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The Northern Sentinels Podcast — 163 episodes

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Episode 55 - Darcy Molstad

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Episode 54 - Eliot Pence

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Episode 53 - Mel Crocker

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Episode 52 - Kevin Ford

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Episode 51 - Bruce Moncur

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Dragged Behind a CC-130 Hercules

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Send It - Canada's Snipers at War in Afghanistan

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Episode 50 - Billie Flynn

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The Complexity of Dropping Bombs

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Just Don't Quit

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Episode 49 - Dan Gardner

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The Tombstone Mentality

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Getting Big Canadian Things Done

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Episode 48 - Whitney Lackenbauer

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The Gift of Intellectual Discomfort

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Building in Canada's North

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Episode 47 - Gary Forward

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Keep Calm and Carry On

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The Rookie and The Right Thing

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Episode 46 - Mary Ann Barber

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The costs of service to something bigger

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Life in a combat emergency room

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Episode 45 - Dr. John Whelan

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PTSD Medicalization

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The power of the shared experience

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Paddle for Resilience

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The Politics of National Defence

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Defence Policy for Dummies

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The Navy as an Instrument of National Defence

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The F35 Investment for National Defence

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Arctic Security as a Pillar of National Defence

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New Forms of Investment for Improved National Defence

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Building Deterrence for National Defence

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Life in Rotations: an interview with the author, Farid Yaghini

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Episode 44 - Peter Devlin

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The bureaucracy facing Canadian colleges

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Transition is tough, even for Army Commanders

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Episode 43 - Rahul Goel

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Investing in Canada

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Building a Canadian Rocket Company

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Episode 42 - Brice Scheschuk

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The Canadian Telecom Oligopoly

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The Unicorn Myth

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Episode 41 - Wayne Goranson

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Serving Your Community

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Humanity Over Profit

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Episode 40 - Scott Moore

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Invictus Saves Lives

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Episode 39 - Mark Bluvshtein

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Blitz Chess and Growing the Audience

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Becoming a Grand Master

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Episode 38 - J. Paul Haynes

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The Real Impacts of a Cyber Attack

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The Cyber Kill Chain

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Episode 37 - Richard Fadden

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Understanding bureaucracy as a war fighting function

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Foreign interference is eroding the foundations of our democracy

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Episode 36 - Paul Maddison

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Stopping the slide to strategic irrelevance

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Why the Indo-Pacific matters to you

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Episode 35 - Russ Vida

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No Names, No Pack Drill: An Oral History of Canadians at War in Afghanistan

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Episode 34 - Christian Lillington

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Episode 33 - Cole Rosentreter

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Episode 32 - Bona Normandeau

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The power of honest communications

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Is happiness a choice?

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Episode 31 - Mubin Shaikh

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Loyalties

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De-radicalized by 9/11

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Episode 30 - Chris Taylor

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Illegal Firearms in Canada

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Growing up in Queens, New York

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Episode 29 - Tim Powers

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Talking about mental health

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Politics and the Lowest Common Denominator

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Episode 28 - Kevin Newman

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The Cost of War

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The impact of money on Canadian politics

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Episode 27 - Melanie Nadeau

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The Innovation Mindset

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Is work-life balance a real thing?

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Episode 26 - Perrin Beatty

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How businesses help build communities

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Political Accountability

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Episode 25 - Mike Jeffery

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Does the military have an addicted culture?

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Canada's Defence Procurement Problems

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Episode 24 - Sheldon Fernandez

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The Grind - getting to good and then great

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Regulating AI

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Episode 23 - Alaina Mundy

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The Graceful Leader

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The Curious Leader

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Episode 22 - Tim Fleiszer

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Advice to parents on concussions in youth sports

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Becoming a Champion

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When Canada had a seat at the table

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Leaving a successful career to help others

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A masterclass on the UN Security Council

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We bought a boat?

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Escape from Iran - smugglers, guns, and freedom

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Episode 21 - Arjun Grewal

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What the heck is a polyglot?

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The Rewards of Service

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How to lead with humility

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Episode 20 - Stephanie Shapiro

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Surviving the Holocaust

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Turkey for Vegetarians

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Episode 19 - Sarah Goldfeder

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Transition to emission free vehicles

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Your past does not define your future

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The power of the Peace Corps

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Episode 18 - Randy Turner

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The Evolution of Thinking

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The Power of Perseverance

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How the elite set goals

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A Eulogy of Brian Mulroney

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Episode 17 - Karen McCrimmon

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Integrity and politics - an uncommon pairing

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The Morning Routine - taking care of yourself to serve people better

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Learning to Lead

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Looking to the past to secure the future

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Episode 16 - Calvin Chrustie

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An orca and the art of negotiation

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A summer job, a punch in the face, and lessons for life - NSP Shorts (Calvin Chrustie)

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Episode 15 - Peter Tilley

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Looking for life's purpose - NSP Shorts (Peter Tilley)

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A Life's Journey; from addiction, to sobriety, to fulfillment

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Who is guarding the Canadian way of life? Well...it's you!

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Surviving a helicopter crash...and a pitchfork

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Alone in a crowd

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Episode 14 - Jennie Carignan

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To mentor or not to mentor, that is the question!

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A chainsaw, a bridge, and a lesson in surviving failure

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No one is good at everything; fail, recover, and excel

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What to do when a bomb destroys your apartment; a user's guide

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Episode 13 - Peter MacKay

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How getting fired might have launched this famous Canadian

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Gratitude, anti-fragility, and prosperity for our children

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The tipping point; a journey to a balanced life

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Episode 12 - Alastair Luft

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Getting out of your own way to improve happiness and resiliency

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A first hand account of the realities of war

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Renting two airliners without permission and not getting fired

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The moral compass in combat

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Joining the Army on a bet

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A machine gun, a broken ankle, and a lesson on failure - NSP Shorts (Steve MacBeth)

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NSP Shorts - Introduction

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Surviving extreme adversity - NSP Shorts (Walt Natynczyk)

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Episode 11 - Michel Maisonneuve

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Episode 10 - Robyn Hulan

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Episode 9 - Steve MacBeth

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Episode 8 - Robert Fowler (Part 2 of 2)

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Episode 7 - Farid Yaghini

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Episode 6 - Walt Natynczyk

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Episode 5 - Colleen Forestier

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Episode 4 - Shoaib Rahim

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Episode 1 - Robert Fowler (Part 1 of 2)

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Episode 3 - Marie-Claude Arguin

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Episode 2 - Austin Douglas

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Why am I doing this?

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What is the NSP all about?