Introducing: Forever is a Long Time

Radiotopia Presents: Red for Revolution

Radiotopia

Society & Culture, Fiction

4.4 • 989 Ratings

🗓️ 29 July 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

When Ian Coss decided to get married, every living member of his family who had ever been married had also gotten divorced: parents, grandparents, and all his aunts and uncles on both sides — some of them twice. Today, he has questions: What is the value of a lifetime commitment? Are we doomed to recycle the patterns of behavior we get from our ancestors? Are we all just better off alone?

Forever is a Long Time is a five-episode series from CBC’s Personally that weaves reflection and original music through Ian’s conversations with his wife and divorced family members — a look at love with people who have made mistakes.

Get lost in someone else’s life. From a mysterious childhood spent on the run, to a courageous escape from domestic violence, each season of Personally invites you to explore the human experience in all its complexity, one story — or season — at a time. This is what it sounds like to be human. More episodes of Personally can be found here: https://link.mgln.ai/fialt-wdtw

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0:00.0	You're listening to Radiotopia Presents from PRX's Radiotopia.
0:07.8	Hi, this is Yuri from Radiotopia. Just a heads up that we're trying something new here,
0:14.9	taking part in a podcast promo campaign by occasionally featuring episodes from other shows that we think you might like.
0:22.9	We think it could be a win, win, win.
0:25.9	The other shows get exposure to an excellent discerning audience.
0:30.1	I'm talking about you here.
0:32.5	You find out about a great new show, and we get some additional revenue to help keep the show going.
0:39.0	Have any feedback for us?
0:40.6	Reach out at info at radiotopia.fm.
0:44.4	And happy listening.
0:46.8	Hey, this is Ian from We're Doing the Whiz.
0:49.9	And I'm back in the feed today to share with you a kind of sister project.
0:55.0	It's also personal.
0:56.8	It's also musical.
0:58.5	But instead of being about my high school, it's about my family.
1:03.3	The series is called Forever is a Long Time.
1:07.3	In it, I talk with my relatives about getting married, then getting divorced, and it's not a
1:13.4	spoiler to say, they all get divorced. What we're going to do now is bring you the first episode of that
1:21.3	story, but you can hear the whole thing on CBC's personally feed. Truly, this story means so much to me, and I'm very excited to share it with you.
1:32.3	Again, it's Forever is a Long Time from CBC's Personally. Enjoy.
1:39.5	This show is a collection of songs and conversations about every marriage in my family that ended in divorce, which is most of them.
1:49.7	Part 1. My Parents, Ellen and Tom.
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