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You got what you wanted... now what? (05-12-12) You set your sights on a goal... you work hard to achieve it... you get what you want... and then what happens? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Paved paradise, put up a parking lot (05-05-12) Parking lots aren't just places to drop our cars - they can be the scenes of drama from first kisses to lost/stolen cars to fighting over parking spots... So how did you go "outside the lines" in a parking lot? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The power of storytelling (04-28-12) Sit right back and you'll hear a tale... or several, as we take an encore look at the power of storytelling this week. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Unexpected Guests (04-21-12) From party crashers to houseguests who stay a little bit too long, we're looking at stories of "unexpected visitors." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website DNTO is live from the Winnipeg Comedy Fest! (04-14-12) Bad days can have silver linings... or not. Live from the Winnipeg Comedy Festival, DNTO brings you stories of days gone wrong. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Getting together for "reunions" (04-07-12) Reunions - whether high school, family, or long-lost friends - can be loaded with emotions. This week, we look at how a reunion changed you. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Up In the Air (03-31-12) In an airplane, in a hot air balloon, skydiving... we're different people when we're off the ground. How does being up in the air change you? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website What was the letter that changed your life? (03-24-12) In this age of fancy-pants "electronic" mail, we often forget about the power of a good old fashioned letter. So what letter changed your life? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website What does your sweater say to the world? (03-17-12) We put 'em on all the time... but how often do we think about what the humble sweater represents? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website What did a change in the weather change for you? (03-10-12) Everyone talks about the weather, but no one does anything about it... But what did a change in the weather precipitate in your life? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Live from Toronto: We're "in over our heads!" (03-03-12) Recorded live at the Tranzac in Toronto, we ask what happens when you get in over your head. We'll hear from storytellers Zarqa Nawaz, James Gangle, Deborah Kimmett, Ron Josol, and Carol Off - plus music and stories from Corin Raymond and Little Scream. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website What are you getting at the convenience store? (02-25-12) Just a place to buy milk and candy... or is the convenience store the heart of your neighbourhood? This week, we look at what we're actually getting from the corner store. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website What happened when you met "the enemy?" (02-18-12) From bullies to boardrooms, lots of us have an "arch-nemesis." What happened when you met yours? (Originally aired Oct. 15, 2012) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website DNTO gets flirty (02-11-12) A smile... a wink... a sly joke... there are lots of ways to flirt, and any number of possible results. What happened when you got "flirty?" Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website What did an encounter with death inspire for you? (02-04-12) We all react to coming face-to-face with mortality differently. This week, stories of how those encounters can spur us to action. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Small players in big events Today on DNTO, stories from people who played small roles in big events....folks you've probably never even heard of, who shaped the course of history in surprising ways. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Wildlife, meet city... city, meet wildlife (01-21-12) Humans aren't always the wildest thing in the city... so when did you have an unexpected meeting with an animal? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Talking a walk in someone else's shoes (01-14-12) From taking on someone else's job to taking on their lifestyle... we learn a lot about ourselves when we walk in someone else's shoes. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Like a prayer (01-07-12) There are many different ways to pray... and many different reasons to. So what is "the power of prayer" to you? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Live from Vancouver... DNTO unwraps "unexpected gifts" (12-24-11) Sometimes, the gift we receive isn't what we expected... or might not come when we expect it. This week, live from Vancouver, DNTO looks at "unexpected gifts." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Crossing the line at the border (12-17-11) For some people, crossing a border is part of a daily commute... for some, it's much more dramatic. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Crossing the line at the border (12-17-11) For some people, crossing a border is part of a daily commute... for some, it's much more dramatic. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Accidental lessons from our parents (12-10-11) Our parents teach us many things... but not all of them are lessons they intended to impart. This week, we look at what you learned from your parents - by accident. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Are perfect strangers strangely perfect? (12-03-11) You might have been told not to talk to strangers... but we're finding out why a stranger might just be a friend you haven't met. (Originally aired Nov. 13, 2010) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website What drives you to compete? (11-26-11) Hot dog eating contests... epic games of Monopoly... or ultra-marathons. We all compete in our own way - so what was your "big competition?" Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website DNTO sheds a tear... or two... (11-19-11) Maybe it's from sadness, or joy, or just because that dog food commercial is really moving. What makes you cry... and what are you saying through your tears? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website DNTO Gets Trapped! (11-12-11) Whether it's stuck indoors during a raging blizzard... or cornered in an awkward conversation... we all get trapped at some point in our lives. So how did you find freedom? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website DNTO listens to the sounds of silence (11-05-11) From the long, awkward pause to the "silent treatment," a lot can be said when there's no sound. This week, we listen to the silence. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website DNTO takes a walk (10-29-11) We walk for a range of reasons - for health, to make a point, or to have that important "big talk" with someone. So what was behind your "big walk?" Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Live from Vancouver... hidden talents! (10-22-11) "I didn't know I had it in me." Ever had one of those moments? Recorded live in Vancouver, this week's show looks at what happens when we find our hidden talents. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Podcasting with the enemy (10-15-11) From bullies to boardrooms, lots of us have an "arch-nemesis." What happened when you met yours? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Lost and Found Show. (10-08-11) We've all lost something - whether it's your wedding ring, a high school sweetheart, or your sanity - but how many of us ever get it back? Today on DNTO, incredible stories from people who found what they thought they'd lost forever. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Surprise! It's the surprise episode. (10-01-11) What really shocked you when you were surprised? Expect the unexpected as we look at "surprise" this week. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Surprise! It's the surprise episode. (10-01-11) What really shocked you when you were surprised? Expect the unexpected as we look at "surprise" this week. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Taking the "bore" out of household chores (09-24-11) We all have to do 'em, like it or not. So how do you keep your household chores from becoming a chore? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website What's the real power of music? (09-17-11) "Music hath charms," they say. But what is it that you can accomplish with music, that you can't do otherwise? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website When did you get in over your head? (09-10-11) In over your head... over-extended... up the creek sans paddle. No matter how you say it, from time to time, we all find ourselves somewhat overwhelmed. So this week, we ask: what do you do about it? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website What was the result of your test? (09-03-11) What happened when you were put to the test? This week, stories of passing - and failing - our tests. (Originally aired Apr. 2, 2011) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website DNTO rides the bus! (08-27-11) The bus is about more than getting from point "A" to point "B" - if you look closely, you'll find it's a fascinating microcosm of the world. (Originally aired Jan. 15, 2011) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website What got saved in the rescue? (08-20-11) Whether you're the rescuer or the rescuee, it's often surprising what really comes out of the experience... and that's what we're finding out this week. (Originally aired Dec. 18, 2010) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website What's the point of your prank? (08-13-11) Everyone loves a good prank. Well, most everyone. But why do we take such pleasure in pulling them? (Originally aired Dec. 11, 2010) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website What happens when you make "private parts" public? (08-06-11) When you make your "private parts" (be that your scrawny chicken legs, your hair, or something more obvious) public, you expose more than a bit of skin.... (Originally aired Dec. 4, 2010) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Advice on advice (07-30-11) We give a lot of it - and get a lot of it - but why? This week, we ask: who are you to give me advice? (Originally aired Nov. 6, 2010) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Small gestures, big messages (07-23-11) A wave, a wink, a certain finger extended in your direction... "small gestures" that can carry a lot of meaning. Why? That's what we're looking at this week. (Originally aired Oct. 23, 2010) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website What's at the root of our teeth anxiety? (07-16-11) From those "teeth falling out" dreams to fear of the dentist, we do a lot of worrying about our pearly (or not-so-pearly) whites. So why all the anxiety about teeth? (Originally aired Oct. 16, 2010) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The story behind the photo (07-09-11) A photograph is a moment frozen in time. But what was happening immediately before... and what happened after? And what was going on just outside the frame? (Originally aired Oct. 7, 2010) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website DNTO hugs a tree! (07-02-11) Even if you're not hugging them, trees have a profound impact on us. This week, we ask how those close encounters with our bark-skinned neighbours change us. (Originally aired Sept. 18, 2010) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website What was your life-changing trip? (06-25-11) A vacation can be relaxing. But it can also be life-changing. This week, stories of travel, and what we learn about ourselves on the road. