{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fyes-we-are-open.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Fbradford-academy-of-music-aspFVCRE","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"Bradford Academy Of Music","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/bde98fa0-ef0b-4fbf-b9fe-15c1e2b54b2b/13e252f5-69bf-4742-ae96-3c60f3cdbd3d/ywao-s5-e3-cover-image-v1.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"<iframe src=\"https://player.simplecast.com/bea2f3e9-4093-4743-9bf2-fc0052030c9a\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\"Bradford Academy Of Music\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"></iframe>","height":200,"description":"This week, Al is back in Ontario visiting his hometown of Bradford West Gwillimbury and a business he’s known intimately for over 30 years, Bradford Academy of Music.\n\nThe music school started off in 1987 in the basement of Rita Hunt. Al was one of her early students. Over the next 30 years, Rita moved and grew the school eventually becoming a pillar in Bradford’s business community. In 2017 Rita was ready to retire, so she sold the business to one of her teachers Tyler Tossounian, a young ambitious entrepreneur.\n\nHow did the young inexperienced Tyler do with the established business? Listen to find out."}