Brian focused on the federal election and the different parties and leaders chances. It is my pleasure to interview Tasha Kheiriddin. You can also access ALL my podcasts and videocasts at: https://briancrombie.com/. Tasha Kheiriddin is one of Canada’s best-known strategists, political analysts, and media commentators. She is a principal with Navigator Ltd., Canada's leading high stakes advisory and communications firm. She is the national political columnist for the Postmedia chain of newspapers where she writes weekly on political and current affairs issues. She also lectures at the Max Bell School of Public Policy at McGill University and serves as Vice President of the Canadian Centre for the Purpose of the Corporation.

Brian interviews Bern Grush and Jerry Boyer. Bern Grush and Jerry Boyer are the co-founders of an innovative Canadian company HARMONIZE MOBILITY. They focus on solutions that connect new transportation technologies to public policy. So far they have worked on: Mobility as a Service, Autonomous Vehicles, Sidewalk robots, and now something they call RIDEAL which is all about how Autonomous Vehicles relate to Public Transportation including ride-hailing and taxis and bike-share and scooters. They have already developed projects in the EU and are now launching in Canada. Bern Grush is a long-term innovation leader and entrepreneur that for the last ten years plus has focused on autonomous vehicles. Jerry Boyer was CIO for GSK Canada, is an innovation consultant, and a Beatles Tribute band performer.

Brian Crombie interview Karine Bedard Ringenberg , an Empowerment and Sex Positive Relationship Coach and an expert on Ethical Non-Monogamy as seen in PureWow. Her mission is to help individuals and couples Break Free from Societal and Religious programming to live authentically. She says she is normalizing Ethical Non-Monogamy (open relationships) so that others can finally have choices about what kinds of relationships they want to design for themselves. Karine’s Instagram @karinebedardcoaching website www.karinebedardcoaching.com
Karine’s Manifesto: “I stand for truth and authenticity in every area of my life. The ability to be honest and vulnerable is a gift that I give to others. The ability to be present with them and see them for who they are and for all the potential that they have to offer. I stand for fearless living and breaking free. Being empowered and living simply because life does not have to be as complicated as we make it out to be. I want people to stand up and step out of those boxes while being kind and honouring themselves and those around them. I want the world to open their eyes about relationships and the beauty of Ethical Non-Monogamy as a new way to see things. I want to change the world to be loving and accepting because they finally see the world in a new, beautiful, simple way. I want people to have choices!”

Brian introduces you to Theresa Winters.

Theresa Winters hosts two very fun Instagrams, her travel business: farawayplacestravel and her passion to persuade divorced singles that they can and should get to traveling by themselves or with their kids: singlemotheradventures (Instagram) Faraway Places Travel. Theresa Winters is a single mother of 2, a Michigan native, but finds to be away from home as much as she is home. We discuss: How did she get into traveling? What kinds of travel does she enjoy? How did she get into the travel industry? What has her so passionate about helping single parents travel with their kids? If travel is a desire, make it happen. Stop spending on xyz, set goals.

Brian interviews former Mississauga Mayor Hazel McCallion about Premier Bill Davis who passed away this past weekend and her memories of him.

Brian then has a second interview with Zenon Radewych, a partner at WZMH Architects does a lot of work with pre-fabrication, smart panel construction integrating low voltage smart systems, and other really futuristic concepts. WZMH strongly believes prefabrication is the future of construction. WZMH’s University of Toronto’s Mississauga Campus project (UTM) is a testament to this.

Brian interviews Grace Yan who is a candidate for Mayor of Calgary. One of the only females of color running in the election. Grace learned early in life that to make your dreams come true, hard work and determination are two keys to success and that there are no shortcuts. @graceyanformayor
Grace’s family immigrated to Canada from Manila, the Philippines in 1980, and Grace saw first-hand the effort and hours it required to make her family’s small business in Calgary a success. Grace initially pursued a career as a paralegal in 1991, helping people from all walks of life. She branched out into a successful career in real estate with several firms and is currently a Director of Sales and Marketing at Coldwell Banker MC Commercial.
Through both professions, Grace has developed several valuable skills, including the importance of collaboration and the art of negotiation. Tune in and listen to why she thinks she should be the next Mayor of Calgary.

Brian interviews Susan Black, Architect, a world leader in health care facility construction and design. We discuss building hospitals during a pandemic, C-19’S future impact on health facility architecture, why Women’s College Hospital is her “passion project and what’s next in architecture Trends.
Susan Black is a founding partner and director of Perkins Eastman Black Architects Inc, an international firm with 700 employees and 11 offices worldwide. With more than 120 of the firm's 700 staff members focused on healthcare design, research, and related projects, the firm's healthcare practice has grown to be one of the largest in North America, providing professional services in architecture, programming, master planning, and interior design to clients across North America, China, Japan, and Dubai.

Brian interviews Laura Friedman Williams, a native New Yorker and author of the recently published book “Available: A memoir of sex and dating after a marriage ends”. This is her first book, exploring the various roles we take on through the course of our lives and how they come to define us, and it has been featured in The Financial Times, Cosmopolitan UK, Vogue UK, and The Daily Mail. Some of our questions: @laurafriedmanwilliams
1) why make public such a personal story?
2) what advice about marriage and motherhood?
3) does divorce mean a failure?
4) what’s the reaction of your children, and ex-husband to this book?
5) did this traumatic situation redefine you?
6) what about sex and monogamy? Have your thoughts changed?

Brian introduces you to Dr. Kate Balestrieri, a licensed clinical and forensic psychologist, certified sex therapist, the owner and CEO of Modern Intimacy, a group therapy practice in Beverly Hills, Miami, and Chicago. www.modernintimacy.com @drkatebalestrieri Kate Balestrieri
We discuss: What is sex positivity and why do you advocate for it? What is the difference between being sexual and being sexualized? How damaging patriarchal messages are for women. How did your work with sex offenders shape your view on the necessity of sexual liberation? Why might some people resist the idea of women being as sexually liberated as men? How can people begin to challenge shame around sex?

Brian Crombie interview British sociologist Professor Catherine Hakim about her controversial book, Erotic Capital.

Catherine Hakim states that erotic capital is an asset in many social and economic settings such as media and politics.. Hakim defined erotic capital as the concept that an individual's beauty, sexual attractiveness, enhanced social interaction, liveliness, social presentation, sexuality, and fertility can provide opportunities to advance in life. Most important and most controversial of these seven components would be sexual attractiveness, as her studies indicated that family men tend to crave sex more than women, a phenomenon she named the male sex deficit. She encouraged young women to use this asset to earn a more respectable position in society. Hakim believes that erotic capital has gone unacknowledged for far too long because of our patriarchal society and moral constraints of conservative communities.

Catherine Hakim is a British sociologist who specializes in women's employment and women's issues. She is currently a Professorial Research Fellow at the Institute for the Study of Civil Society, and has formerly worked in British central government and been a senior research fellow at the London School of Economics and the Centre for Policy Studies. She has also been a Visiting Professor at the Social Science Research Center Berlin.