Today’s guest is Mai Duong. I sit down with Mai to hear her honest and inspiring story of battling leukemia, the obstacles she faced in finding a stem cell donor due to her ethnicity, and how she turned her experience into a mission to help others. We’ll dive into her journey as the founder of Swab The World, her advocacy for racial equity in stem cell donation, and the lessons she’s learned about resilience, community, and making a difference. We talk about the importance of having courage, hope, and how a dark moment in Mai’s life has sparked this incredible nonprofit movement that is saving lives across the world.
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Today’s guest is Scott Marnoch.I take some time and sit down with Scott to hear the raw and authentic story of his melanoma diagnosis, the challenges he faced during treatment, and how he prioritized mental health and self-care throughout his journey. We'll also discuss the role of fitness and lifestyle choices in his recovery, and the valuable lessons he's learned about the importance of maintaining a healthy mindset and body.Don't miss this powerful episode filled with resilience, hope, and actionable advice for anyone facing similar health challenges.
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Today’s guest is Darren Leo.
Darren is a comedian, writer, and keynote speaker in Toronto. He performs stand up comedy across the stages of Yuk Yuks, Absolute, Comedy Bar, and So Cap.
You can find Darren performing weekly at The Real Jerk Legacy and The Cameron House.
Talking with Darren was really a lot of fun. It was really awesome to get some insight into comedy and everything that goes into a comic telling their jokes on stage. We talk about the creative writing process, overcoming stage fright, how to connect with audiences and so much more!
I hope you all enjoy! 💜
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Today’s guest is Rikki Marcone, owner of Rikki Marcone Floral and Event Design. This week we talk about how Rikki started in floral design, her amazing journey in creating her own business, her favourite flower, how she finds beauty in impermanence and imperfection, how she has found balance between her work and her wellness, and so much more.
I also am so excited to introduce a brand new segment to the show— Real and Rapid.
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Today’s guests is Indy Rotondo, creator of SoulWorx. This week we talk about blocking out the noise, what goes on behind the scenes to be a great athlete and playing basketball at a high level, mentorship, mental health and wellness, and more!
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Today’s guests is Araash and Fravash Chothia, co-founders of Fravi Sauce. This week, we sit down with the Fravi Bros in The Real One's first ever video podcast!
We talk about what Fravi Sauce is, how they created it, differentiating from other sauces, how they grow their business, the importance of always adapting, networking, and more!
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Today’s guest is Azmat Alvi, the Founder of Feitan Consulting. This week, we explore Azmat’s journey in founding Feitan, what he and his business does, how he’s organically growing his client-base, shawarma, marketing tips from yours truly and so much more!
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Today’s guest is Katerina Dova. One of my best friends at TMU, this episode is on FIRE. We talk about coffee giving me the poops, Greece, the Greek Guiding Association, camping, travel and visiting Europe, and get down to brass tacks… whatever that means.
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Today's guests are Nicole Iafrate and Giulia Gallegos. These lovely folks are both interior design students at Sheridan College, my great friends, and my personal favourite interior designers.
This episode has been a long time coming! We chat about student life, moving out in their 20s, going to Rolling Loud, interior design, and so much more!
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Today's guest is Paulo Santos. Paolo is an incoming fourth-year sales student at Toronto Metropolitan University. He and I chop it up about his passions for physical health, sports, and Toronto party life, as well as his experiences in post-secondary education and the industries of finance, sales, and marketing!
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Today's guest is Maegan McWade. Maegan, the owner of Shoppe & Tailor Design, and I will be talking about her experiences in small business growth, fashion, garment design, the importance of community, networking, being on a reality show (what?!), surviving through the COVID-19 pandemic and the importance of pivoting your business to adapt, and so much more!
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Today’s guest is Myuri Mohan. This week, Myuri is back again for the second time on The Real Ones! We catch up and talk about Co-op and life as a full-time employee, Toronto and all its loveable quirks, facing burn-out, how we balance (or sometimes forget to balance) work and our health, life lessons learned, fighting through the days of zero motivation, and remembering to be kind to ourselves.
You can hear her first time on the podcast all the way back in Episode #003!
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Today’s guest is Natalie Preece. This week on The Real Ones, we've got Natalie Preece back again for round two! We'll be chatting about what's been going on in her life since she was last on the show, diving into the world of kinesiology, debating whether or not aliens are real, taking our BeReals, and covering so many other topics! We can't wait to have you join us!
You can hear her first time on the podcast all the way back in Episode #009!
TW: This episode discusses dissection, different surgeries and the human anatomy.
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Today’s guest is Alisha Jagnarine. A Business Technology Management (BTM) student at Ted Rogers School of Management - Toronto Metropolitan University.
We talk about mental health, productivity, mindset development, fitness, and more! Tune in to hear her incredible journey and learn valuable tips on how to take care of your mind and body. 💪🧠
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Today’s guest is Stefano Agnoluzzi. A third-year Disaster and Emergency Management student at York University and an overall awesome person that I’ve gotten closer with over the last year, or so.
We talk about everything from studying at York and TMU, to his awesome program, settle the debate of if a gorilla could win in a fight against 50 people, and so much more!
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Today’s guest is Vitaliy Yushvaev. He is a third-year finance student at Toronto Metropolitan University, the President of the Rise of Entertainment Conference (REC) Toronto, a lover of country music. This episode is all about business, being a student at TMU, the Co-op program, country music, the gym and so much more.
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Today‘s guest is Stacey Speranza, a fourth-year student at U of T who’s a fellow marketer and podcaster!
This episode has it all! We talk about her podcast that she co-founded with her sister, Marianna, called The Business Casual Podcast. This interview-based podcast highlights female voices and shows their career journeys, the struggles they faced, and why and how they are where they are! We explore her passion for podcasting and how she got into it, talking to empowering women in business, working for Molson Coors, The Hunger Games, The Vampire Diaries, and so much more!
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Today‘s guest is Tali Voron. I have the incredible opportunity to sit down and talk with a truly incredible woman, who has found her niche in the publishing industry with her own companies, The Soap Box and Plume Press.
From publishing to podcasting, we talk about the publishing industry, what it's like to take charge of your life and start a business, open up about mental health, finding your passion, self care, relationships, navigating life after graduation and so much more.
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Today’s guests are Daniel Palumbo and Tim Galli. Yes, you read that right— TWO guests! In a truly off-the-cuff episode, the three of us talk about everything from our favourite fast foods and drinks, the best Marvel movies, their experiences in playing hockey as kids, finally figuring out who’s winning Serie-A, and so much more!
Three lads catching up and chatting after a long week is exactly what you’ll find here today.
Enjoy!
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Today's guest is Lucas Ksichchang. A full-time freelance photographer who's made a name for himself in the creative industry as a multi-faceted and talented photographer. After hearing him speak as a guest lecturer in the Fall semester, I am so excited to sit down and talk about photography, sports, the creative industry and so much more.
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