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Tony talks with Fleur Hughes, who became a music therapist as a result of her experiences in Afghanistan while serving in the British Army. Fleur Hughes discusses how music therapy works and how it can be used in treating conditions as different as post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), dementia, and Parkinson’s. Fleur can be contacted at http://www.nextstepltd.ca/staff.html

It’s the New Year and though many of us have resolved to become fitter, resolutions can prove so hard to keep. Tony’s guest is trainer Kathleen Trotter, author of Finding Your Fit: A Compassionate Trainer’s Guide to a Making Fitness a Lifelong Habit. Kathleen and Tony talk about the pitfalls and perils on embarking on a new exercise regime and how to successfully achieve and maintain your fitness goals not just for the first three weeks of January but all year long. For more on Kathleen, go to http://www.kathleentrotter.com

There’s a tsunami of old people about to wash over us. By 2041, 1 in 4 Canadians will be over the age of 65 and 1.3 million will be over the age of 85. Senior Associate with the Canadian Urban Institute, renowned planner and writer Glenn Miller talks about how we need to redesign our cities to keep aging Canadians active.

Getting people out of their cars and walking is one of the easiest ways to improve their health and yet many streets are unsafe or ugly places to be. Lilie Zendel, Director of StreetARToronto, talks to Tony about how the simple act of commissioning murals has created big changes to the way people move about the city and how the presence of street art has improved the overall physical and social health of Toronto’s citizens. More information on StreetARToronto can be found at www.toronto.ca/streetart

Earlier this year, CivicAction Toronto committed to a four year action plan to improve mental health in the workplace. CEO Sevaun Palvetzian joins Tony to discuss this ambitious new initiative which seeks to address a problem which has already affected 1 in 2 workers in the Greater Toronto Hamilton Region and could result in almost $17 billion in lost productivity over the next 10 years if not addressed.

Only one third of Canadians stay in a job for over four years. And transitioning to the next job can be very stressful – especially if leaving hasn’t been your choice. Career coach Trevor Cape joins Tony to discuss the surprising opportunities that sudden job loss can present, the pitfalls to avoid, and successful strategies for nailing the job interview. Contact Trevor at: Trevor.Cape@gmail.com

Nutritionist and Dietitian Amanda Lapidus talks to Tony about the importance of good nutrition in contributing to your overall health.

Monique Camenzuli reviews I. Q. Kitchen. Salon impresario Maurice Fiorio joins Tony to talk about how the drive to become a renowned, internationally recognized hair stylist and a recreational mountain climber come from the same source - a desire to push the limits and aim for the top.

Training is an investment of both time and money. With personal trainer, fitness writer, and Nordic walker extraordinaire Barb Gormley, Tony investigates how to find the perfect trainer for you including what makes a good trainer, how to fire one you don’t like, and the question we all want to ask - who trains the trainer?

Tony talks with Dr. Clemon George internationally respected epidemiologist and community health researcher, about what we learn from large global studies on disease as well as the impact of small, targeted community interventions. Regular contributor Miriam Varadi looks at the future of money and asks if wallets soon be a thing of the past.

Finding time to workout is the greatest challenges many people face. Bay Street maven, marathoner, and the first female Chancellor of Victoria College, Wendy Cecil is one busy lady. She shares her strategies for creating and protecting her workouts while Tony teases out some lessons she learned the hard way.

When Balance Fitness co-founder Devon McGregor came across Foundation Training it revolutionized his thinking. Tony talks to his longtime business partner about why he believes this method of movement is so important and about how the charities and scholarships he established keep him grounded.

One of Canada's leading fertility experts and a pioneer in his field, Dr. Ken Cadesky shares with Tony what he has learned about the world of infertility. And how fitness plays a role? A founding partner and medical director of Trio Fertility in Toronto, Dr. Cadesky is a Reproductive Gynecologist and surgeon.

Naturopathic practitioner Dr. Elizabeth Stavros and entertainment publicist and blogger Monique Camenzuli are fast friends with demanding careers. Tony explores how their friendship reinforces living a healthy lifestyle in the face of the pressures of work and family life and a city full of temptations.

