Podcasts by Sleepover
Sleepover host Sook-Yin Lee brings together three complete strangers for 24 hours to talk about what’s difficult and try to make it better.
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Native Child and the Full Moon 2: Caterina from 2018-05-29T11:58
Caterina Sinclair (Saulteaux Ojibway Nation, Spawning&Manila, Philippines) spent 6 difficult years in foster care. She’s grounded, smart, resilient, and committed to living healthy. How can she mai...
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Native Child and the Full Moon 3: Tegan from 2018-05-29T11:57
Tegan Smallwood, 15, isn’t sure which nation she's from because her mom was adopted during the Sixties Scoop. A few years ago, her family went through a rough patch. Now, she wants to unpack it. Ho...
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Native Child and the Full Moon 4: Jordan from 2018-05-29T11:56
Jordan Lonechild-Lavalley (Plains, Cree&Ojibway, Saskatchewan). Childhood struggles helped build his strong character. Now he wants to be a social worker but can be quick to snap at people. How can...
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Sleepover Check In 2: Perfect Strangers Return to an Imperfect World from 2017-06-26T12:00
Perfect strangers sequester themselves for 24 hours to help each other. But what happens when they return to an imperfect world? Sook-Yin Lee checks in with guests from Toronto and Peterborough to ...
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Peterborough I: Trudy's Family Feud from 2017-06-19T11:59
Deep in the Canadian wilderness arrives Trudy Wilson— realtor, long distance swimmer, and devoted mom. Family is important to Trudy, but since her mom’s death, she’s been battling with her big br...
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Peterborough II: Orville Needs Out from 2017-06-19T11:58
Orville Thertell -- a typical affable Canadian--might be too nice. Orville’s being taken advantage of, but can’t put his foot down. Sequestered in a boathouse in the woods, can tough talk from a ...
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Peterborough III: Oseko's Secret Life from 2017-06-19T11:57
Oseko Ogega is a working class hero with a gift of the gab. He leads a double life, and it’s got him at a crossroads: should he be a working stiff or follow his passion? A rap battle in the wilder...
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Toronto Coach House I: Davinder’s Decision from 2017-06-12T11:59
Davinder Mahli, 18, is passionate about theatre, and has written award-winning plays. Davinder’s parents worked hard to send him to theatre school, but his inspiration is slipping. Does he stick it...
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Toronto Coach House II: Walter’s Wall from 2017-06-12T11:58
Walter Callaghan is a former military medic, forced out after a serious back injury. Over ten years later, Walter still clings to his military identity and ghosts of the past. Can Walter learn to l...
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Toronto Coach House III: Eryn Faye and the Fire Down Below from 2017-06-12T11:57
As a “passion coach”, Eryn Faye Frans helps confused Christians navigate sex and intimacy. But for all of her expertise, Erin Faye is struggling with her own problem: after being diagnosed with col...
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Sleepover Live I: Hot Docs Power Nap Edition from 2017-06-05T11:59
In the Sleepover Live Power Nap Edition, three mystery guests meet for the first time in a king-sized bed on stage with Sook-Yin Lee to share their deepest dilemmas.
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Sleepover Live II: Hot Docs Power Nap Edition from 2017-06-05T11:58
Hear part two of'Sleepover Live Power Nap Edition', where three mystery guests meet for the first time in a king-sized bed on stage with Sook-Yin Lee to share their deepest dilemmas.
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Sleepover Check-In: What Becomes of Your Problem? from 2017-05-29T12:00
Sook-Yin Lee checks in with guests from Vancouver, Salt Spring Island, and Toronto after they’ve checked out. The big question remains: Once you return to the world post-sleepover, what happens to ...
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Toronto Skyscraper I: Judy Doesn’t Have A Problem from 2017-05-22T11:59
Judy, the “NO. 1 GRANNY”, sings, dances, golfs, skis, and loves driving. That’s her problem. Her family is worried about her and wants Judy to give up the wheel. Faced with the realities of agei...
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Toronto Skyscraper II: Ben Wants Friends from 2017-05-22T11:58
Ben Goodes, 13, loves eating junk food and playing with his dog and best friend, Maya. Ben is looking for human friends, but has social anxiety related to his autism. People confound him, but he...
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Toronto Skyscraper III: Kai Cheng Unplugs from 2017-05-22T11:57
Kai Cheng is a social worker, poet, and workaholic. Her experiences growing up trans inspires her help. She’s always there for others, but it’s exhausting. She needs to set boundaries, and focus ...
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Salt Spring I: Cody Goes to Syria from 2017-05-15T11:59
Young activist, Cody Bergerud was raised in a progressive idyllic paradise. But when he becomes disillusioned with local politics, he takes off for war-torn Syria. Can he keep his promise to help...
