Episodes

  • E156: Vaishali Gauba mostly belongs

    E156: Vaishali Gauba mostly belongs
    May 7 2026
    In this episode, I am speaking with Vaishali Gauba, who moved from India to the US to study journalism, worked her way to CBS News and the Stephen Colbert Show, then watched her plans change. She moved back to India, became an on-air journalist at an i...
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    44 mins
  • E155: John Hetherington and Caitlin White on why you can't take anything for granted as an immigrant

    E155: John Hetherington and Caitlin White on why you can't take anything for granted as an immigrant
    May 1 2026
    In this episode, I'm speaking with John Hetherington, who moved from England to Canada 20 years ago, and his niece Caitlin White, who landed a few months ago. I think I've said this before, but immigration is like brute force midlife crisis. You do not...
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    1 hr and 6 mins
  • E154: Niki Wagh names the pressure immigrants never talk about

    E154: Niki Wagh names the pressure immigrants never talk about
    Apr 24 2026
    In this episode, I am speaking with Niki Wagh, an educator who's done some great work on naming what the immigrant life feels like. Niki and I explore something we immigrants feel but seem to avoid naming, that is the relentless pressure to over-perfor...
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    1 hr and 1 min
  • E153: Luki Danukarjanto says the hiring bar has moved. And most Canadian immigrants don't know this yet.

    E153: Luki Danukarjanto says the hiring bar has moved. And most Canadian immigrants don't know this yet.
    Apr 17 2026
    In this episode, I am speaking to Luki Danukarjanto, a soft skills coach who spent over 12 years at Deloitte before leaving to do what he calls the more meaningful work. The rise and rise of AI means the bar for getting hired has gone to the stratosphe...
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    49 mins
  • E152: Jonathan Oldman believes we need a bigger conversation about Canadian immigration

    E152: Jonathan Oldman believes we need a bigger conversation about Canadian immigration
    Apr 10 2026
    Note: This conversation was recorded on February 13, 2025. Some policy announcements, including changes to settlement sector funding, have been made since the recording. The themes and principles discussed remain relevant. ---------- In this episode, I...
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    1 hr and 6 mins
  • E151: Victor Neagu on why we can't normalize underachievement

    E151: Victor Neagu on why we can't normalize underachievement
    Apr 3 2026
    In this episode, I'm speaking with Victor Neagu, a policy analyst who spent years working in international development across Africa, Asia, and South America before permanently moving to Canada in 2018. This conversation was an opportunity to explore s...
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    54 mins
  • E150: David Campbell understands why our immigration policy can't work for Atlantic Canada

    E150: David Campbell understands why our immigration policy can't work for Atlantic Canada
    Mar 26 2026
    In the 150th episode (whew), I am speaking with David Campbell, formerly Chief Economist with the New Brunswick Jobs Board Secretariat and President of Jupia Consultants Inc, an industry research and economic development consulting firm. The big questi...
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    1 hr and 11 mins
  • E149: Mo Altaqatqa on the skill that separates the newcomer entrepreneurs who win from those who don't

    E149: Mo Altaqatqa on the skill that separates the newcomer entrepreneurs who win from those who don't
    Mar 19 2026
    In today's episode, I'm speaking to Mo Altaqatqa, Senior Business Development Manager at Futurpreneur. Mo grew up in Jordan, left in 2011, lived in Saudi Arabia, Dubai, and Ukraine before moving to Canada. He's been working with entrepreneurs for over ...
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    43 mins