Casey Clarke will tell you his voice wasn't good enough. He'll say it before you get the chance to ask.

He left broadcast school without a diploma. Took a job in a town called Westlock, Alberta. Figured getting paid to learn beat paying someone to teach him.

Thirty years later — one of 3 Canadians to win the CMA Broadcaster of the Year.

In this episode, Matt sits down with Casey to go through all of it. The small-town Alberta start. Overnight shifts on satellite radio. Sixteen years at CMT. Coming home to Kelowna. And the part Casey doesn't lead with: the anger he carried through his twenties. The years where the most upbeat voice on the radio wasn't doing so well privately.

He talks about what cracked it. A sidewalk in Toronto. His wife stopped to talk to a stranger for ten minutes — warm, easy, like they'd known each other for years. Casey asked who she was. His wife had no idea.

That stayed with him.

Each month, August After Dark supports a family close to Matt's heart. This month: the Relvas family — two years at Ronald McDonald House

GUEST: Casey Clarke

HOST: Matt August

Adam and Lindsay Relvas opened their restaurant on October 6th, 2016. Six weeks later, their three-year-old son was diagnosed with stage four cancer.

Adam flew back and forth to Vancouver for eight months. Lindsay stayed at the hospital. Friends kept the restaurant alive.

Anthony is doing well now. The Relvas family has spent the last ten years giving back to everyone who showed up for them — and tonight they're sharing the story for the first time.

This episode is raising money for the new Ronald McDonald House BC Yukon build.

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Some conversations only happen after the lights go down.

August After Dark is hosted by Matt August. Each episode he sits down with operators, athletes, builders, and creators and asks the questions nobody bothered to ask them on the main stage — how they built it, what it cost them, and what they actually do with it now.

Here's what Matt keeps seeing: the people who build the most are almost always the ones giving the most away. That's what this show is really about.

A portion of every dollar the show earns goes to charities supporting families in crisis. Donate or learn more at, augustbrand.com.

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