Let's Talk With Coach Che Marville

On today's episode of Let's Talk, Che had an in-depth conversation with Canadian Broadcaster Ron MacLean, host of Hockey Night in Canada and Rogers Hometown Hockey, about his 30 years of experience in the hockey broadcasting arena, the controversial end of the famous segment Coaches Corner with Don Cherry, the current cultural change and the future of hockey broadcasting in Canada. In 2015, MacLean was inducted into Canada's Walk of Fame, a prestigious honour acknowledging the achievements and accomplishments of successful Canadians.

MacLean began his broadcasting career in 1978 at CKRD Radio in Red Deer, Alberta, and in 1984 became the host of the Calgary Flames television broadcasts on CFAC in Calgary. He became the sports anchor on the local evening news before joining CBC in 1986 as host of the Toronto Maple Leaf broadcasts on Hockey Night in Canada. In 1987, MacLean became the national host of Hockey Night in Canada, which included hosting the iconic Coach's Corner alongside Don Cherry.

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In today's episode, Che thanks her listeners and guest and introduces the podcast's commitment to developing better human relations, growth, and hope through conversations and compassion. Over the next few months, Let's Talk will curate small think tank conversations, incubating ideas and experiences with guests and listeners. The intention is to create a more accessible, diverse space to listen, ideas, and connections and learn from one another as we move through this transformational period in our collective history.

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In today's episode, Che thanks her listeners and guest and introduces the podcast's commitment to developing better human relations, growth, and hope through conversations and compassion. Over the next few months, Let's Talk will curate small think tank conversations, incubating ideas and experiences with guests and listeners. The intention is to create a more accessible, diverse space to listen, ideas, and connections and learn from one another as we move through this transformational period in our collective history.

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In today’s episode, Che had an opportunity to speak to the Canadian Visual Artist and Photographer Michael Chambers. Michael shares his experience from the shores of Jamaica to his coming of age in Canada as an artist. He has always been fascinated by the human body, identity, race and breaking boundaries of silence. His lens has been his pen; it has been a way to explore vulnerability and cultural dislocation. His work is continually evolving with technology; as the world grows and changes, so does his work. He is a creative being, always exploring, challenging and expanding the stories he tells through his lens.

You can follow Michael on Instagram @michaelchambers.mc.photo

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In today's episode, Che spoke to author and entrepreneur Suneel Gupta about his new book "Backable". Suneel has had an eclectic career from law to entrepreneurship;  he has held positions from VP at Groupon, Politician to Founder and CEO of Rise; at one point, he was featured in the New York Times in 2014 as the face of failure. Now he is the face of innovation for the New York Stock Exchange. Suneel shared the impact of his father's near-fatal heart attack when he was nine and his mother's determination to be an Engineer in America. In his book "Backable", Suneel shares his philosophy that the key to success is persuading people to take a chance on you and how you help yourself build the courage to defy feelings of embarrassment and self-doubt by practicing seven essential steps. Suneel shares the surprising attributes needed to sell an idea. Some of his projects and ideas have been backed by firms like Google Ventures and Greylock, and he has been an early investor to startups like SpaceX, Airbnb and Calm.

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On today's episode of Let's Talk, Che spoke to Dr. Andrea O'Reilly, Professor of Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studies, with a specialized focus on Motherhood at  York University.  She is the founder of the Motherhood Initiative, founder and Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Motherhood Initiative and publisher of Demeter Press, a publication dedicated to sharing scholarly research and writing about the practice of motherhood. Her books have explored such subjects as feminist parenting, maternal health, race, economics, politics and feminist theory, to name a few. Author Toni Morrison's work has dramatically influenced Professor O'Reilly, and she discusses the importance of Toni Morrison's impact on the subject of motherhood in literature. And in a far-reaching conversation, they explore motherhood as practice, race and the impact of Toni Morrison's work on her perspective on her as a white woman and academic. Professor O'Reilly is continually defining space for the scholarly pursuit of motherhood practices and the value of capturing the stories of the pandemic write now, which is disproportionately impacting women and the family system. She sees the study of motherhood, its labour, intellectual capital, and its process as a sacred human practice that all human beings can learn and do. 

