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‘Death looks after itself and I would take care of life’
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Tracey Emin is one of Britain’s most provocative artists. She’s known for turning sex, trauma, heartbreak and her own messy life into boundary-breaking art. But after surviving aggressive bladder cancer and major surgery, her relationship with her body — and her art — has fundamentally shifted. Spanning nearly 40 years of work from My Bed to her latest paintings, her retrospective, A Second Life, marks a profound new chapter. Tracey joins guest host Gill Deacon to talk about survival, healing through art and what it means to get a second shot at life.
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This October celebrates spooky season with CBC podcasts. On Satanic Panic,
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On The Devil You Know, listen as host Sarah Marshall traces the story of how that moral panic
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This October celebrates spooky season with CBC podcasts. On Satanic Panic, hear how a tiny Saskatchewan town was engulfed by false accusations of ritual abuse. On The Devil You Know, listen as host Sarah Marshall traces the story of how that moral panic swept North America and embedded itself in pop culture. Or if you prefer some laughs with your
scares, check out Let's Make a Horror, where three comedians try to learn how to make a horror movie, Then take a stab creating their own. Satanic Panic, The Devil You Know, Let's Make a Horror. Available now wherever you get your podcasts.
This is a CBC Podcast. Hey, I'm Tom Power. Welcome to Q. Picture an unmade bed. One someone got out of and walked away from. The sheets are rumpled. There's empty bottles, cigarettes, clothing on the floor. I mean, some might say it looks kind of private, the kind of thing you might tidy
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