Episodes

June 1, 2023

Parents of Elite Athletes with John Nicoll (my Dad)

This guest is my father he's a brother, husband, skier, golfer, stylish dresser. He was qualified for the GB Winter Olympic Team but broke his leg and was unable to partake. On this episode we debrief on my career as …

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May 25, 2023

Parents of Elite Athletes with Alix Nicoll (my Mum)

This episode we DROP IN with my mother, she's a wife, ongoing volunteer and best mama bear a gal could ask for. We get into it about my career as a snowboarder, did she watch me compete or not? Find …

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May 18, 2023

Parents of Elite Athletes with Jacques Vallee

Jacques Vallee is father to Episode 41's guest Dominique Vallee, Olympian and Chinese Medicine Doctor guest. Jacques shares stories about how his daughter became an Olympian, what it took and what it was like for him to watch...

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May 11, 2023

Parents of Elite Athletes with Linda Moscovitch

Linda Moscovitch is a mother, grandmother, midwife, nurse, Olympic parent could get a call at any moment to help deliver a baby. We have great discussions on the episode about her son, Dylan Moscovitch's career as a figure sk...

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May 4, 2023

Parents of Elite Athletes with Julie Smith

Julie Smith is a daughter, wife, mother of 4, snowboarder, doula, has one of the sweetest families in Whistler. She is mother to Episode 19’s guest Irie Smith, where we learned about environmental impacts. Julie endured a Tra...

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April 20, 2023

Parents of Elite Athletes Intro

I’ve had some amazing guest DROP IN I was curious how they ended up the way they are. I’ve always been asked what did your parents do when you were growing up to become an Olympian? Well, I’ve reached out …

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Nov. 24, 2022

Soldier On stories with Mike Trauner

Mike Trauner was declared clinically dead twice. He served in the Canadian Armed Forces for almost 19 years with the 3rd Battalion Royal Canadian Regiment at CFB Petawawa and was injured on December 5th, 2008, when an IED exp...

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Nov. 17, 2022

Soldier On stories with retired Lieutenant-Colonel Rhonda Crew

This guest enrolled in the Canadian Armed Forces Reserves as an administration clerk in 1987, she moved her way up to Chief of Nursing Services for the Canadian Armed forces. She has all these acronyms behind her name RN, BSC...

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Nov. 10, 2022

Soldier On stories with Rainbow Lyon

This guest joined the military, the Royal Canadian Navy in 1999 serving on different units, in 2008 she began to display symptoms of PTSD and anxiety, which subsequently manifested into depression and withdrawal. This episode...

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Nov. 3, 2022

Soldier On stories with Chief Petty Officer Joe Kiraly

This episode of DROPPING IN we chat with a husband, father, a decorated Chief Petty Officer who enrolled in the Royal Canadian Navy in 1999 as a Naval Communicator, after being injured he now works for Soldier On. We chat …

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Oct. 20, 2022

Soldier On stories Intro

This series, series VIII, we will be DROPPING IN with Soldier On athletes. What is the Soldier On program? It’s a program of the Canadian Armed Forces which contributes to the recovery of ill and injured Canadian Armed Forces...

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Sept. 8, 2022

Paralympic Stories with Trevor Hirschfield, PLY

Trevor is a is a father of 2 who has several World Championship All Star awards. He is a Parapan American Games champion and has competed in 4 Paralympic Games for Team Canada in the sport of wheelchair rugby. He …

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Sept. 1, 2022

Paralympic Stories with Bo Hedges, PLY

Bo Hedges is a 7x National Champion, Para Pan American games medalist, Paralympic champion and gives back to sport in the best ways. Bo is a wheelchair basketball player, listen to his paralympic stories on this episode of DR...

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Aug. 25, 2022

Paralympic Stories with Kate O'Brien, PLY, OLY

Kate O'Brien is an athlete through and through she was a bobsleigher, and Olympic cyclist, Pan America champion, world record breaker, she is also a Paralympic medalist you're going to want to hear her stories and what her ne...

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Aug. 18, 2022

Paralympic Stories with Tyler McGregor, PLY

Tyler played AAA hockey but when he was 15 years old, while playing hockey he broke his leg. After surgery they found a growth behind his leg. At 16 years old he went through 8 months of chemotherapy and his …

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Aug. 11, 2022

Paralympic Stories with Mac Marcoux, PLY

Mac Marcoux is a World Champion, Paralympic Champion he's a blind freeskier that doesn’t seem to be scared of going fast. Having raced at three Paralympic Games, Sochi 2014, Peyongchan 2018 and Beijing 2022 we get to hear his...

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Aug. 4, 2022

Paralympic Stories with Tyler Turner, PLY

Tyler Tuner not only achieved his goal of competing at the Paralympics, in Beijing 2022 he blew away the competition, racing to gold in para snowboard cross and bronze in the para banked slalom. Not long ago, in 2017 he …

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July 28, 2022

Paralympic Stories with Mark Arendz, PLY

Mark is one of Canada's most decorated Paralympians. The list goes on and on, he is a 4x Paralympian in Biathlon and cross country, 2x Paralympic champion, an award winner, multi medalist and 3x World Champion. On this episod...

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July 21, 2022

Paralympic Stories with Erica Gravel, PLY

Erica Gravel was a basketball player, due to injuries she turned to wheelchair basketball. She is a Paralympian, Parapan medalist, Physiologist, soon to be PHD. Listen to her story now. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...

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July 14, 2022

Paralympic Stories with Ethan Hess, PLY

Ethan Hess, a para nordic skier, made his dream come true competing at the 2018 Paralympic Winter Games as a teenager. He didn’t stop there he then raced in the 2019 World Championships and raced at his second Paralympics at …

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July 7, 2022

Paralympic Stories with Mollie Jepsen, PLY

DROPPING IN with Team Canada Paralympian Mollie Jepsen. At the Peyongchang Games she took home 4 medals, gold, silver and 2 bronze. 4 years after a diagnosis of crohn's disease she raced a the 2022 Beijing Paralympic Games a...

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June 30, 2022

DROPPING IN Series VII intro: Paralympic Stories

Intro to series VII: Paralympic Stories, we chat with Chelsea Walker, executive director of Whistler Adaptive. We learn how to get involved in sport if you or someone you know may have a disability. What sports are offered an...

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April 7, 2022

On the Road with Devin Heroux

Journalist Devin Heroux shares his stories

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March 31, 2022

On the Road with Annamay Pierse Oldershaw, OLY

Olympian Annamay Pierse Oldershaw shares her stories

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