Personal Best

Series produced by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

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​PERSONAL BEST is a humorous podcast that celebrates small ambitions, half-wins and the quiet satisfaction of getting less bad at things.

​PERSONAL BEST is a humorous podcast that celebrates small ambitions, half-wins and the quiet satisfaction of getting less bad at things. Each week we help ordinary people work through the little things they’d never bring to a life coach — like kicking a snooze button addiction or getting less awkward around cashiers.


16 Pieces

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One Time Snooze
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: Personal Best
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Robin is a chronic snoozer. She's constantly late for work, sleeping in for upwards of two hours. Plus, she's been keeping an elaborate secret from...

  • Added: Jan 10, 2020
  • Length: 35:35
Nine Fiver
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: Personal Best
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Brent is a punk musician, radio announcer and an all-around fun guy who is completely unable to celebrate himself.

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  • Added: Jan 10, 2020
  • Length: 36:10
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The Doppelgänger
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: Personal Best
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Is it possible to communicate your authentic self via text, or are you doomed to prop up a performative husk dancing on a touch screen forever?

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  • Added: Jan 09, 2020
  • Length: 31:12
  • Purchases: 1
Jeffin'
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: Personal Best
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Two stories. Michael is a musician who goes by the stage name Non-Swimmer. To no one's surprise, he can't swim. Also, Toula hates cancelling plans.

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  • Added: Jan 09, 2020
  • Length: 30:07
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Tragedy + Time
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: Personal Best
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Two stories. Oriana can't lie and it's hurting those closest to her. We take a deep dive in how to construct the perfect lie. Also, Kevin wants to...

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  • Added: Jan 10, 2020
  • Length: 33:25
  • Purchases: 1
Cow Watch 2018
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: Personal Best
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Sheryl is a mother, educator, and therapist. But she feels like she still hasn't had a chance to express her inner self — her true country self. ...

  • Added: Jan 10, 2020
  • Length: 30:12
Jackie Chan's Sleeveless Turtleneck
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: Personal Best
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Yaw loved action movies as kid. As an adult, Yaw wants to land a backflip. Naturally, we made an action movie so he could learn how to backflip.

  • Added: Jan 10, 2020
  • Length: 36:57
A Ride on the Desert Bus
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: Personal Best
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Julia is a messy eater. But instead of a problem with table manners, she's convinced its something else. Something that goes all the way back to ...

  • Added: Jan 10, 2020
  • Length: 34:27
The Egg Bag
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: Personal Best
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Chandler is a woman in her thirties without a credit card. Worried she isn't responsible enough, she turns to Rob and Andrew for guidance. But the ...

  • Added: Jan 10, 2020
  • Length: 36:05
48 Hours
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: Personal Best
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Rob and Andrew hit the streets to solve a random stranger's problem within two days.

  • Added: Jan 10, 2020
  • Length: 37:46
The Power of You
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: Personal Best
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Colleen is a very big fan of her brother-in-law's abstract paintings. She offers to sell them on his behalf, withholding the fact she has no idea h...

  • Added: Jan 10, 2020
  • Length: 40:54
Know More, Carry Less
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: Personal Best
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Cihang has trouble making conversation and often runs out of things to say. She wishes for a database of interesting tidbits to pull from at parties.

  • Added: Jan 10, 2020
  • Length: 36:48
Timidly Fierce
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: Personal Best
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Nick is an actor who has auditioned for over 100 commercials with very little success. Is it possible he's just too cool?

  • Added: Jan 10, 2020
  • Length: 34:28
Yours in Trial and Error and Error
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: Personal Best
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Fan is a poet and writer of love letters. He basks in fantasy, but he's never been able to muster any passion for cooking.

  • Added: Jan 10, 2020
  • Length: 32:18
I Know What You Packed Last Summer
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: Personal Best
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Two stories. Sienna cries when confronting authority figures. Also, four strangers wake-up chained in a spooky basement...

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  • Added: Jan 10, 2020
  • Length: 27:24
  • Purchases: 1
Joe-Joe-Joe
From: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Series: Personal Best
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Joe is a hobo punk anarchist who wants to jettison part of his old self, so that he can step out onto the dance floor. Our final episode of season 2.

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  • Added: Jan 10, 2020
  • Length: 32:36
  • Purchases: 1