Best Tamara Richards Podcasts (2026)

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Epsidoe 207 - What I Learnt From My Recent Holiday 19:49

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In this episode Paul goes into detail about his recent holiday to Samoa and how he took full advantage of the time away being present, disconnected and coming back refreshed..Website: www.paulsbodyengineering.com.Email: [email protected]: www.instagram.com/paulsbodyengineering.YouTube: Paul's Body Engineering.…

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"Yanuni" with Richard Ladkani 48:30

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There are power couples… and then there is Juma Xipaia and Hugo Loss. As illustrated in Richard Ladkani’s (“Sea of Shadows”) riveting, urgent, and Oscar-shortlisted documentary “Yanuni,” the two are fierce defenders of the Amazon rainforest engaged in a life-and-death struggle against illegal mining operations that threaten the existence of Brazil’…

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“Mr. Nobody Against Putin” with David Borenstein 33:00

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Pavel “Pasha” Talankin may seem like just another primary school events coordinator, but when he is forced by Vladimir Putin’s new dictates to not only implement a pro-war curriculum but to record teachers delivering its absurd, self-contradictory nonsense, he decides to use his camera to document the effects of the war in Ukraine and the propagand…

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2025 Listener Favorite: Becoming Shatterproof with Tasha Eurich 29:17

5d ago29:17

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Welcome to the What's Next! Podcast with Tiffani Bova. As we approach the end of the year, I'm pausing to look back and celebrate all of the wonderful guests that I had the honor of speaking to on the show. And based on your feedback, many of these guests resonated with you as well so we're giving you another chance to revisit the stories, insights…

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"Cover-Up" with Mark Obenhaus 34:33

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It took 20 years of asking by an Oscar-winning filmmaker, but famed investigative reporter Seymour Hersh finally said, “Yes.” The result is "Cover-Up", a revelatory new documentary portrait of Hersh’s fascinating life and career by Academy Award-winning filmmaker Laura Poitras (“Citizenfour”) and Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Mark Obenhaus (“Steep”)…

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514: This simple reading habit will 10x your vocabulary 9:31

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👉Grab your FREE Language Goal Planner: https://l.storylearning.com/reading-goals Want to pick up vocabulary naturally while exploring topics that interest you? I've got the perfect the solution and I lay it all out in this episode, including how I used this habit myself to expand my Japanese vocab about a rather specialised topic. 👉 Got a question …

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98th Academy Awards Shortlist Rundown with Anne Thompson 27:00

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Welcome once again to our Anne-ual Top Docs Holiday Special featuring the one-and-only Anne Thompson, Editor-at-Large at IndieWire! Anne joins Mike and Ken to tackle this year’s Best Feature Documentary Oscar Shortlist, released on December 16th. One day following the release of the list, Anne is already fired up and ready to go. How competitive is…

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2025 Listener Favorite: The Future of AI with Steve Lucas 28:45

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Welcome to the What's Next! Podcast with Tiffani Bova. As we approach the end of the year, I'm pausing to look back and celebrate all of the wonderful guests that I had the honor of speaking to on the show. And based on your feedback, many of these guests resonated with you as well so we're giving you another chance to revisit the stories, insights…

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513: The harsh truth about advanced fluency 17:05

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👉 Grab your FREE Language Goal Planner: https://l.storylearning.com/free-goals I don't aim for C2 in the languages I'm learning and I don't think you should either. But it is possible to get there with a lot, and I mean a lot, of time and effort. So, the real question is, is it worth it? 👉 Got a question you want Olly to answer on the podcast? Subm…

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"My Undesirable Friends: Part 1 — Last Air in Moscow" with Julia Loktev & Ksenia Mironova 41:35

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Sometimes, timing is everything. If Julia Loktev’s 5 hour and 24-minute documentary masterpiece “My Undesirable Friends: Part 1 — Last Air in Moscow” can be boiled down to its essence, it may be that, often in life, there is a “before” and an “after,” and nothing can possibly prepare you for what comes after. In this case, the event that changes ev…

