{"podcast":{"title":"The Career Guy","slug":"the-career-guy-3712690","podcast_index_feed_id":3712690,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/yUA1W_Fy","website_url":"https://the-career-guy.simplecast.com","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/b10266a3-57af-4c48-a424-42556f13c3dc/8217a780-9a2c-4c3b-9b0a-457995318454/3000x3000/mickey-wiht-out-circle.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"Mickey Horvath","episode_count":61,"summary":"The Career Guy Podcast is a repository of interviews where the guests are sharing their stories regarding their careers. Listeners will get insight to the various careers that others have letting them make better choices of their careers.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-13T06:21:06.140584+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-career-guy-3712690"},"episode":{"title":"Leading an Amazing Life","slug":"leading-an-amazing-life","published_at":"2024-02-27T17:55:04+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-career-guy-3712690/leading-an-amazing-life","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-career-guy-3712690","url":"https://the-career-guy.simplecast.com/episodes/leading-an-amazing-life-lhV_KALs","audio_url":"https://cdn.simplecast.com/audio/85f0f427-6040-4764-8f62-34792e2f71cb/episodes/0ea54642-958f-4805-ad33-6b734eaa021c/audio/c2358f15-ef61-4e3c-9eb8-2acee8c2e260/default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=yUA1W_Fy","summary":"This interview is with Andy Read a man of many talents. This is an amazing story that deals with self-discovery leading to transformation which results in Andy living an amazing life. The interview starts with Andy growing up in England and joining the military at the age of 19. He gives a very detailed description of his experiences within the force which lasted 9 years. In leaving the army, he describes how he and his family adjusted to civilian life. This is an eye-opener as the transformation was not easy. With the skills he acquired from the military, we talk about his first employment opportunity outside the military which was at the Welding Institute in Cambridge, England. Also, at this time he describes the process it took to establish immigrant status that would enable him and his family to move to Canada. There is a good account regarding the process of moving to Canada, and more importantly, how he came about an employment opportunity as a technician in the Science Workshop in the Faculty of Science at the University of Calgary. We then go into a dialogue regarding this role and what it entailed. The listener will develop an appreciation for the type of work that involves doing research in the sciences and engineering. Andy spent three years in this position as he describes to the one day where he was being laid off. In doing so he became self-employed doing contract work within the same area. He reveals the turmoil that this caused for him and his family by painting a realistic perspective of being an entrepreneur. Furthermore, he exposes the emotional trauma that this caused him leading to an undesirable path. Being at a low point he then describes his turning point in life and how he discovered and developed his faith. The process of how he unites himself…","meta_description":"This interview is with Andy Read a man of many talents. This is an amazing story that deals with self-discovery leading to transformation which results in…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":5872,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-career-guy-3712690/episodes/leading-an-amazing-life/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-career-guy-3712690/leading-an-amazing-life.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}