Jas­min Laine is proof that authen­tic­i­ty wins online. From wit­ty takes on every­day life to deep con­ver­sa­tions about per­son­al growth, she’s built a social media pres­ence that feels refresh­ing­ly real. With her con­tent gain­ing trac­tion and reach­ing thou­sands, she’s nav­i­gat­ing the highs and lows of inter­net fame while stay­ing true to herself.

In this episode, we sit down with Jas­min to talk about the pow­er of viral moments, the unex­pect­ed real­i­ties of being an online cre­ator, and how she crafts con­tent that res­onates. We also get into the big­ger pic­ture — how social media shapes con­ver­sa­tions, the pres­sure of pub­lic opin­ion, and what it real­ly takes to turn engage­ment into opportunity.

Whether you’re a cre­ator, a fan, or just some­one who’s fas­ci­nat­ed by the fast-mov­ing dig­i­tal world, this episode is packed with insights, humour, and real talk. Don’t miss it!

Chap­ters
00:00:00 Embrac­ing Inde­pen­dence and Tak­ing Risks
00:04:18 Embrac­ing Faith Through Life’s Chal­lenges
00:08:31 Find­ing Faith and Mean­ing in the Bible
00:13:45 Pur­su­ing a Radio Career
00:17:24 The Sac­ri­fices of Job Com­mit­ment
00:21:35 The Harsh Real­i­ty of the Enter­tain­ment Indus­try
00:25:39 Pride and Cul­ture in Tra­di­tion­al Media vs. YouTube
00:30:11 The Tran­si­tion Jour­ney and Life After Change
00:33:53 Over­com­ing Doubts and Start­ing a YouTube Chan­nel
00:38:18 Pas­sion for Pol­i­tics and Ear­ly Begin­nings
00:42:25 Get­ting Rec­og­nized as a YouTube Per­son­al­i­ty
00:47:03 The Inspi­ra­tion Behind Start­ing a YouTube Chan­nel
00:51:16 Over­com­ing Rock Bot­tom: The Resilience to Keep Going
00:55:45 Find­ing Per­son­al Hap­pi­ness and Resilience
01:00:15 Over­com­ing Chal­lenges and Per­se­ver­ance
01:05:35 Canada’s Pover­ty Cri­sis in 2025
01:08:55 Embrac­ing Anx­i­ety and Build­ing Resilience
01:12:53 Achiev­ing Finan­cial Inde­pen­dence After Job Loss
01:17:21 Find­ing True Com­mu­ni­ty and Con­nec­tion
01:22:40 Morn­ing Rit­u­als for a Pos­i­tive Day

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Michael Sparks isn’t just mak­ing music — he’s mak­ing waves. The Mon­tréal-based DJ and pro­duc­er has built a rep­u­ta­tion for push­ing bound­aries, blend­ing gen­res, and deliv­er­ing high-ener­gy sets that keep crowds mov­ing. From under­ground clubs to major fes­ti­val stages, his rise in the EDM world has been any­thing but ordinary.

While in Win­nipeg, fresh off his set at one of the city’s biggest EDM events, Michael sat down with us to talk about the grind of build­ing a music career, the cre­ative process behind his sig­na­ture sound, and how he’s nav­i­gat­ed the ever-chang­ing music industry.

If you love EDM, dream of mak­ing it in the music scene, or just want a behind-the-scenes look at the life of a DJ, this episode is for you. Get ready for an inside look at the pas­sion, the hus­tle, and the mind­set that fuels Michael Sparks.

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On episode 158, we’re back at Sum­mer of Sound 2024, joined by return­ing guest Quinn Baskin, one of the mas­ter­minds behind the grow­ing suc­cess of Man­i­to­ba’s largest EDM fes­ti­val. Quinn gives us an inside look at how SOS has grown year after year, becom­ing a major high­light in Winnipeg’s event cal­en­dar. From the chal­lenges of man­ag­ing a mas­sive fes­ti­val to explor­ing the pos­si­bil­i­ty of intro­duc­ing hip-hop into the line­up, Quinn shares his vision for the future of the fes­ti­val scene in Winnipeg. 🎤

Quinn also reflects on his per­son­al jour­ney, start­ing from hum­ble begin­nings flip­ping burg­ers to trav­el­ing the world and orga­niz­ing some of the most mem­o­rable music events in Cana­da. 🌍 Hear his thoughts on what it takes to keep fes­ti­vals fresh, excit­ing, and full of love for the fans. Whether you’re into EDM or just pas­sion­ate about live music, this episode is packed with insight, inspi­ra­tion, and some of the best behind-the-scenes sto­ries from Sum­mer of Sound.

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In this episode, Robin and Arshdeep dis­cus­es their day-to-day lifestyle, sto­ries from uni­ver­si­ty. Also a very inter­est­ing sto­ry of when Robin runs into a pro­fes­sion­al pho­tog­ra­ph­er and it’s a great sto­ry. They also get into talk­ing about words that actu­al­ly have a meaning/​image to them, and much more! 

