The Kook Jester Show

Jul 18 2024 53 ep. 46 mins
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One day a kooky guy woke up and realized he knew very little about the world. Wanting to fix that, he started a podcast. Disclaimer - Listeners (and even the host) may not always fully agree with the content or opinions discussed on this podcast. Further, we also do not recommend taking any action without first conducting your own due diligence, or consulting with the appropriate professional.

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Kristen Ulmer - Leave My Mind Behind

Jul 18 2024 68 mins  
Welcome leading fear expert, Kristen Ulmer, to the show. She wrote The Art of Fear, and in a former life spent 12 years as the top ranked big mountain, extreme skier. She has spent the better part of 4 decades understanding our primal and ancient emotion - Fear: where it comes from, how it flows through our bodies, and what happens when we ignore it or push it away. Great stuff! Kr

Ben Orlin - Mathematics Salesmanship

Jul 04 2024 60 mins  
Math • Teacher • Author Ben Orlin joins the podcast. He is a mathematician and teacher, and through his books - Math With Bad Drawings, Change is the Only Constant, and the upcoming Math for English Majors - he illuminates how math intersects with daily life. We chat about academic struggles, tutoring your kids, and even how the antics of one of sports' greatest duos - Henr

Ameet Shukla - Cowboy Lemonade Renaissance

May 28 2024 53 mins  
Welcome Ameet Shukla to the show, Head of Content at 1 Community. Beyond discussions about the wonder that is Beyonce, we hit on making impactful movies, the magic and storytelling, and things the up and coming generations do incredibly well. Thanks for listening! 1 Community RESPECT Trailer Just Mercy Trailer In the Works - Winner, King Leopold's Ghost, In the Shadow of the M

Simone Lovell - Simone Said F#&%

Apr 11 2024 52 mins  
Welcome Simone Lovell, founder of Total Body Transformation in Vancouver, Canada. What began as a way to earn college beer money, has morphed into 25 years of helping people transform their lives through fitness, nutrition, and wellness. Like starting your day right, any conversation that opens with breakfast is bound to be good. We also hit on strong modelling for our kids, quitt

Yasmin Gandham - Loaded for BEAR

Mar 27 2024 49 mins  
Yasmin Gandham, reporter for CTV News in Vancouver, joins the show today. She chats about her journey into broadcasting, that began with weather forecast drops into her Mom's voicemail as a kid. We also look at how to find good people to learn from, graduating during a worldwide pandemic, and those experiences that only come from being a recognizable face in the community. So m

Dr. Tim O'Connell - No, No, No, Life is Long

Feb 02 2024 46 mins  
Welcome, practicing radiologist and emtelligent founder, Dr. Tim O'Connell to the show. Based in Vancouver Canada, emtelligent directs advanced AI technologies to finding key insights buried in patient medical histories. We get into this, along with solving your own problems, the breakneck speed of change in the Artificial Intelligence space, and flipping the collective adage -

Randy Klassen - For the Exhausted, Bloodied Joy of It

Jan 16 2024 53 mins  
Please welcome, ultrarunner and author of Perhaps Joy is the Reward, Randy Klassen to the show. Framed through hard fought victories and devastating heartbreaks out on the trails, he recounts the connected community of runners, his late start to the sport, and a solid instruction for life: just keep skating. Perhaps Joy is the Reward (Amazon link) Keep track of Randy's adventu

Rowan Minnion - Jot Down Your Assets

Nov 29 2023 46 mins  
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Dr. Sanjiv Gandhi - Medicine was the House

Aug 10 2023 61 mins  
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Vernon Joseph D'Souza - Hacking Ethically

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