Sabrina Michaud, better known as Bean, has been a friend for over 15 years and still surprises me with some of her stories.  Raised in the city of Edmonton, she's always been drawn to plants and nature.  Through her extensive travel, her love of plants was galvanized during her time in Hawaii where she lived in a tree house built in a mango tree!  From nature to her evolution as an artist, Bean is always expanding her interests and knowledge in Completely Interesting ways!

The newest member of the Poulin family, Vannessa just recently married my cousin, Clayton.  For this podcast, she made the long journey across the alley to join me.  Currently pursuing her PHD in Clinical child Psychology,  Vannessa is a busy person overall.  We find out what it takes to pursue that path and learn a lot about her research into Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder.  Plus her fun view on local tourist attractions she learned about while working for Travel Alberta!

After I left radio, Evan Degenhardt was one of my favorite hosts on the local radio station.  Climbing the ladder rather quickly Evan is now the General Manager/content manager to for Vista radio, leading the staff in Lloydminster and Bonnyville.  Besides his radio career, Evan has a busy family life with three young boys and shares the challenges with the oldest being diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at the age of 4.  There's also the grueling process he went through with his cousins to get on Family Feud Canada and going undefeated!  Not only is Evan completely interesting, he's continuing the fight to make Radio Great Again!

What so interesting about the pizza deliver guy?  Just ask where he grew up and 1 hour unravels in no time!  Amine Ammar grew up in Casablanca, Morrocco.  Taught himself  English, in addition to speaking French, Spanish and Arabic.  Earned a degree in English and Greek mythology, gave surfing lessons on the side, and that was before he turned 21 and traveled the world as an employee with Quatar Air!  This is only one of many episodes to come!

Not everyone goes to a rodeo and wants to become a "clown".   And not everyone goes through "bullfighter" training and literally dodging and get mauled by bulls for 8 years to become a rodeo clown.  Except Tyson Wagner.  It all worked out for my guest in the end because he now has a job he loves as the "ice man" for the St. Paul Curling Club.  A guy that's embraced his community and is often found either volunteering or just enjoying any and all events this town has to offer.  Tyson is loving every minute of it and tells some very interesting stories from all aspects of his life!

I've known Christin and her family for almost 15 years and this is the first time I've had a one-on-one conversation with her.  But it came at a cost!  The quiet, shy personal trainer agreed to come on this podcast if I agreed to a training session with her first.   Never one to shy away from a challenge, it was the perfect way to warm up!  Christin opens up about her career as a nurse and someone who struggled with health and fitness.  Along with her husband John, a 2 time guest, she guides us through their lifestyle changes that led to her becoming a full time personal trainer.   As one of the quiet ones, always the most interesting, Christin is the perfect guest for this podcast as someone completely interesting!

If there's a podcast everyone remembers, it'll be number 72!  On a show called, "Now For Someone Completely Interesting",  my wife, Monique Poulin has to be the top of my list!  Growing up in one of BC's most beautiful areas, to moving out to the baren prairies where she met a young, shaggy red-neck, Monique finally gets to tell her version of how we met!  A well traveled and insightful person who's love of organizing events and helping people has led to a variety of interesting jobs and views on life.

Of all the Dave's I know, this is one of them!  Our kids have been best friends for over 12 years and that's evolved into a bit of a bromance for us!  But even after knowing Dave Michaud for that long, I'm still learning new things about him that you can find in this episode.  From being an assistant hot air balloon pilot to working for a business man in Spain who may have had a "hit" out on him.  A teacher who puts a high value on learning from his mistakes as much as from his success, Dave has always been one of my favorite people to talk with and I'm excited to have him share some of those stories and insights here, because, they are nothing short of completely interesting!

It's hard to think of an era in St. Paul Hockey history without Pierre being a part of it.  From player to coach to manager to skate sharpener and ultimately the historian!  Pierre joins me for some memories of his playing days and how putting together the St. Paul Jr B's hockey history has led him to another project with the St Paul Curling Club.  From the "Chez Pierre" man-cave, a friend and completely interesting person, Pierre DeMoissac

Christal Brodziak is one of St Paul's newest, successful business owners, having opened The Nest Cafe and Boutique just over a year ago.  How successful?  She's just recently announced that it's going to be franchised!  From here career as a nurse to a Lactation Consultant, and how this has all been incorporated into her busy little shop.   Christal is an open book and a seasoned podcast guest as someone who's been sharing her knowledge and stories on other programs.  Always a sign that we have Someone Completely Interesting!

