Our Radio Series
Here are some episodes from our 300+ library of stories. Every 90 second story is about an everyday person who had a great idea, took action, overcame hurdles and created a business, brand or invention we all know!
As heard on great radio stations like:
#298 - Intermission
Moya has to come up with a seven minute performance to play during the intermission between acts for a major show. The resulting intermission performance outperforms the main acts and becomes its own event!
#290 - Educating the Masses
James was fortunate enough to grow up traveling the world and became a rich and renowned scientist. When he died, he left his sizeable fortune to country he had never been to before with instructions to build an institution in their capital city for the increase and diffusion of knowledge.
#308 - Never The Bride
After directing a couple of modestly successful movies, a studio executive tells Rob he can choose any project he likes … except the one Rob mentions really wants to do!
#35 - Tired of the Lake
Tom starts a service station in Vernon, BC on a shoestring. After struggling for 18 months he and his partner realize their one bright spot is selling tires. So they convert their store and then convince other tire dealers in other cities to adopt their brand so that they all could share buying power and branding.
#64 - An Enterprising Woman
After a major television network rejects the first pilot for a potential television series, Lucy (a rare female Hollywood studio executive at the time) greenlights a second, expensive pilot despite company cash flow issues and major objections from her Board of Directors.
#33 - Stick with Your Core Values
Harry is a Canadian working in the UK television. When a frustrated kid’s show writer asks to do something else, Harry suggests writing a script about “something out there” while waving his arm at the window.
#47 - Building A Business Brick By Brick
Bill is all set for the NHL when tragedy strikes and he takes over the family business instead.
#28: On Track to Victory
Phil loved to run and when his career ended he started selling running shoes made in Japan from the trunk of his car.
#2: Needed a Printer Cartridge
Thomas was unemployed and really frustrated. All he needed to finish his proposal was a printer cartridge. But the stores were closed for the holiday weekend.
#1: Never Too Old To Start Something New
Ray was 52 and a milkshake mixer salesman when he heard about two brothers who ran a restaurant with 8 milkshake mixers and line-ups around the block.