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  • Ethan Askey touring Vancouver Island & the Parksville Car and Bike Show

    Ethan Askey touring Vancouver Island & the Parksville Car and Bike Show
    2026/06/09
    "Send us a text about this episode!"Why You Should Listen to This Episode: Ethan Askey has carried a harmonica in his pocket for the better part of 30 years - from campfires on the Alsek River to festival stages in Europe, from Junior Wells' living room in Chicago to the studio in Kimberley where his new album Outside the Lines was born. He is a storyteller who found the blues by digging backwards through his dad's record collection, and every story he tells feels like a song. Ron Thorogood built a life around cars and the community they carry - from drag strips in Calgary to leading the charge to bring one of Vancouver Island's most beloved summer events back to the beach at Parksville Community Park on July 5th.This Episode Features:(28:32) Ethan Askey is a singer, songwriter, and blues harmonica player based in Cranbrook, BC. Known in music circles as Shorty, he spent decades as a sideman and session player before stepping out front with his 2022 debut album Walk When You Wanna Run, which spent over 160 weeks on the Canada Roots and Blues Top 50. He leads Ethan Askey and the Elevators, whose new album Outside the Lines is now out and features contributions from Steve Marriner, Susie Vinnick, and Jimmy Bowskill. Ethan talks about walking a fish through the South Side of Chicago to Junior Wells' door, headlining the Baltic Blues Festival in Germany, and what 30 years of always having a harmonica in your pocket really means. Contains the song "Swing Like That." ethanaskey.com(07:58) Ron Thorogood is one of the key organizers behind the Parksville Car and Bike Show - the revived, rebranded Van Isle Show and Shine returning to Parksville Community Park on July 5th. Ron moved to Vancouver Island from Calgary nine years ago, bringing a lifetime of drag racing history with him, including a 1970 Plymouth Duster 340 that won back-to-back pro titles in 2000 and 2001 and that he owned for 50 years. He talks about reviving a show that once drew a thousand cars to the beach, why there are no judges and no trophies, and why - for him - it has never really been about the cars. parksvillecarshow.caEpisode Quotes:"It has nothing to do with a car. Really what's behind the car is the people. The whole community of people is what drives me." - Ron Thorogood"Everywhere I go, I've got a harmonica in my pocket. It's a thing." - Ethan AskeyWe've had the pleasure of sitting down with musicians from across Vancouver Island and beyond - explore more stories and interviews on our Vancouver Island Musicians page.Text us about this episodeVoice message The PULSE and be part of the podcast!You'll find all episodes of The PULSE Podcast on Apple, Spotify, Amazon, iHeart, TikTok, YouTube, and ThePulseCommunity.caClick here to learn how to Support the showEpisode Sponsors: Ian Lindsay & Associates, Fireside Books, Thrifty Foods Parksville & Tablet PharmacyCheck out Skookum Kid's Stories on Apple, Spotify, Amazon, iHeart, and YouTube.Sign up for our weekly newsletter of new podcast releases and contests!"Like, Share & Listen!"#EthanAskey #OutsideTheLines #BluesHarmonica #VancouverIsland #ParksvilleCarShow #VancouverIslandMusic #ThePULSEPodcast #VancouverIslandPodcast #ParksvilleNews #VancouverIslandNews Support the show
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    55 分
  • Santiago Dominguez - Autism: A Personality, Not a Disability

    Santiago Dominguez - Autism: A Personality, Not a Disability
    2026/06/09

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    Why You Should Listen to This Episode

    If you or someone you love has ever felt like an outsider in a world that wasn’t built for the way your mind works, Santiago Dominguez speaks directly to that experience. Diagnosed with high-functioning autism, Santiago opens up about the exhausting daily effort of navigating school, building relationships, and searching for a sense of value in a world that often misunderstood him. His story is one of hard-won resilience - and a powerful reminder that difference is not deficit.

    In this episode:

    Santiago Dominguez joins Cindy Thompson on A Resilience Project to share what it truly meant to grow up with high-functioning autism in a world that rarely made space for the way he experienced it.

    For Santiago, every school day felt like a war - a constant negotiation between who he was and what the world expected him to be. Complex peer relationships and a deep desire to be understood shaped his early years. But through it all, he found his way to something more grounding: a rediscovery of his own value, on his own terms.

    Now 24, Santiago is a real estate photographer, a history student at Vancouver Island University, a high school tutor, and a youth coordinator at Maranatha Church in Nanaimo, BC. Through his work with teenagers facing similar struggles, he channels his own experience into something purposeful - helping young people see what he had to learn for himself: that autism is a personality, not a disability.

