The Heart (podcast)

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The Heart is a podcast created by Kaitlin Prest and produced by Radiotopia.

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Background

The show started out in 2008 as a college radio show on CKUT-FM. [1] Before the show was picked up by Radiotopia, it was called Audio Smut and focused on sex from a female perspective. [2] Seasons are composed of 4 to 15 episodes. [3] The show had more than seven million listens between 2014 and 2017. [4]

Prest has stated that the show is partly a "feminist urge to document the private sphere, the realm of emotion, what sex actually is, what love actually is". [5] The show had a miniseries called Pansy, which focused on femininity in men. [6] In an episode titled Meat, a man named Jonathan Zenti discusses how society mistreats him as a fat person, but Zenti loves himself and his body anyway. [7]

In 2023, Prest did two miniseries called Sisters and Dad each of which focused on her relationship with her family. [8] Sisters was co-created by Prest's younger sister Natalie. [9] Fiona Sturges wrote in the Financial Times , that the miniseries is some of Prests best work. [10]

The show took a two year break and returned in 2020 with new hosts Nicole Kelly and Phoebe Unter. [11]

Reception

Awards

AwardDateCategoryResultRef.
Peabody Awards 2017Radio/PodcastFinalist [12] [13] [14]
Third Coast Festival Awards 2016Best Documentarygold [15]
Prix Italia 2015New Radio Formatsgold [16]

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References

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