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In this week’s episode, we talk about the meta­verse! What is it? Is it real? Are we all doomed? How will it impact our lifestyle? And so much more… We give our thoughts on what the future of the world will look like, our assets, our inter­ests, our friends, and our jobs will all become dig­i­tal. Are we ready for this change? We also break down a Twit­ter thread from Shaan Puri break­ing down his thoughts of the meta­verse. What are you wait­ing for? Hit the play but­ton and join for a pod­cast in the Metaverse…

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Rac­ing into the New Year with a brand new episode!!
We got the chance to sit down with Amber Bal­caen to talk about her sto­ry in rac­ing and her pas­sion for the sport. She also reveals her big plans for the com­ing 2022 year, and they are crazy! She is a race­car dri­ver, an entre­pre­neur, a moti­va­tion­al speak­er, and now the new face of NASCAR! This is an episode you don’t want to skip through! What are you wait­ing for? Hit the sub­scribe but­ton and start listening!

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Our last episode of 2021! In this episode, Robin and Arshdeep talk about a lot of top­ics to close off the year. Start­ing off with the idea of find­ing the ​“real” friends and how to some­times the friend­ships that don’t require con­stant care are some­times the strongest ones. The boys tran­si­tion into talk­ing about some of the dumb moments they have had and the dif­fer­ent types of juices they like and dis­like. This episode is full of sto­ries and fun moments. 

As we close off the year, we want to thank you all for your sup­port on the pod­cast through­out the year. We are just get­ting start­ed and are excit­ed to con­tin­ue to hope­ful­ly enter­tain and edu­cate you guys for the com­ing year. 

What are you wait­ing for? Hit the sub­scribe but­ton and start listening!

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If you need some moti­va­tion for today, the week, or fur­ther into the future, take a lis­ten to this episode of the 204 Rise Pod­cast. We are so grate­ful to have had a chance to have a con­ver­sa­tion with Nolan De Leon, a tru­ly inspi­ra­tional per­son who raised $3k for men­tal health through set­ting a world record for lift­ing… an ele­phant?! Nolan brings light to the impor­tance of men­tal health, includ­ing strate­gies he has used to over­come his own strug­gles. Press play to find out what it takes to pick your­self up over and over again, you will not regret it.

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Basil Jafri joins us in the stu­dio to tell us about his life as a full time pho­tog­ra­ph­er. This con­ver­sa­tion deals with the the jour­ney one takes to achieve their goals, and how impor­tant it is to com­mit to your true pas­sion. Press play to hear all of the laughs, edu­ca­tion­al advice, and inspi­ra­tional ideas packed into this episode with our friend, Basil.

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For episode 61, we are joined by our good friend Alex Dece­bal-Cuza, a film­mak­er and founder of The Ordi­nary Film Com­pa­ny. Alex relives how he began his jour­ney in the film indus­try (includ­ing a cross coun­try trip) and how he got to where he is today. He also shares his thoughts on the process of film­mak­ing and advice for oth­ers look­ing to enter the field. If you are inter­est­ed in film­mak­ing, or are a fan of movies, you are going to want to hit that play but­ton and hear what Alex has to say!

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For our 60th episode, we wel­come Michael Okoye into the stu­dio. Our dis­cus­sion with Michael delves into his busi­ness jour­ney, from how he began and where his pas­sion came from, to all of the chances he has tak­en and goals he has reached. He then shares how every­thing has led to his cur­rent posi­tion as the founder and CEO of Rent Your Ride, a lux­u­ry car rental com­pa­ny. Hit that play but­ton to hear all of the wild and inspir­ing details!

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This week the 204 Rise team sits down with Swikri­ti Pokhrel (Swi for short) to talk about her jour­ney as a dancer and civ­il engi­neer. Swi talks about how she moved to Cana­da at a young age and used dance as a way to express her feel­ings and emo­tions. Swi talks about how dance has played an impor­tant role in her life and how she has used Tik­Tok and social media to build a fol­low­ing. Swi also talks about the recent civ­il engi­neer­ing project she did for Ama­zon here in Win­nipeg and what it’s like to be a woman in engi­neer­ing! For an action-packed episode, hit the play button!

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In this week, the boys sit down to talk about Squid Games, Net­flix’s high­est-gross­ing show ever. The boys dis­cuss five things that you prob­a­bly did­n’t know about Squid Games and some tac­ti­cal mar­ket­ing and reten­tion tricks that pro­duc­ers of the show used to keep you watch­ing! The boys also talk about excit­ing sto­ries, includ­ing; a bird hit­ting your wind­shield, the US — Cana­di­an Bor­der open­ing up as well as their worst pur­chase ever. This episode does con­tain spoil­ers for Squid Games so click away while you have the chance or hit the play but­ton to get listening!

