Podcast
The Shadows
Hosted by CBC · EN
Kaitlin Prest, creator and host of the Prix-Italia winner The Heart, presents the first audio fiction from CBC Podcasts. The Shadows is a story about the anatomy of a relationship: a crush, a choice, a resentment, and an end. Named an Apple Podcasts Series Essential.
7episodes
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Episode 1: Romantic
Sep 24, 201800:44:48Tap to summarize"When love beckons to you, follow [it] ... And when [its] wings enfold you yield to [it], Though the sword hidden among [its] pinions may wound you. ... For even as love crowns you so shall [it] crucify you. Even as [it] is for your growth so is [it] for your pruning." - Kahlil Gibran, On Love
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Episode 2: Realist
Sep 24, 201800:36:34Tap to summarize"These pains you feel are messengers. Listen to them." - Rumi
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Episode 3: Sweater
Sep 24, 201800:32:07Tap to summarize"Love is being there every day, to keep someone warm, to hold them through the night, to make them feel cozy." - Sweater
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Episode 4: Decision
Sep 24, 201800:33:37Tap to summarize"Romantics value intensity over stability. Realists value security over passion. But both are often disappointed, for few people can live happily at either extreme." - Esther Perel, Mating in Captivity
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Episode 5: An Argument That Should Be Simple.
Sep 24, 201800:21:42Tap to summarize"A decided heart looks for a solution. An undecided heart looks for a way out." - Tom, a regular at the Bramasole Diner
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Episode 6: End
Sep 24, 201800:31:44Tap to summarize"With every commitment there is much that it rejects. Much that it excludes." - Adam Phillips, Unforbidden Pleasures
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The Shadows: Trailer
Jul 25, 201800:01:23Tap to summarizeKaitlin is a young artist struggling to make great work and find great love. She believes that the love depicted in Hollywood movies is real, and that she will be one of the lucky ones to find it. When Kaitlin falls for someone who challenges her romantic ideal, she is faced with an impossible choice, and a decision that can't be unmade.
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