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Holiday Extravaganza: Clark, Harcourt, Davies, McElroy & Zussman 1:30:04

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Hotel Pacifico was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS, as well as FortisBC. Mike, Geoff… and Kate(!) preside over the Hotel Pacifico Holiday Extravaganza. Political observers Justin McElroy and Richard Zussman look back on the main political stories of the year and politicians to watch. Former BC Premier Mike…

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2025 Listener Favorite: A Fresh Approach to Strategy with Seth Godin 29:45

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Welcome to the What's Next! Podcast with Tiffani Bova. As we approach the end of the year, I'm pausing to look back and celebrate all of the wonderful guests that I had the honor of speaking to on the show. And based on your feedback, many of these guests resonated with you as well so we're giving you another chance to revisit the stories, insights…

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"The Evolution of Eby" with Vaughn Palmer + 12 Substacks of Christmas 1:20:21

19d ago1:20:21

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Hotel Pacifico was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS, as well as FortisBC. Mike & Geoff are joined by press gallery legend Vaughn Palmer to review the BC politics landscape. Topics include the Cowichan ruling, transparency and secrecy, the issues to watch in 2026, and a tour of BC’s political parties and the…

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512: The ONE language rule you should ALWAYS break 15:04

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👉Grab your FREE Binge-Worthy Resources: https://l.storylearning.com/binge-resources Can you really perfect your accent to the point where no-one knows you're not a native speaker? You can get close, even as an adult, but the real question is - is it actually worth the time and effort? Link mentioned in this episode: Speaking Accent-Free in L2 Beyon…

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Episode 206 - Balancing Bravery and Bodybuilding, Tamara’s Extraordinary Season 17:56

23d ago17:56

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In this episode Paul chats with long time client and figure athlete Tamara about her recent competitive season and the success that came from that. Moreso we chat about the adversity she had to overcome during her prep when her son was in a serious car accident...Website: www.paulsbodyengineering.com.Email: [email protected]: w…

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"Holding Liat" with Brandon and Lance Kramer 52:10

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When Liat Atzili and her husband Aviv were kidnapped from Kibbutz Nir Oz by Hamas on October 7th, 2023, their families were not only devastated by the news but also at a loss of what to do next. In Brandon and Lance Kramer’s (The First Step”) brilliant, nuanced and stirring documentary “Holding Liat,” each member of the family must decide what he o…

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Building Magnetic Communication Skills with Lynn Smith 35:24

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Welcome to the What's Next! Podcast with Tiffani Bova. I'm excited to welcome Lynn Smith to the show this week. She is a media and communications expert who helps high-level leaders turn pressure into presence. A former anchor for NBC News, MSNBC, and CNN Headline News, she now coaches Fortune 500 executives, thought leaders, and entrepreneurs to b…

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"I'm not going to be silenced" with John Rustad + Gurpreet Vinning 1:27:18

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Hotel Pacifico was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS, as well as FortisBC, and Port of Vancouver. Mike & Geoff conduct an "exit interview" with former BC Conservative leader John Rustad. Fresh from his decision to step down last week, Rustad reflects on the meteoric rise of his party, almost taking power in …

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511: The ONLY study habit that actually makes you fluent 11:42

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👉 Grab your FREE Language Goal Planner: https://l.storylearning.com/set_goals Success in language learning almost always comes down to a very small number of things done well. Successful language learners understand what those few things are, and they do them very consistently and very well. And thanks to this episode, you're going to join them. 👉 …

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Episode 205 - December Overwhelm 16:19

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In this episode Paul chats about recent conversations with clients about how overwhelmed they feel at this time of year (December) and how their own priorities can be pushed to the side to keep up with the demands of socialiing, christmas events, kids events etc. We discuss how you can manage things ebtter, focus on keeping it simple while still ma…

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“The New Yorker at 100” with Marshall Curry 27:20

