Category: YEG Me Podcast

Doug is with Edmonton Economic Development Corporation. He’s the Director of Events with Edmonton Tourism and shares some great stories of what’s happening in Edmonton’s event world. He is also heavily involved in University Sports and has many great stories to share about his time on the sidelines and courts.

Learn more at:

https://exploreedmonton.com 

Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/EdmontonTourism/

Doug’s Twitter

https://twitter.com/dougmclean15 

Instagram 

https://www.instagram.com/pkirbysdreamland/

Local love shoutout: http://southislandpie.co/#the-list 

So what is Yeg Me all about?

Edmonton is a great city and we wanted to connect with some Edmontonians to learn more about them and more importantly, some of their thoughts and insight about Edmonton (YEG).

Yeg Me is sponsored in part by Road 55. If you or someone you know is looking to grow your business through marketing and strategy, please connect with Road 55. 

https://road55.ca 

The Podcasts were filmed in the Werkstatt Studio. You can learn more about the studio, located in the heart of the Ice District in Downtown Edmonton by going here:

https://www.werkstatt-yeg.com

There is music….and then there is Alberta music! It was great to sit down with Carly Klassen, the Executive Director of Alberta Music on the YEG Me podcast. 

She leads the team that is a non-profit, service-based association dedicated to helping professionals in the music industry to succeed in their careers.

From Alberta Bands/Artists, Managers, Publicists, Labels, Studios, Producers, Engineers… they support and connect everyone in the Alberta music industry.

Carly shares a great story about her first day on the job and how she first met a future Juno nominee. 

If you’d like to learn more about Alberta Music, please visit:

www.albertamusic.org  

Or find them on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/albertamusic 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/alberta_music 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alberta_music/

So what is Yeg Me all about?

Edmonton is a great city and we wanted to connect with some Edmontonians to learn more about them and more importantly, some of their thoughts and insight about Edmonton (YEG).

Yeg Me is sponsored in part by Road 55. If you or someone you know is looking to grow your business through marketing and strategy, please connect with Road 55. 

https://road55.ca 

The Podcasts were filmed in the Werkstatt Studio. You can learn more about the studio, located in the heart of the Ice District in Downtown Edmonton by going here:

https://www.werkstatt-yeg.com

It was great to sit down with Teresa Spinelli from the Italian Centre. As President of the Italian Centre, she leads a team of over 500 staff with 3 locations in Edmonton and 1 in Calgary. 

They are a specialty grocer and gathering place for Alberta families and friends since 1959, the Italian Centre Shop’s long devotion to authentic Italian and European tastes & traditions creates community, love & belonging. Europe’s best-known, most-loved foods all under one roof.

We chatted about the shops, community, the Edmonton YEG food scene and more! 

Learn more at:

https://www.italiancentre.ca 

Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/Italiancentreshop/ 

Teresa on Twitter

https://twitter.com/TeresaSpinelli

So what is Yeg Me all about?

Edmonton is a great city and we wanted to connect with some Edmontonians to learn more about them and more importantly, some of their thoughts and insight about Edmonton (YEG).

Yeg Me is sponsored in part by Road 55. If you or someone you know is looking to grow your business through marketing and strategy, please connect with Road 55. 

https://road55.ca 

The Podcasts were filmed in the Werkstatt Studio. You can learn more about the studio, located in the heart of the Ice District in Downtown Edmonton by going here:

https://www.werkstatt-yeg.com

He is the General Manager for the World Triathlon Series Edmonton which oversees the 2020 ITU World Triathlon Grand Final 

As well as the 2018/2019 ITU World Triathlon Series Edmonton.

He’s been a staple in the event business for 20 years with experience as the Festival Director of the Northern Alberta International Children’s Festival, handling media at the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver and more! 

Learn more at:

www.edmonton.triathlon.org  

Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/worldtriathlonedmonton/

Twitter

https://twitter.com/wts_edmonton

Instagram 

https://www.instagram.com/wts_edmonton 

#WTSEdmonton

#DoNorth 

So what is Yeg Me all about?

Edmonton is a great city and we wanted to connect with some Edmontonians to learn more about them and more importantly, some of their thoughts and insight about Edmonton (YEG).

Yeg Me is sponsored in part by Road 55. If you or someone you know is looking to grow your business through marketing and strategy, please connect with Road 55.

https://road55.ca 

The Podcasts were filmed in the Werkstatt Studio. You can learn more about the studio, located in the heart of the Ice District in Downtown Edmonton by going here:

https://www.werkstatt-yeg.com

Meet Rick Harvey

One on one chat with one the mentors in my life. He’s left his mark on the leadership community of Edmonton and we were thrilled to have him on the YEG Me podcast. 

He has a BIG IDEA: To make leaders and their companies 10 times more effective!

He works to get leaders out of the ISOLATION TRAP!!! He focuses on getting them to start working ON their business instead of always working IN their business. 

If you’d like to connect with Rick, please visit his LInkedin page: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rick-harvey-cmc-2270546/

So what is Yeg Me all about?

Edmonton is a great city and we wanted to connect with some Edmontonians to learn more about them and more importantly, some of their thoughts and insight about Edmonton (YEG).

