Join Kyle and Zoë for their weekly Happy Hour podcast covering all things salty - from fitness and sports to music and relationships. Keeping it real with a positive and humorous attitude (while most likely enjoying a cocktail or two), K Salt and Zo Fo will have you laughing and feeling goooood. Salty Hour is published every week on iTunes, Soundcloud, & Periscope.
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The For the Culture Canada Podcast acts as a centre-point between art and entrepreneurship by featuring special guests curated by host Deepak Bhatti.
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Grey Hearts Denim is a Kelowna, BC based fashion brand specializing in reworking in locally sourced denim and workwear. I spoke to owners Sean and Paul about a myriad of different things such as how they survived 2020 as a new company, what they did to support Black Lives Matter, and much more! They're a very smart couple of guys with excellent bus…
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Episode 60 - Ca$tro Guapo & Brendan Potts
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Ca$tro Guapo is 1/2 of the Toronto duo CMDWN. They've been making waves collaborating with artists such as Chief Keef and Lil Yachty.Brendan Potts is the tour manager of Castro and many others. We had a great conversation about music, mental health and much more. It was an absolute blast doing the interview and I just wanna shout out Miguel Ambrosi…
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Deus is an audio engineer and friend whose been working with me on the podcast since Episode 50. We did the interview in his brand new studio "The Vault Recording Studio". I'm crazy excited about this interview because my boy has been working so hard for so long to get his business up and running and it's finally done! We spoke about his journey ge…
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Okanagan Lifestyle is a brand owned by Jaclyn and Ryan Robertson. It was created as a way to connect their community and establish a celebration for the young and old in the beautiful Okanagan.Its was obvious to me from their immense popularity and philanthropy that they express a deep gratitude for what the Okanagan has provided to them. Jaclyn wa…
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Bede is the owner of Designed by Bede. A fashion brand inspired by her love of the past with modern touches of street wear and ethical production.I love supporting underground brands like these.I feel like I can express myself better with unique pieces that I don’t think many other people have. I also prefer to not support fast fashion as best I ca…
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Chris is a retired Geologist and the owner of Gneiss Climbing. He opened up the gym in 2016 and built it up to be one of the most popular climbing gyms in the city. We spoke about a variety of things including how the pandemic affected his business. I hope you enjoy the interview as much as we did.Follow usYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/U…
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I’ve been asking Edge to be on the show since 2018 and he always said not until 2020. We finally got it to happen and I’m so excited to share our interview.I’ve seen him perform countless times and honestly I’ve always loved his sets. Edge had explosiveness which was very contagious and with his charisma commanded the room.In today’s episode he and…
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“If you didn’t want anything then why’d you even start.” Zoe Marie Welch wrote this in her song Turn on the Lights. It’s a light and bubbly soul/R&B track about her experience with a past lover. It’s an honest reflection of her experience which many people I’m sure could relate to. Her music reflects her personality and believe me it was a delight …
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If you’re a photographer/videographer/model/etc in the Kelowna area you know who @fowfow4 is. You’ve seen his work and if you haven’t then you clearly haven’t been involved enough. He is a professional photographer & founder of the vastly popular Camera’s and Coffee. It's a local meet up where gearheads, enthusiast and professional photographers of…
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538st. is a DOPE, young, up and coming hip-hop group from Kelowna, BC who are very different from what you'd typically think of as a hip-hop group. They're not a group of rappers, it's a full band with a frontman who raps. If you've ever seen them live or caught one of their live videos you'd know how vibrant and charismatic they are. I had a chanc…
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This is the second part of a two part episode with the Flip Club. Talon broke down his own walls and learned how to finally be himself. Cody has just been fired from his job and left his life-long connection to mormonism. They were both at a critical point in time and this episode chronicles the creation of the Flip Club. Enjoy! The Flip Club is a …
