The Social Stuff:

Follow the podcast on Twitter and Instagram. 

Follow host Avery Moore Kloss on Twitter and Instagram. 

The Business Details:

Grown Up is produced by Folktale Studio. We help bring audio stories to life through podcasting and personal history projects. Visit www.folktalestudio.ca for more information.

More on Grown Up at our website -- www.grownuppod.com

Sounds You Heard:

Theme Music by Coop

Gajan Balan is an ambitious individual with a thirst for creative and unique solutions. His time is divided between building success for retail environments, developing personal creative projects, and striving to be the best brother, husband, and father.

His specialities include content creation, talent development, public speaking, data analysis, branding, sales strategies, time management, web design, photography, personal coaching, and more.

Find out more about Gajan at here. 

Follow Gajan on Instagram and Facebook. 

Shop his photography prints from Bokeh Blink here. 

Click here for links to Gajan's podcasts, YouTube Channel, Twitch account and more. 

The Social Stuff

Follow host Avery Moore Kloss on Twitter and Instagram. 

Grown Up is produced by Folktale Studio. We help bring audio stories to life through podcasting and personal history projects. Visit www.folktalestudio.ca for more information. For more episodes of the podcast visit www.grownuppod.com. 

Sounds You Heard

Ma Perkins: Episode 2 from Oxydol - Archive.org

Clip from Gajan's YouTube video "Roaming Ep. 1" - on YouTube

Intro to Episode 12 of Gajan's podcast Controlled Chaos - here.

Theme Music is by Coop courtesy of Marmoset Music. 

Facts You Heard (aka useful links for History of the Job)

The History of Content Marketing by Michael Walton on Copypress.com

The History of Content Marketing: An Essential Guide by Rebecca Lee White on TrackMaven.com

About Our Guest

Erica Wernick is Hollywood's leading success coach. She empowers and motivates others to live their wildest dreams and share their gifts with the world. Find out more about Erica at http://www.hollywoodsuccesscoach.com/.  

Follow Erica on Instagram and Facebook. 

Click here to add yourself to the waiting list for news about Erica's forthcoming book. 

The Social Stuff

Follow the podcast on Twitter and Instagram. 

Follow host Avery Moore Kloss on Twitter and Instagram. 

Grown Up is produced by Folktale Studio. We help bring audio stories to life through podcasting and personal history projects. Visit www.folktalestudio.ca for more information.

More on Grown Up at our website -- www.grownuppod.com

Sheryl Puckering’s passion for empowering children spans decades. She is a qualified teacher with a B.Ed. and a B.A.Sc, specializing in Child Studies. She has taught Kindergarten through to Grade 3, along with Special Ed and currently provides enrichment programs for gifted students from Grades 4 though 8. Sheryl is a graduate of the DevaTree School of Yoga with certification in the HeartRise Yoga for Children Training program.

She is an instructor and mentor for Roots of Empathy and spends time in local schools working with students, families and teachers. Bhava Tree combines Sheryl’s experience, dedication and love for working with children, helping to ensure their success in school and life. She strives to provide tools and programs to help children live happy, healthy, balanced and joy-filled lives. Visit her website at: www.bhavatree.com

The Time Stamps:

History of the Job - 00:05:05

Interview Begins - 00:06:43

The Social Stuff:

Follow Sheryl Puckering on Instagram and Facebook. 

Follow the podcast on Twitter and Instagram. 

Follow host Avery Moore Kloss on Twitter and Instagram. 

The Business Details:

Grown Up is produced by Folktale Studio. We help bring audio stories to life through podcasting and personal history projects. Visit www.folktalestudio.ca for more information.

More on Grown Up at our website -- www.grownuppod.com

Sounds You Heard:

Theme Music by Coop

Facts You Heard:

Information on the history of kids yoga:

https://kids.kiddle.co/Yoga

https://www.kidsandyoga.com/historyofyoga.html

Steve Meulemeester has spent 20 years working to remove bugs and rodents from businesses and homes. After spending 16 years with a large pest control company he broke out on his own and started First Defence Pest Control. It’s truly a family business now that his wife Carrie has come on as the handler for their bed bug sniffing dog. 

Visit his website here: https://firstdefence.ca/

The Time Stamps:

History of the Job - 00:04:22

Interview Begins - 00:07:28

The Social Stuff:

Follow Steve’s company on Instagram and Facebook. 

Follow the podcast on Twitter and Instagram. 

Follow host Avery Moore Kloss on Twitter and Instagram. 

The Business Details:

Grown Up is produced by Folktale Studio. We help bring audio stories to life through podcasting and personal history projects. Visit www.folktalestudio.ca for more information.

