A year into this pandemic, we look ahead and we realize that there is still a long way to go. I can’t help to think about the front line workers and how much they’ve been carrying on their shoulders. If you’re anything like me you’ve been curious about how they’ve been coping, how they’ve been continuing on. I’ve wondered a lot about the situation …

In this episode I invited my dear friend Benita Bailey up to the mic and she stepped up brilliantly. Benita is a an actor in theatre, film/tv and also the creator and host of a new show called Yell It! that is gaining momentum across Canada and Germany. I was so delighted to be able to have her on the show, nestled in between trips to Germany and m…

My next guest needs no introduction. But I’m going to introduce her anyways cause that’s what I do here on the show. If you’ve been in Montreal for long enough you’ll recognize her voice as a broadcaster on CBC’s the Bridge and the Arts and Culture contributor on Daybreak. She’s a regular panelist on like, every panel in town, she’s a hip hop artis…

Hair. It's political, it holds power, trauma, our little girl memories in it's coils as tightly as we hold our identities to our hearts. That's why talking with Abisara Machold was such an exciting experience for me, especially being the owner of one of my favorite places in Montreal. She is a queen, and I definitely had a fan girl moment interview…

I had so much fun in this one. Dayane and Aiza Ntibarikure joined me and shared some wise life tips and how to live big celebrate the sh*t out of everything. If you haven't heard yet singer/songwriter Aiza is pretty much a Canadian star in the music industry and Dayane has worked across Canada, onscreen and onstage as a director, actor and creator …

Actress, singer, producer, mentor, creator, and mother Mariah Inger joins me on the podcast as part of the Black Voices Matters series. Mariah has a very strong voice & screen presence and had some very poignant thoughts about racism, and how it has been affecting her and her community. We go deep into representation in media and how important this…

Shanice Nicole is back. Go back and listen to my first interview with her on the SEX series. This time we are talking about coming back to the body in times of crisis. Some of the ways she does it may delightfully tickle you! Shanice Nicole Website Facebook Page Notes: Marcia Thomas of MarZen: https://instagram.com/marzen_tcm Pre-Order her book : D…

In the entertainment industry there is a certain position that is highly underrated, unrecognized in all the award ceremonies and no one really gives out major accolades to, yet people who are in this position have the ability to change someone’s life, overnight. The casting director. They are somewhat of the intermediate between the actors & produ…

*Cet épisode est bilingue * This episode is bilingual in French and English Do you know about the business of death here in Quebec? Connaissez-vous la procedure, qui vous devez contactez apres la mort de quelqu'un. Connaissez vous vos droits en tant que parenté de la personne qui est morte. I had no idea about the legislation of death until Marie-P…

In certain lineages of Buddhism one important meditation is that if death. Meditating on death can be an albeit peculiar way of appreciating this earthly life. I’ve been wanting to talk more deeply about the subject for a very long time perhaps as a way to prepare for the inevitable, perhaps as a way to find some succour and beauty in the greatest …

Welcome to the 2nd season of Her Story! We are kicking off 2020 with a series on Death & Dying. In certain lineages of Buddhism one important meditation is that if death. Meditating on death can be an albeit peculiar way of appreciating this earthly life. I’ve been wanting to talk more deeply about the subject for a very long time perhaps as a way …

Christian Bégin reçoit la météorologue Ève Christian, l'humoriste Martin Cloutier, la chanteuse Geneviève Jodoin, le planchiste Maxence Parrot et le comédien, auteur et metteur en scène Mani Soleymanlou.

Christian Bégin reçoit la linguiste Anne-Marie Beaudoin-Bégin, le chroniqueur Mathieu Bock-Côté, l'écrivaine québécoise Fanny Britt, l'humoriste Maxim Martin et le chanteur Michel Rivard.

Welcome to The Travel Issue! HerStory travels. I happened to be in New Zealand** accompanying my latest guest PL Summersett Patricia Summersett on her comicon journey. If you don't know by now, Patricia voiced the iconic Nintendo videogame character of Zelda. This is huge because it is the first time ever that Zelda has had a voice so to speak. Pat…

Christian Bégin reçoit la chanteuse Roxane Bruneau, la comédienne et réalisatrice Monia Chokri, le boucher Pascal Hudon, le président de Havas Montréal, Stéphane Mailhiot, et le comédien Sylvain Marcel.

Christian Bégin reçoit la chanteuse France d'Amour, la chercheuse et directrice scientifique du FRQNT, Janice Bailey, Les Denis Drolet, le défenseur de l'Impact de Montréal Bacary Sagna et le conférencier Bernard Voyer.

I was thrilled to have my friend Emily Gan on the podcast. Emily is a filmmaker who recently made some waves at the Hot Docs Festival. She won the Emerging Canadian Filmmaker award with her documentary Cave Birds and will be screened here in Montreal next week. The film follows her father who invested in a swiftlet bird nest business in Malaysia (r…

Christian reçoit le philosophe, auteur et chroniqueur Normand Baillargeon, l'agriculteur militant Paul François, le spécialiste en comportement animal Jean Lessard, le chanteur Damien Robitaille et l'animatrice, comédienne et improvisatrice Tammy Verge.

