Alone: A Love Story

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Alone: A Love Story is an award-winning memoir by Michelle Parise. With candour and humour, Michelle delves into the deepest, darkest aspects of her divorce and her new life as a part-time parent, part-time partier.

EPISODE 21

Chapter 21: Courage

The first episode of the third season. A frightening encounter, a beautiful road trip and a new chapter in my life.

27 min
EPISODE 22

Chapter 22: Variations

Marking time, my territory and my biological clock.

27 min
EPISODE 23

Chapter 23: In Dreams

PDA in NYC, running in circles and sex as ceasefire.

26 min
EPISODE 24

Chapter 24: Falling

The edge of despair, The Husband becomes a dandy, and the trouble with truth and trust.

30 min
EPISODE 25

Chapter 25: Lost

Cold legs, wanderlust and living by the tides.

26 min
EPISODE 26

Chapter 26: Caution

Carpenter ants, cotton candy and a passionate declaration from The Man With the White Shirt.

22 min
EPISODE 27

Chapter 27: Blow Away

Cloud 9, flight school, flying high. Then a sudden change of altitude.

27 min
EPISODE 28

Chapter 28: Love after Love

Spiderman, a sexy cowboy, and making my way out of the wild, wild wood.

35 min
12/20/2018

Bonus: The Thing About the Heart & Maps

A rundown heart and a road map for life: Michelle Parise shares two more scenes from the Season 3 cutting room floor.

5 min
01/18/2019

Bonus: I Should Sleep But I Don't Sleep

A drifter in her own life: Michelle Parise shares a poignant scene that was cut from Season 3.

5 min

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If you’ve ever been to Newfoundland, you know it’s a place where fog can envelop you so deeply, you don’t know where you’re going or where you came from. When two men, born in the same rural Newfoundland hospital on the same day, discover an unbelievable 52-year-old secret, it changes the way they see themselves forever. But this isn’t the end of the story. Because it turns out these men are not alone. A series of other close calls and near misses have begun to emerge, and not only at Come by Chance hospital. Come By Chance is a story about what it means to belong in a family — and how a twist of fate can upend the life you thought you knew. Hosted by Luke Quinton. Seven episodes releasing Tuesday, June 4, 2024.

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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, a resentment, and an end. Named an Apple Podcasts Series Essential.

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09/10/2025

LinaLikeCarolina

I want this to be optioned as a tv show. I listen repeatedly over the years .It’s so good I often use this show to introduce ppl to podcasting.
Can’t find anything that lives up to this!!!!

08/04/2025

Noelle Davi

Gosh, what an amazing story! Keeps you hooked- it’s relatable, had me crying & laughing. Felt like a close friend telling me a story, I can’t even describe it!!
This is my favorite podcast

12/03/2024

Queenjustine23

I almost didn’t listen because I tend to listen exclusively to true crime - but I gave it a chance. And wow, did it ever deliver! I cried, and laughed, and just really, really enjoyed this whole series. I cannot recommend it enough.
Beautiful poignant story

10/06/2024

Lisa cushman

I really appreciated the vulnerability of this beautiful poignant story. Thank you so much for telling it.

Alone: A Love Story is an award-winning memoir by Michelle Parise. With candour and humour, Michelle delves into the deepest, darkest aspects of her divorce and her new life as a part-time parent, part-time partier.