Off The Clock Toolbox Talk
Men forging health in the unregulated drug crisis, through real f**king talk.
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Episodes
32 episodes
Constructive Coercion is A Thing - Part 2
Dr. Jeremy Milloy tells us about constructive coercion: a concept created in the 1960's and 70's from concerns that Vietnam veterans would return from war unable to navigate the workplace due to opioid addiction. Industry leaders believed that ...
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Season 4
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Episode 4
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35:03
Constructive Coercion Is A Thing - Part 1
Constructive Coercion Is a Thing features scholar Dr. Jeremy Milloy who studies the history of how we got to have the kind of workplaces we have (good and bad). His work is motivated by the fact that our jobs have a such a huge effect ...
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29:28
The New PPE
Season 4, Episode 3In this episode, construction safety officer and carpenter C. Michael Kinsella, shares how he owes his whole life to his Red Seal.When school wasn’t working out so well in junior high, Michael went straight into...
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Season 4
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Episode 3
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32:04
100 Goodbyes
When psychologist, Dr. Nicole Anders, lost her beloved brother Cody to overdose, she navigated her grief through writing daily love letters to Cody. Her book, One Hundred Goodbyes is a collection of those love letters, bridging th...
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Season 4
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Episode 2
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39:03
Anthony's Story
Anthony shares his story of growing up in a family of tradesmen where hard work and thick money were at the center of their way of being. And with the hard work came hard substance use.As a teen, addicted to alcohol and cocaine, Anthony ...
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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39:11
Season 3 Sampler
The Season 3 Sampler lets you get a bite of each episode:1. Shawn's Story2. Aeris' Story Part 13. Jason's Story4. Superintendent Summit5. Losing Someone to Overdose6. CSO Shane's Story7. Aeris's Story Part 2C...
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Season 3
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Episode 8
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50:09
Aeris's Story - Part 2
Aeris’s Story Part 2 picks up where Aeris is just coming back to reality after being in a coma for a month. His steadfast family helps him slowly recover from kidney, liver and brain damage. Advocating on his behalf, his family asks the doctors...
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Season 3
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Episode 7
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32:06
Aeris's Story - Part 1
As rod buster Aeris Finch refers to partway through his story, his struggle really began at age 11, when he lost his older brother to an MDMA accident. But some of the effects of that trauma didn’t emerge until he began experimenting with subst...
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Season 3
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Episode 6
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36:27
Superintendent Summit
Superintendent Summit features in-depth discussion about how to lead work sites in a day where all our crews are affected by mental health and overdose (drug poisoning). From their own experiences, Superintendents Duncan Jordan and Trevor Botki...
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Season 3
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Episode 5
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36:41
CSO Shane's Story
CSO Shane Sewell (different than Shayne’s Story) takes us on his heart’s journey from an 8-year-old with an invisible disability and an abusive parent, to an adult inner life that was continually erupting with low self esteem and feeling like h...
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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38:01
Jason's Story
Jason White, electrician and former rock star hopeful, shares his story of substance use, addiction, and the sharp turn that snatched him out of a sinking darkness, showing him a better way of being. Like many people’s stories contain powerful ...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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44:15
Losing Someone to 'Overdose'
If you've been looking for relatable, non-invasive support after losing someone to overdose (drug poisoning), you've found it. Holding heartbreak in one hand and inspiration to take action in the other, Kale Moth and Julie Cochrane explore life...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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38:17
Shawn's Story
Ironworker, Shawn Underhill, joins Daniel and Karen to talk about his journey through problematic substance use and addiction. From Shawn’s early days smoking pot as a teen in his first construction job, to navigating problematic substance use ...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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37:05
Season 2 Sampler
The Off the Clock Toolbox Talk Season 2 Sampler serves up select appetizers from Season 2 episodes, combined with house-style transitional music to keep your groove on throughout your day. The Season 2 Sampler featur...
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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53:13
Shayne's Story: The Aftershow
The conversation continues as Trevor, Shayne and Karen discuss ‘safety is behavioral’; these life-wisdom conversations need to happen in-person, breathing and sharing energy together, preferred where apps, lectures, and protocols fall short. Ka...
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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32:03
Shayne's Story
Shayne Taylor, Corporate Director of HSE at The Gisborne Group joins Karen and guest co-host, Trevor Botkin, to talk about his personal experiences with mental health and substance use. Uniquely, Shayne’s adulthood career path fluctuated betwee...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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33:29
Psychedelic Surprise
Continuing the conversation from “Curious AF”, Daniel and Karen talk with Mike Mathers who demystifies psychedelic therapy and the incredible results of clinical trials ongoing amidst a grey psychedelic market in Canada. Mike warns against cove...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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34:36
Curious AF!
Therapist Mike Mathers joins Daniel and Karen to talk about his new book coming out in 2024, Curious AF. Mike sets us up to understand how the human mind operates as a social entity that needs to belong to a group, and influences us to...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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38:04
Random Recovery Talk
Trevor, Kale and Karen drift through some random conversation on subtle aspects of the recovery journey. Kale discusses that recovery isn’t easy, but as you begin to feed yourself, you get strong AF. Trevor remembers how tied he was to his nega...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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22:50
Ditch the Tough. Keep the Love. (A Mom's Journey Toward Change in Policy, Practice and Politics)
Daniel chats with podcast project partner, Kat Wahamaa from Mom’s Stop the Harm about losing her twenty-five year old son Joseph to the unregulated drug crisis, and about the unintentional and intentional harms that are taking place in...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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32:40
Rig Life (and other tough work sites)
An expanded part of Kale’s Story, Trevor Botkin and Kale Moth discuss the specifics of working on an oil rig and other tough work sites. Belonging and paychecks pull us in. Identity and pride in hard work keep us there. Kale says, “That much ti...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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34:44
Squishy Meat Bags (I Don't Have Trauma. You Have Trauma!)
Self-identified squishy meat bags, Jason (guest co-host), Karen (host), and Jonas (OTCTBT Steering Committee member), discuss trauma with Registered Clinical Counsellor, Sabine Sasakura. (Go to 18:51 for the squishy meat bag context). Starting ...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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36:40
Kale's Story
Twenty-five year old Kale Moth tells his story of being swept away by life on an oil rig at the ripe old age of 18. With guest co-host Trevor Botkin, Kale explores what he thought it meant to be a man, and how his commitment to self and family ...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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37:42