Vital Victoria Podcast

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  • Summary

  • We have amazing people in our community, and we want you to hear their stories.
    The Vital Victoria Podcast, hosted by Lucky Budd, spotlights people who are working to create a vibrant and caring community for everyone in Greater Victoria and beyond. From wellness experts to performers and business innovators, to champions for causes that matter, and more, this monthly podcast captures the stories of wonderfully diverse, passionate people and the missions that drive them all. During each conversation, host Lucky Budd pulls in stats from the Victoria Foundation’s Vital Signs program to dive deeper into the states of wellness in our region, and how Victoria’s vital people are working to address challenges so everyone can thrive.
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Episodes
  • Russell Books: How a family’s literary legacy is building community

    Russell Books: How a family’s literary legacy is building community
    May 10 2024
    Andrea and Jordan Minter, the managers of Victoria’s renowned Russell Books, chat with host Lucky Budd about their family's story of building one of Canada’s largest independent bookstores.

    For 28 years, Russell Books has been inspiring reading enthusiasts, and bringing the community together through regular literary events, while proudly supporting non-profit literacy initiatives and schools throughout the capital region.

    Tune in to learn more about a bookstore that isn’t just a bookstore, but a hub of creativity, knowledge, history, philanthropy, and community connection!
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    39 mins
  • Growing the community through a farm-to-table food hub

    Growing the community through a farm-to-table food hub
    Apr 16 2024
    The Victoria Community Food Hub is a crucial organization in a giant sustainable food ecosystem working to put farm-fresh grub in the bellies of all Greater Victorians.

    This month, host Lucky Budd chats with Laura Gair and Colleen Popyk – two outstanding people who are working tirelessly on Food Hub initiatives that bring good food to the capital region’s most vulnerable, while feeding our robust local food economy.

    The South Island FarmHub is an online farmer’s market that connects Victorians with boxes of fresh produce from local farmers, and it runs the Farm Bucks program to help subsidize this great food for charities and schools.

    Kitchen Connect is a food business incubator and processing facility open to anyone wanting to learn how to start a business and process their food to be sold in stores.

    Tune in for a lot more on these incredible initiatives, the faces behind them, and how you can get involved!
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    36 mins
  • Jess Gibbard on helping the trans community find its true voice

    Jess Gibbard on helping the trans community find its true voice
    Mar 12 2024
    For the last few years, Victoria's Jess Gibbard has been passionately working to help trans and non-binary people find their true voices, be it from her private home studio or through charitable initiatives.

    After transitioning herself, she learned there's large gap in BC and all over the world for gender-affirming voice training. Often, voice coaches are expensive, unavailable, or, in certain parts of the world, non-existent.

    On this episode, Jess tells host Lucky Budd the story of finding her own voice and her passion for helping others do the same, on top of her studies to become a speech pathologist. She talks about the necessity for affordable and accessible voice lessons in a time when more people than ever are discovering who they truly are.
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    38 mins

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