7 episodes
The Shadows CBC STORIES
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4.9 • 12 Ratings
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Kaitlin Prest, creator and host of the Prix-Italia winner The Heart, presents the first audio fiction from CBC Podcasts. The Shadows is a story about the anatomy of a relationship: a crush, a choice, ...
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Episode 1: Romantic
"When love beckons to you, follow [it]
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And when [its] wings enfold you yield to [it],
Though the sword hidden among [its] pinions may wound you.
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For even as love crowns you so shall [it] crucify you.
Even as [it] is for your growth so is [it] for your pruning." - Kahlil Gibran, On Love -
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Episode 3: Sweater
"Love is being there every day, to keep someone warm, to hold them through the night, to make them feel cozy." - Sweater
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Episode 4: Decision
"Romantics value intensity over stability. Realists value security over passion. But both are often disappointed, for few people can live happily at either extreme." - Esther Perel, Mating in Captivity
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Episode 5: An Argument That Should Be Simple.
"A decided heart looks for a solution. An undecided heart looks for a way out." - Tom, a regular at the Bramasole Diner
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Episode 6: End
"With every commitment there is much that it rejects. Much that it excludes." - Adam Phillips, Unforbidden Pleasures