Other People’s Problems Introduces: Creation Myth

Other People's Problems

CBC

Society & Culture

4.7 • 820 Ratings

🗓️ 10 February 2026

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

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.

In the latest season of Personally: Creation Myth, Helena does not want kids. Her husband believes she’ll change her mind—she has so much love to give, she would be a perfect mother. That will never happen, she tells him. Again. And again. Until one day, he leaves.

In the silence, doubt starts rushing in. So she asks her close friends, her mother, her sister, even a perfect stranger—did she make the right decision? What is the purpose of life? Center your pleasure, says one friend. Go for adventure, says another, and isn’t parenthood the biggest adventure of all? Be true to yourself, says a father who regrets his decision. But the voice she needs to hear is her own. More episodes of Creation Myth are available wherever you get your podcasts and here: https://link.mgln.ai/CMxOPP

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0:00.0	Hello, listeners, is Gavin Crawford, host of the podcast, Because News. Each week I test my panel of
0:04.5	friends on questions about the news in front of a studio audience. This week, we bid farewell to
0:09.7	Frozen Juice concentrate, find out why the minions might ruin the Olympics, and I'll ask the panel,
0:14.4	who are faithful and who are traitors in the reality show that is Canadian politics.
0:19.1	Joining me this week are comedian Jan Karwana, Canadian legend Eric Peterson, CBC bookends, host
0:23.6	Matea Roach.
0:24.6	Hey, it's group therapy for the news.
0:26.1	Follow because news on Spotify or wherever you get your podcast for free.
0:30.9	This is a CBC podcast.
0:36.3	Do you want kids?
0:38.4	It may be the mother of all questions.
0:41.9	Hi, I'm Helena Jodh, and I made the latest season of personally.
0:46.6	It's titled Creation Myth.
0:48.7	I started working on the show when my husband left.
0:52.1	He wanted kids, I did not.
0:56.1	For years, he tried to convince me,
1:03.0	and for years I said no. I was absolutely sure. But once my husband was gone,
1:10.2	doubt started rushing in. Had I made a mistake? Was this really what I wanted? Why am I suddenly imagining myself holding a baby,
1:12.2	singing them songs? I was confused. I went to see two therapists. I talked to my friends,
1:18.6	my mother, my sister, even a total stranger. I needed an answer. Do I want a kid? So here's
1:27.2	the first episode of Creation Myth.
1:43.5	We met in Paris.
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