Christian reçoit la chanteuse et inimitable imitatrice Véronique Claveau, la restauratrice d'oeuvres d'art Marie-Catherine Cyr, le comédien Bernard Fortin, l'humoriste et auteur François Morency et le spécialiste en cybersécurité Éric Parent.

Amadea Kezar runs the ASK Physiothérapie clinic on Green and St-Catherine's in Montreal and she invited me to her office so that we could talk about all things pelvis. The pelvis is essentially at the receiving end of the brain and nervous system so there is no wonder that our pelvic muscles and organs, genitals and evacuation system are entirely a…

Christian Bégin reçoit le très coloré comédien, animateur et globe-trotteur Bruno Blanchet, la psychologue du travail qui vient en aide aux agriculteurs Pierrette Desrosiers, le sympathique conteur gaspésien Patrick Dubois, la multidisciplinaire Sarah-Jeanne Labrosse et le jeune auteur, compositeur et interprète Elliot Maginot.…

Christian Bégin reçoit le sympathique interprète en langue des signes québécoise Martin Asselin, l'animatrice et chanteuse Marie-Ève Janvier, la directrice générale de la Coalition Avenir Québec, Brigitte Legault, le polyvalent comédien Didier Lucien et le chanteur et entrepreneur Mario Pelchat.

You know when you've just sat down to have a conversation with someone and very shortly into the conversation you realize you're in the presence of someone so knowledgeable and really cool and you wonder where you put the cocktails cause you know the conversation is going to be mind-blowing? Well, as soon as Shanice Nicole came in, I had a feeling …

Christian Bégin reçoit la dévouée mère de 12 enfants Pascale Baker, le sympathique humoriste et comédien Michel Barrette, les extravagants membres du groupe Les Deuxluxes, Anna Frances Meyer et Étienne Barry, la journaliste et animatrice Anne-Marie Dussault et la pétillante chef d'orchestre Dina Gilbert.…

Christian Bégin reçoit la journaliste et chroniqueuse Josée Blanchette, l'humoriste, comédien et auteur Fabien Cloutier, l'analyste de patinage artistique Alain Goldberg, l'honorable juge à la retraite Huguette Saint-Louis et l'authentique auteure-compositrice et interprète Samuele.

I had a very informative conversation with Jennifer Drummond aka JD who is the coordinator Concordia University Sexual Assault Resource Centre (SARC). The work that her and her colleagues are doing is elemental, especially in a university setting. She answered my questions on the kind of counselling they do for victims of sexual assault and harassm…

Christian Bégin reçoit l'actrice, réalisatrice et productrice Fabienne Colas, la très populaire chanteuse Marie-Mai, l'aimable créateur de mode Jean-Claude Poitras, l'attachante comédienne Karine Vanasse et le très pertinent sociologue Jean-Philippe Warren.

Christian Bégin reçoit l'ex-maire de Montréal Denis Coderre, l'astronome et communicateur scientifique Sébastien Gauthier, la présidente du Book humanitaire, Rachel Lapierre, l'humoriste qui ne laisse personne indifférent Guillaume Wagner et la lumineuse chanteuse Stéphanie Bédard.

The Parlour Project has made it's grand debut in Montreal and the woman behind this multi-media performance is one of the most open hearted women I have encountered. Artist Amber Dawn pours her heart out with all honesty and beauty sharing with us her experience building this massive art project, from the ground up, inspired by her past as a sex wo…

Christian Bégin reçoit la lumineuse écrivaine Marie Laberge, le très inspirant enseignant d'histoire Félix Lafrance, la dynamique haltérophile Kristel Ngarlem, le chanteur de renom Michel Pagliaro et le sympathique réalisateur Ricardo Trogi

Christian Bégin reçoit le chroniqueur sportif Dany Dubé, l'auteure-compositrice-interprète découverte à La Voix, Dominique Fils-Aimé, l'ex-agent double Nicole Juteau, le charismatique comédien Patrice Robitaille et le tout premier chirurgien autochtone au Québec, Stanley Vollant.

When I sat down with Dawn Mauricio, I thought: ''wow, I could just hang out with this woman forever.'' She's the type of woman with boundless energy but knows exactly where to direct it and how to harness it. From a basketball playing bigger brother pleasing little girl to a woman who has built a business teaching yoga and meditation pretty much al…

Christian Bégin reçoit les très sympathiques chanteurs de 2Frères, Érik et Sonny Caouette, l'authentique humoriste Cathy Gauthier, l'auteure, animatrice et conférencière Valérie Guibbaud, le courageux ex-juif hassidique Mendy Pape et la toujours franche journaliste Nathalie Petrowski.

