Walt Pavlo was a senior finance executive overseeing a $2 billion operation at MCI Communications during a high growth period in the telecommunications industry before he was caught in a scheme to embezzle $6 million.  Walt was eventually caught, spent some time in prison, and now speaks globally on the importance of ethics and corporate culture.  Walt is the co-author of the terrific book "Stolen without a Gun - Confessions from insider history's biggest accounting fraud - the collapse of...

Patricia spent her childhood growing up in a cult with very strict rules surrounding interactions with her family and the outside world.  She was then kicked out of the cult at a very young age and left with nothing.  She started at the bottom rung of the ladder and eventually rose to the highest levels within Wall Street.  Her story is documented through her two fantastic books, "Little Sister" and "Breaking Glass:  Tales from the Witch of Wall Street". Patricia's story is absolutely...

We sit down with Superhero Jay Dobyns (who ironically is also married to a Superhero!).  Jay went deep undercover as a US Federal Agent with the Hells Angels and went on to become one of the most successful undercover agents in US law enforcement history.  He is the author of two outstanding best-selling books, "No Angel:  My Harrowing Undercover Journey to the Inner Circle of the Hells Angels" and "Catching Hell:  A True Story of Abandonment and Betrayal". We talk to Jay about his career as...

Why is the Netherlands consistently ranked as one of the happiest countries in the world?  Have the Dutch solved the secret to happiness and what can the rest of the world learn from them?  Olga Mecking attempts to unlock this mystery in her terrific book, "Niksen:  Embracing The Dutch Art of Doing Nothing".     Olga has spent a significant amount of time living and raising her family in the Netherlands and has seen the benefits of Niksen.  We talk to Olga about the health benefits of Niksen...

Craig Stanland arrived at work on a Tuesday morning and was greeted with a chilling message from the FBI demanding that he return home and he realized that his past had caught up with him.  Craig documents his entire experience starting with this voicemail and ending with how he emerged from prison a changed man in his excellent book "Blank Canvas:   How I reinvented my life after prison".   In our "Chat", Craig takes us through this entire experience and how he emerged from prison with a...

We are joined by Richard Gurman who was the executive producer on the ground breaking show "Married... with Children" and author of the new book, "Married... with Children vs. the World".   Richard takes us behind the scenes of the meteoric rise of Married... with Children and the FOX Network.  Richard also discusses the process of writing, casting and filming a hit TV Series. Did your favorite TV Series "Jump the shark"?  Several successful TV series had a "Jump the shark" moment and Richard...

On January 28, 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger broke apart 73 seconds into its flight, killing all seven crew members aboard.  On the fateful launch day, there were several engineers who expressed serious concerns surrounding the launch on one of the coldest days in Florida history.  We are joined by author Adam Higginbotham to talk about his new book, "Challenger:  A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space", which chronicles the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster and the...

In 1988 Ben Johnson ran a record breaking 9.79 in the 100m and won an Olympic gold medal.  A few days later, he tested positive for steroids and the gold medal was lost.  Is this the greatest moment in Canadian sports history or the worst?  Did Ben Johnson get a fair trial?  Do we wish Ben Johnson got away "Scott Free"?    We are joined by the incredible Mary Ormsby as she talks about her new book, "World's Fastest Man:  The Incredible Life of Ben Johnson" and attempts to answer these...

We are incredibly lucky to be joined by one of the top investigative journalists in Canada from the Toronto Star, Kevin Donovan.  Kevin chats about the current state of newspapers, the important role of investigative journalism and the process he undertakes when embarking on a new investigation.  We then move on to talking about the excellent investigative work he has performed over the last several years on the tragic, unsolved, double murders of Barry and Honey Sherman.  Kevin's work is...

It is the week of July 4th and this episode features an American Hero, Peter Forcelli.  Pete is 9/11 first responder, former ATF agent and author of "The Deadly Path".  In our interview, Pete revisits the events of 9/11 and later, how he became a federal whistle-blower while working for the ATF detailing how federal prosecutors in Arizona did not prosecute gun traffickers.  Pete's story is incredible and documented in his book, "The Deadly Path:  How Operation Fast and Furious and Bad Lawyers...

Does "Artificial Intelligence" pose a risk to the human race?  The answer is "Yes" and Darren McKee, author of the fantastic book "Uncontrollable", explains to us why this is the case.  

Alexandra Posadzki is a business reporter for the "Globe and Mail" and author of the fantastic book "Rogers v. Rogers".  Alex tells the incredible story of how one of Canada's most successful entrepreneurs (Ted Rogers) created one of Canada's most successful companies (Rogers Communications) and how the tricky issue of succession played out.      

Becky Holmes is a world renowned romance fraud expert, queen of the Twitter/X account @deathtospinach, and author of the book "Keanu Reeves is not in love with you".  In addition, Becky is absolutely hilarious! Becky shares her expertise on the ever-growing, very serious issue of "Romance Fraud" in her own unique way of using humor.  

Neil is one of the top Improv performers in the world and a very funny guy.  He talks about how you can effectively apply Improv and humor in the work environment to build relationships which he discusses in detail in his book, "In the Moment".  

How do we learn about someone's personality based on their home/office set-up?  If their pictures are facing outwards towards incoming guests, what does this imply?  What if those same pictures are facing inwards?  Do non-human animals contain personality traits in the same way of humans?  Do ants (yes... ANTS) have funerals?  Sam is a personality expert and answers all our wacky questions!  

Chat with NY Times best selling author and historian Katherine Howe.  Katherine is a "Texpat", hot sauce lover and author of "A True Account" and co-author of "Astor".  Listen up for a wonderful trip through life as a pirate several hundred years ago and the "shirtsleeves to shirtsleeves" story of the Astor family.    

Imagine there was a Super Hero whose Super Power was to go around the globe and help Mission Critical Teams save lives.  Well... this Super Hero exists and his name is Dr. Preston Cline.  Listen up.   

Author of "Terrorist Attack Girl", creator of "Trauma Brace" and has achieved more by the age of 30 than I will in a lifetime (or more accurately, several lifetimes!)

One of the greatest nicknames ever is the "Original Internet Godfather" and it belongs to Brett Johnson.  The nickname is well deserved as he was the original leader of ShadowCrew.  He is a former cyber criminal turned good guy.  Listen to this awesome CSI Chat with Brett.     

CSI Chat with Jim Campbell, aka "The Fraud Whisperer", is the author of "Madoff Talks" and co-executive producer of the Netflix documentary, "Madoff:  The Monster of Wall Street".  

CSI Chat with Kelly Richmond Pope.  Kelly is a forensic accountant, professor, author of "Fool Me Once", producer of "All the Queen's Horses" and accounting rockstar!