AN AUDIO ART PROJECT ABOUT POWER & LOVE
Founded in Kaitlin Prest’s bedroom in 2014, The Heart is the culmination of many years of queer storytelling and play. Home to the widely lauded “NO” series, Peabody Finalist “Silent Evidence”, Third Coast Gold Award winning “Mariya” and Prix Italia awarded “Movies In Your Head”, The Heart is a groundbreaking force of feminist audio art making.
The show features personal documentary stories made by host KP and her friends. Cinematic, exquisitely sound designed and nakedly honest, The Heart’s stories ask big questions and tell deep truths.
From Mermaid Palace and Radiotopia.
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EPISODES
STARTER EPISODE
WELCOME TO THE HEART
RELEASE DATE: FEBRUARY 23, 2022
This episode provides an overview of where we’ve been and where we’re going next.
SERIES
DAD
RELEASE DATE: JUNE 18, 2023
A father daughter love story about a millennial woman and a baby boomer man facing a painful chapter of their past.
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This episode provides an overview of where we’ve been and where we’re going next.
SERIES
DAD
RELEASE DATE: JUNE 18, 2023
A father daughter love story about a millennial woman and a baby boomer man facing a painful chapter of their past.
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SHOW HISTORY
IN MONTREAL 2008. CKUT 90.3 FM offers up an hour at drivetime to a group of queers. Kaitlin Prest, Jess Grosman, Nora Rohman, Britt Wray and Linda Tsang are the new collective of a sex positive radio show called Audio Smut. CKUT gives them the space and the freedom to experiment and find their own voice. Wildness ensues.
IN NEW YORK 2012. Mitra Kaboli moves to New York to join Kaitlin, who has big dreams of making the show into a real job instead of a passion project. They go independent from the radio station and relaunch the show as a podcast. Jen Ng, Rider Alsop and Rae Dooley join the ranks.
IN KAITLIN’S BEDROOM 2014. She receives a call from Kerri Hoffman (PRX) with an invite to join the Radiotopia network. The Heart is born. Wildness ensues. Sharon Mashihi, Samara Breger and Phoebe Wang join the team. The show wins awards. They become pros. And then they get tired.
IN TORONTO 2018. The Heart is quiet. Kaitlin, Phoebe and Sharon make a different podcast with the CBC. Mitra gets a pro job at ESPN’s 30 for 30. Jen goes on a self-care vacay. Samara starts lifting weights and writing a lesbian romance novel. Rider lives the artist commune poet life.
IN LOS ANGELES 2019. Kaitlin decides to revamp the show and introduces artists Nicole Kelly and Phoebe Unter (PU/NK) of bitchface.
EVERYWHERE COVID 2021. The show goes quiet again, brewing ideas for future, queer works of audio art.
IN TORONTO 2023. Kaitlin teams up with her sister Natalie Prest to create a new series about the love story we’re born into.
IN NEW YORK 2012. Mitra Kaboli moves to New York to join Kaitlin, who has big dreams of making the show into a real job instead of a passion project. They go independent from the radio station and relaunch the show as a podcast. Jen Ng, Rider Alsop and Rae Dooley join the ranks.
IN KAITLIN’S BEDROOM 2014. She receives a call from Kerri Hoffman (PRX) with an invite to join the Radiotopia network. The Heart is born. Wildness ensues. Sharon Mashihi, Samara Breger and Phoebe Wang join the team. The show wins awards. They become pros. And then they get tired.
IN TORONTO 2018. The Heart is quiet. Kaitlin, Phoebe and Sharon make a different podcast with the CBC. Mitra gets a pro job at ESPN’s 30 for 30. Jen goes on a self-care vacay. Samara starts lifting weights and writing a lesbian romance novel. Rider lives the artist commune poet life.
IN LOS ANGELES 2019. Kaitlin decides to revamp the show and introduces artists Nicole Kelly and Phoebe Unter (PU/NK) of bitchface.
EVERYWHERE COVID 2021. The show goes quiet again, brewing ideas for future, queer works of audio art.
IN TORONTO 2023. Kaitlin teams up with her sister Natalie Prest to create a new series about the love story we’re born into.
