hgkc in conversation with prominent business people about their experiences and challenges of strategy, innovation, leadership, employee engagement, and building a thriving business - even during difficult times.
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Newsmaker conversations from The Canadian Jewish News, hosted by Ellin Bessner, a veteran broadcaster, writer and journalist.
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Welcome to The North Star—a space for candid conversations on leadership, legacy, and navigating complexity. In each episode, we’ll talk with changemakers, scholars, and disruptors who are asking bold questions and reimagining what leadership looks like—in education, in community, and in the world we’re building next. Whether you’re leading a team, building a movement, or just trying to make sense of today’s challenges, The North Star is your companion for reflection, insight, and action.
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North Star Conversations | Unlock Your Potential, Performance & Purpose
Will Polston | Business Strategist & Performance Coach
Join Will Polston, Business Strategist & Performance Coach, on North Star Conversations the go-to podcast for ambitious entrepreneurs looking to unlock their potential, elevate their performance, and align their business and life with true purpose. Hosted by Will Polston bestselling author, entrepreneur, award winning business strategist and performance coach this weekly show blends solo episodes and in-depth conversations with world-class thinkers, founders, and change-makers from around th ...
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Two humans find themselves on a space adventure in this six part audiobook, from the writer of Thomas Was Alone and Subsurface Circular.
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Weekly updates and debates on Minnesota’s news from the cold north of the iron range to the farm fields of southern Minnesota, message us to be featured on the show!
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The North Star Podcast is a short-form podcast in which G. David Porter, founder of The Glue Revolution, discusses topics to help you be the glue that holds your company together, keep it focused on the North Star and allows you to have it all.
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A deep dive into the stories, habits, ideas, strategies and methods that drive fulfilled people and create enormous success for them. The guests are diverse, but they share profound similarities. They’re guided by purpose, live with intense joy, learn passionately, and see the world with a unique lens. Each episode lets us soak in their hard-earned wisdom and apply it to our lives. Guests include Neil deGrasse Tyson, Seth Godin, and Tyler Cowen.
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Our goal is to salute the stories of Non-Profit North Stars who energize your organizations with genuine purpose and have a gift to keep your organization moving in the right and uplifting direction of its noble mission. The focus is on unsung heroes. We cherish those who make large donations that empower philanthropy to thrive, but in this instance, we are looking for your suggestions on those who make a difference in their communities more by their service, commitment and leadership to the ...
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Originally aired: June 2021 Episode Number: 87 Feeling stuck isn't a dead end; it's often the beginning of a new direction. In this episode highlight of North Star Conversations with Will Polston, Personal Development Mentor & Podcast Host Dr. Agi Keramidas unpacks the practical steps and mindset shifts that helped him move from stagnation to fulfi…
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Rewriting the Narrative: Dr. Aldon Morris on Uncovering Marginalized Voices in Social Science
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40:23In this landmark episode, JeffriAnne Wilder, Ph.D. welcomes Dr. Aldon Morris, professor emeritus, influential sociologist, and author of The Origins of the Civil Rights Movement and The Scholar Denied, to discuss how disruption and bottom-up leadership reshape our understanding of history, social movements, and American sociology. Morris shares the…
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[From the archives] Struggling to afford your first home? This Jewish-backed investment firm wants to help
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24:49This episode originally aired Oct. 15, 2024. On the night of Oct. 16, 2024, Jews around Canada welcomed the holiday of Sukkot, having erected temporary wooden or cloth structures outside their synagogues and homes. While celebrating in their makeshift shacks, many told stories of the huts that ancient Israelites lived in after their exodus from Egy…
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Sandy Luck: Innovation in Somerset’s agricultural sector – building viability and legacy
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16:37In this podcast season, curated in partnership with Somerset Chamber of Commerce, hgkc are exploring Somerset with prominent business leaders who have made their lives and their careers in the county. In this episode, Sarah Chilcott speaks to Sandy Luck, Managing Director at Aldwick Estate. Born and bred on Aldwick Estate, Sandy’s family has been f…