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    47 分
  • Matt Sager of “Lost Car Rescue” on “Classics for Kids” & Crime Novelist Sam Wiebe

    Matt Sager of “Lost Car Rescue” on “Classics for Kids” & Crime Novelist Sam Wiebe
    2026/06/02
    "Send us a text about this episode!"Why You Should Listen to This Episode: Matt Sager brings a 1940 Ford five-window coupe and a classroom full of students to turn a rescue car into a raffle that could raise a million dollars for the kids at Cowichan District Hospital. Sam Wiebe has spent a decade building one of the most compelling crime fiction series in Canadian literature, and his sixth Wakeland novel takes the detective out of his Vancouver comfort zone and into the Fraser Valley - where ghost guns, a teenager in danger, and a corporate consulting gig he hates are all waiting. This Episode Features: (26:00) Matt Sager of Mill Bay became known across Canada as the star of the History Channel's Lost Car Rescue, hunting down forgotten classics from barns, ravines, and forests alongside his brother Steve. Now he's channeling that passion into Classics for Kids - a program he built at Queen Margaret's School in Duncan where students are restoring a 1940 Ford five-window coupe from a Langford garage to show-ready condition. The car, owned by the Cowichan District Hospital Foundation, will be unveiled at a car show on July 5th at the school and then tour western Canada as a rolling raffle with a million-dollar fundraising target for the pediatric ward. https://bit.ly/ClassicsForKidsQMS (07:47) Sam Wiebe is an award-winning, best-selling author of Pacific Northwest crime fiction based in New Westminster, BC. His Dave Wakeland series has earned him the Crime Writers of Canada Award and the Kobo Emerging Writers Prize. In his sixth Wakeland novel, Guns Across the River, private eye Dave Wakeland pulls a teenager named Nicola from False Creek - and finds himself chasing a shipping container of untraceable ghost guns from Vancouver's back alleys all the way to the Fraser Valley. Sam also previews his forthcoming nonfiction book Shot in Vancouver, a deep dive into the movies and TV series filmed in BC. https://samwiebe.com/ Episode Quotes:"Pairing someone who's been through the wringer and is very much a lone wolf with a teenager who's in danger, but is also capable of violence and going down the wrong path herself - I thought would just be an interesting challenge to Dave." - Sam Wiebe "The ultimate goal is to have the kids have this amazing well-rounded experience about using their hands to create something that is greater than themselves - for the greater good of other children." - Matt SagerLISTEN: We have had the chance to talk to many authors from across Vancouver Island and beyond — explore more stories and interviews on our Vancouver Island Authors page.Voice message The PULSE and be part of the podcast!You'll find all episodes of The PULSE Podcast on Apple, Spotify, Amazon, iHeart, TikTok, YouTube, and ThePulseCommunity.caClick here to learn how to Support the showEpisode Sponsors: Ian Lindsay & Associates, Fireside Books & Thrifty Foods ParksvilleCheck out Skookum Kid's Stories on Apple, Spotify, Amazon, iHeart, and YouTube, as well as SkookumKids.comSign up for our weekly newsletter of new podcast releases and contests!“Like, Share & Listen!”#SamWiebe #CrimeFiction #WakelandSeries #VancouverIsland #ClassicsForKids #MattSager #CowichanValley #ThePULSEPodcast #VancouverIslandPodcast #ParksvilleNews #VancouverIslandNewsSupport the show
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    55 分
  • When Democracy Becomes Dangerous with Marianne Meed Ward

    When Democracy Becomes Dangerous with Marianne Meed Ward
    2026/06/02

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    Recorded live at the AVICC convention in Victoria, this episode of Non-Partisan Hacks brings a remarkable guest to the mic. Joel Grenz and Sean Wood sit down with Marianne Meed Ward - Mayor of Burlington, Ontario and co-founder of ElectRespect - to talk about the growing crisis of harassment, abuse, and threats facing elected officials at every level of government.

    Marianne has received death threats, been told by police not to attend her own public meetings, and watched colleagues leave elected life entirely because the personal cost was too high. Rather than stepping back, she helped launch a national movement. ElectRespect is now a cross-country campaign with hundreds of elected officials and over 60 municipalities signed on - the pledge is straightforward: commit to respectful democracy, lead by example, and ask the same of colleagues and constituents.

    Listen for:

    • The real-life incidents - including death threats linked to a local development application - that pushed Mayor Meed Ward to act

    • Why the tools available to municipalities to deal with misconduct are dangerously limited

    • How social media, bots, and post-COVID anonymity turbocharged political toxicity at the local level

    • Why women, people of colour, Indigenous, and 2SLGBTQ officials face a distinctly more personal and threatening form of abuse

    • What ElectRespect is actually asking people to do - and how any elected official or member of the public can sign the pledge today

    • Why changing the culture has to start with politicians themselves

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    32 分
  • Henry McKay - If Not You, Then Who?

