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My Journey Driving an F-150 Ford Lightning

Pierce Pepin Cooperative Services Live Better - April 27, 2023 14:00 - 31 minutes
Join host, Nate Boettcher, as he reflects upon a week of driving a Ford F-150 Lightning which is one of the first full sized all-electric pickups on the market.  Driving an EV, using public charging and learning from some of the challenges was an eye opening experience. Listen in and join us on ...

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Episode 6: Coffee Chat with Dave, Nate and Brooke

Pierce Pepin Cooperative Services Live Better - February 27, 2023 18:00 - 29 minutes
On this week's episode of the Live Better Podcast we discussed our not-so-odd winter weather that continues to bring snow and rain.  We discuss our new signup process for broadband and what members can do to prepare for their load controller being swapped out.

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Episode 5: Dave, Nate and Brooke Talk Super Bowl EV Ads and Halftime Entertainment

Pierce Pepin Cooperative Services Live Better - February 13, 2023 16:00 - 28 minutes
Join our Live Better podcast as we break down the Super Bowl EV ads, discuss the halftime entertainment and take a few minutes to discuss what's happening with winter fiber construction.

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Living in rural America, cold weather and electrifying your home

Pierce Pepin Cooperative Services Live Better - January 30, 2023 16:00 - 29 minutes
Join us for the weekly episode of Dave, Nate, and Brooke on our weekly Live Better podcast. This week we tackle the cold weather, data privacy, living in rural America and ways you can electrify your home.

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Episode 3: Coffee Chat with Dave, Nate and Brooke

Pierce Pepin Cooperative Services Live Better - January 23, 2023 18:00 - 39 minutes
Join us for our morning chat where we discuss Starlink internet service, the Top 10 collectible toys of the 90's, and ChatGPT. An exciting episode brought to you by Pierce Pepin Cooperative Services and SwiftCurrent Connect.

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Episode 2: Coffee Chat with Dave, Nate and Brooke

Pierce Pepin Cooperative Services Live Better - January 17, 2023 15:00 - 38 minutes
Join us for Episode Two of our morning coffee chat with Dave, Nate and Brooke. We discuss the recent rain that we received, the banning of gas stoves, electric vehicles and the National Broadband Map.

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053: Melissa Chee, President and CEO of ventureLAB

Perfectly Unfiltered - January 12, 2023 17:00 - 1 hour
Melissa Chee is an accomplished leader with over 20 years of deep tech expertise and a proven track record of growing successful start-ups and global companies. Melissa is the President and CEO of ventureLAB, a leading global founder community for hardware technology and enterprise software com...

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Coffee Chat with Dave, Nate and Brooke

Pierce Pepin Cooperative Services Live Better - January 09, 2023 18:00 - 43 minutes
Join us for a new episode of the Live Better podcast with a new format. We are going to tryout a new podcast format, informative but without the script.  Join us weekly as we publish relevant news, stories and updates.

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Connecting Customer 1,000 on SwiftCurrent Connect

Pierce Pepin Cooperative Services Live Better - January 05, 2023 04:00 - 18 minutes
Join us for an episode announcing our big news! We connected customer number 1,000 on our fast, reliable broadband service. We provide an update on our broadband progress and give a sneak preview into Phase 3 which will kickoff this spring.

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052: Anastasia Barbuzzi, Host and Creator of $HMONEY Radio

Perfectly Unfiltered - October 27, 2022 20:00 - 45 minutes
Anastasia Barbuzzi is a journalist and the creator/host of the podcast $HMONEY Radio. $HMONEY makes financial literacy approachable, attainable, and fun to talk about for millennial women. An open, inclusive, and judgment-free zone that promotes the idea of educating yourself to empower yourself...

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Welcome Back and Casual Competitive Games

Ours, Played - September 28, 2022 22:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratings
We’re finally back! This summer was a challenging one, and we are thrilled to be at the mic and recording again. During our months away, we had the chance to try out some competitive games (we know - not our usual). But these four competitive board games all share elements of our favorite cooper...

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051: Melissa Moye, Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer of Enbridge

Perfectly Unfiltered - September 16, 2022 15:00 - 45 minutes
Melissa Moye joined Enbridge in April 2021 as Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer, leading Enbridge’s Human Resources and Real Estate and Workplace Services. This portfolio includes HR Business Partners, Centers of Excellence, Operations, Rewards and Analytics, Talent Managem...

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Gone Phishing.....

Pierce Pepin Cooperative Services Live Better - August 24, 2022 14:00 - 12 minutes
In this episode we discuss Phishing attacks. After a recent issue that was discussed in the Pioneer Press, it got us to thinking we should probably spend a little time discussing Phishing and how hackers use this method to gain information to compromise your accounts or use it to collect persona...

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The Big Announcement from the FCC

Pierce Pepin Cooperative Services Live Better - August 11, 2022 04:00 - 26 minutes
On August 10, the FCC made a big announcement concerning the RDOF auction regarding Starlink and LTD Broadband. We dive into the details and discuss the impact of this decision.  RDOF was touted as the FCC's way to solve the digital divide for broadband. Over the past two years, there has been a...

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Kicking Off Season 3

Pierce Pepin Cooperative Services Live Better - August 01, 2022 21:00 - 18 minutes
It's been a while!  We've missed you, but we are back and ready to get behind the mic again.  We have a lot to discuss. In episode 1 of Season 3 we provide a short recap of SwiftCurrent Connect, discuss rates and the forecast for energy rates.  Don't forget to join us at the fair August 11 - 14,...

