Whose job entails public speaking, intense time and schedule management, coaching, educating, and more? Teachers. They are doing a million different things everyday and expected to do them all well. It sounds like a tall order, but when you learn about the capable people at the helm like Joni Sanford, it all starts to fit together. Listen in this episode, when we learn what it takes to be a High School teacher.

Teaching | A little of everything, with Joni Okell

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It's not the incision, it's the decision. 

Find out what what it takes to be an orthopaedic surgeon, whether it's volunteering in Haiti or the politics of a hospital. Listen as David provides some insight into what the career and life of a surgeon is like.

Orthopaedic Surgery | Replace hips and knees, with David Amirault

Chasing that story down is tough work, but if you value the message of that story; it is certainly worth it.  This is challenging enough to do in your own backyard, but what's life like if you try it on the other side of the planet?

Tamsyn Burgmann flew from Vancouver, to Japan, then all over South East Asia, broadening her love of journalism along the way.

Find out how she got there and what she's doing now in the dynamic field of journalism.

Journalism | Leap into the unknown, with Tamsyn Burgmann​

Times have changed. You just can't find a job and stay there until retirement, like you used to.

Or is that a stereotype?

Robert Sime was experiencing this modern dilemma in the 1970's, so he created his own solution. The answer was to form his own company, and simply combine his passions for communication and travel.

Tune in, to discover how Robert had to go with the flow, and then swim against it, to find his calling.

Sales | Reinvent yourself, with Robert Sime

Architects design buildings, or do they help build them? Architecture is certainly a process that influences the way our neighbourhoods and cities look, but beyond that, what do they do?

Anna Sampson has been working as an architect for 10 years, but been designing her whole life. Find out exactly what an architect does, as Anna explains the whole process.

Architecture | Design value, with Anna Sampson

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You may have been asked at one point or another, "what do you do for a living?". But for many people, how you want to live influences what you do, at least a little more than the reverse.

Long-time host and interviewer on CBC's Information Morning, Don Connolly is one of these people.  For him, a job in radio was a way to complement lifestyle, not define it.

Well, that was the original story anyway. Queue up this episode, to learn how Don grew with his career, developing a passion along the way.

Radio Interviewing | Inform, entertain, and amuse, with Don Connolly

It was a lot of work to make 10 (or 11) episodes of How2. 

If you've ever wondered what type of work that includes, or what you might take away from the process, listen in to my 11th episode. Here, Charles Hsuen takes the time to interview myself, breaking down what happened in season one of How2.

The Summary, with Charles Hsuen

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Some people know what they want to do for a living early on, some people find out later.  I’m still searching for that answer the best way I know how; talking to people who’ve already made the discovery.  

How2 is a podcast about people who have found career paths that fulfill them on multiple levels, and searches for the root of that success. Tune in to find out what drives someone to plant a million trees, perform surgery, or study sleeping bats.  

​So if you have no idea what that person actually does in the career you’re pursuing, or if you’re just a curious person, How2 is for you.  It might not provide you with all the answers, but it will certainly get you asking better questions.

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