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Their Jewish-Muslim friendship was destroyed after Oct. 7—until they found a way to reconcile
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33:53While host Ellin Bessner is on vacation, we're bringing you some highlights from other podcasts produced by The CJN. Today: The second episode of our interfaith miniseries, In Good Faith. Over the last two years, a flood of gruesome images have emerged in the wake of the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks and ensuing war in Gaza. In Canada, thousands of kilometr…
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Mindset Coach: How To Build Confidence, Overcome Grief & Turn Pain Into Purpose! - Holly Matthews | EP258
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1:19:57Mindset Coach: How To Build Confidence, Overcome Grief & Turn Pain Into Purpose! - Holly Matthews | EP258 Episode Notes In this episode, I'm joined by Holly Matthews, actress, coach, and founder of The Happy Me Project. We dive into her journey from early TV fame and pop stardom to navigating grief, neurodivergence, and redefining success on her ow…
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Untold Jewish WWII and IDF veterans' stories revealed in new nonfiction book
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26:34Mickey Heller wasn't eager to open up about his Second World War military service. But his grandson, Aron Heller, a journalist and contributor to The CJN, was curious about his zayde's wartime past—and so, over the span of a decade, he asked questions durings phone calls, visits and emails. As Heller discovered his grandfather's fascinating untold …
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Originally aired: March 2021 Episode Number: 77 What happens when 17 years of Buddhist study meets the chaos and creativity of entrepreneurship? In this episode highlight of North Star Conversations with Will Polston, Founder and CEO of The Growth Impact Group Kate Gray shares how the two paths that once seemed in conflict—spiritual practice and bu…
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Originally aired: March 2021 Episode Number: 74 True alignment doesn't start in the mind; it begins when the head, heart, and gut finally agree. In this episode highlight of North Star Conversations with Will Polston, Paralympic cycling champion, adventurer, author, and mindset coach Dr. Karen Darke shares her powerful perspective on the connection…
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Untouched for decades, a Hungarian Holocaust survivor's memoir is now a Canadian podcast series
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33:25Twenty years ago, when Ilanit-Michele Woods urged her grandmother Olga Fisch to write down her memoirs of life in Hungary before and after the Holocaust, Woods could never have imagined the journey that manuscript would make. The 75 typed pages, all in Hungarian, sat unread for decades in Montreal, long after Olga died in 2017. The family eventuall…
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Israeli journalist Lahav Harkov explains life in post-ceasefire Israel
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33:21While host Ellin Bessner is on vacation, we're bringing you some highlights from other podcasts produced by The CJN. Today: The most recent episode of The Jewish Angle. Israelis breathed a collective sigh of relief after Israel and Hamas agreed to a ceasefire that included the return of the remaining hostages and and end to the fighting in Gaza. Bu…
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Why Jewish heroine Hannah Senesh is having her moment of renewed interest
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25:48The name Hannah Senesh is a household legend for many Israelis, and also for Diaspora Jews of a certain generation–especially those who attended Jewish school. Over the years, there have been books and films and documentaries about her, and even a recent re-enactment of Senesh’s famous 1944 military commando mission when she and dozens of Jewish vo…
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Originally aired: February 2021 Episode Number: 73 Positivity can lift you up or quietly wear you down. In this episode highlight of North Star Conversations with Will Polston, award-winning life coach, speaker, and content creator Keshav Bhatt explores the rise of toxic positivity and how well-intentioned self-help messages can sometimes cause mor…
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Originally aired: February 2021 Episode Number: 72 Most people think quitting alcohol is about willpower, but it's really about awareness. In this episode highlight of North Star Conversations with Will Polston, founder of One Year No Beer Ruari Fairbairns breaks down the deeper psychology behind our relationship with drinking—why we reach for a gl…
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Blueprints for Belonging: Liz Gordon-Canlas on Care, Connection, and Leading Zora’s House