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Today on Let's Talk, Che had a chance to speak to a long-time friend Professor of Forest Ecology in the School of Forestry at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, Arizona. He conducts research that examines the interface of indigenous peoples' traditional knowledge and ecological principles, conservation practices and sustainable strategies for resource management and stewardship in Canada, the United States, and Australia. Dr. Alcoze has been thinking of how forests function as a community where the whole grouping of beings is essential for the continued health of the whole. He shares some new insights into how all the small critters and big ones share our collaborative ecosystem. Cooperation keeps the whole system together. We can grow into more caring people and use Nature's models to establish ways of action that incorporate whole, diverse and healthy sustainable communities. His research and teaching, both in the United States and Canada, focus on empowering native communities to make informed decisions about natural resources management, social issues, economic development and education as ways to restore the sovereignty of First Nations. His current work includes collaborations with the Kaibab Paiute Tribe's Department of Wildlife Fisheries and Parks to develop a comprehensive wildlife management plan for mule deer, inventory, and Desert Bighorn Sheep to monitor other natural resources necessary to the Tribe. Research projects in partnership with the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians of North Carolina helped restore traditional knowledge of burning practices that sustained early Cherokee communities.

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A Conversation with Keysha Freshh

In today's episode, Che had an opportunity to speak to Canadian Rapper, MC and multidimensional entrepreneur Keysha Freshh about starting Chateau Bisous, a makeup business during the pandemic. And how the new business is blowing up, her curiosity and necessity drive it. She developed this unique niche because of the insight she garnered as a live performer on stage, struggling to find long-lasting makeup, so she created Chateau Bissous. A natural organic line of lip gloss products, even her dad, uses the lip scrub. The pandemic may have stopped her from touring, but it gave her time to research and build a new business, a product for real people. Keysha discusses her inspirations, role models like Nipsey Hussle and the influence of her family in telling the truth and never being complacent. She is unafraid to be to tell the raw truth, especially as a woman MC.  She has a multidimensional mindset and does not feel confined to one genre. She lives in Toronto, doing research, making serums, writing lyrics for other musicians and exploring her craft.

In today's episode on Let's Talk, Che interviews Broadcaster and Radio provocateur Erica Cobb from the nationally syndicated talk show The Daily Blast Live. Erica shares her experience about often being the only Black woman in the room in the media industry and the immense pressure to be infallible because she was the only Black woman in the room. For a long time, she felt pressured to put on an act to succeed. Erica discusses how hard it was to create a life of smoke and mirrors and how she found strength in backing away perfection and cultivating a career by being authentic. She describes the catalytical experience and reaction to the murder of Georgia Floyd and the transformational power of collective grief, and for the first time, the acceptance of black pain. Erica has found that truth-telling was not a risk but a path to building a meaningful life. She has fulfilled her childhood ambition to be on the radio, now she is on TV sharing her insights, and she has learned the power of her vulnerability.

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In Let's Talk today, Che interviews Canadian Icon, songwriter, singer, broadcaster, author and actor Jann Arden.  Jann discusses how her show came to fruition and what it is like to write the third season over Zoom because of the pandemic. And although fictional, the show is about a singer-songwriter exploring her relationships, coming to terms with her career in midlife and facing the reality of her mother's health issues while trying to reinvent herself.  Che and Jann also share their grief experience in losing their mothers,  and Jann shares some of her experiences as a Caregiver of a parent with Alzheimer's and the lessons she learned about the disease and herself. It is estimated that eight hundred thousand Canadians have Alzheimer's; Jann shares some of her insights and the value of learning to laugh at the hards things, especially as we go through this profoundly transformative time and living a laugh of purpose.

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