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Personally: Creation Myth

Helena does not want kids. Her husband believes she’ll change her mind—she has so much love to give, she would be a perfect mother. That will never happen, she tells him. Again. And again. Until one day, he leaves.In the silence, doubt starts rushing in. So she asks her close friends, her mother, her sister, even a perfect stranger—did she make the right decision? What is the purpose of life? Center your pleasure, says one friend. Go for adventure, says another, and isn’t parenthood the biggest

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00:36:02

Episode 6: The Nuclear Option

Personally: Creation Myth ·

2026/03/10

Since she can’t decide if she should get sterilized or not, Helena asks a stranger. A guy named Sam who doesn’t have any stake in her life. Sam regretted having his kid. He didn’t realize at the time what he was getting into, what he would be giving up. But he understood the moment his son was born. So when Helena asks, “Should I have a kid or no?” Sam is ready for it, “I thought you'd never ask.”Hear all episodes of Personally: Creation Myth now, early and ad-free, on CBC Stories Premium on Apple

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00:35:06

Episode 5: All of it

Personally: Creation Myth ·

2026/03/03

Just like her grandmother, her great-grandmother, and her aunt, Helena gets depressed. She sits down with her mother Annika, to really talk about it.“It was as if your skin no longer fit,” her mother says. Together they unearth the painful moments that have shaped their relationship. After years of struggling with her mental health, Helena is left wondering what to do with the time she has left?Hear all episodes of Personally: Creation Myth now, early and ad-free, on CBC Stories Premium on Apple

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00:38:15

Episode 4: Freedom Form

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2026/02/24

With her sterilization scheduled, Helena sits down with her new lover to explain her decision. But the conversation leads in an unexpected direction. More confused than ever, she reaches out to Alejandra, a woman who underwent the same procedure and doesn’t regret her decision—it confirmed her true identity. Helena is not so sure. The clock is ticking. What is she scared of?Hear all episodes of Personally: Creation Myth now, early and ad-free, on CBC Stories Premium on Apple Podcasts.

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00:41:34

Episode 3: Doors Do Close

Personally: Creation Myth ·

2026/02/17

After her abortion, Helena’s marriage is at a tipping point. David still wants kids, and she wants her tubes tied. In a moment of despair, a conversation with Ama the poet shifts Helena's understanding of what a good life can look like. Maybe she can center her pleasure?Hear all episodes of Personally: Creation Myth now, early and ad-free, on CBC Stories Premium on Apple Podcasts.

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00:36:47

Episode 2: Pregnant

Personally: Creation Myth ·

2026/02/10

Helena does not want kids. Her husband does. For years they’ve battled it out. Then, while he 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.This episode was a 2025 Tribeca OfficialSelection.Hear all episodes of Personally: Creation Myth now, early and ad-free, on CBC Stories

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00:39:33

Episode 1: Nothing Complicated

Personally: Creation Myth ·

2026/02/10

Helena knows she doesn’t want kids. She’s sure of it. Almost. It was a constant topic of conversation with her friend Sigrid in her 20s. Sigrid would try to convince her, but having children was not what she wanted for her life. Then one day in Paris, she meets David.Hear all episodes of Personally: Creation Myth now, early and ad-free, on CBC Stories Premium on Apple Podcasts.

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Introducing: Creation Myth

Personally: Creation Myth ·

2026/01/20

Introducing the new season of Personally, called Creation Myth. Helena does not want to have kids. Kid, child, baby - not for her. She’s just not parent material. So why is she obsessed with parenthood? Why does she ask her friends who are parents for every detail? She’s in her forties now. The door is almost closed. And suddenly, she wonders. Does she want a kid?

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01:07:44

Episode 8: San Francisco, 2022

Personally: Creation Myth ·

2025/12/15

The final chapter in our series on Daryl Allen. We end the story where it started.Email us at hi@resurrectionpodcast.comThe creation of this podcast was made possible thanks to the financial support of the Conseildes arts de Montréal, le Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, and the Canada Council for the Arts.

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00:53:21

Episode 7: Mustang Zero-One

Personally: Creation Myth ·

2025/12/08

We share Daryl's play with the world.The creation of this podcast was made possible thanks to the financial support of the Conseildes arts de Montréal, le Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, and the Canada Council for the Arts.

