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Rob Deutschmann sits down with community leaders, civic leaders, and others from across Waterloo Region to learn more about their experiences and how those lessons can apply to today's issue...

We have something a little different on this episode of the Old Grey Mayors podcast. Luisa D'Amato a longtime journalist at the Waterloo Reg...

In this episode of The Old Grey Mayor’s Podcast , host Robert Deutschmann reconnects with Geoff Lorentz, a veteran of municipal politics wit...

In this episode of The Old Grey Mayor’s Podcast , host Robert Deutschmann speaks with Jenn Pfenning, a farmer, advocate, and former Wilmot T...

Jeff Henry returns to the podcast to talk all things municipal budgets, from managing capital projects to the costs of upgrading infrastruct...

Karl Kiefer joins Rob on the podcast to talk about his journey into local politics. Inspired by the amalgamation of Preston and Cambridge in...

Former City of Kitchener councillor John Gazzola is back on the podcast. This time, Rob and John talking about the history of Centre in the...

With the housing crisis continuing to dominate the local political discourse, Rob is joined by former City of Waterloo Councillor Jeff Henry...

Rob sits down with Scott McMillan to talk about his time as a Waterloo Region District School Board trustee and Woolwich Township councillor...

Former City of Kitchener councillor Geoff Lorentz joins Rob on the podcast. Geoff shares his thoughts on the key decisions that helped trans...

John Gazzola has seen Kitchener and Waterloo Region grow over his 20 years as councillor for Ward 3 in the City of Kitchener. John joins Rob...

Tenille Bonoguore's career and life has taken her from Austalia to Canada and back to Austalia again. She joins Rob on the podcast to talk a...

Former Waterloo city councillor Angela Vieth joins Rob on the podcast to hear what inspired her to run for office, what is was like to win,...

Welcome to another episode of Old Grey Mayors with your host Rob Deutschmann. In this episode, we have a very special guest, Cheryl Gordijk,...

On this episode of Old Grey Mayors, Rob welcomes community volunteer extraordinaire Angie Hallman. From spray pads to Canada Day celebration...

In this episode, Rob is joined by former Kitchener city councillor Zyg Janecki. Zyg worked in planning for the City of Kitchener for 30 year...

Jean Haalboom returns to the podcast for the third time to talk with Rob about her time in office, the importance of protecting geographical...

Our latest episode features Rob telling the tale of bringing a new supermarket to Ayr—from the challenges of selecting a site to dealing wit...

How hard can it be to build a new park? Former Waterloo city councillor Melissa Durrell comes back to the podcast to share the stories and c...

Former Regional Chair of Waterloo Region Ken Seiling is back on the podcast. This time, Ken shares his thoughts on regional government refor...

In the final part of the ION light rail transit trilogy, Mike Murray sits down with Rob to talk about construction challenges — from finding...

Former Region of Waterloo CAO Mike Murray is back to continue the story of bringing the region's ION light rail transit system to life.

Greg Durocher is a guy that Rob says he could chat with for hours. On this episode of the podcast, Greg shares stories from his time on the...

Yvonne Fernandes, former councillor for the Doon Pioneer Park Ward in Kitchener from 2010 to 2018, joins Rob for an interesting discussion a...

Rob sits down with former Waterloo councillor Melissa Durrell to talk about her journey from covering local news to running for local office...

Karen Coviello was a municipal councillor in Waterloo from 2006 to 2014. During her time on council, she was a member of the audit committee...

It's an oddly forgotten part of Waterloo Region history. In 1989, there was a discovery of contaminants in the aquifers under the town of El...

We've got Mike Murray back for the last episode of season 2. Mike came to the Region of Waterloo from private business in 1992. After having...

Rob welcomes Gerry Thompson back to the podcast. Gerry has a history of service in Waterloo Region that could fill many podcasts. He came to...

This episode, Rob welcomes Bob Williams to the show. While Bob was not an elected politician, he's dealt with a lot of them. He earned a doc...

Former City of Waterloo Councillor and current CityNews 570 broadcaster Brian Bourke joins us to talk about his time on council.

Bryan Stortz returns to the podcast to talk about his time running the Kitchener This Week newspaper. This is one of our favourite episodes...

Rob sits down with former Waterloo Region CAO Gerry Thompson to talk about developing the central transit corridor, pushing the ION light ra...

On this episode, Rob is joined by Linda Terry, a community organizer and former executive director of the the Social Planning Council of Cam...

Mike Murray joins Rob to share his journey from engineer to Chief Administrative Officer for Waterloo Region.

Bryan returns to the podcast to talk about his time as an alderman for the City of Kitchener and shares his Seven Secrets for electoral succ...

Joining us for his first appearance on the podcast is Don Travers. Don served on City of Kitchener council in 1979 and the Waterloo Regional...

Our guest today hasn't held public office – yet. Fauzia Mazhar has been an active and vital member of our community for over 20 years. Fauzi...

Rob welcomes Jean Haalboom back to the podcast to talk about the history of saving and renovating the Waterloo County Gaol , the oldest Wate...

Wayne Roth joins Rob on the podcast for the first time. Wayne was the Mayor of Wilmot Township from 1997 to 2010. During his 13 year run as...

Bryan joins Rob to talk about how the Region of Waterloo's emergency plan from the SARS outbreak in Toronto helped shape how the Region resp...

Jane Mitchell returns to the (virtual) Old Grey Mayors studio to talk about two topics that have been top of mind for Waterloo Region reside...

We're kicking off season 2 with our good friend Bryan Stortz. Bryan r ecently retired after twenty years at the Region of Waterloo as Direct...

Todd Cowan returns to the podcast for another great episode. Last time he was on, Rob and Todd discussed casinos. This time, they're digging...

Jean Haalboom was the first councillor elected to the newly created Doon Pioneer Park area in Kitchener in 1997. In 2000, she was elected to...

Former Waterloo Region Chair Ken Seiling makes his record third appearance on the show with a great discussion about police services in Wate...

Rob welcomes Richard Christy back to the podcast to talk about his path to being Mayor of Kitchener.

We're joined by Ken Seiling (on a physically-distance safe Zoom call) for another great conversation with Ken Seiling.

Doug Craig makes his record-setting third visit to the Old Grey Mayors podcast to talk Cambridge's place in the region, the size of Regional...

Jane Mitchell started her career in public service as a Waterloo Region District School Board from 1990 to 2000. She was then elected to the...

In this episode, Rob talks with former Cambridge Mayor Doug Craig about taxes and infrastructure. Craig's focus is on how municipalities can...