Hosted by Jenny Mitchell · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 301 episodes
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A show that aims to give a platform for sharing ideas, perspectives and feelings in the wake of the Global COVID-19 pandemic. Interviews will feature local Guelphites as well as people living elsewhere around the world. bridgingthesocialdistance.substack.com
Jenny Mitchell hosts Bridging the Social Distance, a society show with 301 episodes published.
This is the 300th episode!!! For this special episode I recruited longtime friend and radio host Scotty Hertz for a co-interview: He interviews me about the history of the show, its specific origins born out of covid, an
For this episode my guest is Donald Bridges, a resident at The Village of Riverside Glen. We talk about his passions through his life (including skiing, sailing, and wood carving) and his fascinating career in corrugated
For this episode I interview Skip Redpath, a resident at The Village of Riverside Glen. Skip moved in fairly recently, but he has settled right in, making close friendships and helping his fellow residents. He shares a w
For this episode I interview Brent Fletcher, a resident at The Village of Riverside Glen. Brent is new to Riverside Glen in terms of living there, but he knew where he wanted to be for this stage of life, having spent fi
For this episode I veer away from my normal format to interview an old friend, Ida Nilsen, known for her music project Great Aunt Ida, in advance of a few shows she was playing in the area. Great Aunt Ida has been making
In this longer-than-normal episode I interview John Conibear, a resident at The Village of Riverside Glen. John lives in retirement, and his wife lives up in Emma's Neighbourhood, an area of Riverside Glen that focuses o
For this episode I join forces with Campus Friends, bringing together Campus friends students Davina and Nicolo with CFRU volunteer and board member Ramya, to discuss their various experiences living with Autism. They di
For this episode I give a platform to our co-op student Anarva Vipin, and my son and CFRU volunteer Otis Magoffin to talk about the high school student walkout that happened on March 11th 2026, in response to Doug Ford’s
For this episode my guest is Robert Lawson, a resident in Long Term Care at The Village of Riverside Glen. Bob is one of the younger residents in Long Term Care, navigating a variety of health changes - he aspires to hea
This was a special live episode of Bridging the Social Distance, where I interviewed Mike Barber of “The Hive”, a Guelph’s Arts Collective located on Cork st in Guelph. We talk about the Hive, Guelph past and present, so
For this episode it's time for Georgina Part 2! We pick up where Georgina left off, upon her arrival to Guelph as a pre-teen, we hear a wild story about chickens, and a glimpse into the life of a teenager attending the L
February 21st was International Mother Language Day! Hosted (briefly, in English) and collected/edited by Jenny, we filled our airwaves with approximately 50 languages from over 70 participants, in celebration of "Intern
For this episode I interview Olu Adedokun, a PSW in Long Term Care at The Village of Riverside Glen. He shares his story of moving here from Nigeria, and the culture shock - of the weather, of course, but other things we
For this episode I interview Georgina Bregant, a resident at The Village of Riverside Glen. Georgina started by sharing the story behind her emigration to Canada shortly after WWII. Her father was in politics in Czech Re
For this episode I interview Robert Joyce, a fairly new resident at The Village of Riverside Glen. Robert is a bit of a private guy, but I did get him to open up a bit, to share about his love for golf and playing cards
I just realized I had never added the second part of my interview with Edwin Stelter! So this is the second part of my interview with Edwin Stelter, a resident at The Village of Riverside Glen. Part 1 largely centred aro
Today I interview Edwin Stelter, a resident at The Village of Riverside Glen. Over the years I’ve learned a lot about WWII from interviewing veterans, and their children and spouses, speaking about their perspectives fro
For this episode I interview Maria Dicks, a resident in Emma‘s Neighbourhood at The Village of Riverside Glen. Maria was so lovely - she had such a radiant personality and sense of fashion, and I loved hearing her storie
For this episode I head back to Emma’s Neighbourhood at The Village of Riverside Glen, an area of the building that supports residents with memory care. My guest is Beverley Smith - Beverley has a few specific memories t
For this episode my guests are Leona McDermid, a resident at The Village of Riverside Glen, and her daughter Lori-Anne. The two tell stories from Leona’s life, how she met her husband, her first date and the origins of h
Robert Lawson
Village of Riverside Glen
1 appearance on this show
Michael Barber
Emmy-award winning producer and content strategist · Augustine Institute
1 appearance on this show
Michael Berry
CG Director · Huddleston-Berry Engineering and Testing
1 appearance on this show
Tom Wilson
Head of Instruction - CDC Learning Center · Jersey Electricity
1 appearance on this show
Bob Davis
Veteran Eye Care and Sports Vision Expert · The Village of Riverside Glen
1 appearance on this show
Emma Bradley
Director of Global Goodness · The Village of Riverside Glen
1 appearance on this show
Sarah Harris
journalist and PhD student in the School of Medicine at the University of Nottingham · HR People Support
1 appearance on this show
Scott Palmer
Executive Director · Village of Riverside Glen
1 appearance on this show
John Potter
clinical associate professor of dispute resolution and conflict management at Southern Methodist University · Village of Riverside Glen
1 appearance on this show
David Boyd
Long Term Care · Village of Riverside Glen
1 appearance on this show
Tom Baker
Professor · Variety the Children's Charity (of Pittsburgh)
1 appearance on this show
Donald Bridges
The Village of Riverside Glen
1 appearance on this show
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