Veronique Mandal (Twitter) is the author of Getting Off, The Don Tait Story, she is also Program Coordinator of St. Clair’s MediaPlex, with an MBA and Masters in Journalism, has worked in multiple media outlets, is the host of YourTV’s Scribes and Songsters, has been an actor, playwright, nurse, midwife, the author of 3 different books, the Chair for Windsor Hospice, the Windsor Star’s Woman of The Year and a Queen’s Jubilee Medal recipient. This is one accomplished woman!

Join us for a high school reunion as I sit down to catch up with Tom Scully (Facebook) to discuss his military career, bartending in the Cayman Islands, becoming an entrepreneur as the co-owner of F&B Walkerville (website, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram) and The Grand Cantina (website, Facebook, Instagram) and lessons learned as a businessman in Windsor-Essex.

This week's episode features Darren Banks who translated a 16-year professional hockey career including time with the Boston Bruins. We discuss his career, his experiences as a tough guy in the biggest enforcer era of all time, the impact of concussions and transitioning to his post playing career with the D Las Vegas Hotel and Casino (website) 

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Corey Bellemore (Instagram, Twitter) is an Adidas sponsored Track and Field Athlete working towards the 2020 Olympics. He also happens to be the World Beer-Mile Champion! 

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Greg Crain's new book, The Parallels of Life: The Game of Hockey. Order yours at parallelsoflife.com  

This week’s episode features Leamington’s favourite son, Jody Raffoul (website, Facebook) Jody is a popular musician throughout Ontario and Michigan that has opened for Collective Soul, Kid Rock, Nickelback, Joe Cocker, Blues Traveler, Counting Crows, The Allman Brothers Band, Uncle Kracker, Chris Isaak and Bon Jovi. Jody’s newest album 9 Wigle Street is available on November 30th.

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The Parallels of Life: The Game of Hockey by Greg Crain. Visit parallelsoflife.com

The Windsor Express Basketball season tips off on Saturday, November 17th at the WFCU Centre and I wanted to sit down with Express Owner, President & CEO to talk about what lead to him bringing the Express to Windsor, early successes, the challenges they have faced off the court and more.

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This week's episode features Maureen Lucas (Facebook), who is the founder and former President of LucasWorks, Co-Founder of 100 Women Who Care Windsor (Twitter, Facebook), member of the Windsor Rotary Club 1918 (Twitter, Facebook) and the Entrepreneur in Residence at the University of Windsor's EPICentre (Facebook, Twitter)

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This week's episode features Hollywood actor, Steve Bacic who grew up in Windsor and left a successful career to establish a new career in Hollywood. With roles including movies such as Good Luck Chuck, X-Men 2, Stargate Continuum and the 6th Day. He has also been featured in TV series such as 21 Jump Street, the X-Files, Highlander, Smallville, Psych and Arrow, he has had a world of experiences.

Dr. Vincent Georgie (Twitter) is one impressive person. He is the Executive Director and Chief Programmer for the Windsor International Film Festival (Twitter, Instagram), the Director of the University of Windsor's School of Creative Arts, Marketing Professor at the University of Windsor's Odette School of Business and the sponsor/organizer of the Georgie Odette Leadership Symposium (Twitter, Instagram)

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Part two of our Municpal Election Special features Matt Marchand (Twitter, Instagram, Facebook), who is running for the Mayor of Windsor. We sit down with Matt to learn why he is running, what his background and experiences are and better understand what type of persona and values he has.