What Makes You Smile: The Podcast

Marc Soberano is one of the nicest people you will ever meet. Full stop. We have a great chat about the funny things kids say, building a social purpose enterprise from the ground up and the power of long canoe journeys.

120 days in a canoe. Think about that. My back hurts and I get hungry if traffic gets backed up on my morning commute.

The one and only Dolf DeJong stops in this week. We travel the world, reflect on questionable dietary choices and I learn about “hill sitting”.

Apologies in advance to any vacuum cleaners that may have taken offence to the opening of this episode.

The first guest of Season 2 is Pete Bombaci: He’s one of the good guys. We talk about turning a major power outage into GenWell, a human connection movement, and our shared love of Ted Lasso. Amongst so many other things.

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Today my guest is Rob Murray: We talk about coaching basketball, Rob’s devotion to The Gandharvas, a 90s band from London, Ontario and as bonus he reveals the Top 7 Chiropractor Sign Puns.

No music again. Sorry. But keep those angry letters coming and we will definitely cave and bring it back.

Today’s guest is Rex Taylor: We talk about The Small Project, Chop FM and the joy of community. If you didn’t know, Rex is a bit of a scofflaw. But let’s keep it between us.

No music again. Sorry. But the conversation is so good you likely won’t even notice.

Today’s guest is Maurizio Dente: We talk about road trips and life lessons and being chill. Life is good with friends like Maurizio.

No music this episode. It will be back again, some where down the road.

My friends and bandmates Steve and Jon: We talk about carpooling, butter tart festivals and songwriting. Who knew that raisins could be so divisive.

Hustle performed by Steve Cord and the Remainders (Steve Cord, Darryl Gray, Jon Steeves). Written by Steve Cord and Jon Steeves. Recorded at The Spot Rehearsal Space in September 2024

Today’s guest is Jake Elleker: We talk about boxing, rainy days in Paris and Springsteen. We didn’t know it but we lost our superhero that day. RIP Chuck Norris.

Line Up For Your Love performed by Steve Cord and the Remainders (Steve Cord, Darryl Gray, Jon Steeves). Written by Steve Cord and Jon Steeves. Recorded at The Sound Rehearsal Space in October 2024.

Today’s guest is Mike Braithwaite (or is it Drake Michaels?): We talk about origin stories, fearlessness and comedy. Presumably the only episode where my guest has an alter-ego.

Nebraska performed by Steve Cord and the Remainders (Steve Cord, Darryl Gray, Jon Steeves). Written by Steve Cord. Recorded at Neighbour Media Studio on March 30, 2026.

The inaugural guest is Wasim Jarrah: We talk about faith, friendship, giving and other stuff I can’t remember. They say you never forget your first time.

First Kiss performed by Steve Cord and the Remainders (Steve Cord, Darryl Gray, Jon Steeves). Written by Steve Cord. Recorded at Neighbour Media Studio on March 30, 2026.