    Henry McKay - If Not You, Then Who?
    2026/06/02

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    Why You Should Listen to This Episode

    If you've ever wondered what it takes to break a cycle - of trauma, of violence, of generational pain, this episode is for you. Henry McKay speaks with a clarity and courage that only comes from having lived through the very things he now works to prevent.

    In this episode:

    Henry McKay joins Cindy Thompson on A Resilience Project to share a story of intergenerational trauma and intergenerational resilience - and the critical elements that helped him find his way through.

    Henry is a father and fourth-year Social Work student at the University of Manitoba. Drawing on his own experiences with childhood trauma, abuse, poverty, oppression, drug dealing, and street gang involvement, he speaks honestly about what it meant to move from a life of alcoholism and violence into one of healing, hope, and purpose.

    Today, Henry works as an Action Therapist with at-risk youth in the child welfare system. His mission is to help prevent or reduce the harm of substance use and gang involvement, while introducing Indigenous ceremony to youth navigating some of the same circumstances he once faced. In asking "if not you, then who?" - he answers that question every day with his work and his presence.

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    48 分
  • Kyle McKearney's To The River Tour & 99-year-old Eva Hilborn's Wonderful World of Books

    Kyle McKearney's To The River Tour & 99-year-old Eva Hilborn's Wonderful World of Books
    2026/05/26
    "Send us a text about this episode!"Why You Should Listen to This Episode: Kyle McKearney stopped chasing what the industry told him to be, went home, made the record he wanted to make, and had it mixed by the same engineer behind Chris Stapleton and Beyonce. Eva Hilborn decided at 95 that she wasn't done yet - and built a literacy charity from scratch that now puts free books in the hands of 500 children every month. Two guests who took their own road, and made something remarkable.This Episode Features:(25:23) Kyle McKearney, Metis singer-songwriter and frontman of The Outliers, is bringing his To The River Tour to Vancouver Island this summer - including Sunfest at Laketown Ranch, Rock the Range in Qualicum Beach, and the Parksville Museum Concert Series. Raised in Fort St. John and now based in Alberta, Kyle grew up in a musical family - his dad spent eight years chasing Nashville with the East Coast Riders, and his grandparents played dances and weddings across western Canada. Kyle co-produced his most recent album with Russell Broom, had it mixed by Vance Powell (Chris Stapleton, Willie Nelson, Beyonce) and had five songs featured in the season 18 finale of Heartland. His band, The Outliers - which includes his wife Sarah on vocals and guitar - plays country, Americana, and bluegrass with a soul and swagger all their own. Contains the song “Wedding Day”. https://www.imkylemckearney.com/(06:16) Eva Hilborn, retired early childhood educator and founder of the Wonderful World of Books, started her charity at age 95, inspired by Dolly Parton's Imagination Library. Now 99, Eva is still involved in the program that delivers free, personalized books to 500 children across School District 69 every month - from birth to age four. What began with 25 books delivered by neighbours in Bowser has grown into a volunteer-powered organization with 50 to 70 dedicated volunteers, multiple grants and sponsors, and a partnership with the Qualicum Beach library. Kathy Van Herwaarden serves as vice president. Eva's secret to a long and active life? Keep busy. Keep a job. Do something positive. https://thewonderfulworldofbooks.com/Episode Quotes:“It just has its own thing - it's a group of highly skilled, highly talented musicians who have a lot of swagger and soul and could essentially play any genre of music.” - Kyle McKearney“Children who have 80 or more books in their home progress greater. The children, they're happy to get a book each month.” - Eva HilbornVoice message The PULSE and be part of the podcast!You'll find all episodes of The PULSE Podcast on Apple, Spotify, Amazon, iHeart, TikTok, YouTube, and ThePulseCommunity.caClick here to learn how to Support the showEpisode Sponsors: Tablet Pharmacy, Society of Organized Services (SOSD69) & Ian Lindsay & AssociatesCheck out Skookum Kid's Stories on Apple, Spotify, Amazon, iHeart, and YouTube, as well as SkookumKids.comSign up for our weekly newsletter of new podcast releases and contests!“Like, Share & Listen!”(Wedding Day - McKearney)#KyleMcKearney #ToTheRiverTour #VancouverIsland #VancouverIslandMusic #WonderfulWorldOfBooks #EvaHilborn #Literacy #SunFest #ThePULSEPodcast #VancouverIslandPodcast #ParksvilleNews #VancouverIslandNewsSupport the show
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    47 分
  • Carys Cragg - How I Came to Meet the Man Who Murdered My Father

    Carys Cragg - How I Came to Meet the Man Who Murdered My Father
    2026/05/26

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    What does it take to face the person who shattered your world? Carys Cragg was 11 years old when her father was murdered. Decades later, she chose to correspond with - and ultimately meet - the man responsible. Her story is not about forgiveness on demand. It is about what happens when you decide to walk toward your greatest fear, and what you find on the other side.

