Episode 41: Ian Graham

August 17, 2015 04:01 - 1 hour - 36 MB

RUSH super fan, Ian Graham, focuses us in on his passion for all things music; from his band “Eye Rhyme” (They are big in Mexico FYI!) to his “Small Dog” recording studio, we never drift too far. We also explore...

Episode 40: Sylvia Pond

August 11, 2015 04:01 - 1 hour - 48 MB

  In this episode we hear of Sylvia’s family running from Poland at a time of fear and transition, to a German refugee camp, eventually on to Canada, and how these circumstances have formed this take charge lady. This creative...

Episode 39: Heather Caton

August 04, 2015 04:01 - 1 hour - 53.4 MB

A lover of music, art and animals, Heather Caton is a relaxed, hard working mother of one young son. We chat about taking on the responsibility of home ownership at an early age, dog sledding, being a Home Schooling Mom,...

Episode 38: Lindsay Stewart

July 28, 2015 04:01 - 1 hour - 37.4 MB

Raised a roaming military brat, we discuss Lindsay’s abusive childhood and how it may have led to a now controlled drug addiction, and on-going mental health issues. Now a videographer working with the 12 Angry Filmmakers group, we delve into...

Episode 37: KJ Bedford

July 21, 2015 04:01 - 1 hour - 47.5 MB

Katrina-Jennifer, or KJ to most, is a grounded, extremely creative, goal oriented individual open to new ideas and experiences. We find out how moving around frequently as an adolescent, and being raised by her father, while her mother was away...

Episode 36: The Canoe Trip Episode

July 14, 2015 04:01 - 1 hour - 44.6 MB

We have a different one for you this week folks! Today’s episode is based around Pat’s true love of interior camping, Algonquin Provincial Park in particular. We chat about gear, food, preparation, yet combine it with personal talks with close...

Episode 35: Heather Kocsis

July 07, 2015 04:01 - 1 hour - 37.4 MB

In this episode, Pat speaks with his latest favorite artist, Heather Kocsis. Growing up a romantic idealist, yet somewhat sad and introverted child of divorced parents, we discover Heather’s origins as a future world-class artist and meditative soul-searcher. We chat...

Episode 34: Susan Parr

June 30, 2015 04:01 - 2 hours - 55.1 MB

Currently facing cancer, Susan talks to us about beating it, while keeping a smile firmly planted on her face. But there is so much more to this inspirational woman! We also talk about her being adopted at an early age,...

Episode 33: Tony Reinhart

June 23, 2015 04:01 - 1 hour - 44.4 MB

Born into a creative family of six siblings, Tony is the youngest. Our chat explores Tony’s search for fulfillment, from career choices to relationships. We discuss his rise in Canadian journalism starting with a couple of local newspapers, and to...

Episode 32: Lisa Malleck

June 16, 2015 04:01 - 1 hour - 40.5 MB

Self proclaimed “pleaser”, mother and accomplished photographer, Lisa Malleck, still feels like she is searching for that one career in life where her passion for it can not be denied. We talk of the difficult circumstances behind her mother’s alcoholism,...

Episode 31: Andrew Coppolino

June 09, 2015 04:01 - 1 hour - 38.8 MB

Andrew has always had a passion for cuisine, and being raised Italian and French, he couldn’t have asked for better cultures to come from. He grew up with a love of literature and art, and ended up combining his interest...

Episode 30: Colin Hunter

June 02, 2015 04:01 - 1 hour - 42.2 MB

Once awarded, “Best Sports Writer in Canada”, metal-music loving, pro-wrestling aficionado, Colin Hunter is one hell-of-a interesting guy! We learn of his English teaching stint in Japan, trading mix-tapes and zines, and how he landed a prime writing gig at...

Episode 29: John Bergen

May 26, 2015 04:01 - 1 hour - 41.1 MB

Local KW entrepreneur, John Bergen, is a smart, opinionated character destined to be his own boss and follow his own rules. After closing down his first ceramic business, John and a partner started up the successful City Café franchise based...

Episode 28: Andrew F Butters

May 19, 2015 04:01 - 1 hour - 48.7 MB

Attention seeker Andrew F. Butters was raised in a typical working-class Canadian family playing hockey and getting good grades. Although successful at his full-time corporate gig, Andrew’s true passion is in bringing out his creative side through blogging, working on...

Episode 27: Terry Barna

May 12, 2015 04:01 - 1 hour - 44.7 MB

Terry is a guy that squeezes every last drop out of life by searching out new experiences and taking advantage of very opportunity that has crossed his path. He has found a way, with the support of the family he...

Episode 26: Frank Imeson

May 05, 2015 04:01 - 1 hour - 52.8 MB

A real individual, Frank shares his thoughts on his lack of social pressure and his live-in-the-now attitude. We discuss his yearning for adventure and education and his need for life experience. Finally we find out how he deals with the...

Episode 25: Lauren Reedy – Part 2

April 28, 2015 04:01 - 1 hour - 36 MB

Lauren has led a fascinating life filled with amazing experiences! It’s so good actually, that we have decided to break her story into 2 episodes. This is Part II. So go back and check out Part I if you haven’t...

Episode 24: Lauren Reedy – Part 1

April 21, 2015 04:01 - 1 hour - 38.5 MB

Lauren has led a fascinating life filled with amazing experiences! It’s so good actually, that we have decided to break her story into 2 episodes. This is Part I. She comes to us via her husband, EP 9  guest, Chris...

Episode 23: Cliff Marshall

April 14, 2015 04:01 - 1 hour - 49.3 MB

Cliff grew up in a small town sheltered mostly from the stress of the outside world and has maintained that outlook throughout his life. Nothing seems to get too complicated for this guy. We also chat about the joy of...