Mullinger Meets Canadians

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Mullinger Meets Canadians

Small town Canada doesn’t always get the credit that it deserves. This podcast uncovers great Canadian’s doing the unexpected and producing world class, globally renowned work in the small towns and cities of the Great White North. British journalist James Mullinger swapped the hustle of big city living in London, England, for a sleepy town of barely 10,000 in New Brunswick. Laughing in the face of the cynics, 6 years later his stand up career is thriving and he’s launched a national print magazine. If you want to know more about how to thrive living in a smaller place then this is the podcast for you. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  1. 07/21/2022

    James Mullinger Live with Jon Tattrie

    In the final episode of the third season of Mullinger Meets Canadians, Jon Tattrie interviews your host live on stage att Halifax Central Library about his newly published memoir Brit Happens – Living The Canadian Dream!   James is an award-winning British comedian and the co-founder of [EDIT] magazine. He spent fifteen years at GQ before moving to Canada. He has appeared on CBC’s The Debaters, at theatres across the country, and in stand-up specials and movies. Brit Happens is his first book. Mullinger wrote a feature film about his life The Comedian’s Guide to Survival, starring British actor James Buckley. He has been nominated for a Just for Laughs Best Comedy Show Award and Canadian Comedy Awards for Best Live Show and Best Filmed Live Performance. Jon Tattrie is an award-winning author and multi-media journalist who has written about Nova Scotia history for Lonely Planet, Canadian Geographic, Reader’s Digest, The Globe and Mail, CBC and many other outlets. He is the author of eight books, including Peace By Chocolate, Daniel Paul: Mi'kmaq Elder and Cornwallis: The Violent Birth of Halifax. He's a CBC journalist and holds a master's degree in writing from the University of King's College. All are award-winning regional best-sellers. His next book Sword and Soul will be published in 2024   To make it special, we also invited 300 people to join James, Jon and Sarah from Podstarter in Paul O’Regan Hall at the architectural marvel that is the Halifax Central Library to discuss James’ eight years in Canada, the writing and publication of his memoir Brit Happens, childhood trauma, becoming a Canadian, writing comedy and much, much more.   Special thanks to everyone at the Halifax Central Library and at Goose Lane Editions.   Order Jon’s books from jontattrie.ca And follow him on Twitter @jontattrie   Follow James on Twitter and Instagram: @jamesmullinger Follow James on YouTube: www.youtube.com/jamesmullingercomedian James Mullinger’s memoir Brit Happens is available from books stores across the country or online from the Chapters Indigo website or from www.gooselane.com/brithappens Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    56 min
  2. 06/23/2022

    Ron James

    Ron James was born in beautiful Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, grew up in Halifax and attended Acadia University studying history and political science with the intention of becoming a history teacher. During his time at Acadia he became interested in the stage and after graduating, moved to Toronto and joined The Second City troupe there, working with them throughout the 1980s. Shortly after, he moved to Los Angeles and appeared in numerous TV shows. He returned to Canada in 1993 and turned his experiences in L.A. into a stage show in a called Up & Down in Shaky Town: One Man's Journey through the California Dream, which was also shown as a special on The Comedy Network. Afterwards, he discovered the work of Scottish comedian Billy Connolly, whose style helped shape his own and inspired him to start doing stand up. He has won Geminis, Canadian Comedy Awards, written andperformed numerous hit critically acclaimed prime time stand upspecials. His memoir, titled All Over the Map: Rambles andRuminations from the Canadian Road was published byDoubleday Canada last year and it was an immediate nationalbestseller, entering top ten on the week of its release.He recently starred in Nathan Macintosh’s sitcom Trappedstreaming now on Bell Fibe Tv1 and he is back on the road rightnow, doing what he does best, playing to packed houses andstanding ovations every night from coast to coast to coast.And book to see him live by visiting ronjames.ca Facebook: Ron JamesTwitter: @TheRonJamesShowInstagram: @ramblinronjames Order his memoir titled All Over the Map: Rambles andRuminations from the Canadian Road published by DoubleDay Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    54 min
  3. 02/10/2022

    Ian Hanomansing

    Mullinger meets Ian Hanomansing, the co-host of CBC’s flagship news show The National. Hanomansing was born in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, and grew up in Sackville, New Brunswick. He graduated with an honours B.A. in political science and sociology from Mount Allison University in Sackville, where he was valedictorian; he also has a law degree from Dalhousie University in Halifax. While in university, Hanomansing won six national university debating and public speaking championships. He began his broadcasting career at CKDH Radio in Amherst, Nova Scotia, working at radio stations in Moncton and Halifax before joining CBC in Halifax in 1986. His assignments took him to Toronto the following year and eventually to Vancouver, where he was a national reporter for fourteen years.   In his new book Pandemic Spotlight: Canadian Doctors at the Front of the COVID-19 Fight, Hanomansing profiles Canadian infectious disease doctors who stepped up to guide the nation through its worst medical crisis in a century. There are a few silver linings in the COVID storm but one of them is how these doctors put science front and centre and became public symbols of trust and hope. As they prepare to return to their private careers, they respond to Hanomansing's invitation to reflect on lessons learned and their concerns about the next pandemic. All author royalties from sales of the book are going to UBC's Centre for Health Education Scholarship.    Mullinger and Hanomansing compare notes on life in New Brunswick, a life spent in journalism and what they have learned over the past two years.   Mullinger Meets Canadians is brought to you by Opportunities New Brunswick. Great things are happening in New Brunswick - read more about them at onbcanada.ca/about-us/goodnews/.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    1h 2m

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Small town Canada doesn’t always get the credit that it deserves. This podcast uncovers great Canadian’s doing the unexpected and producing world class, globally renowned work in the small towns and cities of the Great White North. British journalist James Mullinger swapped the hustle of big city living in London, England, for a sleepy town of barely 10,000 in New Brunswick. Laughing in the face of the cynics, 6 years later his stand up career is thriving and he’s launched a national print magazine. If you want to know more about how to thrive living in a smaller place then this is the podcast for you. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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