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On episode 157 with Daw­son Alexan­der, a young and ambi­tious real estate agent who’s tak­ing the Win­nipeg mar­ket by storm! 🌪️ Dawson’s social media game is strong — he’s gone viral on plat­forms like Tik­Tok and Insta­gram by show­cas­ing lux­u­ry homes in and around Win­nipeg, draw­ing atten­tion from all cor­ners of the internet. 🏡

In this con­ver­sa­tion, Daw­son shares how he broke into the real estate indus­try and devel­oped a unique strat­e­gy to stand out from the com­pe­ti­tion. We dive into his use of social media as a busi­ness tool, his jour­ney toward sell­ing some of the most high-end homes in the city, and the hard work it takes to keep his online con­tent fresh and engaging. 

This episode is filled with insights on how social media can fuel your busi­ness growth, the impor­tance of stay­ing ahead in a com­pet­i­tive mar­ket, and a behind-the-scenes look at the real estate indus­try. Whether you’re into real estate, entre­pre­neur­ship, or con­tent cre­ation, this one’s for you!

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In this week’s episode. We sit down with a pro­fes­sion­al 3v3 bas­ket­ball play­er from Win­nipeg, who’s ranked 8th nation­al­ly, Wyatt Anders. Wyatt built an unbreak­able work eth­ic and earned his way to suc­cess despite being the under­dog in high school and nev­er being recruit­ed to teams at uni­ver­si­ty. This episode delves into the nev­er-say-die atti­tude and what it takes to be a pro­fes­sion­al bas­ket­ball play­er in Win­nipeg. For a jam­packed episode full of amaz­ing sto­ries and Shiv­ers of moti­va­tion, hit that play but­ton and get listening.

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The team is back with anoth­er boys-only spe­cial on this week’s episode! The lads dis­cuss cur­rent movie releas­es, per­son­al expe­ri­ences with wildlife, and the world’s top cra­zi­est sports through­out the show. The crew expe­ri­enced numer­ous laugh­ter and thought intrigu­ing moments due to a wide range of sub­jects and view­points! Hit the play but­ton for a jam-packed episode full of humor and per­haps even a thumb war.

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In this episode, the 204 Rise crew wel­comes their good friend to the stu­dio, Mari­na Cabezas! Mari­na is a social media per­son­al­i­ty on Tik­Tok, Insta­gram, and YouTube where she shares what its like to live in ​“Mari’s World”. It is def­i­nite­ly no easy task to man­age as many accounts as Mari does, so hit that play but­ton to dis­cov­er the pas­sion that Mari has for cre­at­ing con­tent and how it influ­ences her lifestyle!

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In this week’s episode, 204 Rise sits down with Kow­shik Mohammed. Kow­shik also know as Kosh, is a Win­nipeg-based YouTu­ber who spe­cial­izes in Tes­la con­tent! With con­tent rang­ing from edu­ca­tion­al videos to viral videos, such as ​“Using Tel­sa Autopi­lot To Take Dri­ver’s Test”, Kosh has over 2.4 mil­lion views on youtube and over 2.9 mil­lion likes on Tik­Tok. This enor­mous tri­umph, how­ev­er, did not come eas­i­ly. The team delves into Kosh’s moti­va­tion to own a Tes­la and how he rose from the ash­es by employ­ing a pos­i­tive men­tal­i­ty and the Law of Attrac­tion to trans­form his life. This episode is jam-packed with fan­tas­tic laugh­ter and fas­ci­nat­ing anec­dotes, from YouTube break­downs to mind­set! So, what are you wait­ing for, hit that play button! 

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On this edi­tion of the 204 Rise Pod­cast, the team sits down with Stephen Hua, the mas­ter­mind behind Togeth­er Again Win­nipeg and the head of mar­ket­ing for Sum­mer of Sound. Through­out the episode, the con­ver­sa­tion focus­es on the dif­fi­cul­ties of event orga­ni­za­tion, what it takes to be a real enter­tain­er, and the expe­ri­ences of bring­ing well-known musi­cians like Drake, Rick Ross, J. Cole, Lady Gaga, and oth­ers to Win­nipeg for their first per­for­mances. Stephen is regard­ed as a local leg­end! Hit the play but­ton for a wealth of knowl­edge and laughter!

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For episode 52, 204 Rise wel­comes Sophie George and Hai­ley Hunter of STEL­LAR, an up-and-com­ing Indie Folk band. Com­ing off of the release of their debut sin­gle, ​“Call Me Good­bye”, and their first show with Sand­man & Friends, Sophie and Hai­ley give the 204 Rise team a behind-the-scenes look into their jour­ney thus far. Hit that play but­ton to find out the ori­gin of STEL­LAR, the highs and low of their jour­ney, and what the future holds for this tal­ent­ed group!

