CBC announced Tuesday a slate of new original podcasts for the fall, which includes pop culture and investigative series.
Launching Tuesday, October 15, Celine: Understood will run for four episodes and follows “Celine expert” Thomas Leblanc as he “explores the surprising culture, political and business alchemy that created one of the most enduring superstars the planet has ever seen. Understood is a series that features cultural events and places “you want to know more about.”
Launching Monday, October 28, the true crime podcast Uncover: Bad Results will run for six episodes and explores the lives of people shattered by a promise made by a Toronto company offering prenatal paternity tests that its results were 99 per cent accurate, but in fact they were not. It is hosted by Jorge Barrera.
Launching Wednesday, November 6, the true crime podcast Someone Knows Something: The Christine Harron Case is the ninth season of the Someone Knows Something series that will run for five episodes. “Christine Harron, a book-loving teenager from Hanover, Ontario, leaves for school in the spring of 1993 and is never seen again,” a synopsis reads. “A suspect emerges, confessing to her murder, but the case falls apart and Christine’s family are left without answers.” David Ridgen investigates.
And launching Tuesday, November 19, Personally: Short Sighted will run for five episodes and uses audio to explain vision loss to a sighted audience. “The show combines personal storytelling, humour, journalistic interviews, and experimental sound design to immerse audiences in the surprising and frustrating world of visual impairment,” a synopsis reads. Hosted by Graham Isador and Christopher Ross-Ewart, “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.”
Personal Best returns for a third season of six episodes and is available now. The celebrated series helps “ordinary people work through the little things they’d never bring to a life coach.” It is hosted by Rob Norman and Andrew Norton.
Split Screen: Thrill Seekers runs for six episodes, the first two of which is already available on CBC Listen and other podcast platforms. A TV crew offers 12 people the chance to take part in an “adventure of a lifetime.” The twist, however, is that, unlike the contestants, the audience already knows everything about it. It is hosted by Nick van der Kolk.
Photo of Andrew Norton And Rob Norman, hosts of “Personal Best,” via CBC
