9 episodes
Asking For It CBC STORIES
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4.1 • 75 Ratings
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A queer contemporary take of the Goldilocks tale: about love, music, and breaking the cycle of abuse. Goldie escapes a chaotic childhood only to go from a partner who starves her of love to a partner who nearly drowns her in it, before learning to be just right on her own. From CBC Podcasts and Mermaid Palace. Produced by award-winning podcast creator Kaitlin Prest featuring writer/director Drew Denny.
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Asking For It Introduces: The Heart: SISTERS
The Heart is an audio art project about power and love. From CBC Podcasts, Mermaid Palace and Radiotopia. SISTERS is a 5 episode series that follows the journey of an older and younger sister from birth to adulthood. Natalie and Kaitlin went from being childhood rivals to being best friends. When the sisters decide to work together to create the very podcast series you are about to listen to, they face challenges they never anticipated. Sibling rivalry, mental health struggles and the daunting task of creating an audio series about it all: can these women overcome the patterns they learned in childhood and live in harmony as adults? More episodes are available at: https://link.chtbl.com/mo151CGA
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EP. 1: Meet Goldie
The cycle begins
“Everyone feels the same way when we fall in love, right? But what if I’m a puzzle piece so misshapen that when I find my perfect match... it’s a disaster. Dangerous even?”
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EP. 2: Too Little
Abuse that is invisible but still leaves a mark
“What would you say if I told you a MAN was doing these things to me?”
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EP. 3: Three Bears
Inside the mind of an abuser
“Why tell a lie when you’ve found the real thing?”
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EP. 4: Once Upon a Time...
Internalized Misogyny and Intergenerational Trauma
“Dangit! I’m still alive?”
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EP. 5: Too Much
Intimate partner violence
“Never in all my years of playing dress-up, of scissoring my Barbies, of pretending to marry my dog, did I ever imagine I would grow up to stare into the eyes of my beloved and say: ‘Can you please stop pointing the gun at me?’”
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Customer Reviews
Eye opening
As a straight woman, this story opened my eyes to the fact that queer relationships have absolutely similar dynamics as straight relationships.
Self discovery, love of the arts, jealousy , possessiveness, survival, boundaries..and the list goes on.
The narrator’s are incredibly talented where I found myself enveloped into each and every character, like was there , watching.
This podcast left me craving for more of this story . Will there be more episodes …ever?
Unique!
There are no podcasts like this one. Shadows was also amazing but asking for it is something unlike anything in existence. Kaitlin is amazing! And her team.
great podcast
great podcast shedding light on important topic - great to get queer representation