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Existential Relish
by C-A Granatstein
In every conversation, stories, insights and perspectives finding joy and purpose in the human experience.
Episodes
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She Who Dares Wins: Meet the Dynamic Dr. Rhonda McEwen
This episode reveals not only the details about a world-renown researcher, who is a scholar in emerging tech and the first Black woman to be President of a Canadian university, but the radiant human who embodies fearlessness and inspires so many. Friends for two decades, Host C-A Granatstein and...
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Encounters with a Superhero: In Conversation with Batman
The episode starts out as a story about a broken down vintage Austin-Healey and a chance encounter with a real life superhero. It evolves into stories about helping others, being part of the fabric of the community, and aslo a big surprise for host C-A's friend Mike.
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Predators and Partners: Tales from a Falconer
It's the stuff of movies, mystery and faraway places. Records show that as early as 2,000 BC falcons were used to hunt and feed communities, for sport, and as highly effective pest control. C-A has a fascinating conversation about falconry with the hard-working falcons Bullet and Petey, and...
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Interviewing the Interviewer with Steve Paikin
C-A speaks to Steve Paikin, journalist, author, documentary producer, podcast co-host and host of TVO's flagship current affairs program, The Agenda with Steve Paikin. The conversation focuses on interviewing, but Steve breaks out into song, recalls great moments, surprising moments, being...
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Resale therapy - Sustainable Fashion is all the rage
Fashion rentals, refurbishment and resale is just about the easiest and most enjoyable way to support local businesses, save money, reduce the carbon footprint of your clothing and rescue clothes from the landfill which pollute water systems and through their decomposition process and…
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Building trust and human connection through LEGO
This conversation with Dr. Kasra (Kas) Khorasani is about a unique approach that he developed for his inpatient psychotherapy groups using LEGO Serious Play methodology. Learn why group therapy is such a valued tool in for psychotherapy and how building with LEGO in Kas's sessions empowers…
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Out of the goodness of my liver: A story of living organ donation
In March 2021, Glenna Gosewich became an non-directed living organ donor. 62% of her liver went to a stranger who was in need of a vital transplant. Glenna sees this as a form of charity, a good deed — something she can do because she's able, despite the risks, post-op recovery and even judgement...
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Teenage musings on sustainability, getting published and having a boss mentality
Just when you think all teenagers spend every waking moment on TikTok, there's Naila Moloo. At 15 years old, this STEM researcher's drive to contribute to a sustainable future, her stellar networking tips and her ability to handle rejection with grace in order to get exactly what she wants... is…
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Close to home Part 2 - Stories of neighbourhood businesses in the COVID economy
Close to home: Stories of neighbourhood businesses in the COVID economy are conversations with six business owners in the St. Clair West community, in midtown Toronto. Part one was published a year ago this week. Like so many things in the last 14 months, the conversations with Cocoa Latte, The...
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Get in the garden - With Ed Lawrence
Ed Lawrence is THE Gardening expert. He was the Chief Horticulturalist for six consecutive Governors General and has been a regular on CBC's Ontario Today show for the last 40 years. Whether you are a beginner gardener or you are well versed in the ways of plants, Ed is a joy to listen to and…
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Desk Stress, Inactivity and the Joy of Movement
The activity level of humans is generally at an all time low as people work from home, spend countless hours on devices and endure waves of lockdowns. Sitting is stressful on the back, hips, neck and shoulders. The lack of movement is being linked to a decline in mental health and an increase in...
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Happily ever after: Embracing the romance novel
Smut, trash, beach read. All terms used to describe the romance novel. This genre often gets a bad rap despite it being a massive industry. C-A speaks to romance author Victoria Denault about writing sex scenes, an unexpected review from comedian Paul Scheer and #Bridgerton fever. As people dream...
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The dog is your guru: Become the peaceful alpha your dog needs and respects
Dog loves you. Dog wants to teach you about love and presence and patience and forgiveness and gentleness and benevolence. Dog wants to cherish you, wants you to be a certain way and is always there to teach you. Dogs are meditation masters. Master dog trainer, mindfulness teacher, meditation...