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The Flip Club is a parkour/trampoline gym created by Cody McAllister (left) & Talon Keener (right) as a safe space for kids and adults of all skill levels to build confidence and grow their self esteem. In this episode, we talk about how they went from being under-appreciated after creating one of the most successful businesses in their old gym and…
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“I always say the first part is knowing who you are and if you don’t know who you are you gotta figure who you are.” Kevin Kishor is a brand/talent developer, relationship coach and author. I sat down with him to discuss his latest book titled “Chocolate Covered French Fries” which is a practical guide for all types of relationships. We also had an…
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“I don’t care what you think. You’re 13-14 you’re not doing anything. Look at me and look at you. What are you doing playing video games and doing nothing? I’m actually doing shit and that’s straight for the haters. I’m 14 making it. By the time I’m in grade 10 I know I’m gonna be rich as fuck”Young Ivany is a 14 year old rapper based out of North …
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“There’s so many new words & so many definitions and so many new ways on how you can write. It’s so complex, intellectual and it’s amazing. Wow how could we in mankind come up with all these crazy ass words? You know how big the Oxford Dictionary is? That shit SLAPS.” Obviously GasPakkTyler is a character. He was explaining his love for the english…
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“They (films) went deeper than just entertainment for most people. They would impact politics and all of this kind of stuff. Going back to my childhood would be just immersing myself into a different universe.” Drake Richardson is a young filmmaker who (at the time of the interview) maintained a low profile but managed to work with bbno$ and made t…
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“We’re (Kasai) not doing it because we want clout. None of us give a fuck about that. We really just love making music. I don’t fuck with someone if I can’t enjoy my studio time with them.”Crim is a rapper and one of the founders of the large artist collective Kasai. He is from East Van and in this spontaneous episode we spoke about his familial mu…
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Episode 41 - Jackson Parker of Clear Glass Media
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“I just didn’t have that competitive drive in the sports world. I still wanted to be with everyone in it so I was like I’ll take the videos and photos. From there it just kept going up.”Jackson Parker is videographer who films action-sports under @clear.glass.media. His work as been featured in high profile IG accounts such as @pinkbike and @newsch…
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“I used to do a lot of public speaking when I was younger, I used to be in leadership, I used to do acting too and performing has always been something for me that’s been so good. Music has always come easy to me but I never had the confidence in myself to believe that.”Dylan Steciuk otherwise known as SwayzeAck is a rapper based out of Vancouver. …
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Episode 39 - Dan Sadowick aka DOWNTOWNDAN
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“Growing up whenever my friends had problems they’d always come talk to me, ask me for advice and I’d always try to help my friends and make sure everyone was good. But then whenever I had problems no one was there to listen to me. I never had anyone to talk to about my problems. So that’s where music comes in. I can express myself and kinda get th…
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“My whole thing was like I just wanna grow my neighbourhood, grow BC, grow Kelowna. Me just like creating this platform for all these kids to express themselves get their music out, look good for social media, and that’s good for them. Because some kids maybe only get to play like one show a year or two shows a year but a guy like me is lucky. I ge…
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“All of my family do music. I got two sides (of grandparents) on my mom’s side and they both do music. She (grandma Rhonda) do remakes of old rock and I wanna get my grandpa on a track and play guitar, not even lying. On the other side of my grandparents, they’ve been doing gigs as well as just their regular jobs. They’ve always been doing music.”I…
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“The idea of the wolf is… they always have a leader in a pack, but you always have a pack, they’re very loyal, they’re migratory and they’re always on the move so very proactive. We want this logo, this wolf and this company to be moving onward and upward and getting what we’re going for.” Amarok Media Co. is a trio of multi-talented friends hailin…
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“I tried painting, I’ve tried knitting and it was just really boring. With embroidery you can unstitch it so it’s just very relaxing, being able to control it creatively, it’s a mixture of drawing and fibre art and it just clicked.” Quinn Bray is a local embroidery artist who meticulously creates stunning pieces of art which vary from pleasantly si…