Sportsnet Radio and TV personality and legendary former NHL player Nick Kypreos joins Tony in the studio for straight talk about his career, winning the Stanley Cup, and the fine art of hockey analysis. With Nick, you never know what he’s going to say next but it’s guaranteed to bracingly honest and refreshingly direct.

Foundation training experts, Eva Quan and Nicole Westlake talk to Tony about how they have seen the impact of this revolutionary new technique on their clients and how it personally brought both of them back from injuries sustained in separate car accidents.

Founder and President of Women's Brain Health Initiative and the Editor and Publisher of Mind Over Matter magazine, Lynn Posluns is passionate about changing the way dementia related research undertaken. In conversation with Lynn, Tony discovers that though 70% of Alzheimer’s cases are women, most of the research is done on men, and what Lynn is doing to improve research and care around this terrifying and debilitating

Columnist and fitness guru Kathleen Trotter returns to the show as she and Tony exchange tips to stay in shape and maintain wellness over the holiday season.

Join us this week on The Art of Comedy with our guest Aastha Lal! Maggie sits down with Shannon and Aastha to talk about Aastha’s mission to change the world through her “inspirational comedy” with Hindu and Buddhist roots. How’s that for funny?

This week Maggie talks with Shannon McDonough and special guests Ali Hassan and Aisha Brown about doing comedy on the heals of tragedy, creating or choosing content depending on their crowd, and some of the best advice they never asked for from white people. Yep way to represent white folk. Oh Blerg.

World-renowned chiropractor and rehabilitative expert, Dr. Mark Scappaticci, has been a leader in sports injury rehabilitation for over twenty years. Founder of the FIT Institute, he shares with Tony what he has learned in helping NHL, NFL, MLB, MLS and other athletes from around world achieve optimum performance.

This week's guest is writer and performer Diane Flacks! Diane has written for TV . Diane's written for tv, including Working the Engels, Baroness Von Sketch Show, Young Drunk Punk, PR, THe Broad Side, a MOW version of her play SIBS, and Kids in the Hall. Diane can be heard on your radio as CBC's national parenting columnist and a contributor to DNTO and Tapestry. She's written for The Star, the Globe and Today's Parent magazines. She most recently played the lead in the independent film, Portrait of A Serial Monogamist, which is making the rounds of film fests, and the play Freda and Jem's Best of the Week at Buddies. Upcoming, she appears in Body Politic at Buddies, and THIS JUST IN, her new play Unholy will be produced by Nightwood Theatre at Buddies next season. She is a proud mom of two awesome boys.

Barry Avrich, the acclaimed documentary film director and producer who has profiled some of the biggest players in the business, joins Tony to talk about how he stays in shape while balancing a career in film and running his own advertising and marketing company. Tony also gets this master storyteller to dish on some of his most famous subjects, like Bob Guccione and Harvey Weinstein.

Elite trainers Larry Track and Jose Lopez are always at the forefront of fitness. In this episode, they come into the studio to talk with Tony about the latest and greatest – a trend which is reshaping the world of workouts – friction training on the Lynx Board. This little device that can fit in the smallest of spaces allows you to use your own body weight in order to create resistance, thereby increasing the efficiency of your workout.

Investment guru Alan Friedman, head of The Friedman Investment Group, has one simple and compelling goal – to outlive his father who died at 51 of heart disease. Alan tells Tony about how, in the face of hereditary health issues, he prioritized his own health and wellness.

This weeks guest is legendary Canadian actor and comedian Scott Thompson of Kids in the Hall! Scott joins Maggie to discuss his career ups and downs and his recent success as a star of the hit NBC show Hannibal.

Tony sits down with Canadian business and political legend Paul Godfrey to discuss how he stays on top his fitness and health, his time heading up The Toronto Blue Jays, the challenges facing media companies like PostMedia, and his efforts to secure a NFL team for Toronto.

