Coffee With Convery

Comedy Episodes

March 5, 2026

From Hiding to Headlining with Ava Val

Most people are not stuck because they lack talent. They are stuck because they are hiding. Hiding their voice. Hiding their truth. Hiding who they really are. Today’s conversation is about what happens when you stop editing yourself and start owning the stage. My guest is Ava Val. She is a John Candy Award winning comedian, musician, and actress. She has written for This Hour Has 22 Minutes, appeared on Roast Battle Canada, and stunned audiences on Canada's Got Talent with a full sweep o...
Aug. 7, 2025

From Seed Rounds to Stand-Up with Laura Scarlett Martin

Welcome back to another caffeinated convo on Coffee withConvery, where career clarity meets personal purpose—and success isn’t just defined by titles, but by trailblazing, tinkering, and tenacity. Today, we’re about to pour a double shot of inspirationwith someone who is part strategist, part disruptor, and ALL in on helping diverse voices get funded, seen, and heard. Meet Laura Scarlett Martin—Top 0.1% LinkedIn Influencer, Venture Partner, Fractional CMO, Global Finance ThoughtLeader, and yes…...
April 6, 2023

Perseverance, Stand Up and Guacamole with Joze Piranian

Students, New Grads and Career Seekers, Welcome to #CoffeeWithConvery. On today’s podcast, I have invited Joze Piranian to join me. Joze is a lifelong stutterer turned Forbes featured Global TEDx Speaker on Inclusion and Resilience. Born and raised in Lebanon, Joze avoided speaking for more than 25 years out of the fear of being judged for being different. Then, everything changed. He has delivered 5 TEDx talks and performed stand-up comedy in 3 continents and 4 languages. Having graduated fro...
Nov. 3, 2022

Careering Talk: Sarcasm, recruiting and emotional quotient (EQ) with James Hornick

Today we are continuing “Careering Talk” which is an open mic series to empower job and career seekers with knowledge, insights, career pathing and coaching to find that dream job and develop a career with purpose and impact. On today’s Careering Talk, I have invited James Hornick to join me. James is a Penn State University graduate with a Bachelor of Science in Marketing. James is a Partner at 𝗛𝗶𝗿𝗲𝘄𝗲𝗹𝗹 and he hosts Hirewell's 𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 podcast. James is the #3 sarcastic commenter on Lin...