To start off Sea­son 3 of the 204 Rise Pod­cast, the 204 Rise team is joined by two employ­ees from Stu­dent Works, Jen­ny Stroh and Ange­li­ka Sawka. In this episode, Robin and Arsh find out how Jen­ny and Ang­ie got start­ed in this busi­ness, what their respec­tive roles are in turn­ing a prof­it, and all of the crazy sto­ries from on the job. Be sure to press play and join us for the com­mence­ment of Sea­son 3!

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To cel­e­brate the 50th episode of the 204 Rise Pod­cast, the 204 Rise team takes a trip down mem­o­ry lane. The boys go back to the begin­ning of it all, shar­ing their sto­ries of how the pod­cast was start­ed. Then, the team goes through the best moments found in the first 49 episodes, and gives an inside look into all of 204 Rise’s most mem­o­rable events, includ­ing some nev­er-before-seen footage. Hit that play but­ton and get ready to laugh, cry, and every­thing in between; the 50th episode of 204 Rise is here!

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In this week’s episode, the boys sit down to talk about dif­fer­ent men­tal­i­ties. How does your sched­ule affect your state of mind? Are you men­tal­ly pre­pared to achieve your goals? What is stop­ping you from achiev­ing your dreams? Do you have that ​‘dawg’ men­tal­i­ty? What changes from gen­er­a­tion to gen­er­a­tion? Don’t wait any longer, hit that play button!

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In this episode, the 204 Rise Team debates which stu­dio cre­ates the bet­ter movies: Mar­vel or Pixar? The episode begins with a com­par­i­son between watch­ing Net­flix and watch­ing uni­ver­si­ty lec­tures; would you ever watch Net­flix on 1.5x speed? After, the Mar­vel vs. Pixar debate begins; have you gone on an East­er egg hunt in the Mar­vel uni­verse? The con­ver­sa­tion then moves on to YouTube careers and real­i­ty TV shows. How do edi­tors have such a quick turn-around for high­light reels? Final­ly, the boys talk about Apple, the new Tes­la Bot, and high end brands. How many Apple prod­ucts do you own? Hit that play but­ton to find out what the 204 Rise team has to say!

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On episode 156 of the 204Rise Pod­cast, we sit down with inter­na­tion­al­ly renowned DJ and music pro­duc­er Julian Jor­dan at Lake­side Live in Keno­ra, Ontario. Julian shares his ear­ly begin­nings, reveal­ing how his pas­sion for music start­ed at the age of five when he first learned per­cus­sion instru­ments, lead­ing him to pro­duce his first track ​“Yxalag” at just 14. After catch­ing the atten­tion of Spin­nin’ Records and form­ing a close bond with Mar­tin Gar­rix, Julian’s career quick­ly skyrocketed.

In this inter­view, we explore his growth as an artist, his sign­ing with Hard­well’s Revealed Record­ings, and his more recent ven­tures like his viral Tik­Tok hit ​“Old­skool” and his res­i­den­cy at Omnia in Las Vegas. Julian also gives us insight into his cre­ative process, being named an MTV artist to watch, join­ing a lega­cy that includes giants like Tiës­to and Calvin Har­ris. Tune in for an inspir­ing con­ver­sa­tion on cre­ativ­i­ty, per­se­ver­ance, and passion!

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In this week’s episode, the boys sit down to talk about man­i­fes­ta­tion. The boys start the con­ver­sa­tion talk­ing about unwrit­ten social greet­ings, such as the com­mon head nod when walk­ing past some­one. The boys then rem­i­nisce on impor­tant sports moments that they have expe­ri­enced over the years. Final­ly, the boys talk about the sig­nif­i­cance of man­i­fest­ing your dreams. The boys share their opin­ions on whether they think man­i­fes­ta­tion works or not. Why wait any longer, hit the play but­ton to find out what they think!

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In this week’s boys only episode, Robin and Arshdeep dis­cuss what three steps are need­ed to con­quer any indus­try; edu­cate, ded­i­cate and cre­ate. They start the con­ver­sa­tion talk about the recent trend in Poke­mon cards and how they can become valu­able over time. They then talk about a com­mon phrase, ​“big things are com­ing soon” and lessons they have learned over the years in busi­ness. Final­ly, they end the episode by talk­ing about the recent Mes­si sit­u­a­tion and how it may be messier than you may think!

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In this week’s episode, Arshdeep and Robin sit down to talk about what they would do in dif­fer­ent sce­nar­ios includ­ing being in the purge or being the last man on earth. They also talk about Kanye West­’s new album and some of the unique meth­ods he is using to fin­ish his album. For a dis­cus­sion that is both intrigu­ing and engag­ing. Press the play button!

