Latest Thisismytoronto Podcast Episodes
TMT022 - Jacqueline Leung, Pressed News
This is my Toronto - August 10, 2017 09:00 - 30 minutesDo you sometimes feel left out when friends are discussing the news? Do you wish you were more interested in the current events of the day? Would you like to be more fluent in world issues but simply don’t have the time to cozy up with a newspaper on a regular basis? Perhaps you're a news junkie...
TMT021 - Fort York's Ewan Wardle
This is my Toronto - July 11, 2017 10:00 - 1 hourMy guest today is Ewan Wardle. He’s a Program Development Officer at Fort York National Historical Site, where he has served in various roles for the last 17 years. As a young person, Ewan got involved with War of 1812 re-enactments, a passion that has continued to this day. Through this, he fos...
TMT020 - Vickery Bowles, City Librarian-Toronto Public Library
This is my Toronto - June 02, 2017 20:11 - 43 minutesMy guest today is the City Librarian at the Toronto Public Library, Vickery Bowles. The Toronto Public Library (or TPL) is a one hundred branch system intertwined to serve 2.8 million people in the City of Toronto. This makes it the largest and busiest urban public library system in the world. V...
TMT019 - Kim Shannon, Sionna Investments
This is my Toronto - April 25, 2017 15:49 - 40 minutesMy guest today is well-known Canadian portfolio manager, Kim Shannon. Kim is President and Co-Chief Investment Officer at Sionna Investment Managers, a Toronto based firm that she founded 2002. Prior to founding Sionna, she was Chief Investment Officer and Senior Vice President at Merrill Lynch ...
TMT018 - Casey Van, Turbo Street Funk
This is my Toronto - March 06, 2017 17:00 - 40 minutesMy guest today is lead singer and guitarist Casey Van from the band Turbo Street Funk. This New Orleans inspired Brass Rock Band started out here in Toronto busking at Queen and Spadina back in 2011. In 2014, a chance meeting with one of their idols allowed them to record their very first record...
TMT017: Steve Thomas, Fundraising Guru
This is my Toronto - February 20, 2017 08:00 - 42 minutesMy guest today is Steve Thomas. Steve runs Stephen Thomas Ltd, a company that specializes in helping organizations develop and run effective fundraising campaigns. In fact, when it comes to fundraising, there’s few, if any that know the business like him. Case in point, he has been described as ...
TMT016: David Hackl, Director & Production Designer
This is my Toronto - February 13, 2017 08:00 - 55 minutesMy guest today is Toronto based production designer and director David Hackl. David is probably most well-known for his work on the SAW franchise of movies, but he has many other credits to his name as well. He started his career on the set of a music video for Kim Mitchell, before he began buil...
TMT015: Sue Miner & Mark Brownell, Award-winning Theatre Artists
This is my Toronto - February 06, 2017 08:00 - 57 minutesMy guests today are two award winning Toronto Theatre veterans, Sue Miner and Mark Brownell. They are the co-founders of the Pea Green Theatre Group, which they established in 1988. Their goal was to bring a wide variety of stories and characters to appreciative audiences across Canada. Since th...
TMT014: Charlotte Gray, Award-winning Biographer & Historian
This is my Toronto - January 30, 2017 08:00 - 40 minutesMy guest today is renowned biographer & historian Charlotte Gray. Charlotte is a master storyteller, who brings history to life in a way that makes it accessible to anybody. She’s written about people like Alexander Graham Bell, Nellie McClung, and E. Pauline Johnson (Tekahionwake). Her book on...
TMT013: Charles Pachter, Canada's Artist
This is my Toronto - January 23, 2017 08:00 - 53 minutesToday's guest painted Hockey Knights in Canada, the famous murals that are opposite each other at the College Street Subway station. His name is Charles Pachter, and his work not only adorns subway halls in downtown Toronto, but also the Canadian Embassy in Washington, Canada House in London, t...
TMT012: Eddy Robinson, Part 2
This is my Toronto - January 16, 2017 08:00 - 58 minutesIf you listened to last week’s episode, you know that I had indigenous artist, activist, and educator, Eddy Robinson on the show. This is part 2 of that episode. Today, as a continuation of our discussion, Eddy and I are going to talk about leadership, some of Toronto’s odd choices for public in...
