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Personally: Toy Soldier
Personally: Toy Soldier
CBC

As a child, Alex Kurzem faced a choice: be killed or join the killers.In the midst of the Second World War, he... more

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Episodes

Introducing Toy Soldier

As a child, Alex Kurzem faced a choice: be killed or join the killers. After escaping the massacre that killed his... more

13 Feb 2025 · 3 minutes
Personally Introduces: On Drugs

On Drugs looks through the lenses of history, pop culture and personal experience to understand how drugs have shaped our... more

07 Feb 2025 · 41 minutes
Sorry About The Kid | Ep 4: Macho Man Ninja

“Isn’t this the a-hole who killed Paul McKinnon? Shut up and die!” A distracting obsession. An unexpected letter. And a... more

05 Feb 2025 · 34 minutes
Sorry About The Kid | Ep 3: Ghost

“Were you waiting for me to just say goodbye?” Alex and his grief counsellor, Yvonne, dive into one memory of... more

29 Jan 2025 · 29 minutes
Sorry About The Kid | Ep 2: Paulbearers

A funeral. A strange smell. A story that just doesn’t add up. In the days after Paul’s death, grief consumes... more

15 Jan 2025 · 34 minutes
Sorry About The Kid | Ep 1: Where’s Paul?

Alex worshipped his older brother, Paul. But when Paul was killed by a speeding police car at age 14, Alex... more

15 Jan 2025 · 29 minutes
Introducing Sorry About The Kid

How do you forget your favourite person in the world? Alex remembers everything about the day a speeding police car... more

08 Jan 2025 · 2 minutes
How to surf when you're going blind

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

17 Dec 2024 · 14 minutes
How to be photographer when you can’t see

After an unsuccessful eye surgery, Graham feels estranged from his camera. Blind photojournalist Samantha Hurley offers a different perspective before... more

10 Dec 2024 · 13 minutes
How to dance for people who don’t see

Graham talks to blind artist Devon Healey, who makes dance shows for people who don’t see and explores the world... more

03 Dec 2024 · 15 minutes