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On this week’s episode of the boys-only pod­cast! Begin­ning with box­ing events that occurred dur­ing the months of June and July, we cov­er a wide range of top­ics. Lat­er in the episode, the focus switch­es to how tech­nol­o­gy has advanced to the point that autonomous robots are com­mon­place. The team answers the ques­tion ” Is tech­nol­o­gy the answer for a sus­tain­able future”? Lat­er on, the boy dis­cuss­es how long show­ers should last and whether or not elec­tron­ics should be per­mit­ted in show­ers! For an edgy, fas­ci­nat­ing, and engag­ing debate, as well as a good chuck­le! Acti­vate the play button!

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The lads are back for anoth­er boys-only pod­cast on this week’s episode! This week’s episode cov­ers a wide range of sub­jects, begin­ning with the lat­est cryp­tocur­ren­cy news. Lat­er in the episode, the con­ver­sa­tion shifts to how tech­nol­o­gy has pro­gressed and what life was like before these break­throughs. Con­sid­er­ing how cell­phones and com­put­ers have played such an impor­tant part in our lives, the guys debate what a pan­dem­ic might be like with­out tech­nol­o­gy while in quar­an­tine. While the future remains unreach­able, the crew spec­u­lates on what life will be like in ten years in terms of tech­nol­o­gy! For a dis­cus­sion that is both intrigu­ing and engag­ing. Press the play but­ton!

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Robin and Arshdeep are back for anoth­er boys-only edi­tion on this week’s pod­cast! The theme this week is child­hood tele­vi­sion shows, rang­ing from Sponge­Bob SquarePants to Bob the Builder. The lads talk down their favorite moments from var­i­ous TV pro­grams, as well as delv­ing into the actu­al mean­ing of the episodes! Lat­er in the pod­cast, the boys dis­cuss how the younger gen­er­a­tion lacks the incen­tive to sit down and watch these shows, lead­ing to the use of appli­ca­tions like Net­flix and YouTube! For a jammed-packed episode filled with laughs and sto­ries, hit that play button!

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This week’s episode fea­tures a guest from across the world in Dubai, Sha­heer Man­sour! We sit down with Sha­heer to dis­cuss his jour­ney through archi­tec­ture and how he start­ed with­in this field! Sha­heer began his career as a stu­dent at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Man­i­to­ba and explains the amaz­ing his­to­ry of archi­tec­ture that lives with­in our city! We lat­er get into the top­ics of why archi­tec­ture plays a major role in the future, in terms of the way we design spaces and cre­ate facil­i­ties that pro­motes a healthy lifestyle. This inspi­ra­tion to cap­ture mem­o­ries from spaces across the world is what drove Sha­heer to ven­ture into his own busi­ness called Spaces N Places! If you have ever won­dered, what it would be like to look at the world through the eyes of an archi­tect, well what are you wait­ing for! Hit that play button! 

Con­nect with Sha­heer Man­sour: https://​www​.insta​gram​.com/shah…

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In this week’s episode, we sit down with a local Win­nipeg DJ, pro­duc­er, and writer Reid Hall­son. Reid explains the behind-the-scenes of the music indus­try and how he start­ed out at the age of 12. With over 12 years of expe­ri­ence, Reid has worked with mul­ti­ple artists and all gen­res of sound, to now ven­ture into his solo career under ​“REI­DØ”. Reid shares his strug­gles and suc­cess­es in the music indus­try with amaz­ing expe­ri­ences, and sto­ries that are worth tun­ing in for! We also dive into his newest work ​“For You” with Max Edwards and dis­cuss how the project came about! For a Jam-packed episode filled with amaz­ing sto­ries, and an inspi­ra­tional con­ver­sa­tion hit that play button!

Con­nect with Reid Hall­son: https://​insta​gram​.com/​r​e​i​domus…

Tune in to Rei­d’s Newest EP com­ing out July 9th, 2021: https://​open​.spo​ti​fy​.com/​artis…

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In this week’s episode, we sit down with Timi Gbadamosi, a local Win­nipeg fit­ness enthu­si­ast! We get into the top­ics of how Timi start­ed her fit­ness jour­ney and what got her inspired to explore this field. Timi shared some amaz­ing per­son­al sto­ries and expe­ri­ences that are worth check­ing out! The pod­cast lat­er gets into the top­ics of meal prep­ping and plan­ning and what it takes to be dis­ci­plined! Despite the 80% diet and 20% gym men­tal­i­ty, many have through­out the indus­try. Timi believes the fit­ness jour­ney should be explored with a 100% every­thing men­tal­i­ty! If you’re look­ing to get your ide­al body and seek some moti­va­tion, well what are you wait­ing for hit that play button!