More on Grown Up at our website -- www.grownuppod.com

Sounds You Heard:

Theme Music by Coop

Facts You Heard:

Ameritech History (written by the “Pest Control Poet”)

Information on the history of pest control:

Cornell Timeline of Pest Control Advances

This Book and This Book on bugs being taken to court

General History after the 12th century

About Our Guest:

Sarah Graham has served as a paramedic for 13 years in a rural community one county over from her hometown. She attended York University in Toronto for Kinesiology and ran track and field. In her late 20’s she left the beginnings of a career in kinesiology to pursue her dream of becoming a paramedic. She lives in Paris, Ontario with her husband and two kids. 

The Time Stamps:

History of the Job - 00:04:59

Interview Begins - 00:07:19

The Social Stuff:

Follow the podcast on Twitter and Instagram. 

Follow host Avery Moore Kloss on Twitter and Instagram. 

The Business Details:

Grown Up is produced by Folktale Studio. We help bring audio stories to life through podcasting and personal history projects. Visit www.folktalestudio.ca for more information.

More on Grown Up at our website -- www.grownuppod.com

Sounds You Heard:

Theme Music by Coop

Facts You Heard:

Information on the history of paramedics:

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/292612762_Historical_Perspectives_in_the_Ambulance_Service

https://www.ottawaparamedics.ca/before-9-1-1/history-of-paramedicine

https://health.howstuffworks.com/medicine/ambulances1.htm

https://www.jems.com/2013/10/08/birth-ems-history-paramedic/

About Our Guest:

Chris Carrow is a full-time clown and beekeeper in Christchurch, New Zealand. He and his wife Lisa have been performing as the duo ‘Carrot and Pickle’ for over 30 years. The pair also run a circus school through the Christchurch Circus Trust that offers Circus lessons and workshops for kids and adults (more info here: http://chchcircus.co.nz/). 

To see a photo documentary done recently on Chris and Lisa and how the Christchurch Earthquake affected their lives and their work click here. 

The Time Stamps:

History of the Job - 00:05:30

Interview Begins - 00:08:38

The Social Stuff:

Like Carrot & Pickle on Facebook. 

Follow the podcast on Twitter and Instagram. 

Follow host Avery Moore Kloss on Twitter and Instagram. 

The Business Details:

Grown Up is produced by Folktale Studio. We help bring audio stories to life through podcasting and personal history projects. Visit www.folktalestudio.ca for more information.

More on Grown Up at our website -- www.grownuppod.com

Sounds You Heard:

Theme Music by Coop

Audio of Carrot & Pickle performing at this link. 

Sound of birds singing in the foothills in Governor’s Bay, New Zealand, recorded by Avery. 

Facts You Heard:

Information on the history of clowns:

General History - 
https://mckinleysclowncorner.com/history.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clown#Origin

History of Joseph Grimaldi - 

http://www.historyofcircus.com/circus-origin/joseph-grimaldi/

History of Ronald McDonald - 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_McDonald

About Our Guest:

Tom Brain owns and operates a boutique mushroom farm from his backyard outside of Christchurch, New Zealand. After spending seven years with the New Zealand Air Force and another five with Auckland City Police, Tom moved to Christchurch and opened Oak & Spore. He sells his oyster and shiitake mushrooms at the Lyttelton Farmers’ Market on Saturdays. “Oak and Spore mushrooms aren’t just food,” Tom says. “They are a combination of science and art, which creates something truly delicious.”

Visit the Oak and Spore website for more information, and to view his online store which provides mushroom growing supplies for New Zealand hobbyists.

Tom also hosts a YouTube channel with great information how to grow mushrooms - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAb4KY7PfwoWV0OzoJ8bWkQ

The Time Stamps:

History of the Job - 00:05:55

Interview Begins - 00:08:17

The Social Stuff:

Tom’s Reddit post titled “I quit 12 years of government work to start a mushroom farm” can be found here: https://www.reddit.com/r/Entrepreneur/comments/e8mtcr/i_quit_12_years_of_government_work_to_start_a/

Subscribe to Tom’s YouTube Channel. Follow Oak & Spore on Facebook too.

Follow the podcast on Twitter and Instagram.

Follow host Avery Moore Kloss on Twitter and Instagram.

The Business Details:

Grown Up is produced by Folktale Studio. We help bring audio stories to life through podcasting and personal history projects. Visit www.folktalestudio.ca for more information.

More on Grown Up at our website -- www.grownuppod.com

Sounds You Heard:

Theme Music by Coop

New Zealand National Anthem performed by the United States Navy Band | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:New_Zealand_national_anthem,_performed_by_the_United_States_Navy_Band.wav#filelinks

Audio from Tom’s YouTube channel (from this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=st3jSMDh4xw&t=12s)

Facts You Heard:

Information on the history of cultivating mushrooms from:

GroCycle | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gt-_MmdKAVA

The Department of Botany at the University of Hawaii | http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/faculty/wong/BOT135/Lect16.pdf

Information on an existing mushroom cave in Paris, France: https://www.cntraveler.com/stories/2013-03-03/gourmet-mushroom-cave-loire-valley-france-vacation