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website What did you learn from your dad? (06-18-11) Whether your father was Bill Cosby or Homer Simpson, you probably picked up a thing or two from your old man. We'll take a look at life lessons from dads on this episode of DNTO. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Re-creating the past (06-11-11) What did you do to re-create the past... and what was created in the process? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The "mistaken identity" episode (06-04-11) There are lots of ways we can be mistaken for someone we're not. So how did a case of "mistaken identity" change how you looked at yourself? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website What do you get out of gossip? (05-28-11) Gossip can be a useful tool for finding information... or a hurtful thing. So what do we really get from gossip? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website What did you work out by working out? (05-21-11) "Fitness" is the obvious reason for exercising. But beyond your muscles, what are you really "working out" when you work out? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Can you go home again? (05-14-11) They say you can't go home again... but that doesn't stop us from trying. So this week, we find out what happened when you returned home. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Story Behind the Photo, Take Two (05-07-11) A photograph is a moment frozen in time. But what was happening immediately before... and after? And just outside the frame? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website What are you keeping track of? (04-30-11) Whether you're a math whiz or not, numbers are a part of your life in some way - because at some point, we all track something in cold, hard numbers. So what are you tracking? That's what we find out this week. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website DNTO's food fight! (04-23-11) The mix of family and food can be volatile - so why do so many of our conflicts happen over the dinner table? (Originally podcast on October 10, 2009) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website DNTO: Have I Got a Story for You! For the first time ever, DNTO's favourite storytellers gather on stage for a live performance at the Winnipeg Comedy Festival. And they share some their funniest, most memorable "first" stories. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website What do your shoes say about you? (04-09-11) Our footwear does more than just cover our feet. So why do you wear what you wear... and what are they telling the world about you? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website What was the result of your test? (04-02-11) What happened when you were put to the test? This week, DNTO looks into stories of passing - and failing - our tests. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website DNTO goes to the birds! (03-26-11) Birds - are they feathered friends, or feathered foes to you? Everyone's got a story of a close encounter of the winged kind... and this week, we'll look into some of them. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The story behind the sound (03-19-11) Sound is an intensely personal thing. Your favourite noise might be nails on a chalkboard - literally - to someone else. This week, DNTO looks at the stories behind the sounds that are significant to us. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website What does your family secret reveal? (03-12-11) Every family has a few "skeletons in the closet." But what do you you really learn about your family when they come out? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Makin' mistakes (03-05-11) Why do we need to make mistakes? This week, we look at the ups and downs of messing up. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Kids are in Charge (02-26-11) Stories of what happens when the kids are in charge - for better or for worse. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website We're speechless (02-19-11) When were you at a total loss for words? This week, we talk about what gets expressed when we're speechless. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Brace for the fantasy-reality collision! (02-12-11) What happens when our fantasies collide with reality? This week, we turn it over to the beautiful dreamers... and the hard-nosed realists... and everyone in between. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Reunions (02-05-11) Reunited and it feels so.... Not all reunions are happy affairs and even the joyful ones can have a big effect on how you feel about yourself and your relationships. This week DNTO visits the reunion and discovers what really lies beneath the name tags. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Breaking the rules (01-29-11) This week, stories from people who break the rules (on purpose, or by accident), and what they learned about the people around them by doing so. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Where you least expect it... (01/22/11) Ever notice how you always find things in the last place you look? We also often find things... or people... where we least expect to. This week, we look into those stories of surprise discoveries. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website DNTO is on the bus! (01/15/11) The bus is about more than getting from point "A" to point "B" - if you look closely, you'll find it's a fascinating microcosm of the world. So this week we ask: what's your view from the bus? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website DNTO tackles "The Big Decision" (01/08/11) What was your "big decision" - and how did you make it? This week, we look into tough choices, and how we decide to decide. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website What's your family ritual? (01/01/11) We're ringing in the new year with a look at our family rituals, as we ask what your tradition is... and why it's important to you. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rescue me! (12/18/10) From time to time, we all need a little rescuing. But whether you're the rescuer or the rescuee, it's often surprising what really comes out of the experience... and that's what we're finding out this week. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website What's the point of a prank? (12/11/10) Everyone loves a good prank. Well, most everyone. But why do we take such pleasure in pulling them? That's what we're looking into this week. No joke! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Making the private public (12/04/10) When you make your "private parts" (be that your scrawny chicken legs, your hair, or something more obvious) public, you expose more than a bit of skin. This week, we look at what we're exposing by making the private public. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website What do you create by copying? (11-27-10) The schoolyard taunt of "copycat" is one of the more serious accusations kids can hurl. But imitation might not just be the highest form of flattery... it might be necessary for our creativity. Download this all-new (not copied) episode. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website What do you find when you get lost? (11/20/10) Getting lost can be terrifying. But sometimes, it also leads you somewhere pleasantly unexpected. This week, we look at both sides of being lost. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Strangers in the night (11/13/10) When is a perfect stranger strangely perfect? You might have been told not to talk to strangers... but this week, we find out why a stranger might just be a friend you haven't met. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Advice on advice (11/06/10) Is "advice" really the worst vice? We give a lot of it - and get a lot of it - but why? This week, we ask: who are you to give me advice? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website What can you do in disguise that you can't get done as yourself? (10/30/10) Whether it's from behind a mask, inside a cape or upfront in a business suit sometimes putting on a costume can change who you are and how you act in the world. This week DNTO takes a look at how donning a disguise can open up a whole new you. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Why do small gestures send big messages? (10/23/10) A wave, a wink, a certain finger extended in your direction... they're all "small gestures" that can carry a lot of meaning. Why? That's what we're looking at this week. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Teeth: What's at the root of our anxieties(10/16/10) From those "teeth falling out" dreams to fear of the dentist, we do a lot of worrying about our pearly (or not-so-pearly) whites. So why all the anxiety about teeth? We'll drill into it this week. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The story behind the photo (10/09/10) A photograph is a moment frozen in time. But what was happening immediately before... and what happened after? And what was going on just outside the frame? This week, we look at the stories behind some of our favourite photos. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Getting to know the neighbours (10/02/10) Some of us can't name a single neighbour, while others are on a first-name basis with everyone on the block, or in the apartment building. They can be great friends, or the worst part of your home life. So this week we're asking: why bother getting to know your neighbours? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website What got kick-started when you got kicked out? (09/25/10) Most people think of "getting the boot" as a bad thing... and let's face it, being kicked out rarely feels good. But as they say, when a door closes, a window opens. So this week, we look at what getting kicked out kicked off for you. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website How did a close enounter with a tree change you? (09-18-10) Okay, even if you're not hugging them, trees have a pretty profound impact on us. This week, we ask how those close encounters with our bark-skinned neighbours change us. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Why is moving such a moving experience? (09/11/10) Host Sook-Yin Lee shares stories all about the emotional baggage that comes with relocation. Whether you're transporting all your worldly possessions by truck, plane or skateboard, moving can be stressful! On this episode we unpack the complicated business of moving, and we'll find out whether moving has the power to cure what ails you. Plus music on the move from Charles F. of Winter Gloves and Montreal's Random Recipe. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website How do you expose yourself in the bathroom? (08/28/10) In theory, it's the most private of spaces... but in practice, many of us are going public in the bathroom. This week DNTO looks at how we all expose ourselves in the bathroom - whether it's the office washroom, a stall on a military base, or a loo filled with musicians. Plus your stories of awkward encounters and intrigue in the W.C. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Unleashing the creative power of your phone (07/31/10) DNTO makes a connection between our favorite stories of the season, and your stories about expressing yourself through your phone. Featuring stories from Jann Arden, BBC producer Alan Dein, and phone prankster the Masked Avengers. Plus, your clever (and not-so-clever) crank calls! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Why is small talk such a big deal? (07-10-10) So... how are you? Nice weather we're having, huh? Yep... everyone hates "small talk." But what if we told you small talk could SAVE YOUR LIFE? And what if we proved it? On this episode of DNTO, we ask why small talk is such a big deal. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Is listening a lost art? (07-03-10) Shhhh... listen... How often do we stop to do that? And when we're supposed to be listening, are we? This week, we look at the "lost art" of listening. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website I want to ride my bicycle... (06/19/10) Two wheels good! (One wheel probably also okay.) For many of us, a bicycle is more than just a method of getting from Point A to Point B. So this week we're asking: where is your bike taking you? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website How do you know who your REAL friends are? In elementary school, you had one "best friend." Now, some of us have hundreds (or thousands) of "friends" on Facebook. So what makes a real friend? Guest host Mio Adilman gets friendly with that question this week. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website What time is your internal clock set to? (06/05/10) Ever notice how some people are always late? Or how there are moments where time seems to stop completely? This week, we're asking: "What time is your internal clock set to?" Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website What do you gain when you lose control? It can be terrifying... but what do you gain when you give up control? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website "How far will you go to make conversation?" (05-15-10) They say conversation is a lost art... but this week, we'll hear from people who've found it in surprising ways. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Who do you trust? (05-01-10) In [your name here] we trust! But what makes us trust one person, and not another... and what happens when we get it wrong? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Bugs! (04-14-10) Why do bugs bug us? This week, DNTO looks into our relationship with the insect world, and explores why these tiny creatures have such a powerful effect on us. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website What's the real power of a story? (04-16-10) What's the real power of storytelling? DNTO looks into what makes a great story, and why we love hearing (as well as telling) tales. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website DNTO's food fight! (04-23-11) The mix of family and food can be volatile - so why do so many of our conflicts happen over the dinner table? (Originally podcast on October 10, 2009) Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website DNTO: Have I Got a Story for You! For the first time ever, DNTO's favourite storytellers gather on stage for a live performance at the Winnipeg Comedy Festival. And they share some their funniest, most memorable "first" stories. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website What do your shoes say about you? (04-09-11) Our footwear does more than just cover our feet. So why do you wear what you wear... and what are they telling the world about you? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website What was the result of your test? (04-02-11) What happened when you were put to the test? This week, DNTO looks into stories of passing - and failing - our tests. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website DNTO goes to the birds! (03-26-11) Birds - are they feathered friends, or feathered foes to you? Everyone's got a story of a close encounter of the winged kind... and this week, we'll look into some of them. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The story behind the sound (03-19-11) Sound is an intensely personal thing. Your favourite noise might be nails on a chalkboard - literally - to someone else. This week, DNTO looks at the stories behind the sounds that are significant to us. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website What does your family secret reveal? (05-12-11) Every family has a few "skeletons in the closet." But what do you you really learn about your family when they come out? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Makin' mistakes (03-05-11) Why do we need to make mistakes? This week, we look at the ups and downs of messing up. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Kids are in Charge (02-26-11) Stories of what happens when the kids are in charge - for better or for worse. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website We're speechless (02-19-11) When were you at a total loss for words? This week, we talk about what gets expressed when we're speechless. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Brace for the fantasy-reality collision! (02-12-11) What happens when our fantasies collide with reality? This week, we turn it over to the beautiful dreamers... and the hard-nosed realists... and everyone in between. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Reunions (02-05-11) Reunited and it feels so.... Not all reunions are happy affairs and even the joyful ones can have a big effect on how you feel about yourself and your relationships. This week DNTO visits the reunion and discovers what really lies beneath the name tags. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Breaking the rules (01-29-11) This week, stories from people who break the rules (on purpose, or by accident), and what they learned about the people around them by doing so. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Where you least expect it... (01/22/11)* Ever notice how you always find things in the last place you look? We also often find things... or people... where we least expect to. This week, we look into those stories of surprise discoveries. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Where you least expect it... (01/22/11) Ever notice how you always find things in the last place you look? We also often find things... or people... where we least expect to. This week, we look into those stories of surprise discoveries. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website DNTO is on the bus! (01/15/11) The bus is about more than getting from point "A" to point "B" - if you look closely, you'll find it's a fascinating microcosm of the world. So this week we ask: what's your view from the bus? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website DNTO tackles "The Big Decision" (01/08/11) What was your "big decision" - and how did you make it? This week, we look into tough choices, and how we decide to decide. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website What's your family ritual? (01/01/11) We're ringing in the new year with a look at our family rituals, as we ask what your tradition is... and why it's important to you. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Rescue me! (12/18/10) From time to time, we all need a little rescuing. But whether you're the rescuer or the rescuee, it's often surprising what really comes out of the experience... and that's what we're finding out this week. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website What's the point of a prank? (12/11/10) Everyone loves a good prank. Well, most everyone. But why do we take such pleasure in pulling them? That's what we're looking into this week. No joke! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Making the private public (12/04/10) When you make your "private parts" (be that your scrawny chicken legs, your hair, or something more obvious) public, you expose more than a bit of skin. This week, we look at what we're exposing by making the private public. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website What do you create by copying? (11-27-10) The schoolyard taunt of "copycat" is one of the more serious accusations kids can hurl. But imitation might not just be the highest form of flattery... it might be necessary for our creativity. Download this all-new (not copied) episode. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website What do you find when you get lost? (11/20/10) Getting lost can be terrifying. But sometimes, it also leads you somewhere pleasantly unexpected. This week, we look at both sides of being lost. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Strangers in the night (11/13/10) When is a perfect stranger strangely perfect? You might have been told not to talk to strangers... but this week, we find out why a stranger might just be a friend you haven't met. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Advice on advice (11/06/10) Is "advice" really the worst vice? We give a lot of it - and get a lot of it - but why? This week, we ask: who are you to give me advice? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website What can you do in disguise that you can't get done as yourself? (10/30/10) Whether it's from behind a mask, inside a cape or upfront in a business suit sometimes putting on a costume can change who you are and how you act in the world. This week DNTO takes a look at how donning a disguise can open up a whole new you. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Why do small gestures send big messages? (10/23/10) A wave, a wink, a certain finger extended in your direction... they're all "small gestures" that can carry a lot of meaning. Why? That's what we're looking at this week. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Teeth: What's at the root of our anxieties(10/016/10) From those "teeth falling out" dreams to fear of the dentist, we do a lot of worrying about our pearly (or not-so-pearly) whites. So why all the anxiety about teeth? We'll drill into it this week. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The story behind the photo (10/09/10) A photograph is a moment frozen in time. But what was happening immediately before... and what happened after? And what was going on just outside the frame? This week, we look at the stories behind some of our favourite photos. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Getting to know the neighbours (10/02/10) Some of us can't name a single neighbour, while others are on a first-name basis with everyone on the block, or in the apartment building. They can be great friends, or the worst part of your home life. So this week we're asking: why bother getting to know your neighbours? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website What got kick-started when you got kicked out? (09/25/10) Most people think of "getting the boot" as a bad thing... and let's face it, being kicked out rarely feels good. But as they say, when a door closes, a window opens. So this week, we look at what getting kicked out kicked off for you. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website How did a close enounter with a tree change you? (09-18-10) Okay, even if you're not hugging them, trees have a pretty profound impact on us. This week, we ask how those close encounters with our bark-skinned neighbours change us. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Why moving is such a moving experience? (09/11/10) Host Sook-Yin Lee shares stories all about the emotional baggage that comes with relocation. Whether you're transporting all your worldly possessions by truck, plane or skateboard, moving can be stressful! On this episode we unpack the complicated business of moving, and we'll find out whether moving has the power to cure what ails you. Plus music on the move from Charles F. of Winter Gloves and Montreal's Random Recipe. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website How far will you go to make conversation? (09/04/10) conversation?" They say conversation is a lost art... but this week, DNTO hears from people who've found it in surprising ways. Advice on how to talk to your parents about a pretty touchy subject - aging and death. Plus, how one woman met her conversational match in "Silent Mike" - and how she tackled the challenge of a quiet man. And what's the most difficult conversation you've had recently? Sook-Yin takes her mic to the street to find out. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website How do you expose yourself in the bathroom? (08/28/10) In theory, it's the most private of spaces... but in practice, many of us are going public in the bathroom. This week DNTO looks at how we all expose ourselves in the bathroom - whether it's the office washroom, a stall on a military base, or a loo filled with musicians. Plus your stories of awkward encounters and intrigue in the W.C. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Why do bugs bug us so much? (08/21/10) Our favorite stories and your stories of encounters with creepy crawlies! This podcast offers instructive tales on how to find the beauty in a cockroach, how to deal with ants in the outhouse, and where to find a cool insectarium in Newfoundland. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website What's the real power of a story? (08/14/10) DNTO looks at the power of storytelling. Find out why we tell the same tales over and over again, plus "dining out" stories from Buck 65 (a.k.a. Rich Terfry)and some of your hilarious celebrity encounters. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website What do you gain when you give something up? (08/07/10) Stories of sacrifices, big and small. In this episode, Sook-Yin Lee chats with journalist Terry Gould, triathlete Colin Jenkins and musician Elizabeth Shepherd. Plus your tales of giving things up! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Unleashing the creative power of your phone (07/31/10) DNTO makes a connection between our favorite stories of the season, and your stories about expressing yourself through your phone. Featuring stories from Jann Arden, BBC producer Alan Dein, and phone prankster the Masked Avengers. Plus, your clever (and not-so-clever) crank calls! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website What does it take to forgive? (07/24/10) This week, Sook-Yin Lee marshalls together our favorite stories with yours, all on the topic of forgiveness. Including stories from Carly Stasko and powerful tales from the Forgiveness Project. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Motivating Power of Guilt (07/17/10) This week DNTO presents our favorite stories, plus your stories, all about the motivating power of guilt. What is guilt good for? It turns out, a lot of things. Featuring stories from Grant Lawrence and Rachel Sanders, and a deeply personal story and song from our very own Sook-Yin Lee. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Why is small talk such a big deal? (07-10-10) So... how are you? Nice weather we're having, huh? Yep... everyone hates "small talk." But what if we told you small talk could SAVE YOUR LIFE? And what if we proved it? On this episode of DNTO, we ask why small talk is such a big deal. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Is listening a lost art? (07-03-10) Shhhh... listen... How often do we stop to do that? And when we're supposed to be listening, are we? This week, we look at the "lost art" of listening. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The "On With the Show" Show (06/26/10) "The show must go on!" It's show biz gospel... and also the approach we often take to our own lives. But as Noel Coward said, "Why must the show go on?" This week we'll hear from people who pressed on with the show... and others who decided to call it quits. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website I want to ride my bicycle... (06/19/10) Two wheels good! (One wheel probably also okay.) For many of us, a bicycle is more than just a method of getting from Point A to Point B. So this week we're asking: where is your bike taking you? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website How do you know who your REAL friends are? In elementary school, you had one "best friend." Now, some of us have hundreds (or thousands) of "friends" on Facebook. So what makes a real friend? Guest host Mio Adilman gets friendly with that question this week. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website What time is your internal clock set to? (06/05/10) Ever notice how some people are always late? Or how there are moments where time seems to stop completely? This week, we're asking: "What time is your internal clock set to?" Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website What do you gain when you lose control? It can be terrifying... but what do you gain when you give up control? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website They say it's your birthday... (05/22/10) Everyone has one... but we mark them in different ways. So what do your birthday rituals say about you? We're shedding some light (via birthday cake candles, of course) on it this week. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website "How far will you go to make conversation?" (05-15-10) They say conversation is a lost art... but this week, we'll hear from people who've found it in surprising ways. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Going public in the bathroom (05/08/10) We're knocking on the bathroom door to find out what's really going on in there. In theory, it's the most private of spaces... but in practice, many of us are doing very public things in the bathroom... like singing, writing, or even falling in love... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Who do you trust? (05-01-10) In [your name here] we trust! But what makes us trust one person, and not another... and what happens when we get it wrong? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Bugs! (04-14-10) Why do bugs bug us? This week, DNTO looks into our relationship with the insect world, and explores why these tiny creatures have such a powerful effect on us. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website What's the real power of a story? (04-16-10) What's the real power of storytelling? DNTO looks into what makes a great story, and why we love hearing (as well as telling) tales. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website What's in a name? Does your name make you who you are? This week, we explore the power your name has to determine your destiny, why your nickname might be your real name, and how you can avoid ever forgetting a name again. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Sarifice (04-03-10) What do we gain when we give something up? This week, we look into the nature of sacrifice, and why we voluntarily let something go. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Reach Out and Touch Someone! Why does a touch mean so much? From hugs to healing touches, we explore why even a simple touch can convey a lot. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website So you think you can dance? At one point or another, just about everyone moves rhythmically to music. But why do we dance? This week, we look into the reasons we get up and get down. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website DNTO Phones It In Does the telephone dial into the "real you?" And how can the humble phone become a tool for creativity? This week, we look at why even in the digital age, we still need the phone. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website On the Cheap (03/06/10) Does being "cheap" really pay off? This week, stories of bargains... and bargains that weren't such great bargains after all. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Good Enough (02/27/10) For a lot of us the idea of settling is not as desirable as setting your sights high and going for your dreams. But in real life you don't always get what you want, and when you don't have singular drive to achieve your lofty goals often you end up settling. So which way should you go? When is good enough good enough? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Forgiveness (02/20/10) Is it better to forgive, or forget... or is neither the right way to deal with a wrong? This week, we look into "forgiveness," and talk with people who have forgiven in incredible circumstances. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Kissing and breaking up (02/13/10) Pucker up! And grab a hankie. This week, we take a long, loving look at what's going on when we smooch... and then flip the coin to look at why we're so broken up over breakups. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website On Fire! (02/06/10) Everyone loves a fire... until it goes bad. What's the real power of fire? This week, DNTO looks at how we use it... and how we cope when it turns on us. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website DNTO Fights Back! (01/30/10) What's the best way to "fight back" when you feel passionate about something? This week, we'll find out how to use humour, music, or a Shih Tzu to win a fight. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website You and your pet: who's in charge? (01/23/10) You may think you "own" a pet... but are we really in charge of our animal-human relationships? That's what we find out this week... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Motivating Power of Guilt (01/16/10) Feeling guilty is a terrible thing. Or is it? As bad as it might feel, guilt also has the power to motivate us to do positive things. So this week, we look at guilt's power to drive us to action... and why it's so strong. Radio 3's Grant Lawrence explains why he feels guilty whenever he sees R2D2. Michael Wex, author of How To Be a Mentsh will shed some light on cultural guilt. Plus musician Jann Arden confesses what she feels guilty about. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Feeling optimistic (?) (01/09/10) What's so wrong with a half-empty glass, anyway? As we begin a new year, we ask if "optimism" is always the best approach. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website When did you get "lost in translation?" (01/02/10) We're starting the new year by bringing the world closer together with our "lost in translation" show. When did language trip you up? We'll share some of the highlights from our show... and hear from DNTO listeners who've been "linguistically-challenged." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website What's your family ritual? (12/26/09) This week, we hear about traditional (and not-so-traditional) family rituals... from grown-up Easter eggs hunts to walking the cat to wrestling Mom... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Feeling homesick (12/19/09) Will you be home for the holidays? If not, how do you fight homesickness? Find out this week on DNTO. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Peep Show It's a peep show! We have an insatiable fascination with peeking into the lives of others. And whether it's on Facebook, through the family Christmas letter, or a not-so-secret diary, we often share our lives with others (sometimes to the point of "oversharing...."). So what's behind our fascination with the "peep show?" That's what we're out to discover this week... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Why is sleep the busiest part of your day? What's on DNTO: Dec. 5 Sleep isn't always as relaxing... or unproductive... as you might think. This week, we look at all the crazy things we're doing while we're asleep... or should be. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Art of Sell (11/28/09) What are you selling... and how do you close the deal? This week, we look at that art... from selling cars to selling ideas to selling ourselves. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Is all this playing around really working? (11/21/09) This week, we look at the importance of "play," and ask if we're at our most productive while we're playing. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Why is small talk such a big deal? (11/14/09) So... how are you? Nice weather we're having, huh? Yep... everyone hates "small talk." But what if we told you small talk could SAVE YOUR LIFE? And what if we proved it? Sounds like a good idea for a podcast, doesn't it? Download to discover the wonders of talking small. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Are you listening to me? (11/07/09) Is listening a lost art? Listen carefully this week for professional listeners, the secret to "cocktail party listening," and more. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website You are so Scary! (10/31/09) When did you scare the bejeebers out of someone else? This week, we're looking at what happens when you become the frightener. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website We quit! (10/24/09) Quitters never win... except when they do. So this week, we're looking at the transformative power of quitting... for better or for worse. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Repeats, reruns, repitions and repeats (10/17/09) Why do we love repetition? And why do we need it? This week (in an all-new episode), we look at the joys and trials of repeating things. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Food Fight! (10/10/09) From family blow-outs at the dinner table to office fights over lunches stolen from the fridge, there are lots of ways we fight over food. So just in time for Thanksgiving, we're looking into "food fights." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Minding our P's and Q's (10/03/09) Have we become less polite, more polite, or just different in our manners? And how can manners save your life? We'll find out this week, as we look at "etiquette." Tune in to hear from the man who good-mannered his way through a mugging, the ranting waiter, and more. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website What gets lost (and found) in translation? (09/26/09) This week, we're looking into the perilous pitfalls of language, as well as the joys of linguistic diversity. Tune in to find out why Hidden Cameras frontman Joel Gibb loves the challenge of conversing in German, and to hear a new tune, live in studio. Plus, author Robert J. Sawyer on the translation from book to TV, and Nick Purdon looks at why parents and kids always seem to speak a different language. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Can You Really Change Who You Are? (09/19/09) Okay, so one of the goals in life is to try to accept yourself warts and all, right? But the the truth is, everyone has something they want to change about themselves. So what happens when you attempt to radically alter who you are? Coming up on the DNTO podcast, New York Times writer Peggy Orenstein on why it's harder for 20-somethings to reinvent themselves these days. Former hick-hopper now country crooner Ridley Bent performs a brand-new song. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website What didn't you learn in school today? (09/12/09) You probably learned lots of great stuff in school. But there are also a lot of big, important things you didn't learn there. This week, we're looking at those life lessons - and how, for better or for worse, we learned them. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website What do you believe in? (09/05/09) This week, we're looking into what we can't prove, but still believe - and why. Rachel Sanders will look into the fact and fiction of mother's intuition. And... would you put on a serial killer's sweater? Neuroscientist Bruce Hood explains why we have faith in strange things - like cursed cardigans. And we'll find out what super-skeptic Michael Shermer believes in. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website A second look at first impressions (08/29/08) This week on DNTO we're asking the question, "Are first impressions all that matter?" Science guy Jay Ingram will argue that first impressions are all based on a simple biological imperative... reproduction. Joff Schmidt will explain why first impressions shouldn't be trusted. And Diana Frances prepares for the biggest first impression of her life: meeting her birth mother for the first time. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Department of Complaints (08/22/09) What are we actually saying to each other when we complain? This week, we explore the art of the complaint. We'll get the lowdown on the very first instance of kvetching (and why we do it) from Michael Wex, author of Born to Kvetch. Kaj Hasselriis looks into whether complaining makes or breaks a romantic relationship. And we'll find out what a world without complaining would sound like when we talk with Pastor Will Bowen about his "complaint-free world" campaign. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Liar, liar... (08/15/09) Why are we all such liars? C'mon, admit it... you've told a little white lie now and then,right? We'll talk with evolutionary biologist David Livingstone Smith to find out why we lie; we'll hear from master pranksters the Yes Men about their fabulous fabrications; Rachel Sanders will tell us why sometimes, a lie is a very good thing; and Romi Mayes will tell us how she lied her way into a meeting with the Beastie Boys (and play us a tune live in studio). Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Playing the name game (08/08/09) Does your name determine who you are? We'll hear from a man with a name a bit TOO common; and a woman who decided to reclaim her name will tell us why it mattered so much to her. Plus, we'll find the secret to remembering names; track down the source of an urban legend of a name; and find out why being named Bob or Betty makes you more likely to move to Blubber Bay, B.C. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Stuff about stuff (08/01/09) Why does our stuff matter? You might say you don't need it, or even want it... but you'll fight tooth and nail to keep it. We'll find out about the natural lifecycle of stuff with Will Straw; Sook-Yin rides along with a couple of junk collectors; and we'll get the lowdown on how to merge your stuff when you shack up. Plus, Veda Hille live in studio! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Brotherly (and sisterly) love (07/25/09) Siblings. Even if you don't have them, they're running your life - whether or not you know it (or like it). So this week, guest host Jonathan Torrens and crew explore our complicated relationships with our brothers and sisters. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website A close look at flaws (07/18/09) What's your flaw - and how have you learned to deal with it? This week, we're all about looking at our imperfections, and how we embrace them. We'll talk with a photographer about taking pics of celebs in their natural, flawed glory; learn how to deal with your significant other's lil' faults; and find out how to answer the classic job interview question: "What's your biggest fault?" Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Go with the crowd (07/11/09) Have you ever done something that you wouldn't normally do? When we're young we blame it on peer pressure but as we grow we blame it on the crowd! Sook-Yin Lee experiments with the power of a crowd and finds out what happens when you try to control a crowd and lose. She also will talk with musical guest Matt Mays about what it's like to play to a crowd of one! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Take a jog with DNTO (07/04/09) Why do we run? What are we running to... or from? Sook-Yin takes a jog with Olympic sprinter Anson Henry, and runs in inappropriate places with the ladies from the Movement Movement. And running coach Gilbert Tuhabonye tells us his remarkable story of running to survive. Plus, comedian Alix Sobler looks into getting the runner's high; and Rachel Sanders explains why we have so many dreams about running. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website What are you waiting for? (06/27/09) They say life is what happens while you wait. So this week, we're looking at what we're waiting for... and why we wait. Nick Purdon looks into the lost art of waiting. Maggie Estey tells us why after waiting backstage to meet a hip-hop superstar, she decided she never needed to meet another celebrity again. Why are we still waiting for flying cars and vacations to the moon? We'll find out why the future we're living isn't the one we imagined with Daniel Wilson, author of "Where's My Jet Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Happy day, fathers! (06/20/09) We're celebrating fathers, and our relationships with them. As well as we know them, our dads are in many ways often a mystery to us. So Sook-Yin asks you what you'd like to ask your dad. We'll hear from Joel Plaskett and his recent tourmate - his dad. Natalie Karneef explains how her trip to Beirut made her re-think who her dad really was. And an extended interview with comic book creator/screenwriter Neil Gaiman, on how his children have inspired his twisted work. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website An inside look at outsiders (06/13/09) Have you ever felt like an outsider? Of course you have... at one point or another, just about all of us do. So this week, we're looking at what it's like to be different - for better or for worse. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Focusing on distractions (06/06/09) Facebook, YouTube, and the good ol' TV - we have a variety of ways to distract ourselves. So is anyone getting anything done any more, or are we victims of our own distractions? Nick Purdon tries out "uni-tasking" to see if he actually gets more done when he narrows his focus. We'll find out how distractions may not have made Lisa Schwartzman a liar, liar... but they did set her pants on fire. And author Winifred Gallagher explains why attention is vital to leading a happy life. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Upside of Anger (05/30/09) This week the peeps at DNTO are mad as hell and asking the question: is there an upside to anger? You'll find out why angry people are so darn funny. And if you've ever wanted to hurl a plate against a wall, you'll want to meet the woman behind Sarah's Smash Shack. Plus, Sook-Yin gets anger advice from none other than Fight Club author Chuck Palahniuk. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website A second look at first impressions (05/23/09) This week on DNTO we're asking the question, "Are first impressions all that matter?" Science guy Jay Ingram will argue that first impressions are all based on a simple biological imperative... reproduction. Joff Schmidt will explain why first impressions shouldn't be trusted. And Diana Frances prepares for the biggest first impression of her life: meeting her birth mother for the first time. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Looking back at nostalgia (05/16/09) This week, we'll find out what we're nostalgic for - and how far we're willing to go to recapture the past. Can you plan nostalgia? Nick Purdon finds out. Sook-Yin will chat with Canadian hip hop star K-OS about how he's mined the past to make modern music. And what's it like when your job is defined by other people's nostalgia? We'll talk with Mike Reno, lead singer of Loverboy, about living up to fans' expectations of the hard rockin' band. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The sing-song show (05/09/09) This week on DNTO delves into the world of singing. If you're a secret shower singer, it might be time to pull back the curtain! Nick Purdon uncovers what's really going on in the world of secret singers. We'll hear why it's never a good idea to sing "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" when you're a hormonal 14 year old boy. And we'll talk to an anthropologist who believes our early ability to belt out a tune was essential for our SURVIVAL. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Makin' mistakes (05/02/09) Where would we be without mistakes? This week, we're looking at the ups and downs of messing up. Diane Flacks tells us about the time she accidentally did a "reply all" and made some rather unfortunate comments about her parents... to her parents. We'll find out how someone else's big mistake landed Precious Chong on a film set where she got to fly a fake plane and ogle Richard Gere. And we'll hear from movie geek Jon Sandys, who ferrets out those awesome mistakes in films. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Conquer your world with eye contact! (04/25/09) This week on DNTO we explore eye contact. The surprising things that occur when one human being stares at another. How would you feel if you walked into an art gallery and noticed 800 sets of eyeballs staring at you. We'll meet the artist behind the provocative installation all about eye contact. Clare Lawlor uncovers the interesting connections between our eyes and our hearts... And Nick Purdon will head outside for a little social experiment where he stares down complete strangers. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Complain, complain... (04/18/09) What are we actually saying to each other when we complain? This week, we explore the art of the complaint. We'll get the lowdown on the very first instance of kvetching (and why we do it) from Michael Wex, author of Born to Kvetch. Kaj Hasselriis looks into whether complaining makes or breaks a romantic relationship. And we'll find out what a world without complaining would sound like when we talk with Pastor Will Bowen about his "complaint-free world" campaign. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website What do you believe in? (04/11/09) This week, we're looking into what we can't prove, but still believe - and why. Rachel Sanders will look into the fact and fiction of mother's intuition. And... would you put on a serial killer's sweater? Neuroscientist Bruce Hood explains why we have faith in strange things - like cursed cardigans. And we'll find out what super-skeptic Michael Shermer believes in. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The Amateur Hour (or Two) (04/04/09) From home renovation to DIY taxes to cutting our own hair, we're taking the power out of the hands of the pros more and more. But this might not be for the best. Tune in this week, as we ask: are amateurs ruining everything? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website In search of happiness (03/28/09) We're headed to the happiest city in Canada - Saint John, New Brunswick - to ask, "What really makes us happy?" We'll find out if money really can buy happiness; hear from "happiness historian" Darrin McMahon on the origins of our pursuit of happiness; and talk to folks in Saint John to find out if the "happiest city" label is fact or fiction. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Liar, liar... (03/21/09) Why are we all such liars? C'mon, admit it... you've told a little white lie now and then,right? We'll talk with evolutionary biologist David Livingstone Smith to find out why we lie; we'll hear from master pranksters the Yes Men about their fabulous fabrications; Rachel Sanders will tell us why sometimes, a lie is a very good thing; and Romi Mayes will tell us how she lied her way into a meeting with the Beastie Boys (and play us a tune live in studio). Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Have we gone too far in making fun of men? (03/14/09) Or have we gone just far enough? This week, we're looking at the "dumb guy" stereotype in advertising, on TV, and online. Are we being too hard on the boys... or are the boys due for a little mockery? Co-host of the day Nick Purdon looks into the mystery of the "man cold." We find out why "dumb guy" ads are so successful at selling us stuff. Plus, we hear from one of the guys behind the CBC TV show "The Week The Women Went." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website DNTO - now in full colour! (03/07/09) How do the colours around you change the way you behave? We'll get the lowdown on what shades to wear (or not wear) on your date; artist Damali Ayo tells us about her quest for the elusive colour "flesh tone"; Nick Purdon looks at our complicated relationship with the colour pink; and more colourful stories. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Ice and Snow (02/28/09) Cold and unforgiving... or a thing of beauty? This week, we're embracing winter by introducing you to people who will change the way you think about ice. Sook-Yin heads to wintry Winnipeg to visit a tricked-out ice shack; and we'll meet a woman who ran a marathon...in the Anarctic! Bundle up for this week's icy episode... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Playing the name game (02/21/09) Does your name determine who you are? We'll hear from a man with a name a bit TOO common; and a woman who decided to reclaim her name will tell us why it mattered so much to her. Plus, we'll find the secret to remembering names; track down the source of an urban legend of a name; and find out why being named Bob or Betty makes you more likely to move to Blubber Bay, B.C. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Matchmaker, matchmaker... (02/14/09) Make me a match... But there's a fine art to connecting people, as we find out this week. We'll hear from "super-connector" Lois Weisberg; find out whether romantic matchmaking is a "gal thing"; and musician Jenn Grant comes by to play us a tune... and tell us about setting up her mom via an online dating site. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Great (or not so great) expectations (02/07/09) With great expectations running high these days, we're taking a contrarian view to ask: is it time to lower our expectations? Sook-Yin will talk with superstar skater Kurt Browning about unfulfilled expectations; we'll find out how romantic comedies have ruined our expectations in love; and more. Expect great things this week on DNTO! Or don't... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Cookin' in the kitchen (01/31/09) We're looking into your kitchen... into the cupboards, behind the fridge... and asking, "What's REALLY cooking in there?" We'll look at the complicated politics of the office kitchen; the curious love between man and kitchen appliance; and hear from "Save Us From Our House" host Hina Khan on the challenges of kitchen renovation. Plus, a live-in-kitchen performance from Gentleman Reg. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Talkin' about rumours (01/24/09) Can gossip be good for you? This week, we're looking into how rumours can get you into trouble... and also the upside of gossip. We'll find out how rumours can circulate in the most unlikely of places... your family. And we'll hear from a woman who was "Patient Zero" of a rumour (she claims it was an accident... a likely story...). Plus we'll ask a "rumourologist" why we tell these tales in the first place. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Stuff about stuff (01/17/09) Why does our stuff matter? You might say you don't need it, or even want it... but you'll fight tooth and nail to keep it. We'll find out about the natural lifecycle of stuff with Will Straw; Sook-Yin rides along with a couple of junk collectors; and we'll get the lowdown on how to merge your stuff when you shack up. Plus, Veda Hille live in studio! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website DNTO goes big...or is it home? Go big or go home! But how do you decide which is the better option? Sook-Yin Lee returns this week to ask a question fit for these times of "risk aversion"... are you better off going big, or just going home? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Has "thank you" lost its meaning? (01/03/09) How many times a day do you say "thank you?" And how many times a day do you really, really mean it? This week, we're asking: has "thank you" lost its meaning? Tune in as we look at the "obligatory thanks" vs. genuine thanks; hear from a guy who set out to write "thank you" notes to everyone he wanted to thank; and find out who Sook-Yin has always wanted to thank, but never did... until now. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website A year-end look at final moments (12/27/08) We're capping off 2008 by asking... are our final moments our finest moments? We'll hear from palliative care specialist Stephen Jenkinson on how to celebrate our last moments; mom Kim Ziervogel looks at how to talk to kids about death; and Arthur Motyer tells us about his sister's "living wake." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website DNTO's grab bag of holiday goodies (12/20/08) It's a mixed bag of holiday treats... We'll bring you some of our favourite stories from 2008. And we've got five holiday favourites recorded by five great Canadian musicians, just for DNTO listeners. Plus, our great iPod giveaway... download for the details! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website DNTO goes to court! (12/13/08) DNTO goes to court! How does our perception of what court is match up with the real thing? We'll get the answers from veteran court reporter Christie Blatchford; a lawyer who has finger on the pulse of pop culture and the courts and Juno award winner David Boulanger from Burnt Project 1. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website DNTO gets Hali-Fantastic! (12/06/08) We're packing our bags and heading to guest host Jonathan Torrens' hometown... Halifax! This week, we're following "Six Degrees of Jonathan Torrens." He'll be constructing his dream Halifax 'super band' to play a Canadian classic; we'll eavesdrop on his '80s cover band; and we'll tell you how to become a Hali "superconnector." Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website What's your breaking point? (11/29/08) How long will you stand in line? Or wait on hold? This week, guest host Jonathan Torrens and crew are looking at "breaking points," and how far we can be pushed before we say, "We're mad as hell, and we're not going to take it anymore!" Plus, we look at our "best worst" moments - that point that seemed horrible at the time, but ultimately lead to something good. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Sending you some brotherly (and sisterly) love (11/22/08) Siblings. Even if you don't have them, they're running your life - whether or not you know it (or like it). So this week, guest host Jonathan Torrens and crew explore our complicated relationships with our brothers and sisters. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website We're getting grounded at the airport! (11/15/08) We're getting grounded at the airport. Between arrivals, departures, reunions, and farewells, the airport is a hotbed of human drama. But are you really yourself in the airport... or do you become someone different when you're in the space between cities? Guest host Marcy Markusa and company visit the airport to find out. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Giving 'til it hurts (11/08/08) Are we giving 'til it hurts... or is the "economic downturn" bringing in a new age of stinginess? This week, we look at "charity." What do we give, who are we giving it to, and how do we decide to give, or not to give? Tune in to hear kids answer the question: is it better to give or to receive? Plus, Nick Purdon tells us how asking for money is like asking for a date. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Take us to your leader! (11/01/08) Take us to your leader! But who is that? This week, we're asking "who's in charge here?" Guest host Marcy Markusa and company look into what makes a good leader; why the person you think is in charge might not really be in charge; and whether we get the leaders we want, or the leaders we deserve. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Why do we love a love story? (10/25/08) What's the most extreme thing you've done for love? We'll take a look at all the nutty things we do... from a little breaking and entering to voluntarily staying put in a war zone. Plus, we'll explore the phenomenon of the "bromance"; and hear from heartbreaker Martha Wainwright on... well, heartbreak. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website What's your biggest flaw? (10/18/08) What's your flaw - and how have you learned to deal with it? This week, we're all about looking at our imperfections, and how we embrace them. We'll talk with a photographer about taking pics of celebs in their natural, flawed glory; learn how to deal with your significant other's lil' faults; and find out how to answer the classic job interview question: "What's your biggest fault?" Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Has "thank you" lost its meaning? (10/11/08) How many times a day do you say "thank you?" And how many times a day do you really, really mean it? This week, we're asking: has "thank you" lost its meaning? Tune in as we look at the "obligatory thanks" vs. genuine thanks; hear from a guy who set out to write "thank you" notes to everyone he wanted to thank; and find out who you never thanked, but wanted to. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Who does the night bring out in you? When the sun goes down and the city grows dark do you become a different person? Under the cover of darkness are you more free to be the person you really are? This week Sook-Yin Lee wants to know who does the night bring out in you!! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Crowds (09/27/08) Have you ever done something that you wouldn't normally do? When we're young we blame it on peer pressure but as we grow we blame it on the crowd! Sook-Yin Lee experiments with the power of a crowd and finds out what happens when you try to control a crowd and lose. She also will talk with musical guest Matt Mays about what it's like to play to a crowd of one! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website DNTO is in the driver's seat (09/20/08) Sook-Yin Lee talks to country music star Shane Yellowbird, a woman describes what it was like living in her car for a month, and Lisha Hassanali tells Sook-Yin what her Mini Cooper says about her. What are we really using our cars for? Listen in to find out! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Take a jog with DNTO (09/13/08) Why do we run? What are we running to... or from? Sook-Yin takes a jog with Olympic sprinter Anson Henry, and runs in inappropriate places with the ladies from the Movement Movement. And running coach Gilbert Tuhabonye tells us his remarkable story of running to survive. Plus, comedian Alix Sobler looks into getting the runner's high; and Rachel Sanders explains why we have so many dreams about running. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website How has water changed your life? (06/06/08) Water has always been important to us. From baptism to tidal waves, H2O sustains life and reigns destruction. Today, Nick Purdon overcomes his anxiety of swimming because of a fish; Sook-Yin talks to some free divers that wish they were amphbians; Joff Schmidt discusses water in horror films; comedian Alix Sobler gives unusual tips on saving water; and musician Martha Wainwright tells how an African river inspired her to write a NICE love song for once. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website What's it really like to make a comeback? (05/31/08) In light of movies like Indiana Jones and classic music tours like that of The Police, we look at what it takes to return and what a comeback's really like. Sook-Yin talks to author John Sarkett; comedian Trish Cooper examines her inability to master the verbal comeback; Kim Ziervogel returns to an old romantic flame; Nick Purdon celebrates the underdog in sports; Fred Schneider of the B-52s talks about their first record in 16 years; and Christa Couture uses music to come back after major ... Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Where'd you get that idea? (05/24/08) How do we develop great ideas? Sook-Yin hears from the guy who came up with the "diamond" Shreddies campaign, as well as a designer Biddell from Project Runway Canada. Also, Nick Purdon investigates his fear of writer's block; mock-buster maker David Latt borrows movie ideas; Lisha Hassanali looks at the "a-ha" moment us lucky ones get; and Beryl Tsang has a "crafty" solution to needing a prosthetic breast. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website "Victoria's and Hilary" May 22 This week, our comedy team tackled Queen Victoria (she's fine, not to worry), election fatigue and Hilary Clinton's never-say-die attitude. Check it out now! Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Can't someone else do it? The outsourcing episode (05/17/08) We're looking at the PERSONAL side of outsourcing. A.J.Jacobs outsourced his entire life, from arguing with his wife to reading stories to his kids. Comedian/mom Deb Williams finds out just how much of her motherly duties can be contracted out; animator and cartoonist Guy Delisle supervised outsourced animation teams in Asia; Alix Sobler reminisces about her childhood outsourcing: babysitting; Clare Lawlor hires someone to work on her love life; and Sook-Yin outsources some of her own work. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Looking back at our lives (05/10/08) This week, Sook-Yin asks, “How do you sum up a life?” Video artist Sandee Moore gives people their 5 minutes to shine; Lisha Hassanali has to sum someone up while they’re sitting right in front of her; alternative cartoonist Joe Matt explains why he likes making himself look like a big jerk in his autobiographical comics; musician Christine Fellows keeps one special obituary of a stranger in her coat pocket; and comedian John Wing takes on the challenge of writing his own obituary. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Talkin’ about… the human voice (05/03/08) Sook-Yin looks at the instrument that is the human voice and what it says to the world. Lisha Hassanali explores why she falls into a "family dialect" with her mom; we'll hear from author (and voice of AT&T) Susan Berkley; Clare Lawlor takes advantage of being mistaken for a man on the phone; and Helix frontman Brian Vollmer busts out his classical vocals. Plus comedy from Chris Gibbs and Erica Sigurdson; and a lesson in makin' beats with yer mouth from human beatbox Exzam. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Meet meat (04/26/08) In this era of conscious eating, meat elicits a visceral response from all sorts... from dedicated carnivores to ethical vegans. Sook-Yin talks to author and shameless carnivore Scott Gold; comedian Dawn Dumont discusses her lapsed vegetarianism; Adam Growe expounds on the unique relationship between one man and his BBQ; and the editors of "Meatpaper Magazine," Sasha Wizansky and Amy Standen, talk about meat metaphor and flesh-based art. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Secret Lives (04/19/08) How do we live with our secret lives? Sook-Yin speaks with Bob Delaney, former undercover cop turned NBA referee; comedian Erica Sigurdson discovers her mom's secret life; Royal Wood talks about hiding his rock'n'roll life at his day-job as a foreign exchange trader; writer Tanis Rideout ponders the life of a superhero's girlfriend; and John Pellatt peels back the layers of former spy and spy novelist Ted Allbeury. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website DNTO Does Beijing (04/12/08) Sook-Yin's brought some fantastic audio souvenirs from her trip to China. So come along for the ride as DNTO explores the new sound of Beijing. Sook-Yin battles against professional video gamers; Sufei, a.k.a. Anna Sophie Lowenberg, gets sexy in Beijing; controversial artist Zhao Bandi discusses panda dreams; Chinese punk rockers the Re-Tros skirt around censorship; and DNTO’s own Nick Purdon looks into great moments of protest in Olympic history. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website A hand for applause (04/06/08) Guest host Nick Purdon and company pay tribute to the fine art of clapping, as Rachel Sanders looks at applause in unlikely places; comedian Shaun Majumder tells us how to handle a heckler; Joff Schmidt makes a spirited argument for booing; and Sarah Lazarovic gives an ode to that wonder of 1980s technology, The Clapper. Plus comedy from Nile Seguin. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Gettin' our lazy on (03/30/08) Why is laziness so maligned? We put that question to Tom Hodgkinson, editor of The Idler. Nick Purdon hits the streets with Fashion TV diva Jeanne Beker to find out why the "casual look" takes so much work. And Steve Hofstetter brings us a love letter to the ultimate symbol of loafing: the La-Z-Boy. Plus, music from Vitaminsforyou. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Make your escape with DNTO (03/23/08) Nick Purdon busts out of the DNTO studio long enough to pose the question: How do you escape, and what are you escaping? With help from Canada's first lady of song, Anne Murray and comics Alix Sobler and Chris Gibbs. Plus Rachel Sanders has advice on how to escape everyday situations and Michael Bhardwaj recaps Canada's great escapes. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Weather and traffic together (03/16/08) Weather and traffic... those two immutable forces that everyone talks about, but no one does anything about. So how come bad weather brings us all together, but bad traffic makes us all road ragers? We'll find out with traffic expert Paul Fotsch; Aziza Sindhu's look at how we communicate car-to-car; and Alix Sobler's take on the bumper sticker. Plus a look at evil geniuses and their weather machines, and music from the Weather Station. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The fixer-upper episode (03/09/08) We're looking into the big fix with Mary Bellows, host of the prototypical fix-it show "Do It For Yourself"; advice columnist Rhona Raskin, who tells us how you know if your relationship is worth fixing; and a musical interview with a woman whose tunes don't need any fixing at all... Kathleen Edwards. Plus comedy from John Wing and Chris Gibbs. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Going underground (03/02/08) We're heading downstairs for a look at basements - cozy sanctuary or creepy lair? We'll hear from horror author Susie Maloney, who does some of her spookiest writing in the basement; Prof. Will Straw, who explains why "burying" our junk downstairs is a rite of passage; design gurus Colin McAllister and Justin Ryan, who tell us about the scariest basements they've seen; and Murray Foster, who brings us a defense of the unfinished basement. Plus music from Rebekah Higgs. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Serving up souvenirs (02/24/08) Why do we keep those keepsakes? We'll find out what Isabella Rossellini and Guy Maddin are hanging onto; Clare Lawlor asks why we're keeping all those love letters (and bars of our ex-lovers' soap); and talk to flamboyant pop meister Hawksley Workman about why he thinks nudity is his favourite souvenir (and hear a live-in-studio tune from the Hawk). Plus comedy from John Wing and Nile Seguin. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website VanCity rocks! (02/17/08) DNTO's in Vancouver to talk parks and condo culture. We begin in VanCity's famous Stanley Park, where Sook-Yin jogs along the sea wall, and sits down for a chat and a song with Veda Hille. Then we're movin' on up to look at Vancouver's condo culture, including Rachel Sanders' look at the dark side of condo politics, and Sam Schachner's comedic take on condo marketing. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website DNTO exposes the hidden side of hockey (02-10-08) Nick Purdon celebrates Hockey Day in Canada by exposing the hidden side of our favorite game. He's challenging everyone he meets to reveal a hockey secret. Author George Fosty reveals what happened when the sons and grandsons of runaway American slaves decided to form a league of their own. Comedian Steve Hofstetter offers his take from south of the border. Denis Grignon confesses what happened when he embarked on a visor crusade. And a tale and tune from musical goalie Dale Morningstar. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website DNTO exposes the hidden side of hockey (02/10/08) Nick Purdon celebrates Hockey Day in Canada by exposing the hidden side of our favorite game. He's challenging everyone he meets to reveal a hockey secret. Author George Fosty reveals what happened when the sons and grandsons of runaway American slaves decided to form a league of their own. Comedian Steve Hofstetter offers his take from south of the border. Denis Grignon confesses what happened when he embarked on a visor crusade. And a tale and tune from musical goalie Dale Morningstar. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Speaking briefly (02/03/08) We look into the language we use as "shorthand" - and how it changes our relationships. Joff Schmidt explains why talking in movie quotes is valid communication for guys; we'll hear from Frank Warren, the artist behind the PostSecret project; Naomi Baron explains how we use code in our language; and Sook-Yin talks to Alice Kuipers about her novel told in the form of sticky notes. Plus comedy from Dawn Dumont. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Digging deep into debt (01/27/08) We're all indebted to someone... especially post-holidays. So this week, we look at debt. Sook-Yin hits the street to find out who you owe. We'll ask Alison Griffiths, host of the financial reality show "Maxed Out," why we love watching people struggle with debt. Dave Meslin explains how he avoids debt by living rent-free; Sarah Lazarovic tries to run up a tab; and Nick Purdon brings us great moments in student loan history. Plus comedy from John Wing. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The shoe show (01/20/08) We're taking a downward glance at footwear. Sook-Yin talks with renowned shoe designer John Fluevog; Nile Seguin peeks into his closet to discover that boys really DO have shoe collections; Lisha Hassanali tells us about "shoe etiquette"; and Rhonda Riche explores our fascination with Crocs. Plus, we share your letters with DNTO Feedback. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Attack of the 'Pod, people! (1/13/08) A podcast about iPods - and the cultural significance of the ubiquitous music box. We'll hear from iPod guru Steven Levy (author of "The Perfect Thing"). Nick Purdon tells us what the iPod means for the future of social interaction. Iris Yudai looks at how clever art students have used iPods for a bit of subversion. And John Pellatt tells us about a life-altering podcast. Plus comedy from Teresa Pavlinek, and music from the No Luck Club. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website They say it's your birthday (1/6/08) Okay, even if it's not your birthday, we got you something - a podcast all about birthdays! We'll hear b-day tales from opera diva Measha Brueggergosman and thespian Carlo Rota; Mike O'Brien tells us how to deal with the dreaded "holiday" birthday; and we'll talk to one of the producers of "Party Mamas" to find out why spending $30K on your kid's birthday is a good idea. Plus, comedy from Alix Sobler and a musical interview with Christine Fellows. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website My only friend, the end... (12/30/07) We're capping off 2007 by looking at endings - and why they're so darn hard to get right. Joff Schmidt brings us bummer endings turned happy; This Hour Has 22 Minutes writer Jen Whelan explains why comedy endings are so hard to nail; we'll hear a musical performance from Noah Mintz, formerly of hHead; author Gail Bowen will tell us about the challenge of saying goodbye to a favourite character; and comedian Dawn Dumont looks at how to move on from heartbreak. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website The gift of music... (12/23/07) We've got a special podcast gift for you... original recordings of holiday tunes (traditional and not-so-traditional) from some of Canada's finest musicians. Download to hear from Jenny Whiteley, the Divorcees, Neverending White Lights, Carolyn Mark, James Keelaghan and Oscar Lopez, Justin Rutledge, American Flamewhip, Basia Bulat, and Nathan Wiley. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website How pop culture saved the world (12/16/07) We ask notable folks how pop culture changed their lives. You'll hear from funnyman Sean Cullen, R&B diva Flo, Little Mosque on the Prairie star Carlo Rota, cartoonist Chester Brown, author Elyse Friedman, and wrestling star Chris "Y2J" Jericho. Plus, comedian Trish Cooper tells us how a kids' show scarred... er, changed... her life. And we'll hear from Steven Johnson, author of Everything Bad Is Good for You: How Today's Popular Culture Is Actually Making Us Smarter. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website This means war! (12/09/07) We look into our fascination with all things military. Sook-Yin hits the mall with a Navy man; comedian Teresa Pavlinek explains why camouflage thongs are so very, very wrong; we hear from former embedded journalist Christie Blatchford; and funnyman John Wing declares war on declaring war on things. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Act yer age! Or don't... (12/2/07) What does "acting your age" mean these days? We explore that question with actors Ellen Page and Eric Peterson. Plus, Clare Lawlor does some soulsearching to find out if she really is a grown-up; and comedy from John Wing. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website We got the need for speed! (11/25/07) Your personal tempo says a lot about who you are – so this week, we’re slowing down for a look at speed. We’ll hear from Fran Capo, the world’s fastest-talking woman; and Carl Honoré, author of “In Praise of Slow.” Plus, Sook-Yin tries to convince strangers on the street to slow down; Joff Schmidt explains why the music at the mall might dictate how fast you shop; and we’ll hear a live performance from Edmonton musician James Murdoch. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Here's lookin' at you.... (11/18/07) Privacy - how do you protect it? Or can you, in the digital age? We'll talk with science fiction author Robert J. Sawyer, who maintains our notion of privacy is overrated; Sook-Yin hits the streets to find out how easy it is to get your personal info; Clare Lawlor tells us about her deep connection to her shredder; and artist Hasan Elahi explains how he maintains his privacy by going completely public. Plus comedy from Fraser Young and a musical performance by Neverending White Lights. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website Here's lookin' at you.... (11/18/07) Privacy - how do you protect it? Or can you, in the digital age? We'll talk with science fiction author Robert J. Sawyer, who maintains our notion of privacy is overrated; Sook-Yin hits the streets to find out how easy it is to get your personal info; Clare Lawlor tells us about her deep connection to her shredder; and artist Hasan Elahi explains how he maintains his privacy by going completely public. Plus comedy from Fraser Young and a musical performance by Neverending White Lights. Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website We're in Edmonton...jealous? (11-7-07) We're in E-town to find out what makes this city so hilarious. Won't your join us...and bring your funny bone? Listen | Listen in your iPhone | Download | View full cache | Visit Website