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Salt Spring II: Cathy’s Vanishing Legacy from 2017-05-15T11:58
Cathy Roland’s ancestors were sent by Hawaiian King Kamehameha to help with Canada’s 19th century fur trade! She’s proud of her Hawaiian-Salish heritage, but the next generation doesn’t get it. ...
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Salt Spring III: Scott, Come Down From that Tree! from 2017-05-15T11:57
Scott Nyuli is an arborist who swings from the tallest trees but problems begin when he hits the ground. He wants romance but gets completely tongue-tied talking to women. Will Scott unlock the mys...
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Vancouver I: Soheil's Millionaire Blues from 2017-05-08T11:59
Vancouver’s Soheil Biniaz is a self-made millionaire, who's learning deep connection is something his money can't buy.
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Vancouver II: Tru's Survival Skills from 2017-05-08T11:58
Groundbreaking Vancouverite, Tru Wilson, is part of a new generation of empowered trans kids demanding to be heard. Tru's got enough optimism to light up a room. How will this bright tween face a ...
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Vancouver III: Sacha Separates from 2017-05-08T11:57
Sacha Ouellet is a tough and tender twenty-something, juggling two jobs. She left a tumultuous home life at the age of 17, but recently reconciled with her mom. Will her dreams of moving away to be...
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Sleepover SEASON 2 launches May 8 from 2017-03-29T12:00
Sleepover Season 2 is unleashed online May 8. For the first time ever binge on an entire Sleepover three episodes at a time. When strangers collide incredible things happen.
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Tiny repairs in reality from 2017-02-17T12:00
Sleepover hints at Season 2 and makes their live debut at Hot Docs Podcast Festival. Sleepover Live: Power Nap Edition is where three mystery guests meet for the first time in a king-sized bed on s...
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Sleepover Live: Power Nap Edition from 2016-11-08T12:00
Sleepover hints at Season 2 and makes their live debut at Hot Docs Podcast Festival. Sleepover Live: Power Nap Edition is where three mystery guests meet for the first time in a king-sized bed on ...
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Jagmeet’s Disarming Style from 2016-08-22T12:00
Punjabi-Canadian Jagmeet Singh is a politician and martial artist, who loves serving his constituents. He wears brightly colored turbans to disarm racism, but worries that his stylish reputation is...
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Judy Wants Romance from 2016-08-15T12:00
Judy Kennedy, 61, is unable to walk because of a neurological disease. She wants romance but is finding it hard to meet new people. Politician Jagmeet Singh, math prodigy Tai Poole and host Sook-Yi...
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Tai’s Trouble from 2016-08-08T12:00
Boy genius Tai Poole is struggling with a problem that he can't quite solve: accepting his ailing grandfather's mortality. Sook-Yin and strangers suggest ways they can stay close and offer insight...
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Josis Moves Out from 2016-08-04T12:00
Teen Josis Thomas is set to attend Laurentian University on a scholarship. It is a dream opportunity but he’s worried about leaving behind his beloved Regent Park, making ends meet, fitting in and ...
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Sheila vs. the Internet from 2016-07-25T12:00
Author Sheila Heti is a shining literary light. But it seems the more popular she is, the more detractors there are. She doesn’t want to be paralyzed by online comments, but she refuses to ignore v...
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Jon the Good Doctor from 2016-07-16T12:00
Dr. Jon Fiddler is “a wild child queer kid at heart”, who works on a Pikangikum First Nation reserve. The reservation's living conditions impede his ability to treat those in need. Jon has to decid...
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Alan Takes Control from 2016-07-11T12:00
Alan Zweig is a documentary filmmaker and self-described ‘old dad’. He has major control issues that he's encouraged to let go of at the sleepover. What will Alan hang onto when his problems are un...
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Scaachi and the Silent Treatment from 2016-07-03T12:00
Scaachi Koul is an outspoken writer with an undeniably bold presence. As night falls, she reveals the weight of her upsetting personal problem: the deterioration of an important relationship that h...
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Charlie's conundrum from 2016-06-27T12:00
Charlie McGettigan is eight years old, freckled and fearless. Despite her confidence, Charlie wrestles with a problem that has the kids at school making faces at her. Will strangers Scaachi Koul an...
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Sleepover teaser from 2016-06-20T12:00
Sleepover with Sook-Yin Lee finds connections between strangers in a hotel room. It launches June 27. Here's Sook-Yin on what the show’s all about.
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Sleepover teaser from 2016-06-20T12:00
Sleepover with Sook-Yin Lee finds connections between strangers in a hotel room. It launches June 27. Here's Sook-Yin on what the show’s all about.
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Sleepover teaser from 2016-06-20T12:00
Sleepover with Sook-Yin Lee finds connections between strangers in a hotel room. It launches June 27. Here's Sook-Yin on what the show’s all about.
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