Con­nect with Timi Gbadamosi: https://​link​tr​.ee/​t​imi.g

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In this week’s episode, we sat down with the local Win­nipeg R&B and rap artist Jaspi Namwira. Jaspi explains his musi­cal jour­ney and how he start­ed out want­i­ng to be a pro­fes­sion­al drum­mer. With the help of his broth­er Jaspi got into the record­ing and pro­duc­tion side of music. Along­side his broth­er, the duo start­ed a group ​“Nams” (which is short for his last name ​“Namwira”), and in late 2019 decid­ed to ven­ture off and begin his solo jour­ney. From his strug­gles and suc­cess­es in the music indus­try, Jaspi shares amaz­ing expe­ri­ences, and sto­ries that are worth tun­ing in for! We also dive into his newest Ep ​“I don’t want to feel like this” and dis­cuss how the project came about! For a Jam-packed episode filled with amaz­ing sto­ries, and an inspi­ra­tional con­ver­sa­tion hit that play button!

Con­nect with Jaspi Nams: https://​insta​gram​.com/​y​o​u​ng.na…

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In episode 155 of 204Rise, Felix Car­tal sits down with us at Lake­side Live in Keno­ra, Ontario, to share his jour­ney as an elec­tron­ic artist and pro­duc­er. From play­ing in high school bands to mak­ing a name for him­self on the inter­na­tion­al scene, Felix reflects on his ear­ly pro­duc­tions, like Parisi­enne, that helped shape his career. We dive into his cre­ative process, his time spent abroad in Glas­gow, and how these expe­ri­ences influ­enced his dis­tinct sound.

Felix opens up about the chal­lenges of stay­ing true to his artis­tic vision in a con­stant­ly evolv­ing indus­try. With a career span­ning over a decade, he offers insights into what it takes to keep grow­ing, tak­ing risks, and how he’s learned to adapt while stay­ing pas­sion­ate about music.

Whether you’re a music lover or curi­ous about the life of an inter­na­tion­al DJ, this episode offers a glimpse into the mind of Felix Cartal.

Chap­ters:
00:00:00 — Play­ing the Artist Game
00:02:06 — Join­ing a Band and Ear­ly Music Expe­ri­ence
00:04:19 — My First Beats in High School
00:06:28 — Con­stant Improve­ment in Cre­ative Crafts­man­ship
00:08:33 — Find­ing Your Niche and Devel­op­ing Your Iden­ti­ty
00:10:45 — Putting in the Reps for Music Pro­duc­tion
00:13:01 — Com­mit­ting to Skill Improve­ment
00:15:08 — The Impact of Social Media on Moti­va­tion
00:17:25 — Set­ting Bound­aries with Social Media
00:19:41 — Longevi­ty in the Music Indus­try
00:21:56 — Find­ing Fun Ways to Main­tain San­i­ty
00:24:04 — Deal­ing with Fail­ure in the Music Indus­try
00:26:28 — Career Fail­ures and Suc­cess­es
00:28:38 — Chas­ing the Next Thing
00:30:50 — The Deci­sion to Take a Year Off School
00:33:07 — Col­lab­o­ra­tions in the Music Indus­try
00:35:17 — The Sig­nif­i­cance of Awards in the Music Indus­try
00:37:32 — The Process of Mak­ing Music
00:39:45 — Dance Music and Play­ing with Expec­ta­tions
00:42:01 — Mak­ing Progress in the Music Indus­try
00:44:19 — Excite­ment for Felix’s Performance

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*Not Finan­cial advice*

In this episode, 204 Rise sits down with Kevin Carthy, a cryp­tocur­ren­cy expert with over sev­en years of expe­ri­ence. Kevin Carthy is also the cre­ator of a group called cryp­tonutz designed to edu­cate peo­ple on the world of cryp­tocur­ren­cy and its impor­tance in the world to come. Kevin explains the basics of what cryp­tocur­ren­cy is and how it works. Kevin explains the social impact of bit­coin and doge­coin and what he feels the future of mon­ey will look like. Kevin also shows the team how easy it is to trans­fer cryp­to by send­ing $10.00 of Lite­coin to the 204 Rise team! 

Check out Cryp­tonutz: https://​www​.face​book​.com/​crypt…

Con­nect with Kevin Carthy: https://​www​.linkedin​.com/​in/si…

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In this episode, the 204 Rise Team sits down with Habi­ba Mah­moud; a com­put­er engi­neer­ing stu­dent who has been a part of many projects includ­ing UniSke­d­ual and Win­nipeg Trails Asso­ci­a­tion. Habi­ba it’s also the founder and CEO of Habiba’s Beau­ty Bar, which is a Win­nipeg-based veg­an cos­met­ic brand made out of her own house. Habi­ba explains the dif­fer­ent busi­ness­es she is a part of and what skills she has learned as well as giv­ing some tips for new entrepreneurs. 

