Kitchen Conversations is a story driven podcast that explores the lives behind the paddle, uncovering the personal journeys, careers, and defining moments of the people who make up the pickleball community. Through thoughtful, unhurried conversations, host Mike Spies goes beyond dinks and drives to reveal the character, resilience, and human connection that truly define the game.
You’ve upgraded your paddle. But have you prepared the body swinging it? If your pickleball routine is play, hurt, rest, repeat—this conversation deserves your attention. On this episode of Kitchen Conversations, Mike Spies sits down with Dr. Reece Maranda, Doctor of Physical Therapy and founder of On The Move Therapy & Wellness, to explore pickleball injuries, recovery, strength training, and what it takes to keep playing the game we love. A former bodybuilder, taekwondo black belt, and ...
15 Oct 2026
PickleUp for the Planet!
What if the fastest growing sport in the world had a dirty secret… and one man decided to fix it? In this episode of Kitchen Conversations, I sit down with Jeff Pepper, a serial entrepreneur who has already built and scaled companies most people only dream about… including one that went from a basement startup to a NASDAQ-listed business. But that’s not the story. This is about what he did after. Because Jeff saw something most players ignore… Millions of cracked pickleballs… being thrown str...
10 Oct 2026
Meet Jeff Pearce- from the Rock ‘n Roll Stage to City Hall
What do Canadian rock, pickleball, and Kingston City Council have in common? Jeff Pearce—and a conversation worth listening to. In this episode of Kitchen Conversations, Mike Spies sits down with the Moist bassist, journeyman electrician, and candidate for Kingston’s Loyalist-Cataraqui district for a candid conversation about music, community, and what it means to show up for people. Jeff shares the realities behind life in a Juno Award-winning band: overnight drives, rejection, enduring frie...
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