Yeg Me is sponsored in part by Road 55. If you or someone you know is looking to grow your business through marketing and strategy, please connect with Road 55. 

https://road55.ca 

The Podcasts were filmed in the Werkstatt Studio. You can learn more about the studio, located in the heart of the Ice District in Downtown Edmonton by going here:

https://www.werkstatt-yeg.com

Allan Mott – So much fun to have local Edmontonian Allan join us to talk about his writing career and creative touch points in our community. 

To go along with his passion for B-Movies, he’s a book writer too!  A few years back he was allowed to publish his own book on the subject, the imaginatively titled Scary Movies, which documented the creation, reaction and relevance of six of his favourite horror movies. 

It remains the best of the 12 and ½ books he’s managed to publish thus far (don’t ask about the ½ book, it’s a long story).

As a film theorist (which is a pretentious way to say that he writes really long reviews where the actual quality of the films are usually irrelevant) Allan operates under the belief that anyone can come up with interesting insights while deconstructing Citizen Kane, Persona, The Seventh Seal, 8 ½, Badlands or Breathless, but it takes imagination, hard work and a twisted personality to do the same with Skatetown USA, Don’t Go in the House, Cheerleaders Wild Weekend or Disorderlies.

Which leads us to Vanity Fear, which was once called The House of Glib before Allan got tired of constantly telling people what “glib” meant. Its purpose is to serve as a repository for any cinematic observation Allan wishes to make that is unlikely to ever be printed anywhere else. 

In addition to B-Movies and writing, we chat about his love of food and he shared many dishes he hopes others discover in Edmonton.

Here is the coveted Food list that Allan shared with us on the podcast. You have to go enjoy these local dishes in Edmonton!

Brussels Sprouts at Woodwork

Potato Fondant at Partake

Fish Tacos at Tres Carnales

Latte at Coffee Bureau

Lemon Merengue cake at Duchess

Gnocchi at Almanac

Order off the white board at Tokyo Noodle Shop

Fonduta Agnolotti at Bar Bricco

Spicy garlic miso pork ramen at Prairie Noodle House

Hot chicken at Northern Chicken

Eclairs at La Boulle

Blue steel with bacon and smoke at The Burger’s Priest

You can find Allan:

www.vanityfear.com – A pretentious A-Hole’s guide to B-Movie BS

Twitter: https://twitter.com/HouseofGlib 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/houseofglib/ 

So what is Yeg Me all about?

Edmonton is a great city and we wanted to connect with some Edmontonians to learn more about them and more importantly, some of their thoughts and insight about Edmonton (YEG).

Yeg Me is sponsored in part by Road 55. If you or someone you know is looking to grow your business through marketing and strategy, please connect with Road 55. 

https://road55.ca 

The Podcasts were filmed in the Werkstatt Studio. You can learn more about the studio, located in the heart of the Ice District in Downtown Edmonton by going here:

https://www.werkstatt-yeg.com

Dave Jamieson of TSN 1260

It was so great to sit down with Dave on the YEG Me podcast. He is a man of many talents!

He once put out a raging barbecue fire with nothing more than an old dish towel and a steely glance, and he now brings his unique and informed perspective on the world of sports to the airwaves of Edmonton.

He’s a former producer, broadcaster and program director at some of the biggest radio stations on the West Coast and in Edmonton, Dave originally hales from the soft streets of Vancouver and most recently spent 14 years as the Edmonton Eskimos Director of Marketing, Communications and Broadcast as well as President of the Edmonton Rush.

He’s no stranger to goings-on behind the scenes of professional sports including his own feelings of inadequacy in a locker room.

You can listen to Dave on TSN 1260 weekdays from noon to 2 pm and he might even allow you to weigh in once in a while as he entertains, bemuses and prevents younger, more talented radio talent from establishing themselves in the market.

Follow Dave on Twitter:

https://twitter.com/jamieson1260 

Let’s chat with Kyle Dube, the Executive Director of Youcan Youth Services in Edmonton.

Edmonton’s most prolific sports columnist, Terry Jones came by to chat about Edmonton sports and more for the YEG Me podcast. He shares a great story about how he got into the writing business and shared his radio DJ talents…. TJ the DJ!

He’s in the Hockey Hall of Fame, recipient of the Elmer Ferguson Memorial Award.

Terry is also an inductee of the CFL Sports hall of fame, the Alberta Sports hall of fame and Canadian Sports Media Lifetime Achievement inductee.

He’s covered over 550 Stanley Cup games, 37 Grey Cups, 20 Super Bowls, 16 Olympics and so much more in the sporting world for over 50 years.

SOCIAL HANDLES

Twitter

https://twitter.com/byterryjones

So what is Yeg Me all about?

Edmonton is a great city and we wanted to connect with some Edmontonians to learn more about them and more importantly, some of their thoughts and insight about Edmonton (YEG).

 

Yeg Me is sponsored in party by Road 55. If you or someone you know is looking to grow your business through marketing and strategy, please connect with Road 55.

https://road55.ca

The Podcasts were filmed in the Werkstatt Studio. You can learn more about the studio, located in the heart of the Ice District in Downtown Edmonton by going here:

https://www.werkstatt-yeg.com