What we wear sends a message to complete strangers about who we are and what kind of connections we want to have to the outside world. Clothes protect us and connect us to other people.
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Crash Landing on Loneliness: The Hermit Kingdom
Crash Landing on You was one of the biggest international hits coming from South Korea last year. Millions of viewers were captivated by the story of two lonely people, one from the South, the other from the North whose relationship is a lesson on how to navigate the geopolitics of isolation.
Rejecting Charles Schulz
Peanuts is one of the most-beloved comic strips of all time. Printed in over 2600 publications, it amassed 350 million readers in its 50-year history. But creator Charles Schulz spent most of his life feeling small as peanuts. He was rejected by family, teachers and publications. Join us this week as we tell Schulz’s amazing story. From being told he’d never make a living by “scribbling,” to creating the longest-running cartoon special of all time.
The $100,000 Question: Can You Survive Alone For 30 Days?
If you could pick the loneliest music genre of all, what would be some of options: would it be blues or jazz? How about shoegaze. What makes a song lonely and can music bring us closer together even if we are listening on our own.
Happy Hour Playlist: Walking, Comfort Food & Science Fiction
If you’re dining alone this weekend, have a listen to this sampler from the first part of Season One. National High Five Day (April 15th) reminds us that we’re all missing touch in our lives and Episode #5 tells us why touch matters. In Russia, they celebrated Cosmonautics Day on April 12th and lonely spies …
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The Canadian Star System with Steve Patterson
Podcast Spotify Canada doesn’t really have a ‘star system’ like our neighbours to the south. In fact, many of our celebrities have had to leave the country to find the work and recognition they deserve. Well, THE CANADIAN STAR SYSTEM aims to change that. Each week, host Steve Patterson (CBC Radio’s The Debaters) and his …
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I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry: What is The Loneliest Music Genre of All?
If you could pick the loneliest music genre of all, what would be some of options: would it be blues or jazz? How about shoegaze. What makes a song lonely and can music bring us closer together even if we are listening on our own.
Rejecting Gal Gadot
Gal Gadot is Wonder Woman – star of the $821M blockbuster and the first woman-led superhero film in over a decade. But before picking up her Lasso of Truth, Gadot spent her days travelling back and forth from her home in Israel all the way to Los Angeles. Each audition meant a 15-hour flight with her family only to find out she was rejected over and over again, for eight years. Then she was ready to give up acting altogether. This week, we tell Gadot’s amazing story. From the dreaded phone calls that she’d lost yet another part, to the phone call that changed her life forever.
Science Friction: Are We Alone In The Universe?
Science fiction fuels our hopes that we aren’t alone in the universe. From Star Trek to Star Wars, Blade Runner and Minority Report to A Saucer of Loneliness, race relations, alien life, outer space and loneliness are explored.
Pigsty, Giraffes, & Margarine: Imaginary Friends & Loneliness
Imagine your way out of loneliness. It worked for a four-year-old girl during the pandemic when she encountered a fairy name Sapphire. And it worked for Sapphire the Fairy who found faith again in imagination.