#FIRSTLOOK: CBC ANNOUNCE FALL 2024 PODCAST SLATE

CBC, the #1 Canadian podcaster, is launching a new fall slate of original podcasts, featuring new and timely investigations and in-depth looks at pop culture figures and events. CBC’s entire podcast collection can be found on CBC Listen and everywhere podcasts are available. Select titles can also be streamed on YouTube.

PERSONAL BEST (Season 3, 6 episodes)

Listen to the first four episodes now on CBC Listen and everywhere podcasts are available

Cult classic Personal Best is returning! Named ‘best podcast’ by Vulture, Apple, TIME and more, this is the podcast that celebrates small ambitions, half-wins and the quiet satisfaction of getting less bad at things. Each week, funny guys Rob Norman and Andrew Norton help ordinary people work through the little things they’d never bring to a life coach — like having the courage to dine alone at a fancy restaurant or getting less awkward at handshakes.

SPLIT SCREEN: THRILL SEEKERS (6 episodes)

Listen to the first two episodes now on CBC Listen and everywhere podcasts are available

A TV crew offers 12 ordinary people the chance to take part in the adventure of a lifetime. But there’s a catch: the audience knows everything but the contestants are kept in the dark. As the cameras roll, no questions are allowed. The contestants just have to do as they’re told. SPLIT SCREEN: THRILL SEEKERS is a new six-part series that explores the impact of a mysterious reality show that caused a massive ripple effect in the lives of those who took part. Hosted by Love + Radio’s Nick van der Kolk, listeners will hear from former contestants, crew and set designers to find out what happened behind the scenes of this reality TV experiment.

CELINE: UNDERSTOOD (4 episodes)

Launches Tuesday, October 15

Celine Dion is having a moment. It’s not her first, and millions of fans are hoping it won’t be her last. While Celine’s international stardom seems obvious now, it was all so unlikely. In this new season of UNDERSTOOD, host and Celine expert Thomas Leblanc explores the surprising cultural, political and business alchemy that created one of the most enduring superstars the planet has ever seen. CELINE is the latest season of UNDERSTOOD, a podcast that takes listeners out of the daily news cycle and inside the events, places and cultural places you want to know more about.

UNCOVER: BAD RESULTS (6 episodes)

Launches Monday, October 28
They needed certainty. They got chaos. For over a decade, countless people from at least five different countries put their trust in a Toronto company offering prenatal paternity tests. Their clinic promised “99% accuracy” — their results were anything but. Hosts Jorge Barrera and Rachel Houlihan talk to people whose lives were torn apart by these bad results, tracking the trail of shattered families, acrimonious court cases and interrupted childhoods. BAD RESULTS is the latest season of CBC’s hit true crime podcast UNCOVER.

SOMEONE KNOWS SOMETHING: THE CHRISTINE HARRON CASE (Season 9, 5 episodes)

Launches Wednesday, November 6

Christine Harron, a book-loving teenager from Hanover, Ontario, leaves for school in the spring of 1993 and is never seen again. A suspect emerges, confessing to her murder, but the case falls apart and Christine’s family are left without answers. In Season 9 of the award-winning podcast SOMEONE KNOWS SOMETHING, David Ridgen, along with Christine’s mother, reopen the investigation and come face to face with the man who said he killed Chrissy.

PERSONALLY: SHORT SIGHTED (5 episodes)

Launches Tuesday, November 19

SHORT SIGHTED uses innovative audio to explain vision loss to a sighted audience. Hosted by Graham Isador (VICE, GQ) and scored by Christopher Ross-Ewart (Yale School of Drama), the show combines personal storytelling, humour, journalistic interviews, and experimental sound design to immerse audiences in the surprising and frustrating world of visual impairment. Each episode of SHORT SIGHTED uses a story about Graham’s vision loss as a jumping-off point for larger conversations about accessibility and blindness. SHORT SIGHTED is the latest season of CBC’s new memoir podcast, PERSONALLY.

In addition to the aforementioned titles, CBC’s ongoing podcasts include: COMMOTION WITH ELAMIN ABDELMAHMOUD, CRIME STORY, THE DOSE, FRONT BURNER, Q WITH TOM POWER, SICKBOY and more.

CBC offers a richly diverse collection of award-winning podcasts that engage, enlighten and entertain. CBC is the #1 Canadian podcaster, reaching more Canadians than any other podcast publisher with millions of downloads each month and more than 45 series in genres such as true crime, comedy, human interest and audio fiction.