Huddle's Home Office podcast features conversations with New Brunswick and Nova Scotian community leaders and entrepreneurs from their homes– focusing on issues and events that accelerate and enrich the growth of the region’s economy and culture.
Latest episodes
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37 min
Debbie Rathwell On 100 Women Who Care Of Greater Saint John
Several years ago, I was part of a group in Saint John that started a fundraising initiative called 100 Men Who Care. The idea was to bring together men to fundraise for non-profit…
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58 min
Lori Weir Of Four Eyes Financial On 'Riding The Waves' Of Entrepreneurship
The serial entrepreneur from Saint John chats with Mark Leger about her career in business and the fintech company that now employs more than 30 people and has more than 3,000 fina…
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44 min
The N.B. Guide To Great Places To Visit Two Hours From Your Hometown
In the fourth and final chat about the three-month "Electric Summer Social Tour" of New Brunswick, Jason Gallant and Mylène Theriault about how their journey of discovery would con…
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30 min
A Love For Local N.B. Includes The Yogi Bear Campground And French Fry Charcuterie Boards
On the latest in a series of conversations about their Love For Local New Brunswick "Electric Summer Social Tour," Jason Gallant and Mylène Theriault chat with Mark Leger about the…
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44 min
Marcel LeBrun On His Plan To Build 96 'Tiny Homes' In Fredericton
Marcel LeBrun is best known as a tech entrepreneur, a former executive at Radian6 and Salesforce. But he’s also a social entrepreneur and joins host Mark Leger for a chat about pla…
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35 min
Fredericton Welcomes Back The Harvest Music Festival
The Harvest Music Festival in Fredericton has a lot to celebrate this year. It's the 30th anniversary of the popular late summer festival and it's back after a year off because of…
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28 min
No Tour Of New Brunswick Is Complete Without A Night In Jail
On the latest in a series of conversations about their Love For Local New Brunswick "Electric Summer Social Tour," Jason Gallant and Mylène Theriault chat with Mark Leger about the…
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22 min
On The Road With The N.B. Electric Summer Social Tour
Jason Gallant and Mylène Theriault have dream jobs for those of us feeling cooped up during the pandemic. They’re travelling the province promoting small businesses and organizatio…
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45 min
Jody Glidden’s Journey From Teenage Entrepreneur To CEO Of Introhive
As an elementary school kid, he learned to create prize-winning software. As a teenager in Fredericton, he sold hockey cards and made enough money to buy a car, and then launched a…
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49 min
Tracy Bell On Millennia TEA's Journey To Sobeys And Whole Foods
The Saint John-based company has an innovative product - a tea flash-frozen within hours of being picked that is the best way to preserve freshness and maximize antioxidant propert…
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1 h 02
Allen Lau On Wattpad's Accelerated Growth And Why He's Eager To Hop On A Plane Again
The publishing and entertainment company has 90 million monthly users and stories on its platform that have been published as books and turned into shows and movies for places like…
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1 h 02
Joel Plaskett: Juno Winner, Music Producer, Coffee Shop Owner
Mark Leger has been a fan of Dartmouth's Joel Plaskett’s for 20 years, listening to his albums and going to his live shows in small suburban coffee shops and arenas with The Tragic…
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36 min
Why Amazon And Bill Gates Are Investing In Dartmouth-Based CarbonCure
Jennifer Wagner is the president of CarbonCure, the Dartmouth-based company on a mission to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the construction industry. It has developed a system…
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7 min
The Quick Huddle: How Skinfix Is Taking The Skincare World By Storm From Halifax
In this edition of The Quick Huddle, associate editor and staff writer Cherise Letson reads her piece "How Skinfix Is Taking The Skincare World By Storm From Halifax".
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51 min
Joel Muise Finds Tranquility With A Digital Startup
The Halifax-based entrepreneur suffered from anxiety as a boy growing up in a small village outside Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. It went untreated for years until he finally asked for he…
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5 min
The Quick Huddle: Who was that unmasked man?
Do I need to be wearing a mask at work or not? Outside or not? In a restaurant seated at a table or going to the restroom? What if I don’t look down and see the arrows on the groun…
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54 min
The Owens Family Moves To The Maritimes
There’s been a lot of talk about people moving to the Maritimes to escape the rising housing costs and fast-paced life in the bigger cities. But it takes a real sense of adventure…
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5 min
The Quick Huddle: I’m All Ears
Once an old-school newspaper guy, Mark Leger is now a fully digital creature, as a consumer and producer of news and current affairs content for web sites, e-newsletters and his no…
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5 min
Introducing: Insights with Don Mills and David Campbell
Here's a preview of Huddle's newest show: Insights with Don Mills and David Campbell. First episode drops April 8. Subscribe now on Apple, Spotify, Stitcher or wherever you get you…
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1 h 10
Cannabis 2.0: Fish Farms, Infused Bath Bombs And The Future Of Retail
There have been bumps along the way for the growing cannabis industry in New Brunswick. Cannabis NB lost money in its first year and was almost privatized. Homegrown companies like…