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Split Screen: Thrill Seekers – CBC

A TV crew offers 12 ordinary people the chance to take part in the adventure of a lifetime. But there’s a catch. The audience knows everything but the contestants are kept in the dark. As the cameras roll, no questions are allowed. Split Screen: Thrill Seekers is a new 6 part series that exposes how a TV show left contestants struggling to trust what’s actually real.

Host Nick van der Kolk (Love + Radio) asks: does reality TV only succeed when it exploits those involved? He talks to the set designers, crew, and the contestants themselves to learn what it took to permanently distort their sense of reality.

Welcome to Split Screen, an examination of the utterly captivating, sometimes unsettling world of entertainment and pop culture. From reality TV gone awry, to the cult of celebrity, each season of Split Screen takes listeners on an evocative journey inside the world of showbiz. Ex-contestants, producers, and cultural critics uncover complicated truths behind TV’s carefully curated facades, and question what our entertainment reveals about us. Split Screen: sometimes reality is twisted.

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Episode Two: ‘You need to question this’ Nov 09, 2026

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The Seven Super Girls channel is now a phenomenon and its tween creators are overnight sensations.

The girls meet with thousands of adoring fans, pose for photoshoots and start going on group trips. There, the girls have a chance to connect with one another and finally meet the man behind the channel – in person.

But with their success, a slowly tightening grip forms around the girls. Manager Ian Rylett introduces bizarre rules governing everything from their body hair and clothing size, to their communications with each other.

Hear all episodes of Split Screen: There Goes My Childhood, early and ad-free, on CBC Stories Premium on Apple Podcasts.

Episode One: Welcome to Seven Awesome Kids Nov 09, 2026

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As YouTube rapidly revolutionizes the entertainment industry in the late 2000s, one channel made for and by girls takes off: Seven Super Girls. The girls’ daily videos gain billions of views, millions of fans… and more money than a child knows what to do with.

But behind their skyrocketing success is something darker. What’s the cost of living their childhood in a digital spotlight? And who’s the man behind the channel and what are his real intentions?

Can’t wait for next week’s episode? Hear all episodes of Split Screen: There Goes My Childhood now, ad-free, on CBC Stories Premium on Apple Podcasts.

Introducing: There Goes My Childhood Nov 02, 2026

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What ever happened to the first kids to grow up – and blow up – on the internet?

Now old enough to tell their own stories for the first time, stars of one of YouTube's earliest and most popular kid-fluencer channels for girls share their experiences with fame, fortune, online predators… and the manager who controlled their lives for years, until he was put behind bars.

Four episodes, releasing weekly starting Monday, November 9.

Split Screen Introduces: The Big Bet Oct 13, 2026

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How did sports betting go from being illegal to being EVERYWHERE? The answer lies in the convergence of daily fantasy sports apps, a bombshell New York Times op-ed, and the potential of a multi-billion dollar payout. This episode of Understood: The Big Bet tells the story of how a pivotal Supreme Court ruling set the stage for one of the biggest scandals in sports history — one involving a Toronto Raptors bench player named Jontay Porter.

Understood takes you deep inside the seismic shifts reshaping our world right now. From online porn and crypto chaos to the rise of tech oligarchs, deepfake AI, and the broken promises of the internet — we explore the stories that define our digital age with hosts and characters embedded in the heart of the action.

More episodes of The Big Bet are available wherever you get your podcasts, and here: https://link.mgln.ai/TBBxSS

Split Screen Introduces: Discount Dave (and the Fix) Jun 10, 2026

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Everyone has a party story. Host and creator of Personally: Discount Dave (and the Fix) Rebecca Auerbach’s involved in a run-in with rock icon David Lee Roth (you know, from Van Halen). At least, that's who he said he was. It’s Vancouver. 2005. Becca, a young actor who loves hard and parties harder gets her first big break at a Shakespeare Festival. She’s young, she’s having fun, party girls are FUNNNNN… Rehydrate, recuperate, recalibrate, repeat. But when her best friend goes on a date with the aging rocker, Becca is on a mission. To get a piece of the action. And maybe it's because she loves rock and roll, or maybe it's because she’s trying to fill a hole, but she holds onto that night. And it ultimately leads to her own reckoning. A harrowing and hilarious blend of memoir and auto-fiction, Discount Dave (and the Fix) is the true-ish story of a fake rockstar, a real trial and what it means to stop running, face yourself and fight to heal. Episode one of this series, "I Runneth with the Devil" is an Official Selection of the 2026 Tribeca Audio Festival.

More episodes of Discount Dave (and the Fix) are available wherever you get your podcasts, and here: https://link.mgln.ai/DDxSS

Bachelor of Buckingham Palace, Episode 6: In Reality Dec 15, 2025

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’I Wanna Marry Harry’ makes its prime time debut. Things do not go as planned. Scott begins to question what we really mean when we call something “reality” TV?

Bachelor of Buckingham Palace, Episode 5: Not So Happily Ever After Dec 08, 2025

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As filming wraps, the girls fly back home, and the producers have a surprise waiting for them when they land. As surprises go, this isn’t exactly a great one.

Bachelor of Buckingham Palace, Episode 4: Princess Material Dec 01, 2025

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Who is Matt Hicks? A questionable Prince Harry lookalike… but also the man who might be able to tell us what was really going on behind-the-scenes. All we need to do now is find him.

Bachelor of Buckingham Palace, Episode 3: The Believers Nov 24, 2025

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Film crews, cults and coercion. A handy guide on how to get people to believe what you want them to.

Bachelor of Buckingham Palace, Episode 2: Fever Dream Nov 18, 2025

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Just whose idea was this anyway? And how did they intend to pull off such an absurd stunt? Scott needs answers. And he knows just who he needs to speak to. Danny Fenton — the creator of ‘I Wanna Marry Harry’.

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