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“Get Your Sh!t Together” with Megan Edwards and Mo Amir featuring Fiona Forbes! Each episode, we offer you lessons that we learned the hard way, sometimes with a special guest. Fiona Forbes is a legendary and award-winning TV host and producer, content creator, storyteller, and media training coach based in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Tamara Taggart is an award-winning Canadian broadcasting icon, community leader, and busy working mom. She has volunteered thousands of hours in the community, sat on the boards for several non-profit organizations, and advocated for the well-being of children and people with disabilities. She once co-hosted Live! With Regis and Kelly. She’s well-known for her time as a popular news anchor at CTV. In 2015, she was awarded British Columbia’s highest honour, The Order of British Columbia. She is married to 54-40/Matthew Good Band guitarist, Dave Genn, with whom she has three beautiful children.

Jody Wilson-Raybould (also known by her Kwak’wala name, Puglaas) is the independent Member of Parliament for Vancouver-Granville. A lawyer by profession, she was a provincial Crown prosecutor in Vancouver. She was also the BC Regional Chief of the Assembly of First Nations and a two-term elected Councillor for the We Wai Kai Nation. In 2015, she became the first Indigenous Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada. She was named Canada’s “Newsmaker of the Year” by The Canadian Press.

Andrea Jin is a stand-up comedian based out of Vancouver, British Columbia. She was a contestant on SiriusXM’s Top Comic Competition and she also appeared on Just For Laugh’s Northwest Festival, where she was featured on the Best of the West Compilation album, alongside fellow “This is VANCOLOUR”-alumni Sophie Buddle and Julie Kim. She is also the host and producer of the podcast, “I F****d Up with Andrea Jin”. Her debut comedy album is slated for a 2020 release.

Tom Davidoff is the Director for the University of British Columbia (UBC) Centre for Urban Economics and Real Estates at the Sauder School of Business. He obtained his BA in Social Studies from Harvard College, his MPA/URP from Princeton University, and his PhD in Economics and Urban Studies from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He is largely credited as the architect of British Columbia’s Speculation and Vacancy Tax.

Brad West is the Mayor of Port Coquitlam, British Columbia. He returns to the podcast after his appearance on Episode 30.

Carrie Walder, MS, RD of Walder Wellness is a Registered Dietitian (RD) in both Canada and the United States. Her popular Instagram account (@walderwellness) and website is dedicated to showing how simple ingredients used in creative ways can make healthy eating both accessible and delicious. She returns to the podcast after her first appearance on Episode #22.

Katie-Ellen Humphries is a nationally touring stand-up comedian, writer, and performer. She is a frequent contributor to CBC’s “The Debaters”. She has also graced the cover of The Georgia Straight as one of the creators of The Lady Show, a regular variety show in Vancouver performed by a troupe of comedic lady talents, which has also been featured in the Vancouver Fringe Festival. Her debut comedy album (tentatively titled “Lady Finger”) is set for a February 2020 release. Katie-Ellen Humphries was also featured on “The Fear of Vancouver” live show crossover between This is VANCOLOUR and The Fear of Science as part of the Vancouver Podcast Festival, which is now available on "This is VANCOLOUR."

Ivan Decker is a Juno Award-winning comedian. This year, he made his Netflix debut on “COMEDIANS of the World”. He has been featured on TBS’ Conan and regularly appears on CBC’s The Debaters. His podcast “Satan’s Lawyer” with Andrey Summers and his award-winning comedy album “I Wanted to be a Dinosaur” are available on all major streaming platforms including iTunes and Spotify.

David Eby, Q.C. is the Minister of Justice and the Attorney General of British Columbia. He is also responsible for gambling policy, liquor policy, and the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia (ICBC). As a member of the BC NDP, he represents the riding of Vancouver-Point Grey, where he was first elected as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia by defeating then-Premier Christy Clark.