TMT011: Eddy Robinson, Indigenous Artist, Activist, & Educator Part 1
This is my Toronto - January 09, 2017 08:00 - 1 hourMy guest today is indigenous artist, activist, and educator, Eddy Robinson. Eddy is an Anishinaabe/Muskegowuk Cree of the Missanabie Cree First Nation, raised in the city of Toronto. In our talk over the coming two episodes we'll discuss what it was like growing up indigenous in Toronto (or Cana...
TMT010: Julian Taylor, Pilgrim of Funk, Soul & Roll
This is my Toronto - January 02, 2017 08:00 - 42 minutesMy guest today is Julian Taylor, of the Julian Taylor Band. Julian has been a part of the Toronto music scene since the late 90s. In 2001, he enjoyed considerable success with his band Staggered Crossing, but unfortunately massive national and international success would elude them and they woul...
TMT009: Jarka Crawford, Nutritionist
This is my Toronto - December 19, 2016 08:00 - 47 minutesMy guest today is Jarka Crawford, a Registered Holistic Nutritionist and Certified Holistic Cancer Practitioner. Her story is like so many Torontonians and Canadians in general. She's a relatively new immigrant, who's raising a family and running a business at the same time. You probably know so...
TMT008: NOW Magazine's Alice Klein
This is my Toronto - December 12, 2016 08:00 - 38 minutesMy guest today is Alice Klein, co-founder and CEO of NOW Magazine. NOW is the number one alt-weekly publication in all of North America with a weekly readership of over 325,000. Alice is an amazing entrepreneur, publisher, writer, documentarian, and activist and in the year 2000, was called one ...
TMT007: Don McKellar
This is my Toronto - December 05, 2016 08:00 - 46 minutesToday we're "jumping the shark" by having Canadian film icon, Don McKellar on the show. His work includes such masterpieces as Roadkill, Highway 61, Twitch City, The Drowsy Chaperone, Blindness, The Grand Seduction, Sensitive Skin, and my personal favourite, The Red Violin. Today, we're going to...
TMT006: Rory O'Shea
This is my Toronto - November 28, 2016 08:00 - 48 minutesWelcome to This is my Toronto, the podcast that showcases our great city by focusing on the incredible and talented work of local entrepreneurs, entertainers and historians. Our guest today is Rory O'Shea, a well-known Toronto radio personality and commercial voice. Over the years, Rory has been...
TMT005: This is my Toronto's interview with Joe Kelly
This is my Toronto - November 21, 2016 08:00 - 51 minutesOur guest today is local Toronto actor and musician, Joe Kelly. The focus of our talk will centre around his band My Psycho Ex, and his relationship with a wonderful program called The Keys to the Studio. We'll also talk about the high cost of living in this city and the amazing way that Joe i...
TMT004: This is my Toronto's Interview with Mark Bowden
This is my Toronto - November 13, 2016 08:00 - 32 minutesOur guest today is Mark Bowden, an expert on human behaviour and body language. Today we'll talk to Mark about how he became interested in body language, when it's important to be inauthentic, and his company and methodology, TRUTHPLANE. The music for the podcast has been graciously provided b...
TMT003: This is my Toronto's Remembrance Day episode with Jonathan Scotland
This is my Toronto - November 07, 2016 08:00 - 43 minutesOur guest today is Jonathan Scotland from the University of Toronto, and we'll be talking with him about what war means to Canadians, our relationship with Vimy Ridge, and the conditions and challenges our veterans faced when they came home to Toronto following the Great War. His website is www...
TMT002: This is my Toronto's interview with Our Fake History's Sebastian Major
This is my Toronto - November 01, 2016 07:00 - 38 minutesWelcome to This is my Toronto, the podcast that showcases our great city, by focusing on the incredible and talented work of local entrepreneurs, entertainers, and historians. Our guest today is Sebastian Major, a Toronto area teacher who hosts a fantastic podcast called Our Fake History. whi...
TMT001-This is my Toronto's interview with Chris Lesso
This is my Toronto - October 31, 2016 07:00 - 45 minutesWelcome to This is my Toronto, the podcast that will showcase our great city by focusing on the incredible and talented work of local entrepreneurs, entertainers, and historians. Have you ever wanted to play drums? Our first guest Chris Lesso made that dream a reality and turned it into a car...
TMT000: This is my Toronto Introduction
This is my Toronto - October 25, 2016 17:23 - 3 minutesWelcome to This is my Toronto, the podcast that will showcase our great city by focusing on the incredible and talented work of local entrepreneurs, entertainers, and historians. The music for the podcast has been graciously provided by Toronto's own Modus Factor. The music is from their new ...
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