I was making more as a bartender, by the way, four nights a week with 20 hours of work, but that's because it was tips and all of that. The bands hit on you all the time, Erica. Remember grade 13 in Ontario? But anyway, it was an experience of a lifetime. This is Erica Ehm's Reinvention of the VJ. I can see things that light my kids up, but I don't know who they're going to be. Even though you were there, you were actually on all the time and you were preparing and you're running off with a camera. If you call up, you can leave a voice message and you could tell, give us feedback on the show, what you like, what you didn't like, you can suggest other people that should be included in the show, you can suggest questions that you would like asked, and you can just reminisce about some of the highlights or low-lights from watching MuchMusic over the years, because I know MuchMusic has meant so much to so many. For sure, I totally agree, which is why I'm having so much fun doing these interviews for two reasons. That's when I went there, my kids at OLG, Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation, and I worked there for six years. I said, "It's not a lot of money." Chris Isaak is going to be in the studio." This interview is over. The Queen Mum and the Rivoli, of course. About Erica Ehm . How does that, is there an interview that you did that literally changed the way you think? I'm not saying it looked good, but that was very representative of what we did. I will be interviewing parents with the same 11 questions, who like me, live in the digital world. I remember somebody at MuchMusic, Nancy saying, "When you go on the road with a camera person, a producer, you've got to think, if you're stuck in an airport at 4:00 in the morning with all your equipment, all your gear, you're exhausted, you've had a 16-hour day, you've had nothing to eat and all you've got is half a bottle of water. Nobody would allow that today, have a presenter have a bunch of papers. Very talented, professionally trained from OCAD, he had studied. I did meet John [inaudible 00:09:30] in the makeup room one time, and for Halloween I dressed up as a cowboy in a pretty serious show. Erica is one of Canada’s most recognized personalities, having started her career in the … She is best known as a pioneering video jockey at the Canadian cable television station MuchMusic. Listen to how eclectic your answers are, the different types of people that you had access to, to interview. I bet you were furious, and so well handled. Michael Jackson walked by me and of course, he's not looking at anyone, and I just yelled at the top of my lungs, "Say hello to Canada." But here's another thing that we had in common, Doug MacRae. I saw your VJs doing super fun work, but I had a daytime gig, I had a full-time job. I've done two big ones, right? My dad was a kid that in the '50s used to order 45s from London, because they didn't sell them in Lisbon, and bring his collection of records, little 45s to play. So they decided they were going to send someone to New York, and it was me. You study and you're focused and you care, and you're not lost. Yes, yes. After a year of being in news, which was an education onto itself, I had obviously a degree with me, but I'd only taken one journalism course, so I really learned a lot on the job, which was possible back then and it's really not now. There’s not any advice regarding her with boyfriends or relationship. I know there were salary issues, I know very well there were salary issues. But I'm a huge, huge believer, proponent on work/life balance. Yes, it's going to be a trip down memory lane, but I'm also hoping that you find some interesting tidbits or insights into what it takes to get what you want in life, how to reinvent and deal with tough times, or even redefine what success is. Thanks to everyone who stuck with us throughout this show. So I remember you applied for your job. Sometimes I wore Comrags. When I got the job, it was the right job, because I wanted to be part of the music business, I wanted to be an actor, and I wanted to be a teacher. It's good, but it's not. So knowing that when I'm writing content for the public, knowing that when I pitch the media, when I pitched you, Erica, to say, "I've got this great story." Watch Erica Ehm and her egg-flipping husband have some fun while showing two fast and very easy ways to whip up a healthy egg breakfast in no time. What I asked her was, did you dream it would be this big? Of course, I'm talking about Teresa Roncon, who joins me on the show today, where we will compare notes on life then and now for both of us. So back to your introduction, it always surprised you why I ended up hosting the Power 30, there's another audition for Moses. Catherine Clark Married, husband and family. Leonard Cohen at then the Hummingbird Center, with Rebecca De Mornay hanging on for dear life to his arm, "Don't you take him." Lifestyle 22 Monika Schnarre - Life in General 28 Erica Ehm - MuchMusic and much more 32 Global Getaways - Niagara-on-the-Lake 34 Organize your Life - … I have so much respect for actors who dig deep and find something in themselves to perform. That's crazy. Fashion Crimes, yes. It's over before it even began. I don't know what he thought of that, I never saw him, talked to him. I think I might have told you 20 or 30 years ago. Teresa, I love talking to you. So I'm calling with a question for the podcast, because I'm actually currently working with a client who is a relatively new owner of one of the last remaining independent retailers on Queen West, Groovy Shoes. So I haven't always felt that, but mostly I feel I do, and when I feel I'm not, there's always reasons, there's fluctuations. My husband and I were just in our bathroom when we heard the news that…” Erica Ehm on Instagram: “It was the strangest thing. Elise was in her 20s, she came to work wearing leather pants, she was the general council for City TV. But like you, I had no plan. The house is occupied by a thirtysomething couple, actuary Deep Sekhon and her bond trader husband Ravi Sankaran, originally from the East Coast. I said, "You know me, is it Terry? Did you have a plan? Why am I on the 401, cold, doing an important story about a labor strike, but why am I not home?" It's unbelievable. I think ... JD hosted it. How long did you stay in the newsroom for? Here's Teresa Roncon who just got her first job in PR, dealing with it. So how does working at Heart & Stroke tie into that idea? Not Linda Evangelista, but her friend. So cool, I'm going to love this job. Moses loved it, of course. See the complete profile on LinkedIn and discover Terry’s connections and jobs at similar companies. If I have decided in my head I'm taking a job, why am I going back to do a negotiation to do a counter offer? Okay, continue. When you married him, Terry ran into me at some point and said, "I'm married to Erica." You really are such an important part of the show, I would love for you to add to the show by giving us a call. I think we're going to have a lot of fun in our conversation. I think, anyway. In my school, liberal arts' college, Glendon College, part of York University, probably 70% female, high LGBTQ population. Also, Erica and Teresa have fun comparing notes on the men in their lives and discover some surprising connections. Yes, and I see David now once in a while. So here's my question, I'm wondering about what the culture of Queen West was like back in the day? Welcome to Soulmates Jewish Matchmaking Services, the world's largest & most Pro-Active Jewish Matchmaking Website I didn't really know what to do and when I finished, I worked at a library for two days. He was already an editor there at the time, and he did a very good job on my tape. I'm warning you about that. He lives with his wife, novelist Tiffany Reisz, in Louisville, Kentucky, where he teaches at Lexington's non-profit Carnegie Center for Literacy and Learning and Louisville Literary Arts. Yes. He answered Blueberry Hill. I wasn't using anything as leverage, I had made the decision to go somewhere else. I'm not making that up, I really truly was an immigrant from Western country and obviously did not have the same issues that many of BIPOC people have coming to this country, because I looked as Canadian at the time, or what people thought. Her friend was another, Christy ... Turlington, yeah. Podcast produced in collaboration with Steve Anthony Productions, editing and coordination, [inaudible 00:55:07] Communications Inc, copyright 2020. Yes, so that is a long time ago, so our paths do intersect slightly. She is best known as a pioneering video jockey at the Canadian cable television station MuchMusic. One year. So do you miss being on camera? [4] In 2002, she hosted a weekly call-in show on CFRB 1010, a Toronto news/talk radio station, combining current events and lifestyle topics. Anyone that worked through SARS remembers it very clearly. The one at MuchMusic was when Chris Isaak came to town, the crooner. I also went to a really special treat was Peter Pan. 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