Welcome With Karim Kanji

Saul Colt is The Smartest Man In The world. Just ask Google. In this exclusive chat we discussed how Saul went from sideburns to a full beard, how the Pope crashed his bar mitzvah, why Pokemon Go will fail, Ghostbusters and, for some reason, my toes. Music by Afraaz Mulji.

Today’s episode I speak with Chris Jancelewicz. Chris is a seasoned online entertainment editor with almost a decade of experience in the publishing world. He has run multiple websites, contributed to AOL.com, Huffington Post and now is the National Entertainment Online Reporter at Global News. Listen to his thoughts on Pokemon Go, the hit Netflix docuseries, Making A Murderer and much much more! Music by Afraaz Mulji.

Today’s guest is award-winning investigative and consumer reporter Sean O’Shea. Sean is regarded as one of the most tenacious reporters in television today.. He has exposed organized crime figures, scam artists and unscrupulous contractors – at frequent risk (he was once assaulted on air by biker gang members who had attacked him with a fire extinguisher.) I hope you enjoy my conversation with Global TV’s Sean O’Shea.

Today’s guest is a graduate of Ryerson University’s Radio and Television Arts Program. He started his broadcasting career in Winnipeg, Manitoba before moving to Sacramento, California. Today he has a role on TV’s Saving Hope.

Jackie Redmond is a former host at The Score and is currently with Sportsnet. She is the host of the WWE show, Aftermath and a Sportsnet anchor.

Jon Sinden is the former Director of Marketing + Promotions for CFNY 102.1 The Edge, the former Director of Integrated Marketing for the Toronto’s Leafs, Raptors and TFC and is now VP Marketing for Toronto’s Festival of Beer.

JD Bunkis is the Producer for The Andrew Walker Show on The Fan 590 in Toronto. He is also the host of Free Association, a podcast all about basketball.

Former Scarborough resident Liem Vu joins Karim Kanji to discuss: -Growing up in Scarborough to Vietnamese immigrants -The pressure that children of immigrants face in obtaining a professional designation -How Liem found his passion for storytelling -Liem’s newspaper career -Liem’s broadcast career starting with MTV Canada and now with Global TV’s The Morning Show.

Georgia Sapounas is a former Canadian and World Champion figure skater and current Senior Manager of Digital Marketing for Team Canada (Canadian Olympic Committee).

Arturo Marcano is a Toronto-based author who writes about the problems in Latin American countries caused by the globalization of baseball, specifically Major League Baseball (MLB).

Sonya Gill is a serial entrepreneur, former ad agency owner and executive, author, social media and PR professional, fitness model and Tim Hortons employee.

There is one person responsible for helping to grow the sport of MMA (and the UFC) more than any other person in Canada: Showdown Joe Ferraro. Showdown would host UFC Central on Sportsnet and The FAN radio network. Today, his contribution to MMA is relegated to monthly duties hosting Titan FC shows in Florida. In this episode, we discuss how Showdown got involved with in the fight business, his time covering the sport and what led to him leaving the airwaves in Canada. Showdown also reveals his thoughts on the GOAT MMA/UFC fighters; will GSP ever fight professionally again; the Conor McGregor issue and much much more!

Darrell MacMullin is the CEO of one of Canada’s fastest growing public companies, BitGold. In this hour long conversation we talk about Darrell’s journey from Chapter’s in the early days of e-commerce in Canada to his roles with eBay Canada, PayPal Canada and now BitGold.

Adam Mintz is the founder, President and CEO of Toronto-based apparel company, Athletes Collective. In this episode we chat about Adam’s foray into entrepreneurship, his background in fashion, why he has always wanted to own his own business, how Athletes Collective began, his failed Kickstarter campaign and how he rose from the ashes to build an advisory board and obtain some seed money.

Segun Akinsanya is a motivational speaker and community activist. Formerly the Executive Director of Bright Future Alliance, Segun is now the founder and CEO of Currant. Currant is a co-operative looking to build sustainable businesses and communities. Segun also happens to be a convicted criminal having served time for manslaughter. Listen to this inspiring conversation.

In this interesting episode, Karim Kanji and Spider Jones talk about: – Spider’s upbringing in Detroit and Windsor during the heyday of Motown – Spider’s early career in amateur boxing – How the Spider met George Chuvalo – How the Spider ended up sparring with Muhammad Ali and helped him prepare for his first title defense against Chuvalo – Spider’s past and future radio career – Spider’s best-selling book and upcoming movie – Spider’s Believe To Achieve Organization

Morgan P. Campbell is an award-winning sports writer with the Toronto Star. He has written about the Canadian Football League, MMA, Boxing, Baseball and even rugby. In this episode we talk about Campbell’s journey playing football with Northwestern University to writing for Canada’s largest daily newspaper. We discuss racism in sports (specifically baseball), football and the issue of concussions, and even steroids in professional and amateur sports.

Sammy Younan has his own IMBD page, has been nominated for an Oscar (or at least a movie he worked on has), is a published author and has interviewed Dallas Green (City and Colour and Alexisonfire), Gerry Dee, and many others. He is also an entrepreneur and the curator for Girth Radio.