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Personally: Agent Layla

When she was 20 years old, something terrible happened to Vienna Luke. And for more than a decade, the truth of that night remains buried. But when Vienna becomes a mother, she realizes she must confront the past and uncover the truth – whatever the consequences for her family. Her sister Shawnessy comes aboard in the role of dogged detective and Vienna plays the secret agent in a relentless search for answers and justice. Personally: Agent Layla is a gripping true story about memory, family and how

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00:32:09

Part 1: My Parents, Ellen and Tom

Personally: Agent Layla ·

2025/06/16

My parents divorced when I was eight years old — young enough that I don’t have a lot of clear memories of it, but old enough that I was definitely watching, listening, and learning. So I asked them both to tell me what happened, and got two pretty different stories.

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00:03:39

Introducing: Forever is a Long Time

Personally: Agent Layla ·

2025/06/11

When I decided to get married, every living member of my family who had ever been married had also gotten divorced. Apparently, I thought my marriage would end differently.Listen to Personally: Forever is a Long Time starting June 16, 2025.

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00:02:30

Introducing: Creation Myth

Personally: Agent Layla ·

2025/05/05

Introducing an upcoming season of Personally, called Creation Myth. Helena does not want kids. Her husband does. What else is the purpose of life, he keeps asking her, hoping she’ll change her mind. But after eight years he gives up and leaves. Lost and alone, she’s left with his question. What is our purpose? And what if it is already here?This series is an Official Selection of the Tribeca Audio Festival. Make sure you follow Personally, so you know when the full season becomes available, later

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00:36:02

Creation Myth

Personally: Agent Layla ·

2025/04/24

This episode of Personally is from an upcoming season, called Creation Myth. Helena does not want kids. Her husband does. For years they’ve battled it out. Then, while her husband is on his way back from a surfing trip, she finds out she’s pregnant. What will she tell him? What should she do? She calls her dear friend Joshua for help: he’s wise, he’s a parent, he knows her well. But she doesn’t have a lot of time. Her husband will be home in an hour.

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00:26:42

Episode 5: ‘L’chaim – To Life’

Personally: Agent Layla ·

2025/03/17

As Alex’s newfound family grapples with who he really was and what side of the war he was fighting for, COVID sets in. Will Alex ever get a real reunion?

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00:40:25

Episode 4: A Complicated Miracle

Personally: Agent Layla ·

2025/03/10

Alex finally takes a DNA test, hoping to prove his identity – once and for all. What will it find? Who will it find? The results surprise everyone, even Alex.

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00:33:04

Episode 3: The Money Angle

Personally: Agent Layla ·

2025/03/03

Alex’s story goes viral (as viral as it can in the early 2000s), but doubts and accusations swirl around him – dividing his family and community. Alex is called a liar and a conman trying to profit from the Holocaust, yet he refuses to do the one thing that would prove he’s telling the truth.

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00:32:37

Episode 2: Born a Second Time

Personally: Agent Layla ·

2025/02/24

Uldis is now Alex – living an ordinary, happy life in Australia, but the horrors of his past have resurfaced. Fifty years after his name was stolen from him, can he find it again? A letter from Minsk might hold the answers.

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00:32:41

Episode 1: The Hidden Suitcase

Personally: Agent Layla ·

2025/02/17

Uldis Kurzemnieks believed he would take his lie to the grave – his life had depended on it. For decades, he told the same story of how he survived the Second World War as a boy, but his niece always believed there was more to the story. Now, she’s learning the whole truth– piece by shocking piece.

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00:03:06

Introducing Toy Soldier

Personally: Agent Layla ·

2025/02/13

As a child, Alex Kurzem faced a choice: be killed or join the killers.After escaping the massacre that killed his family during the Holocaust, he’s found by the enemy and taken in as one of their own – becoming a Jewish boy masquerading as a Nazi soldier. He’d live with this false identity for so long, he no longer remembered who he was before.This is the story Alex would tell the world decades later, but could a story so unbelievable be true? Host Dan Goldberg finds out.

