Pausing to regroup: sincere apologies from Kristi
Canadian True Crime
Kristi Lee
4.7 • 5K Ratings
🗓️ 15 January 2023
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
Please note: it's just for a month - we'll be back with a new episode on February 15.
Hi everyone - Kristi here. It's never my preference to miss a publication date, but with sincere apologies, it's become apparent that we at Canadian True Crime need to take a short pause to regroup.
We've decided to delay the next new episode by a month so that we can maintain the quality of the show you all want to hear — while also taking care of ourselves. We will be back with a new episode on February 15.
In the meantime, here’s a bit of an explanation and update on some things that have been happening behind the scenes over the course of 2022 – professionally, and personally. See timestamps below for today's topics.
Thank you in advance for listening, and understanding :)
- Kristi
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TOPICS DISCUSSED AND APPROXIMATE TIMESTAMPS
First four minutes: Short summary of announcement and explanation
Premium feed Q&A - email last minute questions to canadiantruecrimepodcast@gmail.com.
Longer explanation with more details:
4:00 Australia Trip recap and observations - the good and the bad
9:30 Arriving back in Canada.... and crashing hard
12:00 So what happened in 2022 to get to this point?
CTC was the number 4 podcast in Canada according to Apple Podcasts and was also Included in CBC Podcast’s curated list: The best podcasts of 2022.
The highs and lows of producing longer, more intensive series (Darcy Allan Sheppard & Jacob Hoggard)
17:30 The challenges in producing this podcast
19:00 Managing a rigid publication schedule while being an agile creator
20:30 The complex journey from "nobody hobby podcaster" to "high charting professional podcaster"
25:00 Ethics in true crime - and harm reduction
30:00 Selecting cases to cover - ethical challenges
32:30 Final words and thank you - and please feel free to send your thoughts through!
While you wait, feel free to go back and listen – or relisten! – to some of our older episodes. They’re all still available wherever you usually listen, or for the full list of credits and sources you can find them on our website at www.canadiantruecrime.ca/episodes
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hi everyone, I hope you're well. I am now back from Australia and I know it's a bit late to say |
| 0:10.8 | happy new year now so I'll just say that I hope your 2023 has gotten off to a good start. |
| 0:18.1 | The main reason for this message is to tell you that with apologies we won't be able to |
| 0:23.1 | return with a new episode until February the 15th. The long story short is that I'm suffering |
| 0:29.9 | from exhaustion and fatigue and I just need a little bit of breathing space from the publication |
| 0:35.0 | schedule. I will still be working behind the scenes, |
| 0:38.8 | trying to get ahead and building up some lead time before we start up again. But more |
| 0:44.3 | importantly, I've passed the point where I should have paused for a bit to make some decisions |
| 0:49.1 | about the best way to move forward with this podcast in a more sustainable way. |
| 1:00.1 | Last year was a bit different for Canadian true crime, and I know that many of you noticed. |
| 1:06.0 | Basically, I bit off more than I could chew with a few cases, and that made it very difficult to stick to the publication schedule at some points. |
| 1:09.3 | But I'm happy to tell you that last month, |
| 1:12.1 | Apple Podcasts released their best of 2022 lists, and Canadian True Crime was the number four |
| 1:19.1 | podcast in Canada for the year and the top podcast that was actually produced in Canada. |
| 1:25.4 | Obviously, I was absolutely thrilled about this, and it's mind-boggling to think |
| 1:30.3 | that the podcast was started in a suburban closet by someone with no public profile and no support |
| 1:36.6 | from any existing broadcaster. I'm quite frankly in a state of disbelief. But thank you so |
| 1:43.6 | much for listening and for all the |
| 1:45.3 | positive ratings and reviews and the feedback. This couldn't have happened without you all |
| 1:50.3 | tuning in to each episode. Now last year, we did do several longer series that were more |
| 1:57.0 | analytical and journalistic, and I know that many of you enjoyed them and want more, |
| 2:02.6 | but I also know that there are other listeners who don't have a preference for that kind of |
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