Fol­low Habi­ba on Linkedin: https://​www​.linkedin​.com/​in/ha…

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In this week’s episode, 204 Rise sits down with local dancer Shaque­el Lawrence. We get into the sto­ry of how Shaq start­ed danc­ing and some of the strug­gles he faced along his jour­ney. Shaq explains how the shift from a tra­di­tion­al 9 – 5 job to become a full-time dancer was a major mile­stone with­in his career allow­ing him to tru­ly chase his pas­sion. Despite the adver­si­ty, Shaq found suc­cess through dance and has trav­eled the world to places such as Los Ange­les, Hawaii, New York, and much more to teach. From major per­for­mances with BTS Kpop to being cast on Kaos a dance tv show, this episode is jam-packed with amaz­ing sto­ries, expe­ri­ences, and advice.

Check out Shaq’s Insta­gram: https://​insta​gram​.com/​s​h​a​aqdad…

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In this week’s episode, 204 Rise sits down with Michael Deni­siuk, the CEO of a Win­nipeg video and con­tent pro­duc­tion com­pa­ny, MD Media. Michael is a 30-year-old entre­pre­neur and fam­i­ly man that quit his typ­i­cal com­fort­able job to fol­low his pas­sion and dreams of being a video­g­ra­ph­er. Michael explains his jour­ney on the strug­gle of start­ing a busi­ness from scratch, spe­cif­ic strate­gies that he used to build a clien­tele and start gen­er­at­ing rev­enue for his busi­ness. Michael explains the hard­ships and pres­sure of run­ning a busi­ness for him­self as well as sup­port­ing his fam­i­ly. Michael’s rise is impres­sive, inspir­ing, and moti­vat­ing for any busi­ness owner.

Check out MD media: https://​www​.mdme​di​aa​.com

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In this episode, the boys ques­tion our real­i­ty by look­ing through a pop­u­lar hash­tag on Tik Tok and Insta­gram called ​“high thoughts”. Some of which actu­al­ly seem too real to actu­al­ly make sense. They pon­der over the idea of humans being aliens, eat­ing dirt, prop­er­ty tax, and so much more. Filled with count­less laughs and per­son­al child­hood sto­ries, this episode is one that will get you think­ing, no mat­ter if you are high or not. For the record, no sub­stances were used dur­ing the record­ing of this episode.

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In this episode, the boys talk about pro­cras­ti­na­tion and how to deal with it. Most of the time when high school or uni­ver­si­ty stu­dents have a large test or assign­ment due, they often leave it to the last moment, and the major­i­ty of the time there is no con­se­quence for this action. How­ev­er, with a few men­tal and phys­i­cal tricks, is it pos­si­ble to over­come? In this episode, the boys pro­vide some of the tips they have used to be more pro­duc­tive. The boys also share some sub­sti­tute teacher sto­ries, talk about the new J.cole album, as well as some moti­va­tion tips!

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In this week’s boys-only episode the boys dis­cuss how tech­nol­o­gy is con­stant­ly chang­ing. The boys talk about what life would be like if we could use more than 10% of their brain capac­i­ty sim­i­lar to what they did in the movie, Lucy! The boys talk about how Elon Musk and Neu­ralink may be the answer! The boys also dis­cuss a physics prob­lem that makes them rethink their exis­tence. If a heli­copter were to hov­er in one spot for 12 hours would the heli­copter land in a dif­fer­ent spot than it orig­i­nal­ly took off from? Near the end of the episode, the boys come up with a new Disney/​Pixar movie idea that would make for a great movie! New episode every Tuesday! 

This episode is spon­sored by Skill­share! Click. The link in our social media bio to start your 14-day free tri­al now! 

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Today, in a boy’s only episode, the whole team is back togeth­er to cel­e­brate our 30th episode and cov­er a lot of top­ics in our recent life. We begin the con­ver­sa­tion with a ques­tion from Tik­Tok on whether you would go back to the age of 10 or get 50 mil­lion dol­lars at the age of 60! We give some inter­est­ing pieces of advice that may or may not be ben­e­fi­cial to any 10-year-old kids out there. We then talk about the recent Apple 2021 event and some cool prod­ucts such as the new iMac and airtags. We also give our thoughts on the recent Jake paul vs Ben Askren Fight and what it means for the future of box­ing! New Episodes Every Tuesday!

Skill­share is the spon­sor for this episode! Click the link in any of our social media bio’s to start your 14-day free tri­al now!

Ener­gy 106’s radio host and per­son­al­i­ty, Tyler Carr, brings the ener­gy to 204 Rise for a pod­cast! Tyler speaks on how he got his start in radio, the process of becom­ing a radio host, his love for radio, and much more. Tyler also explains how the radio indus­try is a busi­ness and how radio can adapt dai­ly. Tyler takes the time to share some of Ener­gy 106’s trade secrets, which you won’t want to miss! You can catch Tyler Carr, Jas­min Laine and Dave Wheel­er on Ener­gy 106 week­day morn­ings from 6:00 am — 10:00 am!

Skill­share is the spon­sor for this episode! Click the link in any of our social media bio’s to start your 14-day free tri­al now!

