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The Neutral Zone
Brock Richardson and his panel of sports experts engage in a lively round-table discussion about Parasports and professional sports news and newsmakers. Produced by Aflalo Communications Inc. (www.aflalo.com)
Episodes
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Breaking Focus
Coming up on today’s show, Brock recently had the opportunity to speak with para ice hockey official Kevin Webinger. Kevin is currently at the 2025 Para Ice…
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A Little R&R
Coming up on today’s show, Josh and I recently sat down with Tiffany Gaudette. Tiffany has recently been named to the Canadian Boccia team coaching staff and…
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Junior Champion
Coming up on this edition of The Neutral Zone, we are pleased to be joined by Canadian Junior Boccia athlete, and rising star, Andrew Woodrow. Andrew recently…
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New Chapter
Coming up on this edition of the neutral zone, the panel explores the idea of what it would be like if they had a former teammate become their coach what would…
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Thank You OnPara
Coming up on today’s show, we are pleased to be joined by Canadian blind hockey player Simon Richard. Simon will tell us about a recent three-game series with…
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Hall Of Fame Career
Coming up on this episode of The Neutral Zone, Patrick Anderson, six-time Paralympic athlete in the sport of wheelchair basketball, has decided to retire and…
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Team Players
Coming up on today’s edition of the Neutral Zone, we are thrilled to be joined by the Ontario men’s wheelchair basketball team provincial coach, Jesse…
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Historic Episode
Coming up on today’s edition of the program, TSN’s James Duthie stops by the program to talk about his career and also gives us his opinion on the state of…
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Junior Energy
Coming up on today’s edition of The Neutral Zone, Brock recently spoke with Kathy Ludwig. She is the head coach of the Ontario junior wheelchair basketball…
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Retiring Athletes
Coming up on this week’s episode we speak with women’s sitting volleyball player Danielle Ellis. Danielle recently announced her retirement from the sport and…
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Provincial Pride
Coming up on today’s episode we will be joined by Ontario women’s wheelchair basketball head coach Dylan Carter. Dylan joins us to discuss how his team was…
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PLY/OLY Frenzy
Coming up on today’s episode Olympic and Paralympic athletes can now opt to have OLY and PLY as part of their signature the panel discusses the importance of…
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Will Sidney Be Traded?
Coming up on today’s episode, Brock speaks to Tyson Gunter, an American para track and field athlete. He stops by to tell us about his career and journey as an…
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The Great One?
Coming up on this episode of The Neutral Zone, we are pleased to be joined by the host of the pre-and post game shows for the Four Nations face-off on…
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Athlete Responsibility
Coming up on today’s show, when athletes make mistakes on the big stage, is it necessary for them to apologize to an angry fan base? The panel will discusses…
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Rising Star Championship
Coming up on today’s show, I recently got to sit down with Canadian national Boccia player Liza Puri. We discussed her recent success in the sport and that she…
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Super CEO
Coming up on today’s show, Brock recently had the opportunity to sit down with the CEO of the Canadian Paralympic Committee, Karen O’Neill, to talk about her…
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Your Being a Butler
Coming up on today’s show, we are excited to be joined by Canadian men’s para ice hockey player and Team Ontario assistant coach Adam Dixon. Adam is going to…
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Paralympic Shine
Coming up on today’s show, we discuss a few things surrounding the Canadian Paralympic Committee, including their long-term partnership with the CBC and the…
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Be Honest
Coming up on today’s program we are joined by Boccia athlete Lance Cryderman. Lance recently won the 2025 National Boccia Championships Held in Ottawa, ON. We…
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Postmortem
Coming up on today’s show, we are excited to be joined by Katie Mitchell. Katie is a registered physiotherapist, certified athletic therapist and lead…
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Wonderful Time of the Year
Coming up on this edition of The Neutral Zone, Brock spoke with Co-Chef de Mission Karolina Wisniewska about her experience at the Paralympic Games. The panel…
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Bright Future
Coming up on today’s show, we speak with journalism student Kristian Cuaresma, from Toronto Metropolitan University, who happens to have an interest in para…
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Where Are We Now
Coming up on today’s show we are joined by friend of the show, and host of the Whiskey and Cream podcast, Ari Shapiro. We’ll talk to Ari about all things…
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Dedication
Coming up on today’s show, we speak with Boccia athlete Joshua Gauthier, who is coming off of an individual gold-medal performance at the national…
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Challenging Decisions
oming up on today’s show, we speak with Canadian women’s goalball player Whitney Bogart who recently decided to retire after four Paralympic games. We will…
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Champions Day
Coming up on today’s show we speak with Josh Vander Vies, a Co-Chef De Mission at the 2024 Paris Paralympic games! Plus we debrief the 2024 Grey cup between…
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Next Gen
Coming up on today’s show, we are going to put our friend and cohost Claire Buchanan in the interview seat were going to talk all things surrounding her trip…
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Coach Is Key
Coming up on today’s program, we are excited to be joined by Brianna Hennessy, Paralympic silver medallist in canoe/kayak. She will tell us all about her…
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Horror Stories
Coming up on today’s show, in honour of Halloween coming up, we’re going to discuss travel horror stories as para-athletes and how we grow from those…
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On Board
Coming up on today’s show, we are thrilled to be joined by multi-Paralympic athlete and medallist Greg Westlake. Greg will discuss his role with the 2024-2025…
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Confidence
Coming up on today’s show, we speak with Tiffany Gaudette about her involvement in Boccia as she gets ready to take Team Ontario to the national championships…
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Worth Every Penny
Coming up up on this week’s show, we debrief on the fantastic interview with Devin Heroux from last week’s show. One thought in particular that we are going to…
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Banner Worthy Episode?
