Julien Dionne Show

The good doctor, Dr. Michel Rice stops by Lemon Press Studio to talk professional-outside-the-box-career-approach, no matter what the field or arena. Dr. Rice is a chiropractor and author of “Sex and the Single Spine”, who has taken a creative spin to a more-or-less traditional path. He also tells us about how he has created unique opportunities for himself that have led him to retire at the age of 53.

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Here we are, episode 17 with guest, Christina Walkinshaw. Listen-in as Christina talk to Julien about getting started in comedy, going for it in Los Angeles and babysitting (a lot of babysitting related material in this one). Christina also talks about some recent controversy that has translated into a nice following for the writing of her successful blog ‘My Week on Tinder’. This is a good one, if we do say so ourselves.

In a JDCH first, we have a cross-country-over-the-phone “Mariah or Yoko” segment you don’t want to miss– the most intense yet.

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Award winning comedian, friend & roommate, Kristeen von Hagen sits down with Julien for a good ol’ fashion reminiscing session, “reminession” (if i may). They talk about Kristeen’s path in comedy and share a few good stories about the years they lived in New York City. Jen Grant stops by to add her take on the NYC days. They also discuss and make public “The Great Poisoning of 2013”.

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“The West Coast Tapes” conclude with its fifth and final instalment. Coming at you from the Ink Pad at the base of Mount Seymour in Deep Cove, BC, Julien’s sister, Mary-Jo Dionne, talks writing and creativity.

Discover how Mary-Jo’s beginnings as a copywriter have blossomed into an entrepreneurial creative power-house. They talk meeting Ellen DeGeneres, working with Cloris Leachman and partying at the Playboy Mansion where Mary-Jo power-bonded with famous manager, George Shapiro. They go deep in this one and touch on the peaks-and-valleys that life serves up and how to push through and persevere. Needless to say, this is one inspirational episode.

In a JDCH first, we have a cross-country-over-the-phone “Mariah or Yoko” segment you don’t want to miss– the most intense yet.

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The fourth instalment of ‘The West Coast Tapes’ is here with guest –Heckler’s bar & grill owner– Aaron McGeough. Listen-in as Julien and Aaron discuss what makes a good comedy club tick, how Aaron got started in the business. They also talk about comedian bad habits and what will get you banned from his club.

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Veteran of the game, Ron Vaudry, sits with Julien in his hotel room as part of ‘The West Coast Tapes’: instalment 3.

This is certainly one for the books. They go back 36 years when Ron began his journey in show business, move through the years which brings them to the late 90’s and they touch on a topic that has stirred up some controversy in the recent past regarding “Crash and Burn’ amateur night created by Vaudry. They address it and the other person involved (Darren Frost) is called to get his side of the story. Keeping with the controversy thread, they also discuss/ clear-up a recent Facebook dispute Ron was involved in regarding the closing of The Comedy Works in Montreal.

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‘The West Coast Tapes’ continue with its second instalment. Coming to you from a hotel room, Victoria-comedian-turned-Vancouver-comedian-turned-Victoria-comedian-slash-morning-DJ (do you follow?), Jason Lamb, sits down with Julien for proper a catch-up session.

They discuss Jason’s trajectory in the business and the big decision of making the transition from pursuing comedy full-time to the consistency of a regular paycheque by way of morning radio host. They also reminisce on the Vancouver stand up scene back in the day, watching Robin Williams perform at the ‘Urban Well’, and meeting his idols, John Cleese and Steve Martin.

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Episode 11, the first instalment of ‘The West Coast Tapes’, coming at you from a hotel room in Victoria, BC.

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Long-time friend, comedian, Alex Wood, drops by Lemon Press Studios to catch-up with Julien. They talk wresting and favourite embarrassing songs which leads to unsolicited singing. The first half is fun and silly. There is then a prank call made to Alex that is played, then in the second half they go deep and discuss Alex’s dabbles in drugs and how it affected his career and life.

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Acclaimed comedian and actor, Darren Frost sits in Lemon Press Studios. In this episode, Darren and Julien talk about Darren’s accomplished career in show business and his massive body of work. They touch on his persona transformation over the years, the pros and cons of being an angry-truth-bearing-envelope-pushing-oft-offensive comic including getting assaulted (on-and-off stage) and fired from countless gigs.

Baby Geoffrey makes an appearance in a montage segment.

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