TORONTO — CBC today announced its podcast lineup for spring 2021 will include two new original series — Life Jolt and A Death in Cryptoland, launching April 27 and May 25, respectively.
Life Jolt, prison slang for a life sentence, provides a powerful look at the realities of life inside a women’s prison. For this nine-episode series, the production team gained unprecedented access to Grand Valley Institution for Women, a federal penitentiary in Kitchener, Ont. Individual women’s stories explore a wide range of issues including parenting behind bars, segregation, the over-representation of Indigenous women, addiction, trauma and the many obstacles of reintegration. The series is produced by award-winning radio producer and documentary-maker John Chipman alongside Danielle Carr, and hosted by Rosemary Green, who served five years in the U.S. penal system, and is now an advocate for prison reform.
A Death in Cryptoland is an investigative series about Gerald Cotten, the young CEO of Canada’s largest cryptocurrency exchange — QuadrigaCX — who is reported to have died while honeymooning in India. The six-part podcast dives into the crypto-tycoon’s secret past, his mysterious death, and an online sleuth’s obsession with uncovering the truth. The series is hosted by technology journalist Takara Small and produced by the award-winning team of documentary producer Joan Webber and investigative journalist Enza Uda.
The new podcasts join more than 35 series in the CBC lineup across genres such as true crime, comedy, news, human interest and audio fiction.
CBC Podcasts’ April/May 2021 slate also features returning series, including Inappropriate Questions (season 3, April 21) and Other People’s Problems (season 3, May 18). Ongoing series include: Front Burner (weekdays); Sickboy (Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays); Pop Chat (Wednesdays); The Dose (Wednesdays); Party Lines (Thursdays); The Secret Life of Canada (twice monthly); and Chosen Family (bi-weekly Thursdays).
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