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The Heart

Kaitlin Prest · en · 145 episodes

Since 2014 this longstanding podcast favourite has been creating hard-hitting cinematic stories about love, bodies and all of the things between humans that we don’t know how to name. Creator Kaitlin Prest works with her friends, idols and all kinds of loved ones to bring you into an expansive sonic universe that challenges what we think we know about love.

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Episodes

The Heart
Lili
It was sometime in the early years of their marriage when Gerda Weganer asked her husband, Einar, to dress in women’s clothes and sit for a painting. The…
Feb 17, 2015·9m
The Heart
Beauty Is Pain
It’s fun to try to be beautiful when people are giving you positive attention for it. It hurts if you’re not meeting that standard and people treat you like…
Feb 3, 2015·28m
The Heart
And 27 Other Firsts
Short and Sweet: Mid month we bring you something short. Whitney Jones (producer at PITCH) tells us about his first love, and 27 other firsts in chronological…
Jan 20, 2015·5m
The Heart
First
When we do something for the first time, we enter into a world with new rules. It’s the creation of a new path, a new possibility. We meet this threshold with…
Jan 6, 2015·17m
The Heart
Welcome to the Heart
A radio show is born. Again. We all go through phases and have an identity crisis or three. Audio Smut started as an hour long broadcast radio show at CKUT in…
Dec 1, 2014·8m
The Heart
Mouthwash
An Interlude. This is an interview about necking (or lack thereof). A kiss over time: at the beginning, in the middle, at the end. If you don’t like how…
Sep 16, 2014·14m
The Heart
Last
Episode Twelve. Kaitlin and Kyle. They met at a kissing booth. On their first date they went on a recording adventure (for one of the early Audio Smut…
Aug 20, 2014·17m
The Heart
Movies In Your Head
Episode Eleven. Audio Smut presents: a radio play. This episode was a documentary experiment, produced in collaboration with composer Shani Aviram. We set out…
Jun 23, 2014·24m
The Heart
My Natural Pocket
A Quickie. Behold the almighty power of the V. Vaginas can hold the largest and smallest of objects with barely the slightest uncomfort. So it just makes sense…
Jun 8, 2014·7m
The Heart
Coming Of Age
Episode Ten. This episode is about growing up, becoming an adult, entering a stage of independence: shaving cream, tampons, driving, voting, doing your own…
May 12, 2014·39m
The Heart
Love Letters
Episode Nine. The written word: a way to fuel a romance, a way to capture someone’s attention, a way to break up. We read people’s most private letters, and…
Apr 2, 2014·36m
The Heart
To Nora
A Quickie. In 1909, James Joyce wrote his wife, Nora Barnacle, a series of very sexy letters. While her side of the correspondence has been lost, we still have…
Mar 9, 2014·6m
The Heart
Fuck Love
(Welcome to Season Two) FU*K LOVE. Family. Responsibility. Survival. Economic Stability. These were once much more important to things to build your life on…
Feb 23, 2014·50m
The Heart
A Valentine
A Quickie: Do you believe in true love? Does it really exist, or is it just a mythology made up by Hollywood? How would you define true love? Jonathan…
Feb 13, 2014·5m
The Heart
Lovemaps
Episode Seven. Psychologist and sexologist, John Money came up with the theory of a lovemap. A lovemap is a template. It’s a template that we are constantly…
Nov 5, 2013·36m
The Heart
Afternoon Delight
A Quickie: This quickie is a history- a love map, if you will- of how Kaitlin manages to be such a productive person. Also, this is the reason why Kaitlin…
Jul 26, 2013·9m
The Heart
Getting By
Episode Six Homelessness isn’t really something that can be easily defined. Sometimes people make choices, other times people have no choices. In this episode…
Jul 8, 2013·40m
The Heart
Yellow Jumpsuit
A Quickie: Keith’s virginity story. Keith is and always has been an extremely charming man. I know it was the 90s, but there is nothing charming about a yellow…
Jun 25, 2013·8m
The Heart
Happens to the Best of Us
Episode Five. It’s your highschool sex ed class. Mrs. Green is going to play a movie. You are very excited. The room goes dark, the movie begins. You’re…
Jun 11, 2013·30m
The Heart
Movie Night
A Quickie: What will people think? This story happened to a friend of a friend of a friend of a friend of Audio Smut Producer, Erin. When surfing the Casual…
May 20, 2013·11m
The Heart
Pregnant
Episode Four. The good times and the bad times of making babies. Babies being born is a topic we accidentally avoid on audio smut. But the fact is, we have…
May 8, 2013·32m
The Heart
The Wrath of the Potluck
A Quickie: The time that god punished you for having a threesome with my sister. Devon is one of Kaitlin’s oldest friends from high school. They now live in…
Mar 25, 2013·12m
The Heart
Poo
Episode Two. Seriously, what’s the big deal. In this episode, we tackle one of the biggest taboos. We eat food, everyday and eventually that food has to come…
Mar 3, 2013·31m
The Heart
Mozart
A Quickie: We bring to you a surprising letter from Mozart. Tip the show and its creators. This audio magic wouldn't exist without the generous donations of…
Feb 28, 2013·6m
The Heart
The Sensorium
Episode One. Experience more than sight, sound, smell, taste, touch. Venture with us beyond the 5-way sense scape. Tip the show and its creators. This audio…
Feb 5, 2013·26m