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34:12In this inspiring episode, Dr. JeffriAnne Wilder welcomes Liz Gordon-Canlas, Managing Director of Zora’s House, a vibrant hub for women and gender-expansive people of color in Columbus, Ohio, to discuss how disruption can mean building radically different spaces rooted in care, connection, and collective courage. Drawing on her transformative journ…
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Honourable Menschen: Her paper heart from Auschwitz remains a powerful symbol of Holocaust survival
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28:34Fania Fainer’s friends risked their lives to celebrate her 20th birthday in a forced labour factory in Auschwitz, fashioning a tiny ersatz cake along with a folded paper greeting card shaped like a heart. Decades later, she was living in Toronto when she decided to donate it to the Montreal Holocaust Museum to further the cause of Holocaust educati…
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Manifestation Expert: Why The Law Of Attraction Isn't Working For You! Stop Sabotaging Your Success, Health & Happiness—Here's The Real Formula That Changes Lives! - Julie Poole | EP257
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42:14Episode Notes In this inspiring episode, I chat with Julie Pool—renowned healer, hypnotherapist, and YouTube creator—whose journey began with a profound out-of-body experience as a child. We explore her lifelong path from trauma recovery and spiritual awakening to the practical steps of merging hypnotherapy, Law of Attraction, and psychology to emp…
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'Edgy for a rabbi, clean for a comedian': Meet the Orthodox rabbi comic mocking antisemites onstage
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24:22Rabbi David Rotenberg got his first break performing jokes when he was 15 years old, in 1998. He had to rush out of his yeshiva’s Talmud class to get to a 7-Eleven store payphone and book the gig at the Yuk Yuk’s comedy club in his hometown of Ottawa.Over the past nearly 30 years, the Orthodox rabbi and Jewish educator chose to put his stand-up com…
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Support group Ha'ikar offers a 'brave space' for young Canadian Jews post Oct. 7
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19:34"On a scale of one to 10, how afraid are you?" That's a conversation starter for the new youth discussion forum Ha'ikar, founded by two Toronto friends, which has served as a support group for Canadian Jews under 40 who have been affected by Oct. 7. A few months after Oct. 7, the group started meeting monthly at Temple Har Zion in Thornhill, Ont., …
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Episode Highlight: How to Use Visualization to Learn Faster and Recall More - Giulia Remondino
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Originally aired: February 2021 Episode Number: 71 Memory isn't just about recall—it's about how vividly you experience what you want to remember. In this episode highlight of North Star Conversations with Will Polston, CEO of inGeniusly UK and author of Genius by Choice Giulia Remondino breaks down the four key characteristics of memory that shape…
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Originally aired: February 2021 Episode Number: 70 Most of the world's pain, from conflict to corruption, doesn't begin in politics; it begins within us. In this episode highlight of North Star Conversations with Will Polston, founder of Psycademy Dr. Lisa Turner explores how personal pain, shame, and unhealed trauma ripple outward, shaping the way…
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A famous Jewish pilot's vintage plane could be scrapped. This man is on a mission to save it
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23:30Louis Helbig, of Sydney, N.S., has been racing against time trying to find a solution and a good home for what he describes as the Trans-Atlantic Luscombe. The vintage aircraft, built in 1948, was once owned by a famous Jewish watchmaker named Peter Gluckmann, who had fled Hitler's Germany in 1939 to England as teenager with his family. He then who…
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Drumming, chanting, climate change: Canada's Jewish Renewal movement is growing
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26:30With the three-week-long Jewish holiday season behind us, Ralph Benmergui, the well-known TV and radio personality—and former podcaster with The CJN—is still kvelling about the first-ever High Holiday services offered by Ha’Sadeh in Toronto. The new-ish, Jewish Renewal community welcomed 150 attendees for its Yom Kippur and Rosh Hashanah services t…
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Israel’s antisemitism envoy opens up about why she quit—and what comes next
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26:40On Sept. 29—the same day that Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, joined U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington to announce the 20-point ceasefire plan with Hamas—one of Israel’s best-known advocates sent out her own, much lower-profile press release. It was a surprise resignation letter.Michal Cotler-Wunsh, the Canadian-raised lawyer a…