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00:45:55

Episode 6: What Happened in Vietnam

Personally: Creation Myth ·

2025/12/01

This is the story of what happened in Vietnam.The creation of this podcast was made possible thanks to the financial support of the Conseildes arts de Montréal, le Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, and the Canada Council for the Arts.

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01:01:47

Episode 5: Janet

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2025/11/24

Janet's side of the story.The creation of this podcast was made possible thanks to the financial support of the Conseildes arts de Montréal, le Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, and the Canada Council for the Arts.

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00:33:32

Episode 4: Kansas (Part Two)

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2025/11/17

In the second part of our trip to Kansas, we go on a hunt for the Allen Family Farm.The creation of this podcast was made possible thanks to the financial support of the Conseildes arts de Montréal, le Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, and the Canada Council for the Arts.

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00:35:23

Episode 3: Kansas (Part One)

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2025/11/10

In this episode, we go to Kansas.The creation of this podcast was made possible thanks to the financial support of the Conseildes arts de Montréal, le Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, and the Canada Council for the Arts.

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00:39:22

Episode 2: Four Christmases

Personally: Creation Myth ·

2025/11/03

Daryl and Dan were in love, until something happened that changed everything. This is the story of the evolution of Daryl and Dan's relationship; a queer love story set against the backdrop of the AIDS crisis.The creation of this podcast was made possible thanks to the financial support of the Conseildes arts de Montréal, le Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, and the Canada Council for the Arts.

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Episode 1: San Francisco, 1979

Personally: Creation Myth ·

2025/11/03

Daryl Allen always wanted to be a playwright, but before his art found success, his life was cut short by HIV. Before he dies, he leaves one of his scripts with an ex-boyfriend, asking his ex to do something with the play. 25 years later, the script is given to Dane Stewart, a playwright living in Montreal, and he falls down the rabbit hole.The creation of this podcast was made possible thanks to the financial support of the Conseildes arts de Montréal, le Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec,

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00:03:11

Introducing: Resurrection

Personally: Creation Myth ·

2025/10/31

In a moment of fate in 2017, Dane Stewart is gifted a bundle of love letters and theatrical scripts, written by a queer man named Daryl Allen before AIDS took his life in 1991. Along with the letters, Dane is given a task: tell Daryl's story and give his art the audience it lost when his life was cut short.Part investigation, part documentary, and part love story, Resurrection asks us what we leave behind when we go. Daryl proves that for every person lost to AIDS, there's a life story just waiting

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00:44:45

Introducing | Sorry for Your Loss: Behind the Scenes...

Personally: Creation Myth ·

2025/10/17

Step behind the scenes of deathcare in this episode of Sorry for Your Loss, from The Walrus Lab and Mount Pleasant Group. The podcast explores the often uncomfortable but universal conversations around death, sharing honest stories from the people who work in deathcare and the families they support. In this episode, funeral directors Macey Duncan and Natasha Bryan reflect on the emotional weight of their work and the meaning they find in guiding others through grief. More episodes are available

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00:32:49

Part Four: Questions

Personally: Creation Myth ·

2025/09/30

Many listeners were left with a lot of lingering questions and thoughts after the first three episodes. In the final installment of ‘NO’ we respond to some of the questions that we heard a lot of.What do I tell my kids? What if my no DOES mean yes? Additionally, some of the producers and trusted sex educator, Samara Breger unpack some of the blind spots and larger themes from the last three episodes.We value your input. Fill out our listener questionnaire here!

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00:40:33

Part Three: Answers

Personally: Creation Myth ·

2025/09/30

The third episode of NO: Kaitlin’s search for the answer to why coercion is so omnipresent lands her in one obvious place. Straight, cis-gendered men. In this episode, Kaitlin consults the men in her life that she loves, her friends, her father, her exes to see if they had ever pressured someone into having unwanted intimacy. But she knows she cannot end her search here. She must reach out to the men who have transgressed her to get their side of the story.We value your input. Fill out our listener

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00:33:55

Part Two: Inheritance

Personally: Creation Myth ·

2025/09/23

In the second episode of the series, we catch up to Kaitlin while she is in her mid-twenties, waiting to fall in love. Over the years she has become an expert at advocating for her own pleasure. She has learned how to say no to the sex that she doesn’t want to have with tact and grace. Just as Kaitlin thinks she has figured out the art of sexual negotiations, another unsettling experience becomes a catalyst for a search for answers.

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