Christian Bégin reçoit la directrice du Laboratoire de contrôle du dopage sportif à l'INRS-Institut Armand-Frappier, Christiane Ayotte, le brillant humoriste et comédien Philippe-Audrey Larrue-St-Jacques, le fougueux écrivain et chroniqueur Jean Barbe, le coloré chroniqueur mondain Michel Girouard et la chanteuse d'opéra de renommée internationale …

Let it be said, Kimberley Manning has coined the term "The Politics of Presence" on this podcast! As we speak Kim is running for Liberal Nomination in Montreal's West Island. This woman is on fire with bright ideas; there seems to be no end to her passion for public policy, progressive change, activism and advocacy. She spoke about her role of prin…

Christian Bégin reçoit la femme de caractère et ex-politicienne Monique Jérôme-Forget, l'irremplaçable chanteuse de renom Ginette Reno, le sympathique humoriste et animateur de radio Jonathan Roberge, l'impressionnant funambule Laurence Tremblay-Vu et le charmant docteur Alain Vadeboncoeur.

Le succès de Y'a du monde à messe est indéniable. Le plateau animé par Christian Bégin est de retour à l'antenne pour une nouvelle série de rencontres entre personnalités publiques issues de sphères diverses de la société. Un lien – dévoilé au fil de l'émission – unit les invités. Par le biais de discussions, de rires, de confessions touchantes ou …

Le succès de Y'a du monde à messe est indéniable. Le plateau animé par Christian Bégin est de retour à l'antenne pour une nouvelle série de rencontres entre personnalités publiques issues de sphères diverses de la société. Un lien – dévoilé au fil de l'émission – unit les invités. Par le biais de discussions, de rires, de confessions touchantes ou …

Le succès de Y'a du monde à messe est indéniable. Le plateau animé par Christian Bégin est de retour à l'antenne pour une nouvelle série de rencontres entre personnalités publiques issues de sphères diverses de la société. Un lien – dévoilé au fil de l'émission – unit les invités. Par le biais de discussions, de rires, de confessions touchantes ou …

Christian Bégin reçoit la touchante animatrice Marie-Claude Barrette, le surprenant survivaliste Mathieu Hébert, la très articulée spécialiste en intelligence artificielle Anne Martel, l'attachant animateur, humoriste et comédien Alex Perron et la lumineuse drag queen Sébastien Potvin.

Christian Bégin reçoit le très énergique animateur Patrice Bélanger, l'ex-politicien Jean-Pierre Charbonneau, l'attachante comédienne Louise Deschâtelets, la dynamique mairesse Julie Lemieux et la sympathique rappeuse Sarahmée.

Christian Bégin reçoit la sympathique chanteuse émergente Lou-Adriane Cassidy, la populaire animatrice Véronique Cloutier, le chef étoilé Michelin Hugue Dufour, le très intéressant astrophysicien Philippe J. Fournier et le chorégraphe reconnu internationalement Jean-Marc Généreux.

Le succès de Y'a du monde à messe est indéniable. Le plateau animé par Christian Bégin est de retour à l'antenne pour une nouvelle série de rencontres entre personnalités publiques issues de sphères diverses de la société. Un lien – dévoilé au fil de l'émission – unit les invités. Par le biais de discussions, de rires, de confessions touchantes ou …

Christian Bégin reçoit l'animateur et comédien Guy Jodoin, l'analyste et commentatrice politique Tasha Kheiriddin, le chanteur Maxime Landry, l'auteure-compositrice-interprète Béatrice Picard et Nicole Poirier, fondatrice et directrice de Carpe Diem.

Cette semaine à l'émission Y'a du monde à messe, Christian Bégin reçoit la très colorée chroniqueuse Manal Drissi, le chroniqueur, journaliste et animateur Benoît Dutrizac, le producteur de films pornographiques Nicola Lafleur, l'excentrique entrepreneur Olivier Primeau et la divertissante chanteuse country Guylaine Tanguay.…

Cette semaine à l'émission Y'a du monde à messe, Christian Bégin reçoit l'artiste multidisciplinaire Boucar Diouf, la mairesse de Montréal, Valérie Plante, le chasseur d'héritiers Christophe Savary, l'humoriste de la relève Arnaud Soly et l'auteur-compositrice-interprète Ines Talbi.

THE Jessica Lanyadoo was so kind and generous with her time in Montreal and sat down with me to answer some questions about astrology but mainly questions about herself and how she navigates this big bad world. She spoke openly about how she communicates with the dead, and how once she surrendered to her gifts as a medium and psychic was she able t…

Elena Jennifer Montecalvo was my last guest in the Her Story Mother's Day Series where all month I have been speaking with mothers who have shared the ups and downs, their fears and hopes, the details of their fatigue & their triumphs, basically their lives inside and out of motherhood. After years of knowing that her son was autistic, Elena spiral…

Cette semaine je parle avec Catherine Bérubé...oui! LA Catherine Bérubé qui a joué dans Sophie Paquin, 19-2, District 31, Les Jeunes Loups, etc. But we are not really talking about her illustrious career as an actor, we are broaching the less glamorous subject of being a new mother and the seesaw ride of wanting to be at work but also needing to be…

This week I sat down with the mother of all mothers, my mom, Diana Greig Stavert. Diana Greig Stavert has over 30 years of mothering experience and at 70 years old, sure has a story to tell. We went on a journey from learning how to produce maple syrup in her back yard in the 1950's to the challenges of being a working woman in the 60's and deliver…