Cous' Corner: Recent Episodes
Marcus MacDonald
Cous shares stories about his trips to Canada and Kenya, why he made the decision to move on, and some final words about his experience in Rwanda.
Cous shares stories from his vacation to England and France, living a luxury lifestyle in Kigali, a birthday dinner to remember, and a send off for his friend and colleague Fred.
Cous tells his story on golden monkey trekking followed by the ups and downs of living in Rwanda for six months.
Cous shares stories on going to the Basketball Africa League Finals, his mother’s visit to Rwanda, his moto accident and more.
Cous shares stories from exploring Rwanda. He talks about chimpanzee trekking, getting stuck while driving through a village, going on a safari, and settling in to the country.
Cous shares some stories from his first few weeks in Rwanda. He talks about battling jet lag, going to the genocide memorial, riding a moto taxi, life in the village, and more.
Cous and Christian start off the episode with a new segment of successes and failures from their week. Following that they discuss current social injustices, using social media to drive change, how to approach conversations about social issues, and more.
Cous and Christian are joined by T'Keyah for this episode on the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems. The discussion focuses on the differences between the systems, how to transition between them, and so much more. T'Keyah is currently studying Naturopathy with her current interest being in sexual health and reproduction.
In this episode Cous and Christian discuss survival of the fittest, business adaptation, adapting during the COVID-19 pandemic, and so much more.
In this episode Cous and Christian discuss reaching out to strangers genuinely, the value of our podcast, and our experiences with sobriety.
Cous and Christian discuss finding their purpose, struggle with school, managing motivation and much more!
Cous and Christian are joined by Brock and Niclas who are working on a business idea focusing on social interactions. Feel free to reach out to them to share your perspective and experiences on the questions we discuss in the episode!
Join Cous, Christian and their guest Jade for a discussion that encompasses topics from visualization, to meditation, to writing a PhD, and more all in the context of learning. Hope you enjoy! We sure did!
For this free flow episode, Cous and Christian discuss their future goals. With Valentines Day a couple days away, they also discuss the intensity of love, romance culture, and masculinity.
For this episode Cous and Christian don't follow a structure and just free flow. They dive in to setting intentions each day, their experiences in elementary school, the power of kindness, and so much more.
Alex joins Cous and Christian for this episode on discipline. Mentioned at the end of the episode is a poem Alex wrote. To find a transcript of this poem use this link. As always we would love to hear your feedback!
Episode 3 of Cous and Christian's Self Improvement Journey focuses on failure. Feel free to message either one of us on social media if you have any ideas or feedback on our discussion!
Cous and Christian go over our idea regarding how so many of us walk around carrying limiting beliefs that restrict us from achieving our full potential. We spend some time discussing where limiting beliefs come from, what they are and how to move past them. If you like the episode or it sparks any interesting thoughts for you, feel free to let us know and reach out! We love to expand our horizons by being introduced to new ideas.
Podcast with Jim Loehr on The Tim Ferris Show: https://open.spotify.com/episode/56bhUsmZ5yNpEIMxd6ZvPR?si=41IaidHjTR66Q0PHX9TsjA
Raw unedited discussions between Cous and Christian on their self improvement journeys. This episode they chat about their highlights of 2020, resources they have been using to assist them in their pursuit of self improvement, and more!
What is the formula for achieving "success"? Cous, Christian Gray, and Zack Secord discuss their thoughts on how to achieve success. The trio chat about potential changes to the education system, what they have learned from interviews, making friends and romantic moves, being vulnerable, living in the present, and more!
Cous and Jack are in self-isolation. They discuss the coronavirus, tinder, the ideal self-isolation situation, and much more. Hope everyone is well and safe.
Cous and Christian take a deep dive into social media's pros and cons along with how it has influenced our society. They discuss spam accounts, the intimacy of social media, personal brands online, trolls, censorship, privacy, and much more.
A typical night for Cous, hanging out with friends talking sports. Cous, Aidan, Nicola, and Graham discuss NBA free agency, Gretzky and Wilt's records, NHL players in the Olympics, Ottawa Senators and Montreal Canadiens potential next season, Japanese baseball vs American baseball, the best salary cap system and more!
After over a year of recruitment, Marielle Rowan (Cous' mom) has finally agreed to be a guest on Cous' Corner. What did it take to get her on the podcast? A NBA Championship for the Toronto Raptors!! Cous, Jack, and Marielle share their thoughts on the Toronto Raptors championship season.
To celebrate Cous' 50th episode for his podcast, he is joined by Stella Forbes to do an episode on podcasts! They talk about their favourite podcasts, when and where they listen to podcasts, why podcasts are so popular now, ideas for Stella's potential podcast, and much more.
Cous catches up with his friend Christian Gray who is currently studying in Wollongong, Australia. They talk about surfing, Aussie rules football, Kangaroo meat and fishing in the ocean, his decision to not stay in residence, why he chose to do a whole year instead of a semester, and much more.
With baseball season coming up, Cous and Tommy talk about Tommy's baseball career, Blue Jays, MLB legends and more.
Cous and Aiden talk about frat life at Concordia, high school sports in the U.S., Boston sports and more.
For this episode Cous tries something new. He goes solo! Cous shares his thoughts on questions and topics submitted by the listeners of his podcast. Topics range from conspiracies to his best trips to best Canadian athlete.
Cous is joined by two of his best friends. They talk about Montreal, engineering at Carelton, music, art, and much more.
Cous and Brock discuss the differences between Calgary, Montreal, and Toronto, his upcoming exchange to Amsterdam, gym culture, football, Calgary stampede.
Cous is joined by a Cous' Corner veteran, Christian Gray. The two of them discuss bar tending, his upcoming trip to Australia, social media, individual vs team sports and much more.
A conversation with one of the most interesting guys in Ottawa! Cous is joined by his friend Milan to discuss his studies in Architectural Engineering, ultra efficient buildings, ornithology, designing shoes, his acting experiences, and much more.
Andrew talks about his first stand up comedy set, writing for This Hour Has 22 Minutes, his past improv experience, and future goals with comedy.
Cous, Jack, Eli, and Henry talk about their Boston road trip. From watching the raptors at TD Garden to meeting Mark in Ironside, and so much more.
Cous and Danielle discuss WKNDReads, poetry writing process, coffeeshop writing vibe, explanations and more.
Cous and Christian discuss mental health from a young males perspective, pressures of masculinity, and littles things that can go a long way for people.
Cous and Karl talk about what it was like like leaving Belgium at age 17, the World Cup, Man United, and the upcoming NBA season.