Podcast: Personal Best

After five years we’re back with a brand-new season! Episode 1 is coming September 10.

Rob and Andrew are back with some news. Also, a preview of a new show from Personal Best's very own Jess Shane. What really happens when stories about people’s lives are collected, edited, and consumed? Radiotopia Presents: Shocking, Heartbreaking, Transformative, a four-part non-fiction series created by Jess Shane, about the nuts and bolts of documentary storytelling, the power dynamics between makers and subjects, and rewriting unwritten rules of the documentary and non-fiction content industry. To learn more visit: https://radiotopiapresents.fm/shocking-heartbreaking-transformative

Limited Capacity is a collection of six short stories about the strange and twisted ways we interact with the internet, and with each other. Each immersive episode is packed with intimate and jarring stories that are both completely familiar and somehow confoundingly alien. It’s like Black Mirror for your ears. From the fiendishly clever mind of Rob Norman, co-creator of the hit podcast Personal Best. More episodes are available at: smarturl.it/limitedcapacity

Joe is a hobo punk anarchist who wants to jettison part of his old self, so that he can step out onto the dance floor. Our final episode of season 2.

Two stories. Sienna cries when confronting authority figures. Also, four strangers wake-up chained in a spooky basement...

Fan is a poet and writer of love letters. He basks in fantasy, but he's never been able to muster any passion for cooking.

Nick is an actor who has auditioned for over 100 commercials with very little success. Is it possible he's just too cool?

Cihang is afraid of running out of things to say. She wishes for a database of interesting tidbits to pull from at parties.

Rob and Andrew hit the streets to find a random stranger's problem and solve it within 48 hours.

Colleen is a very big fan of her brother-in-law's abstract paintings. She offers to sell them on his behalf, withholding the fact she has no idea how to sell.

Chandler is a woman in her thirties without a credit card. The answer might be found in an unusual self-help book.

Eight weeks of new episodes start May 14th.

We have an update about new episodes, a surprise and a preview of a new CBC podcast called Tai Asks Why.

In our final episode of the season, Julia (different Julia than before) is a messy eater. But instead of a problem with table manners, she's convinced it's something else. Something that goes all the way back to ancient Buddhist teachings.

Two stories. Oriana can’t lie and it’s hurting those close to her. Also, Kevin wants to make his grandma laugh.

Yaw loved action movies as kid. As an adult, Yaw wants to land a backflip.

We’ve almost finished this week’s episode, but in the meantime we want to let you know about another CBC Original Podcast you might like. It’s called On Drugs and it explores our complicated relationship with everything from caffeine to cocaine. Check out this full episode titled "Fun, On Drugs" and if you like it (and we think you will), be sure to subscribe wherever you find your podcasts.

Sheryl is a city person. But she feels like she hasn’t had a chance to express her inner self — her true country self. Sheryl wants to deliver a baby cow.

Two stories. Michael is a musician who goes by the stage name Non-Swimmer. To no one’s surprise, he can’t swim. Also, Toula hates cancelling plans.

Julia struggles flirting over text messages and it’s hampering her love life. But it's not just dating — she struggles with all text messages. Is it possible to communicate your authentic self via text, or are you doomed to prop up a performative husk dancing on a touch screen forever?