7 episodes
Expectant Pippa Johnstone
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4.7 • 54 Ratings
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Expectant is a six-part audio series that muddies fiction and non-fiction as a woman faces the prospect of becoming a parent during the climate crisis.
Through conversations with climate researchers, parents, mental health experts and childfree families, she grapples with grief, hope, and the biggest decision of her life: should she bring a child into this world?
Written and performed by Pippa Johnstone. Music by Laura Reznek. Sound design and mixing by Robyn Edgar. Dramaturgy by Karina Palmitesta. Artwork by Hannah Campbell.
This series is supported by the Canada Council for the Arts and the Ontario Arts Council.
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The Test
She takes her first step out onto the fence.
This episode features Hannah Campbell and Lynne Quarmby and sounds best with headphones. -
The North
She asks him, what if we didn’t?
This episode features Colin and Sydney Wolf and sounds best with headphones. -
The Math
She adds up the cost of another footprint.
This episode features Kimberly Nicholas, and sounds best with headphones. -
The Dark Knowledge
She talks to the people who study the future.
This episode features Katie Hayes and Britt Wray, and sounds best with headphones. -
The Ultrasound
She talks to her mum.
This episode features Marjory Lang and sounds best with headphones. -
The Cabin
She listens for the answer.
This episode features Emma Campbell and Lisa Cooke Ravensburgen, and sounds best with headphones. Find the episode transcript here.
Customer Reviews
A work of art
This series is truly so special. The storytelling is gripping and poetic, bolstered by immersive sound design and gorgeous original music. The framing is deeply thoughtful, well-researched and reflective. The beautifully interwoven interviews range from personal and familiar, to funny and charming, to informative and thought-provoking, challenging and heartbreaking, searingly hopeful. The artful bending of fiction and non-fiction is unlike anything I’ve heard before, and the level of vulnerability is just so generous. What a gift.
Everyone should listen to this
Recommended to so many pals already, it’s well worth the listen. Ready for a second season!
Brilliant, surprising, thoughtful
I didn’t know what to expect(!), and was drawn in from the beginning to the thoughtful, human, funny, touching approach to asking big questions and raising troubling issues. We follow the narrator through ups and downs, hopefulness and hopelessness, as she figures out her own path. Highly recommended.