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“There’s so much cool stuff that you get to be involved with by being a crew member on movies like that like we flip cars, explode em and there’s dudes jumping off mountains in snowmobiles in that film. Just wild stuff.” Jordan Powers is an aspiring Film Director humbly earning his ranks on film crews in the Okanagan. His impressive resume includes…
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“Kelowna had a lot of energy, it was crazy, the support was real, moved a lot of CDs and rage bro it was fun as hell.” iLL Chris is a very hard hitting rapper with a distinctive bite to his vocal delivery and choice of beats. He headlined a show at the Black Box Theatre in Kelowna, BC on October 29th, 2018 and I managed to capture an interview with…
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“Once people enjoy you for you rather than just the content you make you can do whatever you want. People are coming for us rather than the content to see what we’re doing. Now we do that to relate to the weird ideas we have because not all of our ideas are analysis videos.” TMS Productions is a trio of film makers comprised of longtime friends Tom…
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“I wanted to step out of my comfort zone, push myself and learn about something that I am interested in and do a good job of.” What Jeff says here doesn’t just ring true for his run at becoming a part of Kelowna’s City Council. It also attributes to the challenge of being a well known and established musician in the Okanagan Valley. In this very ho…
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“I remember I was in class and I wrote on a napkin a full song and I met him out back and spat it to him. It was crazy man.” - Kenny “I used to call him Einstein all the time back in grade 8. I was in art class and there was a picture of Einstein, I just gave it to Kenne and I’m like you’re Einstein.” - Cheen Obviously these guys are hilarious toge…
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“Everyone who has supported us since day one they come to all our shows, they’re always there and that really made our EP really special for us.” I had the pleasure of interviewing the band Where We Wander which comprised of Jesse Jacobson (you may remember him from episode 4 of the podcast), Nicholas Waterman, Biz Antonishka, & Kodi Lee. These guy…
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“I love country music because it’s about storytelling. It’s about real life, people, how you go through things and it’s about super small towns and that simple kind of life. It’s what I group up doing. That’s what I love.” I was first introduced to Melissa Livingstone’s music through asking my own personal facebook feed about local female musicians…
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“I don’t wanna just put stuff out to put stuff out. I wanna be proud of it. That’s what’s important to me. Staying authentic. People are always gonna gravitate to what they feel are authentic and genuine.” Tommy Newgin founded and now runs a very clean streetwear fashion company called Bynoma. It’s predicated on being greater than the average and f…
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“Dead Rose. I like the symbolism of that just because getting too close to the flower it’ll cut you. If you don’t let anybody get close to you to water the flower then it dies. It shows the struggle that I have in my life of not letting people get close to me and it shows in my music.” What I really liked about what he said here is it totally fits …
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“I took band in middle school and I was signed up to play the trumpet because my dad had an old trumpet. There was an open spot for bass guitar and I was like “that sounds a lot cooler” so why don’t I switch to that? Well my parents would kill me because they’d have to buy me another guitar. And teacher’s like does anyone wanna take bass guitar? I’…
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“The reason why I do one of one is because you are one of one. I really like doing custom stuff because people can come to me and choose what they like. Once that comes to life they have that personal connection to the clothing then they’re on the next planet. They’re really feeling themselves. It’s not coming from some random factory in China, I d…
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“I bet my friend that I could become sponsored skateboarding within a year and I couldn’t ollie at the time. I started practicing in my backyard and nine months later I picked up my first sponsor.”Now Nate is a rapper, not a skateboarder anymore but the reason why I chose this quote for him is because he had SO MANY insane stories just like this on…
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“Words that are punctuated with so much power that enable you or pose with a kind of vibe that you’re feeling. Be it faith, unapologetic, focused or whatever it is, it is a stand-alone word that’s only on a black shirt just to create emphasis.” Deidrean here is talking about the statement she’s trying to make with her ‘Blackout Collection’. The thi…