Coming up on today’s show, we are pleased to be joined by friend of the show and award-winning reporter Devin Heroux. We put a wrap on the Paralympic Games and…
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Flex the Fox
Coming up on today’s episode, we have the privilege of speaking with Ontario Para Network’s Executive Director Doug Hannum and Nina all about the creation of…
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Pro Life
Coming up on today’s show, the 2024 Paris Paralympics made some history and we discussed its impact. The Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa suffered yet…
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Canadian Love
Coming up on today’s show we release our final Canadian Paralympic Summit interview. Today we hear from wheelchair rugby athlete Patrice Dagenais. Plus we wrap…
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Age Is A Number
Coming up on today’s show we release our second to last Canadian Paralympic Committee Summit interview. This time we hear from swimmer Nicholas Bennett. Plus…
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The Hype Train
We are pleased to be joined by CBC reporter Devin Heroux, who will give us a preview of the 2024 Paralympic games. There has certainly been a lot made of the…
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Pressure Mounting
Coming up on today’s show, we release another Canadian Paralympic Committee Summit interview. This time we speak with Priscilla Gagné, a para-judo competitor…
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Resounding Success
Coming up on today’s show, we are excited to be joined by a friend of the show, Canadian para-canoe athlete Brianna Hennessy, who recently qualified for the…
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Athlete Coach
Coming up on today’s show, we release another Canadian Paralympic Committee Summit interview. This time we hear from Para-cyclist Alex Hayward who recently…
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Summer Days
Coming up on today’s show, we are pleased to release another Canadian Paralympic Committee Summit interview. Today we speak with Para Athletics long jump…
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National Pride
Coming up on today’s show, the road to Paris 2024 is becoming even more clear. Recently, the Canadian boccia team has been announced. Lance Cryderman will join…
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Farewell Scott
Coming up on today’s show, 40 year veteran broadcaster Scott Russell joins us. We talk about his lengthy career and get his views on the upcoming Olympic and…
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Devin Heroux
Coming up on today’s show we are joined once again by Devin Heroux of the CBC. Devin will be stopping by to give us the latest on the Olympics and Paralympics…
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Oh Canada
Coming up on today’s show, it’s Canada Day and, because of that, we are going to explore some of the great and exciting moments that have taken place in…
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Nuts and Bolts
Coming up on today’s show, we talk about a few of the nuts and bolts that have occurred in both para and pro sports. We explore the question of what role the…
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All In
Coming up on today’s show, we have another Canadian Paralympic Committee Summit interview. Today we speak with cyclist Nathan Clement. The Canadian…
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We Need a Tuneup
Coming up on today’s show, we release another one of our Canadian Paralympic Committee Summit interviews. Today we speak with wheelchair rugby player Patrice…
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Breaking Down Barriers
Coming up on today’s show, we are thrilled to be joined by the public address announcer for the CFL’s Toronto Argonauts, Adam Gosse. Plus, the panel explores…
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Humbled
Coming up on today’s show, we release another Canadian Paralympic Committee Summit interview. Today we hear from Canadian Paralympic swimmer Aurelie Rivard…
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Just Keep Swimming
Coming up on today’s show, we recently got an opportunity to interview Canadian women’s wheelchair basketball star Arinn Young about her team’s recent…
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Jubilation
Coming up on today’s episode, the panel reacts to the end result of the 2024 World Para Ice Hockey Championships that were recently held in Calgary Alberta…
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Life’s A Beach
Coming up on today’s show, the panel discusses the idea of managing expectations in life and how it correlates to sports. This conversation is inspired by an…
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Oh Baby!
Coming up on today’s show, we are joined by CBC’s Jack of all trades, and master of all of them, Devin Heroux. We will run the gamut with him through the world…
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Media Expectations
Coming up on this week’s show, Brock was recently at the 2024 Paralympic Summit where he had the opportunity to interview eight para-athletes from various…
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Show Me the Money
Coming up on today’s episode we are joined by writer and former para-athlete Ryan Milford who recently penned an article called Matthew’s goes for 70 for the…
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Under Pressure
Coming up on today’s show, we are rejoined by founder and Executive Director of Flex for Access Jes Silver to tell us about an upcoming webinar she is hosting…
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Questions
Coming up on today’s show, we are joined by Scott Godfrey, Director/Founder of Lacrossing Barriers. Plus, we explore the idea of advantages, disadvantages and…