Back for a special Remembrance Day episode! Heather Klages was close with her grandfather, a World War 2 Veteran.  While sharing a couple stories about him way back in Episode 11, Heather brings more detail and more stories about his time overseas during the worst global conflict in the history of the world.  She also shares more about a trip she took with him back to Holland and how Canadian soldiers are revered there.  Heather also gives us her grandfather's response when asked about his opinion regarding Christmas decorations before November 11th.  She also explains why she's currently a member of the Royal Canadian Legion and how they continue to keep the Poppy and Remembrance Day relevant to Canadians and how they help in the community.  Someone Completely Interesting, keeping the life and memory alive of Someone Completely Interesting.  We will remember them.

Knowing Justin Anderson since 2009, it was inevitable he would make an appearance on this show.    When asking his 13 year old son, why he should be on a podcast about Completely Interesting People, he replied, Dad have you seen how many Jobs you've had?  Besides that, and his new side interest/passion/homebased business with freeze-dried food, Justin has always had a good story to tell. From growing up in Newfoundland, to "organizing" a convoy out to St Paul, Alberta, Justin has a knack to bring Interesting to the table.   And, above all, he's had a beer named after him, The East Coast Hobbit!  That alone, makes him Someone Completely Interesting!

When Danica St Arnault reached out to inquire about starting her own podcast,  my natural curiosity compelled me to ask why?  Her answer was intriguing so my next question was, would you like to come on mine?  This episode, Danica reiterates in more detail what she told me.  Through her career as a teacher, navigating covid protocol with students and pausing her career to focus more time on her family and her husband's family business. Danica is also indulging in her love of music by recently joining a band.  All this is building and combining into what she plans to incorporate into her own podcast one day.  All of which I find Completely Interesting!

Bob Bezpalko is another local radio guy who worked in the business through what I feel were the greatest years in Radio.  While Bob shares some of his stories about his time in broadcasting, what he's really passionate about these days is his work with economic development in small, rural communities.  As the Executive Director Regional Economic Development with Northeast Alberta Hub, Bob explains some of his goals, challenges and how his past career in broadcasting is helping him achieve those goals.  A great storyteller and completely interesting fellow radio guy, Bob Bezpalko on this episode.

What do you do when you move from a large city to a rural community and they don't have a club that represents your interests?  You go ahead and start one!  Khurram Abbasi arrived in St. Paul just over a year ago and when he could not find a science club for his kids, he immediately started one.  Khurram's initiative has been so well received that the St Paul and District STEAM Society, is now offering programs across the Lakeland, not just in St. Paul.  A kind, soft spoken, genuine person, Khurram has had more of positive impact on our community than many of us have had in a lifetime here.  Yet, he gives all the credit to the people in our community he's worked with and supported his endeavor.  When you listen to this show, you'll understand why several of my previous guests and many more in the community recommended him to come on this show.   Someone very humble, and of course Completely Interesting!

Wrestling, Muay Thai, Brazilian jiu jitsu, all have brought Ryan Wilson to the sport of Ultra Distance Swimming!  None of which has anything to do with him being dressed up as a Christmas Elf the first time I met him.  My friend and co worker, Ryan has done all of this and more.  We talk about it here on this episode because of course, it's all completely interesting!

I met Linda Sallstrom over a cup of coffee at the start of this year.  In that conversation she had a lot to ask about me and what some of my thoughts were on the direction of our community.   Unfortunately, being short on time, I didn't get to ask much about her and her thoughts on the same topic.  So, what better way to do that then to invite her on the podcast.  Linda is the Economic Development officer for STEP Economic development alliance.  How she became that, why she does it, and what that all entails is here in this episode.  Plus, Linda is a fellow advocate with me to make local radio great again!

One of my wife's high school teachers, Jeff Pew was recommended because he does what this show does, except in a more traditional form of media.  A high school teacher of creative writing for over 30 years, Jeff also writes for 2 magazines in the Kootenay region featuring interesting people from the area.  It's my belief that people who seek out interesting people are themselves interesting!   Charismatic, insightful and talented as both a writer and photographer, Jeff shares some of his stories from teaching high school to how he finds the people he writes about.  All of which makes him someone completely interesting!  You can also find details about his publications here, www.jeffpew.com

Because his job with missionary work takes him to some hostile places, we'll only use his first name.  Those that know him will know who he is with his distinct monotone delivery with his dry but hilarious sense of humor.   Dere  takes us through his years growing up in St Paul Alberta, to his current home in, St Paul Minnesota!   His strong faith and values has led him to travel the world that even found him at the epicenter of a global pandemic.   From coaching hockey in Mongolia to meeting his wife from southern California, Derek feels he's lived a blessed life, and, in my opinion a completely interesting one!

My first immediate family member, my one and only, BIG Brother, Tim Poulin.  Tim talks politics, religion and Budweiser marketing.  With me growing up as the youngest of 5 and Tim being the oldest, what was his take growing up with us?  A trucker with a university degree who's Australia bound this fall to live with his latest wife.  Interesting, a bit unorthodox, and still imparting big brotherly advice when it comes to opioids, as long as I've known him, Tim has been Completely interesting!