The Heart podcast

The Heart

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 relationships.

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 relationships.

 

#127

NO: Questions + More Questions

[Ep 4 of 4 and more to come] We were all left with burning questions after the first three... more

08 Oct 2025

42 MINS

42:01

08 Oct 2025


#126

NO: Answers + Updates

[Ep 3 of 4] Answers: Kaitlin’s search asking why coercion is so omnipresent lands her in o... more

05 Sep 2025

53 MINS

53:41

05 Sep 2025


#125

NO: Inheritance + Reality Check

[Ep 2 of 4] Why listen to this series now? KP's schpiel. And then: we catch up with our sh... more

13 Aug 2025

41 MINS

41:18

13 Aug 2025


#124

NO: Advance + Advance

[Ep 1 of 4] Inside a locked diary are the hopes and dreams of a little girl who wants one ... more

26 Jul 2025

28 MINS

28:33

26 Jul 2025


#123

NO: Again? Again.

Revisiting NO: after 8 years and several disappointing hook-ups wherein KP found herself w... more

11 Jul 2025

08 MINS

08:17

11 Jul 2025


#122

EPILOGUE | Letter to Gaza

In 2024 Ashtar Theatre started a new project: letters to Gaza.  During the Leo Season Birt... more

19 Oct 2024

11 MINS

11:22

19 Oct 2024


#121

AHMA-NOLOGUE | An Anniversary + A Birthday

This episode was named months ago: a prayer, a wish shared by one Tarneem Jaber and one Ka... more

15 Oct 2024

1 HR 04 MINS

1:04:07

15 Oct 2024


#120

MONOLOGUE#10 | Whatever You Build + Empty Cans

Artist and business owner Doreen Toutikian, founder of Beirut Design Week (and many other ... more

23 Sep 2024

1 HR 03 MINS

1:03:10

23 Sep 2024


#119

MONOLOGUE #19 | If the Sea Could Talk

Audio artist and organizer [Aliya Pabani] (https://www.instagram.com/aliyapabani/) takes G... more

14 Sep 2024

31 MINS

31:57

14 Sep 2024


#118

IN THIS MONOLOGUE | A Point in the Sea + Gaza’s Dreams

“Before, you could count how many buildings they destroyed. Now, you count how many buildi... more

03 Sep 2024

1 HR 12 MINS

1:12:52

03 Sep 2024


#117

MONOLOGUE#22 | A Cup of Tea + The Horse of Jenin

Comedian Alaa Shahada talks about artist life in Jenin, West Bank. We hear a radiomagic ex... more

23 Aug 2024

46 MINS

46:18

23 Aug 2024


#116

MONOLOGUE#1 | Electricity Complexes + Keys Around Their Necks

Ali Dajani grew up in Jordan and studied in Canada, where he met KP, the friend that sits ... more

15 Aug 2024

33 MINS

33:53

15 Aug 2024


#115

TRAILER: Great Love | The Gaza Monologues Revisited

"It's kind of corny, but I think about this quote from Che Guevara: "the true revolutionar... more

25 Jul 2024

06 MINS

06:49

25 Jul 2024


#114

PROLOGUE | The Best Valentine's Day I Ever Had

In this update-isode, we follow KP's whereabouts and goings-on since the Processing Palest... more

19 Jul 2024

34 MINS

34:27

19 Jul 2024


#113

Ode to Sound

KP says sweet nothings about the great love of her life: SOUND.  A shared moment and medit... more

03 Apr 2024

18 MINS

18:29

03 Apr 2024


#112

End

The love story underneath the love story. We finally meet the real-life Charlie Park. Audi... more

05 Feb 2024

1 HR 11 MINS

1:11:21

05 Feb 2024


#111

An Argument That Should Be Simple

The original unpublished title was “Anatomy of a Resentment”. This episode chronicles the ... more

09 Jan 2024

35 MINS

35:19

09 Jan 2024


#110

Decision

What is love? What is it really? bell hooks writes that love is something that we do. Not ... more

22 Dec 2023

44 MINS

44:44

22 Dec 2023


#109

Sweater

There are certain kinds of things a sweater spends its life dreaming about. Primarily: ach... more

28 Nov 2023

41 MINS

41:33

28 Nov 2023


#108

Realist

A window into the set-up from which an audio heartthrob emerged: Charlie Park. A neurotic ... more

14 Nov 2023

42 MINS

42:55

14 Nov 2023


#107

Processing Palestine

As people all over the world grieve and struggle, KP invites you to take a moment to refle... more

05 Nov 2023

47 MINS

47:46

05 Nov 2023


#106

Romantic

The story underneath the story: what happened after we made “Movies In Your Head”. In a cl... more

17 Oct 2023

1 HR 00 MINS

1:00:20

17 Oct 2023


#105

Don't Make Movies In Your Head

Have you ever fallen a little too hard a little too fast in love with someone you’ve just ... more

11 Oct 2023

32 MINS

32:43

11 Oct 2023


#104

DAD: Take the Bull by the Horns

In the final episode of the series Kaitlin isn't sure whether or not she truly wants to ge... more

18 Jul 2023

53 MINS

53:49

18 Jul 2023


#103

DAD: What Goes Around Comes Around

Episode 3: At age 33, Kaitlin is stranded living with her parents in Ottawa, living in the... more

04 Jul 2023

1 HR 10 MINS

1:10:45

04 Jul 2023


#102

DAD: It Takes Two to Tango

Episode 2: Kaitlin's father, Greg, proudly claims the title of mister mom in 1986. He's al... more

27 Jun 2023

35 MINS

35:16

27 Jun 2023


#101

DAD: Forgive and Forget

Episode 1: Kaitlin and her Dad fought so much when she was a teenager that the family call... more

18 Jun 2023

53 MINS

53:48

18 Jun 2023