Join our new host Maggie Cassella and producer Shannon McDonough as they sit down with writer and producer Katie Ford. Katie is best known for co-writing and co-producing the hit film, Miss Congeniality, starring Sandra Bullock. More recently, she wrote the Emmy-nominated movie, Prayers for Bobby starring Sigourney Weaver, and was Co-Creator/Showrunner of Working The Engels starring Andrea Martin that was on NBC and Global for a brief, bright summer in 2014. Katie started as a standup comic and actress before switching to writing full time (when faced with going to a Diet Pepsi audition in a bathing suit or staying home writing in sweatpants, the decision pretty much made itself.) She went from standup to playwriting, then at age 21, was hired for the NBC sitcom Family Ties, where she wrote 10 episodes of the series the Writers Guild of America recently voted one of the 101 best written television series. She also served as the show’s Story Editor and then Executive Story Editor. She was Producer and writer on ABC’s Desperate Housewives. Additionally, she penned the teleplay and Co-Executive Produced the acclaimed miniseries, Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Little House on the Prairie for DISNEY/ABC. On the action side, she was writer and consulting producer for CBS’ action comedy, Chaos and wrote for the Transporter television series….and a bunch of other stuff. Ford recently returned to her roots as a standup comic, performing with writer/actor Diane Flacks in a show entitled “Bits and Pieces” and her successful solo show “The Value of Trying” was recently performed (April 2015) as a part of Soulo-Theatre’s “best of Canadian Solo shows” at Theater Lab in NYC. www.peachradio.com

Dr. Vanessa Nobrega and Dr. Mark Ellison demystify the fields of chiropractic care and naturopathic medicine, two fields that are often

Former on-air host and manager of news operations for Chum Radio stations, award winning journalist Brian Thomas had a high-pressure job and the unhealthy lifestyle along with it. He talks to Tony about how he found his way to health and fitness late in life and about the 30,000 interviews he did over the course of his career.

Fitness trainer, Globe & Mail columnist, and regular TV & radio guest, Kathleen Trotter knows the fitness field cold. She shares with Tony what she has discovered about the newest fitness trends, hot topics in the world of wellness and healthy habits for moving towards or maintaining more active lifestyle.

It’s so easy to kick back, relax and overindulge during the short summer months so Tony provides tips and targets for keeping your health habits on track while on vacation. www.thepeachgallery.com www.balancefit.com

Tony sits down with friend Vince Nigro to discuss what’s happening in modern fitness and health, and speak about his upcoming guests. www.thepeachgallery.com www.balancefit.com

According to Albert Einstein: " I never teach my students, I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they can learn."...truer words never spoken in education. To teach is to love the subject matter, to allow your personality to be displayed with passion and enthusiasm...to be blessed with, and continue to learn certain classroom skills. There are many things to learn, and many things to teach. Here we learn why the world wags and what wags it, here we learn what Motivates us to teach. www.peachradio.com

A special Pride edition of The Art of Comedy. Guest Maggie Cassella talks working in the Canadian media industry as a comedian in television and radio, sexuality, and her friendship and history with Orange is the New Black star Lea DeLaria (Big Boo) ww.maggiecassella.com www.peachradio.com

"The greatest loyalty in life, is above all, to thine own self be true". On This episode of The Art of Motivation, we explore Loyalty, and how to give and receive it, with special guest Marina Piccioni. She helps us understand that while Loyalty cannot be bought in Love, in business, it can, and companies as a result, are using Loyalty programs more than ever before. www.peachradio.com

This week's guest is Kevin White, writer for CBC television and shows such as Schitt's Creek, Corner Gas, Dan for Mayor, and This Hour has 22 Minutes!

Listen to your tax dollars hard at work when Sandra and guest host Jay Brown skype with comedian/construction worker Johnny Perrotta on the job site! www.johnperrotta.com www.peachradio.com

This week Don sits down with guest and host of The Art of Comedy, Sandra Carusi, to discuss the role of motivation in comedy.

The first episode of The Art of Motivation hosted by Professor and public speaker, Don Sagarese. Our guest this episode is fitness guru Tony Mark, who speaks with Don about the role of motivation and passion that goes into fitness and life. www.balancefit.com www.peachradio.com

Comedian and podcaster Dean Young joins us to discuss his experience in comedy and launching his the TalkHole Podcast network. www.talkhole.co www.thepeachgallery.com

This week's guest is comedian Judy Croon, joining us from Vancover via Skype!

A teaser for upcoming podcast, The Art of Motivation with Don Sagarese.

This week's guest is Canadian comedy legend and founder of Yuk Yuk's, Mark Breslin! www.yukyuks.com www.thepeachgallery.com