Like Tinder, but my parents swipe right
Pooja Joshi is an independent woman in her thirties – she has her own place, can assemble IKEA furniture, and change a flat tire if she needs to. While she doesn’t actually need a husband, she would l...
13 Mai 202227min
Anatomy of a Blended Family
Julia Lipscombe and her husband's first-wife, Shannon Tyler, have a relationship neither anticipated: they are straight up friends. They spend most major holidays together, and even vacation together,...
6 Mai 202227min
Fatherhood, Interrupted
Jirard Saddleback and Kwaku Frimpong are both proud fathers and they’re both trying to parent from behind bars. It’s estimated that around 450,000 children in Canada have a parent in prison, and that ...
29 Apr 202227min
The Perfect Purse
Shimshon Obadia has had many bags over the years, each endeavouring to be the "perfect" one, each promising to be the last bag they'll ever need, and each inevitably being merely the last one they bou...
22 Apr 202227min
Diary of a Search and Rescue Volunteer
Amber Sheasgreen is a search and rescue veteran, based in the coastal waters of B.C. But last winter she took her skills to the Mediterranean Sea, where the refugee crisis has driven thousands of peop...
8 Apr 202250min
My Romanian Father
It was 1980, and 21-year-old Ilie Irinici was lying in a marsh, hiding from police dogs, meters from the Yugoslavian border, trying to escape communist Romania. Thousands had tried before, but many we...
1 Apr 202253min
Cayenne Pepper on Your Brain
"I wouldn't wish this upon anyone. The pain is so bad." - Anna. "I would compare it to an invading army coming in and occupying my head." - Sean. "If someone was punching you continuously in the head ...
25 Mar 202253min
A Room of Your Own
As a teenage girl, Tanya Marie Lee felt like a second class citizen. So, as an adult she decided to create the kind of space she wished she’d had growing up. Now, Tanya’s “A Room Of Your Own” book clu...
18 Mar 202254min