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Chicken Soup 101 - Cooking up elixirs during lockdown
Just in time for winter, second waves and lockdowns, C-A learns how to make chicken soup, also known as "Jewish Penicillin", with help from her mother. Bones or meat? Gloves or no gloves? Turnips or parsnips? Together, but in different cities, mother and daughter get all of these questions…
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Get out of my head - Zooming with Mysterion the Mentalist
C-A is ready to forget about what's happening in the world and wonders if it's possible for a mentalist to do a show over Zoom. Mysterion the Mindreader, who is one of few to fool Pen and Teller, proves that yes, it is possible! Mysterion blows her mind with a few tricks and they also talk about...
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Kids Help Phone: Game changer life saver - With CEO Kathy Hay
C-A speaks to Kathy Hay, President and CEO of Kids Help Phone, Canada's only 24/7, national support service that offers professional counselling, information and referrals, and volunteer-led, text-based support to young people in both English and French. C-A is a volunteer crisis responder with...
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Lilies of the alley - an urban gardening story
In this episode, C-A talks to Sandy Carlton, owner of Arcadian Daylilies, an urban farmer in midtown Toronto in his backyard garden, where he grows about 300 different varieties of daylilies and other plants that perform well in a northern climate. Sandy offers up a wealth of garden wisdom like...
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Close to home: Stories of neighbourhood businesses in the COVID economy
Six entrepreneurs from the St. Clair West neighbourhood in midtown Toronto talk candidly about running their businesses over the past nine weeks since the COVID-19 pandemic took hold, how they are innovating and what people can do to ensure this community, and communities like St. Clair West,...
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My childhood friend is a hero - With Dr. Daniel Labow
C-A talks to her childhood friend, Dr. Daniel Labow, Chief of the Surgical Oncology Division and Vice Chair of Outpatient Services for the Department of Surgery at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City about the tough decisions he's had to make as a doctor, husband and father during COVID-19.…
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Loving Kindness during COVID: Metta Meditation
C-A turns to Wendy Lund from Ep. 2, Has Mindfulness Lost its Meaning to see if there is a meditation that could help cultivate a sense of peace in this time of uncertainty. Wendy walks listeners through Metta, or compassion meditation, to help send loving- kindness to the people in our lives and…
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Physical Intelligence during COVID-19 - With Dr. Waj Hoda
Dr. Waj Hoda, chiropractor extraordinaire from episode 15 - Your body knows, listen to it talks about how he's helping clients virtually during the COVID-19 pandemic, his simple triangle approach to maintaining good health and things you can do to regain a sense of control in a time when…
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Musings of a Musicologist during a global pandemic - with Alan Cross
C-A checks in to see how Alan's doing during the Covid-19 pandemic and how the music industry is faring. Alan's of course got a few band recos plus some thoughts on the emergence of art when society is upside down. C-A gets an answer to a burning question she didn't ask Alan on Ep. 8 - Midlife...
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Unstuck: Midlife career moves
Change is hard, but is it more difficult than waking up every day with a feeling that you're living the wrong life? From ad guy to futurist, ethics coordinator to horticulturist, and winemaker to senior leader in gene therapy commercialization, three people share their inspiring stories about...
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Glass half full: A user's guide to thriving in adversity
"I knew coming to an oncologist, I wasn't here for hemorrhoids," is just one of the many Warrenisms in this episode about gratitude, whack-a-mole and living life to its fullest, every single day. We all have bad moments, throw ourselves the occasional pity party and hold onto angst longer than we...
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W that's the way it begins: With Elaine Cole
Camp Walden in Palmer Rapids Ontario is a very special place. Built by some very special people in 1970 it has impacted the lives of tens of thousands of kids. In this episode, Elaine Cole, Camp Director, nurse, head cook and camp mother talks about about running a summer camp for 35 years, the...
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Your body knows. Listen to it: With Dr. Waj Hoda
This episode with Dr. Waj Hoda gets into the many different ways the body signals what's really going on with you if you listen, what happens if you repress these signs, stress and the pelvic floor, and staying mobile in a time when we are allowing technology to turn us into sedentary beings.
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Is spiritual astrology the new Myers-Briggs?
