Digging Deep with Mark Sutcliffe

Chris Jones has reached the highest levels of storytelling. His work for Esquire magazine generated widespread attention and won him numerous awards. More recently, Jones has been screenwriting for the Netflix series Away, which was based on one of his articles. It's a surprising outcome for someone who never intended to be a writer and who at 26 years of age, walked in off the street to Esquire's offices in New York. Jones shares fascinating insights about the intersection of luck and talent, revelations about the world of writing, anecdotes from some of his most famous interviews. He also talks about why you should say I love you more often and why he always writes the ending first. And for the first time ever, he shares aloud the heartwarming story that generated so much attention on Twitter.

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Performance physiologist, medical researcher, athlete, and author Dr. Greg Wells shares a long list of highly useful takeaways about sleep, nutrition, fitness, managing stress, happiness, and reaching your full potential. After breaking his neck bodysurfing at age 15, Wells has devoted his life to studying human performance. He talks about why action precedes motivation, his unique and effective sleep and recovery practices, and what the best athletes in the world have in common: they never stop asking questions and searching for insights.

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With talent, determination, and an unabiding belief in herself, Janice Dean jumped from working in radio in Ottawa to a high-profile broadcasting career on national television in the U.S. She shares the lessons she has learned from being harassed by powerful men in broadcasting, being diagnosed with MS in 2005, and becoming a bestselling author. She shares powerful insights about everything from kindness to fearlessness, and how she has taken on one of the greatest fights of her life, a public battle with New York Governor Andrew Cuomo.

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Grenada-born entrepreneur and Canadian politician Celina Caesar-Chavannes, author of Can You Hear Me Now?, shares the story of sending out 732 resumes and receiving no job offers, launching her own business, and eventually running for Parliament. She shares lessons on growing up surrounded by fear, learning from "Ms. Take", overcoming shame associated with miscarriages and depression, practicing good mental health, breaking conformity, creating value as a Black woman in politics, dropping the f-bomb on Canada's Prime Minister, and the important distinction between diversity and inclusion.

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Adam Miron, serial entrepreneur and co-founder of HEXO Corporation, a Canadian medical cannabis producer with a market value of $5 billion, is not afraid to work hard. Miron talks about confidence as a key ingredient to success, how taking chances defines entrepreneurship, going public with his company, putting on a brave face, and why it was important to spend 45 minutes with every new HEXO employee. What does Miron make of his lifetime opportunities? That he started out hungry, he explains to Mark Sutcliffe, and now he just wants to share. 

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Ron Deibert, author of Reset and director of the Citizen's Lab at the Munk School of Global Affairs, explains how the Internet has become an albatross, why social media is an existential threat, and what we can do about it. He shares his fears of being detained in China, and how he ended up on stage with Gord Downie. And he talks about how each of us should practice digital hygiene, understand both the threats and benefits of innovation, and scrutinize the 19th Century controls we put on 21st Century technology.

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Dr. Jillian Horton, author of We Are All Perfectly Fine, shares powerful lessons about mindfulness, her replenishing outlook on life, how she's let go of the delusion of control, made peace with loss, accepted her circumstances (while bettering them), and learned - at last - how to accept feeling good.

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What is the nature of creativity? Is it at risk as we age? How do we cultivate our creative purpose? The author of the Age of Creativity, Emily Urquhart shares her unique perspective as the daughter of esteemed artist Tony Urquhart and novelist Jane Urquhart, and the many lessons she learned in a journey through time.

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Under Dave Smart, the Carleton Ravens won 14 national basketball championships in 17 years. The extraordinarily successful coach talks about motivation and leadership and the tools he's learned on and off the court: listening instead of lecturing, teaching people how to deal with pressure, admitting your struggles, and how every great player needs to know how to pass.

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The author of So-Called Normal shares the powerful lessons of his heartwrenching but inspiring journey from a near suicide to becoming a mental health advocate and influential speaker, with a TEDx talk viewed over 6 million times. He shares the story of his breathtaking reunion with the man who saved his life, how he practices gratitude, and why if you're wrong, you're learning.

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The New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Awesome and You Are Awesome goes deep on his darkest moments and how he turned his pain into a new career path, failure and success, the shortness of life, saying no, doing the right things, resiliency, finding the one thing that delights other people, and why great is the enemy of life-changing.

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Podcaster, blogger, and tech expert Amber Mac, the president of Amber Mac Media, shares many lessons and stories including how she practices gratitude, why you should let go of your blueprint, how to keep things lean and profitable, why she abhors long meetings, why there is no such thing as putting out too much content, how small businesses should invest in technology, and how she met Tony Robbins.

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Editor, writer, radio host, author of 40 books and former co-president of the Canadian Jewish Congress, Rabbi Reuven Bulka, explains why conflict rarely leads to resolution; how he works together with leaders of all faiths; the importance of listening; how his faith is helping him come to terms with his diagnosis of pancreatic cancer, and why obsessing over yourself "may be a short-term fix, but it's a long-term break."

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11-time Ironman champion and bestselling author Lisa Bentley shares her extraordinary story of overcoming Cystic Fibrosis to become one of Canada's greatest athletes, how she turned CF into her superpower, why a champion isn't someone who wins, and how compassion fuels competitiveness.

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Best-selling historical fiction author of six books including The Gown and the just-released Our Darkest Night, Jennifer Robson talks candidly about her decision to become a writer, luck and Downton Abbey, the doubt she faces and the tools she's built to overcome them, and how she mixed discipline with instinct to become one of the best-known authors—let alone female authors talking, primarily, about historical female characters—and finding her own successful lane.

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Joe Clark, the former Prime Minister of Canada, discusses his route from the Prairies to the Charlottetown Accord and how heroes like Jackie Robinson and Nelson Mandela helped him discover the leadership, principles, and bravery that defined his greatest moments in a life of service to his country.

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In a raw, candid conversation, former cabinet minister Lisa Raitt, shares powerful lessons and stories about discovering her real mother in Cape Breton, becoming a leader in business and politics, and life with her husband, Bruce Wood, whose struggle with young-onset Alzheimer's has redefined her life, her belief system, and given her both a problem she can't fix, and one—herself—that she can.

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The legendary television anchor opens up about the role luck played in his illustrious career, dropping out of high school, losing his parents, interviewing Brian Wilson and Barack Obama, working hard, breaking ground at the CBC, and Extraordinary Canadians, his new book about the big lives of average Canadians doing incredible things.

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Former football star and TV Analyst Jock Climie, a lawyer who also makes music and never hesitates to share his strong views, opens up about being adopted by white parents and growing up the only black child in an all-white environment. He also shares lessons on determination, following his dreams, overcoming doubt, turning pressure into opportunities, and moving from pro football to practicing law, sometimes in the same day.

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The legendary Canadian actor, singer, and philanthropist from One Arrow Reserve, Saskatchewan recounts lessons learned from living on the streets and playing in pool halls, and the applicable lessons of wonder, generosity, teamwork, charity, plus, the important business principle of "taking the cue out of their hands," and why love is a verb, not a noun.

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