Personal Best

By CBC Podcasts

Comedy

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Personal Best turns tiny goals into grand adventures. From CBC Original Podcasts.

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Introducing: Limited Capacity

11.18.2021

Limited Capacity is a collection of six short stories about the strange and twisted ways we interact with the internet, and with each other. Each immersive episode is packed with intimate and jarring stories that are both completely familiar and ...

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11.18.2021 Introducing: Limited Capacity Limited Capacity is a collection of six short stories about the strange and twisted ways we interact with the internet, and with each other. Each immersive episode is packed with intimate and jarring stories that are both completely familiar and ...
07.02.2019 Joe-Joe-Joe 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.
06.25.2019 I Know What You Packed Last Summer Two stories. Sienna cries when confronting authority figures. Also, four strangers wake-up chained in a spooky basement...
06.18.2019 Yours in Trial and Error and Error 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.
06.11.2019 Timidly Fierce Nick is an actor who has auditioned for over 100 commercials with very little success. Is it possible he's just too cool?
06.04.2019 Know More, Carry Less Cihang is afraid of running out of things to say. She wishes for a database of interesting tidbits to pull from at parties.
05.28.2019 48 Hours Rob and Andrew hit the streets to find a random stranger's problem and solve it within 48 hours.
05.21.2019 The Power of You 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 how to sell.
05.14.2019 The Egg Bag Chandler is a woman in her thirties without a credit card. The answer might be found in an unusual self-help book.
04.30.2019 Season 2 Teaser Eight weeks of new episodes start May 14th.
06.21.2018 Trailer A self-improvement show that helps you be your best you. As best we can. Given the constraints. Coming February 14
06.21.2018 One Time Snooze Robin is a chronic snoozer. She’s constantly late for work, sleeping in for upwards of two hours. She's also been keeping an elaborate secret since high school.
06.21.2018 Nine Fiver Brent is a punk musician, radio announcer and an all-around fun guy who is completely unable to celebrate himself. His only hope might be a man with a keytar.
06.21.2018 Let’s Go Schwimmin’ Two stories. It’s tragic when you can’t communicate to those closest to you. For Manu, it’s his local cashier. Also, Jan is overwhelmed by menu options.
06.21.2018 The Doppelgänger Julia struggles flirting over text messages and it’s hampering her love life. But it's not just dating - she struggles with all text messages. Is it possible to communicate your authentic self via text, or are you doomed to prop ...
06.21.2018 Jeffin’ 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.
06.21.2018 Cow Watch 2018 Sheryl is a city person. But she feels like she hasn’t had a chance to express her inner self — her true country self. Sheryl wants to deliver a baby cow.
06.21.2018 Jackie Chan’s Sleeveless Turtleneck Yaw loved action movies as kid. As an adult, Yaw wants to land a backflip.
06.21.2018 Tragedy + Time Two stories. Oriana can’t lie and it’s hurting those close to her. Also, Kevin wants to make his grandma laugh.
06.21.2018 A Ride on the Desert Bus In our final episode of the season, Julia (different Julia than before) is a messy eater. But instead of a problem with table manners, she's convinced it's something else. Something that goes all the way back to ancient Buddhist teachings.
04.15.2018 Jackie Chan’s Sleeveless Turtleneck Yaw loved action movies as kid. As an adult, Yaw wants to land a backflip.
04.03.2018 A Ride on the Desert Bus In our final episode of the season, Julia (different Julia than before) is a messy eater. But instead of a problem with table manners, she's convinced it's something else. Something that goes all the way back to ancient Buddhist teachings.
04.03.2018 Tragedy + Time Two stories. Oriana can’t lie and it’s hurting those close to her. Also, Kevin wants to make his grandma laugh.
03.27.2018 Tragedy + Time Two stories. Oriana can't lie and it's hurting those close to her. Also, Kevin wants to make his grandma laugh.
03.20.2018 Jackie Chan's Sleeveless Turtleneck Yaw loved action movies as kid. As an adult, Yaw wants to land a backflip.
03.20.2018 The Doppelgänger Julia struggles flirting over text messages and it’s hampering her love life. But it's not just dating - she struggles with all text messages. Is it possible to communicate your authentic self via text, or are you doomed to prop ...
03.13.2018 Cow Watch 2018 Sheryl is a city person. But she feels like she hasn't had a chance to express her inner self - her true country self. Sheryl wants to deliver a baby cow.
03.06.2018 Jeffin' 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.
02.27.2018 The Doppelgänger Julia struggles flirting over text messages and it's hampering her love life. But it's not just dating - she struggles with all text messages. Is it possible to communicate your authentic self via text, or are you doomed to prop ...
02.27.2018 The Doppelganger Julia struggles flirting over text messages and it’s hampering her love life. But it's not just dating - she struggles with all text messages. Is it possible to communicate your authentic self via text, or are you doomed to prop ...
02.20.2018 Let's Go Schwimmin' Two stories. It's tragic when you can't communicate to those closest to you. For Manu, it's his local cashier. Also, Jan is overwhelmed by menu options.
02.13.2018 Nine Fiver Brent is a punk musician, radio announcer and an all-around fun guy who is completely unable to celebrate himself. His only hope might be a man with a keytar.
02.12.2018 One Time Snooze Robin is a chronic snoozer. She's constantly late for work, sleeping in for upwards of two hours. She's also been keeping an elaborate secret since high school.
12.22.2017 Trailer A self-improvement show that helps you be your best you. As best we can. Given the constraints. Coming February 14

Personal Best

What's Personal Best about?

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Personal Best episodes:

Introducing: Limited Capacity

Joe-Joe-Joe

I Know What You Packed Last Summer

Yours in Trial and Error and Error

Timidly Fierce

Know More, Carry Less

48 Hours

The Power of You

The Egg Bag

Season 2 Teaser

Trailer

One Time Snooze

Nine Fiver

Let’s Go Schwimmin’

The Doppelgänger

Jeffin’

Cow Watch 2018

Jackie Chan’s Sleeveless Turtleneck

Tragedy + Time

A Ride on the Desert Bus

Jackie Chan’s Sleeveless Turtleneck

A Ride on the Desert Bus

Tragedy + Time

Tragedy + Time

Jackie Chan's Sleeveless Turtleneck

The Doppelgänger

Cow Watch 2018

Jeffin'

The Doppelgänger

The Doppelganger

Let's Go Schwimmin'

Nine Fiver

One Time Snooze

Trailer