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“I think we write of experiences. Especially for me, if I’m not emotionally in tune with it then it’s not possible and the best way for me to get emotionally in tune with it is by experiencing it myself. So yeah it definitely is cathartic.” What I love about Post-Modern Connection is they’re a band members come from all over the world (Nigeria, Leb…
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“That’s what photography is all about you know? Telling an entire story in one frame.” That quote from Alex I think sums up what he tries to do in a very simple way. The beauty of a great artist is they’re able to sum up an entire story, all the words, actions and emotion into a simple digestible way. He does this with the way he composes and colou…
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“The reason I started KayKamz was because people see you, they ask you where you’re from and they already have a general idea without getting to know you or your culture. They only language we can speak is love, dance and people appreciate fashion. It’s a safe space place where you come, you’re being accepted for who you are.” This episode really f…
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“Kelowna saved my song enough times and replayed my songs enough times that Spotify Canada was like “somethings happening here, lets just give it a shot.” I’ve been on Northern Bars for almost three months. Because they took a little notice of me Vancouver knows me a lot more, Toronto noticed me a lot more.” What I love about what Teon said here wa…
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“Theres so much talent in Kelowna. I wanna be able to help someone else get to the point where their favourite artist is.” If Matt had a mission statement for what he does this quote would be it. He’s a versatile videographer, photographer, musician etc… who’s interest solely lies in documenting hardcore punk and electronic music. He really believe…
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“It’s why a lot of people do keep full time jobs. it takes the pressure off of doing gigs you don’t wanna do.” By the time my interview with photographer David Vassiliev was over it honestly felt like we were good friends already. It really demonstrated how friendly he was and captivating his story-telling was.INSTAGRAM@FortheCultureCanada@davidvas…
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Jaide Bateman is a visual artist who specializes in alcohol ink and beautifully tranquil pieces of art. She was sincere and so fun to speak to. You’ll find her personality was just as inviting as her art! Please check out the interview!INSTAGRAM@FortheCultureCanada@jaidefoxpaintings
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“I’m a big believer in you turn one hard turn a million. You just have to make an impact in your community of what you’re doing. I feel like we’re doing that. We get recognized at festivals. We’ve made that impact.” I’m just gonna be blunt here, this interview with Ben was amazing! From Sam Roberts DMing him about a remix Ben made for one of his so…
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Episode 12 - Brandon Tait & Jake Maters of Broken Future
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“We’re really trying to push this culture. Our entire thing is to build this culture. I think there is the climate (for house music) to pop off. We’ve done a lot of shows and people honestly are surprised at how much they enjoy themselves.” One major thing I learned about Broken Future in this interview is they know they’re sitting on top of someth…
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“I don’t view either one of them (Wedding Photography & DJing) as work. I’d probably just do both for fun.” The beauty of what Nikita said right here is he managed to find a way to get paid good money to do what he loves. He’s been revered by many couples across the Okanagan for his wonderfully expressive photography & contributed to the legendary …
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“My whole goal with this is to constantly be improving... and an artist that stagnates doesn’t stay an artist very long.” Graham is a wonderfully quirky visual artist who graduated from Simon Fraser University with a Visual Arts degree. He practices pointillism with a really strong sense of depth and character. Meaning have you ever seen an octopus…
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“My dad brought me into it. He was a wedding photographer back in the 70’s, 80’s.” If you’ve ever seen pictures taken in Sapphire or Level of your friends or famous artists in Kelowna in the last 5 years you’ve definitely seen the prolific work of Justin Hill. He’s captured photos of Ghostface Killah, 88GLAM, ScHoolboy Q and tens of thousands of ot…
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"I can see lots of different people's tastes on things and what they like. You can adapt and learn. I learn from every client, I use that to go forward." Cameron Kipp is the founder of CKGraphX which is a logo design/graphics design agency. He's done work with a wide variety of clients ranging from a sushi house, to cafe's and even root beer labels…
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