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PM40050478 THURSDAY JANUARY 7, 2021 Visitusonlineat www.waterloochronicle.ca - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau "This pandemic has been an unprecedented challenge for our country. It has also been an important opportunity: to figure out what really matters in our communities, to have meaningful conversations about how we can take care of those around us and, perhaps above all, to think about what kind of future we want to build together." Bardish.Chagger Bardish_ChaggerBardish.Chagger@parl.gc.ca BardishKW 519-746-1573 Member of Parliament for Waterloo Best wishes for 2021 FIND BREAKING NEWS AND UP-TO-DATE LOCAL INFORMATION ON COVID-19 ONLINE INFORMATION W A T E R LO O C H R O N IC LE .C A /C O R O N A V IR U S Marshall Ward didn't expect to turn into Herb Tarlek of "WKRP"; he never envisioned himself a salesperson. But as he learned over the past 12 months, there's more to making a talk show than food for thought. "Here I am writing commer- cials every week," quipped the soon-to-be-50-year-old father, freelance writer and Chroniclefreelance writer and Chroniclef columnist. If sponsors are an indication, the growing number behind the "Bonn Park" podcast he started with neighbour Sara Geidlinger last January is a testament to its successful first year, which spanned more than 50 episodes and part of a pandemic, won a Do- rothy Shoemaker Award and now holds a spot on Midtown Radio. Geidlinger, also a parent as well as a full-time consultant, said the labour of love born from a zest for their community and talksfor their community and talksf they had as young parents in the PODCAST EXPLORING THE WHO'S WHO OF REGION IS GOING STRONG See 'THESE ARE, page 6 BILL JACKSON bjackson@torstar.cabjackson@torstar.cab Sara Geidlinger and Marshall Ward, co-hosts of the Bonn Park podcast, during a recent Zoom interview. Bill Jackson/Metroland