29d ago27:20

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In Marshall Curry’s (“Street Fight,” “A Night at the Garden”) new Netflix documentary, “The New Yorker at 100”, the magazine’s editor, David Remnick, calls its very existence “a miracle”: in a typical issue you might find a long profile of a museum, and then a report from Southern Lebanon, all interspersed with gag cartoons Curry’s documentary refl…

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"Pipelines, Politics and the Pacific” with Danielle Smith, Premier of Alberta + Dimitri Pantazopoulos 1:20:21

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Hotel Pacifico was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS, as well as FortisBC. This week, Mike and Geoff welcome Alberta’s 19th Premier, the Honourable Danielle Smith, to Hotel Pacifico. Premier Smith makes her case for a bitumen pipeline to the West Coast. She outlines the MOU she signed with Prime Minister Car…

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"Masaka Kids: A Rhythm Within" with David Vieira Lopez & Moses Bwayo 25:26

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When Suuna Hassan and Madinah Babirah founded Masaka Kids Africana in the Masaka District of Uganda, they hoped to help a handful of orphaned children and other young people living on the streets. They had no way of knowing where their efforts would lead or that one day the whole world would be watching. Directors David Vieira Lopez and Oscar-nomin…

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RELOAD: Disrupting the Old, Building the New with Mitch Lowe 33:06

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Welcome to the What's Next! Podcast with Tiffani Bova. This week I am excited to share a replay of a conversation I had with Mitch Lowe. Mitch was one of the early pioneers in the movie rental industry opening video rental stores in the early 1980's. In the late 90's Mitch joined Marc Randolph and Reed Hastings at Netflix as the video industry expe…

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510: Why you can understand a language but can't speak 12:49

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👉 Grab your FREE Language Goal Planner: https://l.storylearning.com/goal-planner Struggling to bridge the gap between understanding and speaking? You’re not alone. I’ve been there too, specifically when I learned Japanese. Discover the exact steps I took to go from silent to confident Japanese speaker. Links mentioned in this episode: 🗣️ LanguaTalk…

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Episode 204 - Planes, Trains & Automobiles 28:38

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In this episode Paul chats about his recent travel to Dubai, Los Angeles and India and his experience along with coaching, judging and a few lost in translation moments. ..Website: www.paulsbodyengineering.com.Email: [email protected]: www.facebook.com/paulsbodyengineering.Instagram: www.instagram.com/paulsbodyengineering.YouTu…

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"The Stringer" with Bao Nguyen 25:46

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Who really took the photo widely known as “Napalm Girl”? And does it really matter over a half-century later? In his new Netflix documentary “The Stringer”, Bao Nguyen (“The Greatest Night in Pop”) follows a journalistic team lead by Anglo-American Gary Knight as they seek to show that the real photographer on that day in 1972 in Trang Bang was not…

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“The Tale of Silyan” with Tamara Kotevska & Jean Dakar 35:35

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The main protagonist of Tamara Kotevska’s (“Honeyland”) enchanting new documentary “The Tale of Silyan” is a lovable farmer named Nikola. But as compelling a screen presence as he is, Nikola can’t hold a candle to the film’s real stars, the gorgeous, majestic — and even more lovable — white storks who steal the show. Producer/Director Tamara Kotevs…

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"Invest & Build for Good" with Ryan Beedie + Strategy Suite 1:12:39

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Hotel Pacifico was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS, as well as FortisBC, and Port of Vancouver. Mike & Geoff interview BC business leader Ryan Beedie (CEO, Beedie) to discuss the state of BC’s economy, views on the real estate market, mining, BC politics, and his Beedie Luminaries initiative that provides …

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“Selena y Los Dinos” with Isabel Castro 39:36

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Elvis. The Beatles. Madonna… Selena. Selena Quintanilla was a huge star on the cusp of becoming an international superstar when she was tragically killed in 1995 at just 23 years old. Filmmaker Isabel Castro (“Mija”) explores the life, music and legacy of this incredibly talented and beloved musician in her exceptional Netflix documentary portrait …