In this episode, we sat down with Alessan­dro Rinel­la (aka Sand­man) to talk about some of the behind-the-scenes of mak­ing music. Sand­man explains his cre­ative writ­ing process, along with sto­ries on how some of his hit songs Gem­i­ni and What Goes Up were cre­at­ed. Sand­man shares a sto­ry about how his music video for One Day fea­tur­ing Sean2k and Ysn Fab, direct­ed by Aidan Notar­i­an­ni, was tak­en down. Sand­man also gives 204 Rise exclu­sive release dates for his upcom­ing music. 

Skill­share is the spon­sor for this episode! Click the link in any of our social media bio’s to start your 14-day free tri­al now!

On episode 154 with inter­na­tion­al DJ and pro­duc­er CMC$ (Yael Nahar) dur­ing the @lakesideliveca event in Keno­ra, Ontario. CMC$ shares his incred­i­ble jour­ney from near­ly quit­ting the music indus­try to achiev­ing viral suc­cess with hits like ​“Wake Up Call.” He dis­cuss­es how his time at the Her­man Brood Acad­e­mie, along­side Mar­tin Gar­rix, shaped his career and how Guc­ci Mane’s influ­ence played a sur­pris­ing role in his music. We also dive into the cre­ative process behind his sig­na­ture future bass and trap sound, the chal­lenges he faced, and what keeps him inspired. Whether you’re an aspir­ing artist or just a fan of great music, this episode offers deep insights into the life and mind of CMC$.

Tune in for an inspir­ing con­ver­sa­tion that reveals the highs and lows of a career in the music indus­try and what it takes to stay at the top.

Chap­ters:
00:00:00 — Lake­side Live Inter­view with CMCS
00:01:38 — The Jour­ney to the Music Indus­try
00:02:33 — Learn­ing to Cre­ate Hip-Hop Beats
00:03:21 — Work­ing with Big­ger Artists and Cool Places
00:04:10 — Join­ing Forces with Bas
00:05:08 — Mem­o­rable Per­for­mance with Mar­tin Gar­rix in Ger­many
00:06:08 — Tran­si­tion to Music Career
00:07:08 — Pro­duc­tion School Cur­ricu­lum
00:07:57 — Per­form­ing in Front of Thou­sands of Peo­ple
00:08:51 — Adjust­ing Music for Dif­fer­ent Audi­ences
00:09:46 — The Chal­lenges of Per­form­ing Live
00:10:35 — The Impact of COVID-19 on the Music Indus­try and Artists
00:11:34 — Fol­low­ing Your Pas­sion for Music
00:12:33 — The Ori­gin of the Name CMCS
00:13:26 — Advice for Artists and DJs
00:14:16 — The strug­gles of social media pro­mo­tion on Tik Tok
00:15:21 — The Jour­ney from Con­tent Cre­ator to Artist
00:16:16 — Fol­low­ing My Heart in Music Pro­duc­tion
00:17:07 — Set­ting the Fire Blaze
00:18:06 — A Moment of Silence

#MusicIn­dus­try #Future­Bass #Trap­Mu­sic #DJLife #CMC$ #204Rise #Keno­raOn­tario #Lakeside­Live #Elec­tron­ic­Mu­sic #Pod­castIn­ter­view #edm #edm­fes­ti­val

Cheryl Sobie has been a veg­an for 15 years and comes on the pod­cast to talk about her expe­ri­ence being veg­an and also offer tips on how to tran­si­tion into being veg­an for begin­ners. She cov­ers top­ics includ­ing nutri­ents, lifestyle, and alter­na­tives while being a veg­an. Cheryl also talks about her works as an ani­mal activist and express­es ways in which peo­ple can make a dif­fer­ence and stand up to ani­mal cruelty. 

Skill­share is the spon­sor for this episode! Click the link in any of our social media bio’s to start your 14-day free tri­al now!

In this week’s episode, the boys talk about the art of nego­ti­at­ing, espe­cial­ly through Face­book mar­ket­place and spam phone calls. Some tricks and tips that we have learned over the years and some unique ways in which you can per­suade oth­ers to get your way. Oth­er top­ics include: sub­mit­ting an appli­ca­tion to go the moon, Mr. Beast­’s fin­ger on the app chal­lenge, and more… Sub­scribe or Fol­low for new episodes every Tuesday!

In today’s episode, the boys talk about a lot of top­ics. Start­ing off with web­sites run­ning ads and try­ing to scam you, set­ting alarms, the end of the world, old school tech­nol­o­gy, and also liv­ing to 114 years old. We then tran­si­tion into talk­ing about if we would want to be immor­tal and the mean­ing of life. We end the pod­cast with an inter­est­ing ques­tion: Would you rather have $5000 dol­lars every time you blinked or took a breath? Lis­ten to the full episode to hear our thoughts and fol­low if you enjoyed it!