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"Send us a text about this episode!"Why You Should Listen to This Episode:Canadian Country Music Hall of Famer Michelle Wright takes us from a farm in Merlin, Ontario to the Grand Ole Opry stage, where she sang Snowbird with Anne Murray sitting right down front, and explains why The Great Canadian Roadtrip with Jason McCoy and Doc Walker feels like hanging around the kitchen table. Comedian and author Ron James swaps Cape Breton roots with Peter, remembers sharing the makeup room with the SCTV cast at Second City, and makes the case that a comedian's job is to rock the apple cart.This Episode Features:(26:40) Michelle Wright is a Canadian Country Music Hall of Famer from Merlin, Ontario, whose 1992 hit Take It Like a Man carried her from southern Ontario clubs to Nashville. She grew up around parents who played country music, soaked up Motown from Detroit radio, sold vacuum cleaners door-to-door at 16 and played clubs six nights a week before opening for George Strait, Alabama and Kenny Rogers. A longtime World Vision ambassador who recently travelled to Zimbabwe with Jason McCoy, she is back on the road with McCoy and Doc Walker for The Great Canadian Roadtrip, with Vancouver Island stops this October. Contains the song The Great Canadian Roadtrip Rides Again. www.michelle-wright.com(05:30) Ron James was born in Glace Bay, Cape Breton, grew up in Halifax and studied history at Acadia University before heading to Toronto and Second City in 1980. After three years chasing the sitcom dream in Los Angeles, he came home, launched his solo career with Up and Down in Shaky Town, created the series Blackfly and went on to nine record-breaking CBC specials and The Ron James Show. The author of the national bestseller All Over the Map: Rambles and Ruminations from the Canadian Road is bringing new material to Courtenay, Campbell River, Nanaimo, Duncan and Victoria. www.ronjames.comEpisode Quotes:"Going to Africa changed my life. I came back from that trip and I thought I needed a new couch. I kept that couch for another 20 years." - Michelle Wright, Canadian Country Music Hall of Famer, The Great Canadian Roadtrip"The whole point of laughter or stand-up comedy, for me anyway, is to try my best to process the daily trauma and chaos in the language of laughs." - Ron James, Comedian and Author, All Over the MapThe PULSE Community Podcast is a weekly Vancouver Island podcast hosted by Peter McCully and Dave Graham, featuring conversations with musicians, authors, actors, athletes, business leaders and community builders from Vancouver Island, British Columbia and beyond. The PULSE Community Podcast is part of The PULSE Podcast Community.We've had the pleasure of sitting down with musicians from across Vancouver Island and beyond - explore more stories and interviews on our Vancouver Island Musicians page.You'll find all episodes of The PULSE Podcast on Apple, Spotify, Amazon Music, iHeart Radio, TikTok, YouTube and ThePulseCommunity.ca.Episode Sponsors: Ian Lindsay & Associates, Fireside Books & Thrifty Foods ParksvilleCheck out Skookum Kid's Stories on Apple, Spotify, Amazon Music, iHeart Radio and YouTube.Sign up for our weekly newsletter and stay up to date on the latest podcasts, guests and contests.Check out the Vancouver Island Podcast Directory: Vancouver Island Podcast Directory is a free public resource curated by The PULSE Community, helping listeners discover podcasts produced on Vancouver Island and the surrounding coastal islands.#MichelleWright #RonJames #TheGreatCanadianRoadtrip #CanadianCountryMusic #CanadianComedy #VancouverIsland #ParksvilleQualicum #VancouverIslandPodcasts #ThePulseCommunityPodcastSupport the show
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