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509: The hidden danger of AI language learning 17:28

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👉 Grab your FREE Tips for Learning a Language with AI (inside the Bonus section of my FREE StoryLearning Kit): https://l.storylearning.com/fluency_AI The Black Friday offer mentioned in this video is no longer available. If you’ve learned languages in the last week or two, have you used AI? AI has landed like a rock in a pond in the last couple of…

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"Cutting Through Rocks" with Sara Khaki & Mohammadreza Eyni 45:41

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Whether you are a fan of motorcycles or not, it’s hard to dispute that riding one down an open stretch of road delivers an intoxicating sense of freedom. As filmmakers Sara Khaki and Mohammadreza Eyni make clear in their extraordinary documentary “Cutting Through Rocks,” the motorcycle can also be a powerful — and threatening — symbol of female emp…

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Guest Episode on Small Bowel Tumours with Tamara Vu 49:45

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This episode is the second of a series that has been produced in collaboration with the Australian and New Zealand Training Board in Colon and Rectal Surgery (ANZTBCRS). It has come out of work prepared for the Colorectal Fellow's Training Weekend held in Adelaide in August 2023. Tamara Vu presents a really comprehensive summary of Small Bowel Tumo…

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Culture as a Competitive Advantage with Richard Fain 31:31

2M ago31:31

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Welcome to the What's Next! Podcast with Tiffani Bova. I'm excited to welcome Richard Fain to the show this week. He served as Royal Caribbean Group CEO for over three decades, leading its transformation from a small Norwegian company with three ships that held just over 700 passengers each into one of the world's largest and most profitable cruise…

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"Defining moments in B.C. politics" with Richard Zussman + Carlie Pochynok 1:12:51

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Hotel Pacifico was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS, as well as FortisBC, and Port of Vancouver. Mike and Geoff welcome back Global BC’s outgoing legislative correspondent Richard Zussman as he sets sail for new horizons. Richard reflects on his time at the Legislature covering the major stories of the past…

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508: How to actually learn a language in 12 months 11:40

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👉 Grab your FREE Language Difficulty Guide: https://l.storylearning.com/difficulty Can you really learn a language in 12 months? Definitely, with the right mindset, approach and effort. To give you inspiration for and insight into fast language learning, I look back on two of my wildest language learning challenges: Thai in 2 weeks and Italian in 3…

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"Apocalypse in the Tropics" with Petra Costa 35:36

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For filmmaker Petra Costa, democracy in her native country of Brazil is personal. Two years after Petra was born, the country returned to democratic rule after more than twenty years of military dictatorship. As Petra grew up, so, too, did the country’s democracy. But, in more recent years, as she has meticulously documented in two densely layered …

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"The American Revolution" with Ken Burns and Sarah Botstein 55:07

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The version of the American Revolution many of us were taught was focussed on the ideals and principles of the revolution: Independence, democracy, liberty guaranteed by enumerated rights. And if we were taught about the actual conflict, we maybe heard of a few battles in New England and the mid-Atlantic– maybe there was a setback here and there. B…

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How to Spark Irresistible Change with Phil Gilbert 28:24

2M ago28:24

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Welcome to the What's Next! Podcast with Tiffani Bova. I'm thrilled to welcome Phil Gilbert to the show today. He is IBM's former General Manager of Design, where he helped transform one of the most traditional companies in the world into a global design thinking powerhouse. In his new book, Irresistible Change, he pulls back the curtain on how he …

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"BC NDP Convention" with Raj Sihota + Katie DeRosa and Wolfgang Depner 1:13:44

2M ago1:13:44

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Hotel Pacifico was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS, as well as FortisBC, BC Dairy and Port of Vancouver. With Mike away, Geoff will play. And with the B.C. NDP’s convention coming up this weekend, Geoff welcomes NDP veteran Raj Sihota for a deep dive. Leadership review coming? Snap election? Then two sharp…

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507: I don't maintain my languages...and you shouldn't either 10:14

