Cheese Moon, with Jillian Welsh

Imagine: What would it be like to move somewhere new? Would you feel lonely without your old friends? Does the moon ever feel lonely?

Today's story is all about loving yourself as you are. When are you the most yourself? When is it easy or hard to be yourself?

About today's storyteller: Jillian Welsh is a writer, performer and cast member of the Second City MainStage in Toronto. She has a Canadian Comedy Award and is a writer for TVO Kid’s Backyard Beats. You can also see her acting on TV in Odd Squad Mobile Unit, TALLBoyz, Working Moms and Baroness Von Sketch Show. Her adult stories have been featured on This American Life, CBC’s Love Me and RISK! You can catch her in the kitchen reaching for frozen blueberries. jillianwelsh.com

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Les mots sont délicieux! Words are delicious. French/English from today's snack:

• La lune de fromage: the cheese moon
• Je sais: I know
• Mais, non! But no!
• Une merveilleuse aventure: a wonderful adventure
• Pas de problème: no problem
• Allons-y! Let's go!
• La lune: the moon
• Je t'aime: I love you
• La même lune: the same moon
• La fin: the end

Merci beaucoup! Merci à Jillian Welsh for entertaining us with her story ‘Cheese Moon.’ Thank you to Jill's niece Haley Welsh (age 5) for the episode illustration.

This Audio Snack was performed by Jillian Welsh, Professor Pineapple, and Bearkin. Creative and production support by Ginette Mohr. Episode music composed and performed by Tim Freeman and Red Velvet Revolution. 'Acoustic Motivation' performed by Yrii Semchyshyn, 'Life Ambient' performed by Sergei Chetvertnykh, 'Light and Reflective Piano Orchestra' performed by Musictown, and 'Voice of Nature' performed by Oleksii Kaplunskyi.

See you soon! A bientôt!

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