Brian interviews Christine Burych. Christine was on the cover of Mom Magazine with a story: Can Moms Have it All? Having it All, is it possible? From the front lines of community mental health to senior management at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), Christine Burych has pursued her life’s passion on raising awareness of mental health issues and providing tools on how to develop resilience. As the President of StarlingBrook Leadership Consulting She is an executive coach and certified resilience practitioner. Christine is an award winning author, Amazon #1 bestseller and TEDx Wilmington speaker.

Brian interviews Mary W. Rowe. Mary is President & CEO of the Canadian Urban Institute. Mary is a leading urban advocate and civil society trailblazer who has worked in cities and with communities across Canada and the United States. She is a frequent contributor to national and international city-building programs, including UN Habitat, the Massey City Summit, The Art of City Building and the World Urban Forum. She is also a frequent media commentator and writer. We talk about the affordable housing crisis in urban Canada.

Brian interviews Benj Gallander. Benj is co-founder of the Contra the Heard Investment Letter, an information service for independent investors. The decades of experience investing and operating the newsletter, which has been founded in 1995, provide us with fabulous incisive information about how to be better investors. Benj Gallander discusses contrarian and value investing. In addition, we discuss the market and global issues that will impact future investing returns. Benj has a plethora of knowledge about succeeding in the stock market and the track records to prove it.

Brian interviews Karl Schamotta. Karl is the chief market strategist at Corpay. He leads Corpay’s currency research group, covering global macroeconomics, geopolitics, central bank policy, technology, and financial markets. Karl regularly appears in the Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, Bloomberg, Reuters, BNN, CNN and CNBC. We talk about the Canadian Economy. Some of our issues are:
- The Canadian dollar has been persistently weak, what will happen in the years ahead?
- What structural problems are holding Canada back?
- What will happen with housing?
- You say this is a failure of political leadership?
- Could higher oil prices change the dynamic?

Brian speaks with Danielle Nonog. Danielle has been coaching successful professional Women about dating and helps single independent women break through their ineffective dating patterns so they can attract an aligned lover through her Dating Mastery Method, for over 5 years. She has helped over 500 women and over 50 men tap into their confidence and break through their ineffective dating patterns so they can attract substantial relationships through her personal methods & experiences of variety relationship dynamics. She says she finds that a lot of independent women lack one of 2 things: their relational skills are on point, but lack magnetism and appeal, or their magnetism is on point, but lack relational skills needed to maintain a relationship.

Brians speaks with Bose Odueke and Bola Oduyale of Alpha Oasis International Inc, the organizers of the Canada Nigeria Trade Expo. We talk about Nigeria. Nigeria has 250 million people. The 14th largest economy. A new President who says he is going to make Nigeria the new China.

Brian interviews Matt Simpson. Matt is CEO of Ukraine Black Iron Mine which is a Toronto-based company that has a development proposal for a billion-dollar plus high-quality iron ore mine in Ukraine.

Then, we revisit a previous conversation with Peter Dickinson. Peter is the editor of the Ukraine Alert blog at the Eurasia Center and the publisher of Business Ukraine and Lviv Today magazines. Born in the United Kingdom and a permanent resident of Ukraine for nearly twenty years, Peter has worked to develop awareness of Ukrainian current affairs and issues in English-speaking countries. Peter established himself as a journalist and media manager in Kyiv, helping to launch and manage a range of media products in Ukraine over the past fifteen years. We talk about investment opportunities in Ukraine.

Brian interviews Gina Leola Woolssy. Gina is author of a fascinating book: "Fifteen Thousand Pieces". Although an incredible debut on its own, "Fifteen Thousand Pieces" is also a timely reminder of a key moment in Canadian history, given the recent 25th anniversary of the Swissair Flight 111 tragedy. It’s also a story about honouring our lives, our selves, and our dead. Gina is an engaging and incisive author, whether she’s discussing the sensational aspects of the disaster in a sensitive and thoughtful way, or leaning into the subtler themes that thread the book, from LGBTQ+ tones to death positivity, grief, and tragedy to self-love and acceptance, and so much more.

Brian interviews Jonathan Berkshire Miller. Jonathan is Director and Senior Fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute focused on the Indo-Pacific region. Jonathan is an international affairs professional with expertise on security, defense and geo-economic issues in the Indo-Pacific. He has held a variety of positions in the private and public sector. Currently, he is a senior fellow with the Japan Institute of International Affairs (JIIA). Miller is also Senior Fellow on East Asia for the Tokyo-based Asian Forum Japan and the Director and co-founder of the Council on International Policy. Jonathan Berkshire Miller talks about Foreign Affairs issues today. We discuss: NATO, peace keeping, Ukraine, Gaza and China. Is Canada relevant today?

Brian interviews Michael Lublin. Michael has been in the restaurant business for over 30 years with Yogen Fruz as Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and with Stanley Ma at MTY GROUP as Vice President and Brand Owner and now is growing Chainsmoker BBQ into a chain of restaurants. Micheal talks about his new Mississauga/Etobicoke restaurant called ChainSmokers BBQ, the state of the hospitality business, his career and his very significant community involvement.