Tobin Tonight

Advocate, Lawyer, and Musician, Lily Vakili wears many different hats (if she decided to wear a hat that is). In this episode, Lily talks about how her fascination with words and how it lead to her having a career as a Lawyer, her interest in music and creating a band and having a child with autism, and the importance of having a good support system.

Lily talks about her new album, "Walking Sideways" and how one friend set a very high bar for the acts she compared it to. We also have some fun debating COVER songs and whether artists should do them, and if they choose to, what is the bar?

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Tobin chats with Canadian Sportscaster, Andi Petrillo. The two talk about name pronunciation and how people can shy away from stating their true last name when they are just starting out. Andi talks about how tough it was leaving Leafs Lunch and trying her best to slow down but admitting she is a workaholic.

Andi also opens up on the first time she ever truly felt discriminated against or excluded based on the fact she was a woman in media, it's an interesting story that I feel many can still relate to today.

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Tobin chats with Canadian Country Singer, Mike Whiteside. Mike talks about how he kept busy during the pandemic, how he ended up becoming a country singer and his experience at Boots and Hearts.

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Tobin chats with Newfoundland singer-songwriter, Bailey Jordan-Neil. The two talk about the similarities and differences between podcasting and being a musician. Some similarities include entertaining an audience, working on your craft, and having a setlist.

Bailey opens up about being an independent artist during the pandemic and how tough it was to find spots to do shows and keep on top of life. He also explains moving from Newfoundland at 17 to pursue his dream in music and having a supportive family along the way. I mean REALLY supportive.

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Tobin chats with Canadian actor, Shane Marriott about his role in the CBC show, "The Porters", his early love of acting, and being grounded and humble.

Shane talks about the impact Will Smith had on his life and his love of Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and how he is finding the new show Bel-Air. We also discuss black history in Canada and the importance of porter men to our history and we finish it off with a classic Jordan/Kobe/Lebron Debate.

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Tobin chats with actress/writer, Cerina Vincent about her new children's book, "Everybody has a belly Button", how it came to be, and future writing projects. Cerina talks about how she handled the pandemic and her love/hate relationship with social media and its algorithm.

We also talk about the world needing to be more inclusive and how you are starting to see that in television and movies.

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Tobin chats with Canadian actress, Nadine Whiteman Roden on her career in acting, facing rejection, and starring as Dres Richards in Peacocks New Show, "Take Note". Nadine also talks about the need to have more representation in media not just on television and in movies but behind the scenes. Nadine wants more people of color and people of disability to be able to produce, write, direct, and do whatever else they are capable of doing.

We also discuss Black Panther and the impact that movie and actor Chadwick Boseman left behind for young black people to say "That's MY superhero" .

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Tobin welcomes Koster to the show. Koster talks about his latest projects and working with Cone from Sum 41. He tells a great story about picking your spots and first impressions and how that led to him eventually working with Cone.

Koster talks about leaving "The Fallaways" and ultimately betting on yourself and we talk about the impacts of social media and gaining a true following.

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Tobin chats with singer/songwriter Cheri Moon on her Grammy-nominated Children's Album, "All One Tribe," the Grammy's being more inclusive and diverse and how that came to be and we talk about the process of getting into children's entertainment.

Fun Fact: Cheri use to write with Danny O'Donoghue from The Script BEFORE The Script was a thing!

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Tobin chats with singer, Lumidee about being labeled a "One Hit Wonder" and how that affected her, dealing with a record label and haters, and about her new music and projects. She also opens up about overcoming rheumatoid arthritis at the age of fourteen, after she was misdiagnosed with lupus and her thoughts on social media, and how she tries not to get too entangled with it.

Oh, and I also found out what would happen to me, a white guy if I visited Spanish Harlem. Spoilers, I'd need Lumidee around A LOT.

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