There are life coaches, psychologists, astrologists and family counsellors. What if there was a way to draw on all of these disciplines to help you understand your best qualities and also make you aware of those personality traits that can trip you up, leading you to a happier, healthier and more...
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I am woman, let me sleep: A conversation about menopause and sleep
This episode is for people out there who are experiencing poor quality sleep because they are women, women who are in that life stage leading up menopause and beyond. Many are hanging on for dear life when it comes to not just getting a decent night's rest but actually falling asleep. This...
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Why's a nice girl like you shooting guns?
Scientist, Psychiatrist and hunter Dr. Albert Wong provides the rational approach on the topic of why shooting guns and hunting is a mental holiday much like yoga is for some, how this form of technical mastery allows humans to be humans in the completely artificial environment that we've created...
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Insomnia, sleep apnea and getting the winks you need
There are so many things that affect the quality and quantity of our sleep and many ways people go about to try and improve their sleep, from THC and CBD to sleeping pills and aromatherapy. With Dr. Michael Grandner, Director of the Behavioral Sleep Medicine Clinic, this episode explores some key...
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Parents helping other parents cope
Dealing with a troubled teenage or adult child can be overwhelming. The kids need help and resist any interference in their lives. Parents feel like the only way to remedy the situation is to be "the enforcer," and make their child comply. Things escalate from there and when parents aren't able…
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Got a life? Get a will - with lawyer Caroline Abela
What makes more sense? Doing a bit of paperwork or letting your family duke it out with each other for decades, spending ridiculous amounts of money on lawyers fees as they fight over your stuff after you die? On this episode, we learn why getting a will done by lawyer - for your children, for…
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Midlife Playlist with Alan Cross
Music journalist and industry veteran Alan Cross talks about the stickiness of the music we attach ourselves to, his own music journey, breakup tunes, the power of soundtracks and how both age and access to so much music may actually be getting in the way of broadening our music experience. For…
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Going Grey - A social experiment about hair and aging
Going Grey author Anne Kreamer talks about dating, the corporate experience and personal transformation as she embraced and documented the journey of returning to her natural hair colour. Maria Petrou from Little Bird Salon talks about how to transition to your natural colour.
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Eco Anxiety is a thing - with Adria Vasil
There's a new anxiety in town. For real? Real enough that the American Psychological Association published a 69 page guide about the effects of climate change on mental health. In this interview, C-A speaks with Adria Vasil, the Managing Digital Editor at Corporate Knights and bestselling author...
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Sandra Shamas: On comedy, tractors and carrying the torch
In this farmside chat with one of Canada's favourite comedic performers, C-A talks with Sandra Shamas about the application for a waitressing job that changed Sandra's life, the rewards of climbing menopause mountain, her experience as a woman in comedy, teaching moments on stage and so much…
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Hot Flash: Symptoms, mindset and why Human Resources should care
This episode to about What to Expect when you're not Expecting to enlighten people about the symptoms of perimenopause, became an eye-opener about the retention of women in senior roles in the workplace. With 4.3 million women in the UK over the age of 51 in the workplace, corporate UK has...
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A Millennial schools a Gen Xer on the gig economy
The gig economy is defined as part-time or contract work for more than one employer for under 30 hours a week. It is estimated that more than a third of workers in the US are working in the gig economy. The HBR article, Thriving in the Gig Economy stated that 150 million workers in North America...
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Has Mindfulness lost its meaning?
An industry to commoditize or should we pay closer attention? Guest Wendy Lund is one of about three people in North America with a Masters of Science in Mindfulness studies and about one of 100 globally who hold this degree. Wendy has helped pioneer programs for those who engage trauma in their...
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I love you, please sleep in the other room
Is an awkward conversation worth a good night's sleep? In this first episode of Existential Relish, C-A and her partner at the time, talk about their decision to sleep in separate bedrooms. If you value your sleep and your relationship, and both are showing signs of strain, or before they do…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
In every conversation, stories, insights and perspectives finding joy and purpose in the human experience.
HOSTED BY
C-A Granatstein
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In every conversation, stories, insights and perspectives finding joy and purpose in the human experience.
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Existential Relish is created and hosted by C-A Granatstein.
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