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Originally aired: January 2021 Episode Number: 69 Better sleep doesn't just make you feel rested; it transforms how you think, feel, and live. In this episode highlight of North Star Conversations with Will Polston, sleep coach, speaker and the author of The Sleep Deep Method® Beatrix Schmidt unpacks the seven areas of life that quality sleep impac…
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Episode Highlight: How To Read 25,000 Words A MINUTE, The Secrets of Photo Reading - Marilyn Devonish
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Originally aired: January 2021 Episode Number: 68 What if you could read an entire book in minutes—not by speeding up, but by tuning in? In this episode highlight of North Star Conversations with Will Polston, founder of Trance Formations™ Marilyn Devonish breaks down the PhotoReading Whole Mind System—a five-step process designed to tap into your …
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Getting Into Good Trouble: Dr. Gregory Hutchings Jr. on Dismantling Systemic Inequities in Schools
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43:48We sit down with Dr. Gregory C. Hutchings Jr., teacher, principal, superintendent, consultant, and now professor at Howard University, to map a leadership journey that breaks barriers without losing its compass. From making history in Shaker Heights as the first Black superintendent at 35 to steering Alexandria City Public Schools through a pandemi…
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Why this Oct. 7, Kingston’s Jewish community built a sukkah outside City Hall
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24:01Kingston’s small Jewish community celebrated the return of the hostages earlier this week, just hours after they took down their large blue-and-white fabric sukkah, which they’d erected right in the city’s most iconic space: outside the historic City Hall building at Springer Market Square.The initiative to bring Jewish culture to the heart of the …
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Originally aired: January 2021 Episode Number: 67 Sometimes the most powerful classroom is life itself, and the lesson is that it's never too late to begin again. In this episode highlight of North Star Conversations with Will Polston, former professional footballer Andy Ramage shares how returning to study later in life reignited his sense of purp…
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Originally aired: May 2024 Episode Number: 161 The biggest misconception about manifestation is not about attracting money—it's about expanding your capacity to receive. In this episode highlight of North Star Conversations with Will Polston, international keynote speaker and Success Coach Suzy Ashworth redefines what it really means to create abun…
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With Israeli hostages set to return, Canadian Oct. 7 victims’ families are still seeking justice
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23:43Jacqui Vital has a simple message for the anxious families of the 48 remaining Israeli hostages in Gaza, who are set to be released this week: “I’m glad for them.” But despite the joy and celebration of the long-awaited truce between Israel and Hamas, Vital’s own work in Canada is incomplete. Vital, along with the other families of the eight Canadi…
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‘When I tell the story, it is therapeutic’: These Canadians are still on the front lines, 2 years after Oct. 7
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31:12Shye Klein and Joy Frenkiel hadn’t met before last week. But they share some common traits: both are dual Canadian-Israeli citizens, and both are still helping victims of trauma heal, as the world prepares to commemorate two years since Oct. 7, 2023.Klein, 27, is a photographer who had recently moved to Israel when he decided to attend the Nova mus…
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Originally aired: December 2020 Episode Number: 64 The biggest myth about speaking? It's not the fear of public speaking—it's the fear of public shaming. In this episode highlight of North Star Conversations with Will Polston, humanitarian, mentor, and speaker Harry Singha challenges the idea that standing on stage or hitting "record" is what terri…
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Originally aired: April 2024 Episode Number: 159 High achievers don't just need more hours in the day—they need better control of their mind. In this episode highlight of North Star Conversations with Will Polston, leading expert in neuroscience and high performance Dr. Don Wood breaks down practical "mind hacks" to help you focus, reset, and final…
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Barry Avrich vows to help rebuild kibbutz on Gaza border as ‘The Road Between Us’ releases in theatres
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26:22The Road Between Us: The Ultimate Rescue, a documentary about an Israeli couple driving across the country on Oct. 7 to save their children from Hamas terrorists attacking Kibbutz Nachal Oz, opens in select theatres this week. And down the line, once the film’s revenue is more clear, the filmmakers plan to donate proceeds from the film to the kibbu…
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