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00:41:15

Personally Introduces: On Drugs

Personally: Agent Layla ·

2025/02/07

On Drugs looks through the lenses of history, pop culture and personal experience to understand how drugs have shaped our world. Because even if it’s just caffeine or ibuprofen, there’s a good chance you’re on drugs right now. More episodes of On Drugs are available at:https://link.mgln.ai/4DtGUQ

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00:34:00

Sorry About The Kid | Ep 4: Macho Man Ninja

Personally: Agent Layla ·

2025/02/05

“Isn’t this the a-hole who killed Paul McKinnon? Shut up and die!” A distracting obsession. An unexpected letter. And a controversial method of regaining lost memories. Plus, a final message from Paul.

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00:29:39

Sorry About The Kid | Ep 3: Ghost

Personally: Agent Layla ·

2025/01/29

“Were you waiting for me to just say goodbye?” Alex and his grief counsellor, Yvonne, dive into one memory of Paul that Alex never forgot and try to trigger others. Plus, Alex’s parents discover that some of their own memories are not what they seem.

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00:34:10

Sorry About The Kid | Ep 2: Paulbearers

Personally: Agent Layla ·

2025/01/15

A funeral. A strange smell. A story that just doesn’t add up. In the days after Paul’s death, grief consumes Alex’s family. His mom is catatonic. His dad is furious. Both are focused on one thing: demanding the police take responsibility for what they’ve done. Meanwhile, Alex’s memories of Paul are already slipping away. Now, he confronts the roots of that memory loss with a grief counselor who has her own connection to Paul — she saw him die.

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00:29:27

Sorry About The Kid | Ep 1: Where’s Paul?

Personally: Agent Layla ·

2025/01/15

Alex worshipped his older brother, Paul. But when Paul was killed by a speeding police car at age 14, Alex almost immediately started to forget him. First his voice. Then his laugh. Then pretty much everything else. But what if those memories could be retrieved? Through a series of intimate conversations with family and friends about Paul’s final moments alive, Alex begins to explore why Paul’s death has become the only thing he remembers.

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00:02:10

Introducing Sorry About The Kid

Personally: Agent Layla ·

2025/01/08

How do you forget your favourite person in the world? Alex remembers everything about the day a speeding police car killed his brother. But his brother, alive? Those memories are lost – and he wants them back. Sorry About the Kid is an emotional, deeply personal meditation on the losses that define us. Hosted by Alex McKinnon. Produced with Mira Burt-Wintonick (WireTap, Love Me).

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00:14:27

Short Sighted | E5: How to surf when you're going blind

Personally: Agent Layla ·

2024/12/17

Graham faces his fears and travels to Vancouver to learn how to surf from blind screenwriter Ryan Knighton.Special thanks to Ryan Knighton.

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00:13:54

Short Sighted | E4: How to be photographer when you...

Personally: Agent Layla ·

2024/12/10

After an unsuccessful eye surgery, Graham feels estranged from his camera. Blind photojournalist Samantha Hurley offers a different perspective before she leaves to photograph the 2024 Paralympic games in Paris.Special thanks to Sam Hurley.For more about Sam Hurley’swork visithttps://samanthahurley.myportfolio.com/New episodes will be released weekly on Tuesdays. Don't want to wait? Binge the whole season right now via CBC Stories Premium on Apple Podcasts.

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00:15:06

Short Sighted | E3: How to dance for people who don’t...

Personally: Agent Layla ·

2024/12/03

Graham talks to blind artist Devon Healey, who makes dance shows for people who don’t see and explores the world of audio description.Special thanks to Justin Miller, Tarragon Theatre, Outside The March Theatre company and Vanessa Smythe.For more on Devon Healy’s “Rainbow on Mars” visithttps://outsidethemarch.ca.New episodes will be released weekly on Tuesdays. Don't want to wait? Binge the whole season right now via CBC Stories Premium on Apple Podcasts.

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00:13:40

Short Sighted | E2: How to tell people you're losing...

Personally: Agent Layla ·

2024/11/26

Because there are no visual identifiers for Graham’s condition, people don’t think he’s losing his sight. They think he’s an asshole. Graham talks to his friends about why they think he has problems in social situations.Special thanks to Dan Barra-Berger, Yvonne Felix,Steven Aquino, Steven Scott, and Erica Peck.New episodes will be released weekly on Tuesdays. Don't want to wait? Binge the whole season right now via CBC Stories Premium on Apple Podcasts.

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