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👉 Grab your FREE Binge-Worthy Resources for Fluency: https://l.storylearning.com/binge I’ve learned eight languages - so how on earth do I maintain them all? It’s a question people often ask me. And my answer surprises and confuses them. Find out why. 👉 Got a question you want Olly to answer on the podcast? Submit it here: https://storylearning.com…

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Hot Springs Live 2025: "All the Empty Rooms" with Joshua Seftel 36:40

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Today we feature a live event that Top Docs held a few weeks ago at the Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival (where our co-host Ken Jacobson serves as Executive Director). After Ken and Mike talk about the origins of Top Docs and some of the memorable moments over the years, Joshua Seftel, who has previously appeared on the pod for his Oscar-nomin…

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RELOAD: GenY As The Next Generation of Leadership with Adam Kingl 33:39

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Welcome to the What's Next! Podcast with Tiffani Bova. This week, I'm looking back on a conversation I shared with Adam Kingl. Adam is an author and keynote speaker who educates future leaders on culture, purpose, team dynamics, the future of work, creativity, strategic innovation, management innovation, and the generational paradigms of work and l…

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"B.C. does it better than anywhere in the world" with Todd Stone + Maeghan Dewar 1:20:16

2M ago1:20:16

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Hotel Pacifico was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS, as well as FortisBC, BC Dairy and Port of Vancouver. This week, Mike and Geoff leave no Stone unturned - Todd Stone, that is. The CEO of the Association for Mineral Exploration (AMEBC) and former BC Liberal/United MLA for Kamloops-South Thompson checks in…

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506: Spanish vs Italian - which is easier to learn? 14:18

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👉 Get your FREE Difficulty Guide: https://storylearning.com/difficulty_ES_IT Spanish vs Italian: which is easier to learn for native English speakers? I’ve learned both - find out which one I found easier and why and which one I recommend you learn. And above all, how long would it take to pass my famous fluency "pub test" in these languages? 👉 Got…

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"Mr. Scorsese" with Rebecca Miller 29:26

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Mr. Scorsese is “Marty” to his friends and “Legend” to admirers and imitators. But he’s also still that kid, the "minuscule asthmatic”--as lovingly described by his ex-wife, Isabella Rossellini--who fervently loved both the movies he watched in Times Square as well as the characters that populated the Little Italy of his youth. The results were "Me…

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"Targeting Trump on Tariffs" with Premier Eby + Kory Teneycke 1:15:59

2M ago1:15:59

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Hotel Pacifico was created by Air Quotes Media with support from our presenting sponsor TELUS, as well as FortisBC, BCGEU, BC Dairy and Port of Vancouver. This week, a special guest returns to the hotel – the 37th Premier of British Columbia, Hon. David Eby. Geoff and Mike talk with the Premier about the year that was and what’s changed since the 2…

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How Introverts Build Powerful Brands with Goldie Chan 27:54

2M ago27:54

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Welcome to the What's Next! Podcast with Tiffani Bova. This week, I'm joined by Goldie Chan, who has been called the Oprah of LinkedIn. When LinkedIn first launched its native video, Goldie began posting daily short videos and has built one of the platform's longest-running video series. Goldie's videos feature a mix of personal branding and storyt…

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505: Are hard languages even worth it? 16:29

2M ago16:29

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👉 Grab your FREE Difficulty Guide: https://storylearning.com/difficulty-guide-super-hard 👉 Get your FREE Language Goal Planner: https://storylearning.com/goal-planner-super-hard Are super hard languages like Japanese or Mandarin worth learning? I've learned three of the world's hardest languages, Japanese, Cantonese and Arabic. These category five …

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How to Be Bold with Ranjay Gulati 29:42

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Welcome to the What's Next! Podcast with Tiffani Bova. This week, I'm honored to have a fellow Thinker50 on the show with me. Ranjay Gulati is a professor of business administration at Harvard Business School. His pioneering work focuses on unlocking organizational and individual potential, embracing courage, nurturing purpose-driven leaders, drivi…