    In this episode:

    Carys Cragg joins Cindy Thompson on A Resilience Project to share the extraordinary journey behind her book Dead Reckoning: How I Came to Meet the Man Who Murdered My Father - a Globe & Mail Best 100 Book of 2017, finalist for the Hubert Evans BC Book Prize, and finalist for the Governor General's Literary Award.

    Carys opens up about complex trauma, grief, and the unexpected gifts that can emerge when we are willing to confront what we fear most. Beyond her personal story, Carys brings a professional lens to healing: she is faculty and coordinator in the Child & Youth Care degree program at Douglas College and is completing her Doctor of Education in educational leadership. This episode is dedicated to her father.

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    40 分
  • Singer-Songwriter Sean Thomas & Parksville Museum Curator Sarah Ronald

    Singer-Songwriter Sean Thomas & Parksville Museum Curator Sarah Ronald
    2026/05/19
    "Send us a text about this episode!"Why You Should Listen to This Episode:Sean Thomas was 17 years old when he began producing Debbie Gibson's comeback album - the same year he was learning to drive a car. He then took his talents to Las Vegas as her music director, toured with New Kids on the Block and New Edition, and is now releasing his own music entirely on his own terms. Sarah Ronald turned a heritage village courtyard into a concert venue, dreamed up Parksville's longest hopscotch course, and is building a storytelling festival from scratch - because she believes a museum, like a library, has to keep evolving to stay alive. This Episode Features:(28:06) Sean Thomas is a 24-year-old Vancouver-born singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, and voice actor who started playing piano at five, founded a charity that raised over $100,000 for BC Children's Hospital at age 11, and co-produced Debbie Gibson's first album in two decades while finishing his Berklee College of Music degree. He has since worked as a music director, writer, mixer, and producer for Joey McIntyre, New Kids on the Block, and New Edition. His debut single "Better" - written, recorded, produced, and mixed entirely himself - features over 100 stacked vocal layers built in his home studio. Sean is now preparing an independent EP and exploring live performance opportunities later this year. https://www.seanthomas.ca/(06:08) Sarah Ronald is the manager and curator of the Parksville Museum at Craig Heritage Park, overseeing eight heritage buildings, a rich regional archive, and a rapidly expanding calendar of community events. After 18 years as a theatre coordinator for the City of Port Moody, Sarah arrived in Parksville in spring 2024 and has since launched an artisan market, a concert series every Thursday in July, a juried art exhibit exploring repetition, and a multi-week storytelling festival for June featuring theatre, literary artists, spoken word, and workshops. She also drew Parksville's longest hopscotch course - all 300-plus hops of it. https://www.parksvillemuseum.com/Episode Quotes:"When I'm in a writing session or doing a production for something, I'll often just take a backseat or keep asking questions until they bring it out themselves - because when it comes from them and it's an idea they thought of, it's more inspired." - Sean Thomas"A lot of the items in here in some regard were precious to somebody, and you can tell. You can see these stories." - Sarah RonaldLISTEN: We've had the pleasure of sitting down with musicians from across Vancouver Island and beyond - explore more stories and interviews on our Vancouver Island Musicians page.Voice message The PULSE and be part of the podcast!You'll find all episodes of The PULSE Podcast on Apple, Spotify, Amazon, iHeart, TikTok, YouTube, and ThePulseCommunity.caClick here to learn how to Support the showEpisode Sponsors: Ian Lindsay & Associates, Thrifty Foods Parksville & Fireside BooksCheck out Skookum Kid's Stories on Apple, Spotify, Amazon, iHeart, and YouTube.Sign up for our weekly newsletter of new podcast releases and contests! https://bit.ly/PulseNewsletterSignup"Like, Share & Listen!"#SeanThomas #VancouverIslandMusic #DebbieGibson #ParksvilleMuseum #CraigHeritagePark #VancouverIsland #PULSECommunityPodcast #VancouverIslandPodcast #ParksvilleNews #VancouverIslandNewsSupport the show
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    55 分