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Valerie Crafton, Author of That Construction Worker is My Mom, Regional AMERS Preconstruction Lead for Microsoft

Perfectly Unfiltered - June 08, 2022 18:00 - 34 minutes
Valerie is the author of That Construction Worker is My Mom, she began her career as a laborer for her father when she was seven years old and continued through high school. She grew up spending a lot of time on construction sites and developed a passion for working with her hands. She chose to ...

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Pam Kesselring, Toolmaker Apprentice: Women working in Skilled Trades & Second Career Choices

Perfectly Unfiltered - May 11, 2022 18:00 - 43 minutes
We are talking to Pam in this week's episode. Pam shares her story and insights about working in a male-dominated industry so that she can help encourage women who are looking for a career change to consider the skilled trades. Pam is one of Build A Dreams Her Power Tools Winner and has particip...

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Jennifer Khan, Vice President, Inclusive Diversity at EllisDon & Build A Dream Board Member

Perfectly Unfiltered - May 04, 2022 19:00 - 1 hour
Today's guest is Jennifer Khan, Vice President of Inclusive Diversity at EllisDon. Jen is one of the Board of Directors for Build A Dream. Jen began her work in equity and social justice in 2019 as the Co-Chair of the Diversity and Inclusion committee at EllisDon and 2020 almost created her role...

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047: Gareth Nock on the role of Fathers Creating More Inclusive Communities

Perfectly Unfiltered - April 27, 2022 18:00 - 42 minutes
Today’s Guest is Gareth Nock who is a passionate family man, entrepreneur and has over twenty years in the fitness industry where he does coaching both in person and online.   Join Nour and Gareth as they discuss the role of fathers in creating more inclusive communities, the journey and learni...

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046: Technically, She's a Tech - Constanza Maass, Environmental Site Assessor

Perfectly Unfiltered - April 19, 2022 13:00 - 46 minutes
Constanza is an environmental field technician and has built up a following on Instagram sharing her work as well as reviewing women’s workwear. Women’s workwear is a huge issue for women in the trades and if you’re in the trades, you already know that, but we’re expected to wear men’s workwear ...

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Never Alone: A New Take on an Old Tale

Ours, Played - April 10, 2022 01:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratings
Spring may have sprung, but we head to the frozen north for this episode! Join us as we adventure through a co-op game unlike any other - the educational, inspiring, and culturally-diverse, Never Alone, by Upper One Games. In this episode we cover: The irony of deliberately sitting on a game r...

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045: Balancing Work and Mental Health with Markie Tuckett

Perfectly Unfiltered - March 30, 2022 18:00 - 48 minutes
Meet Markie Tuckett! Award-winning, proud owner, operator and lead designer of Timber + Plumb Kitchens and Cabinetry. A creative and optimistic Metis-Canadian woman, who strives to make impactful connections with her clients and community. Having worked over a decade in the industry, Markie's nu...

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044: Coralee Beatty, Owner at ThriveHQ

Perfectly Unfiltered - March 16, 2022 18:00 - 42 minutes
After 25 years in the construction industry, and successfully selling her trades business, Coralee now shares her knowledge, experience and expertise with other women in construction and trades to build their business for greater profitability, flexibility and freedom. In addition, Coralee advoc...

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043: Robyn Paxton - That Plumber Chick

Perfectly Unfiltered - March 09, 2022 19:00 - 40 minutes
Robyn is 25 years old and started plumbing two years ago and has worked for two plumbing companies since the beginning of her career. The company she currently works for has about 40 employees, with her being the only girl aside from the women who work in the office. She had done many different ...

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042: Amanda Sotille - Founder of Haven & Co, an Inclusive Jewelry line

Perfectly Unfiltered - March 04, 2022 14:00 - 33 minutes
Amanda is currently in the third year of her undergraduate degree studying kinesiology and physical education at the University of Toronto. She works at a conductive education school for youth with cerebral palsy and other motor conditions where they integrate the Ontario curriculum with the ph...

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Introducing Co-Op Co-Pilot with Elden Ring

Ours, Played - March 01, 2022 01:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 12 ratings
Who says you need the controller to have fun? There’s tons of co-op to be found in single-player games! We’ve wanted to do an episode like this for over a year, and the release of the latest Souls game gave us the perfect opportunity. Join us in our inaugural Co-Op Co-Pilot episode featuring the...

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041: Avery Brooks, Construction Academy & Carpentry Co-op Student

Perfectly Unfiltered - February 24, 2022 19:00 - 33 minutes
Avery is 16 years old and a grade 11 student. She is in her first year of 2 with the WECDSB construction academy and will be doing a co-op with Blain Carpentry in February and will be completing an apprenticeship this summer.  After attending a Build a Dream event in early grade 9, she became ...

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Episode 40 - Megan Switzer is Doin' Girly Things

Perfectly Unfiltered - February 16, 2022 19:00 - 53 minutes
Megan has a masters in electrical engineering technology and has spent her professional career working in design and being the GC of large data center construction site. Recently she has quit her job and moved to San Diego to pursue a side hustle using her drone. She has plans to focus her caree...

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040: Megan Switzer is Doin' Girly Things

Perfectly Unfiltered - February 16, 2022 19:00 - 53 minutes
Megan has a masters in electrical engineering technology and has spent her professional career working in design and being the GC of large data center construction site. Recently she has quit her job and moved to San Diego to pursue a side hustle using her drone. She has plans to focus her caree...

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039: Mallory Furlong, Environmental Science Student & Founder of Enverything

Perfectly Unfiltered - February 08, 2022 18:00 - 43 minutes
Today’s guest is Mallory Furlong who is an environmental scientist studying at the university of toronto. She has also created an instagram page to cultivate a community of people who are dedicated to educating people about the complexities of the environment.  https://www.artsci.utoronto.ca/ h...

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