A Love Affair with the Unknown with Gill Deacon

About A Love Affair with the Unknown with Gill Deacon

Saying Yes to uncertainty. Finding humour, courage and community as we navigate the wild ride of modern life. This could be a love affair. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

Publisher

Malt Bread Media

Category

health & fitness · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

25 Apr 2025

Latest episode

14 Apr 2026

Latest episodes

31 of 33 episodes have a transcript.

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   14 Apr 2026TRANSCRIPT

   TIM CROUCH There are no guarantees, onstage or off

   British actor, director and playwright Tim Crouch has created some of the most unusual and influential stage productions in history. Described as a “theatrical wonder”, the experimental artist believes that the reason audiences attend the theatre is to feel alive, and his plays—which have been performed internationally for decades—take bold creative risks to achieve that. A-list Hollywood actors line up to play a role they’ve never seen in his show An Oak Tree, which captured Gill’s attention earlier this year on a Toronto stage. In all his work, Tim Crouch leans heavily into uncertainty, finding enormous creative opportunity in not-knowing. His brave and playful attitude to his craft is an inspiring reminder for all of us to be awake to the world right in front of us, and all the treasure it holds. Subscribe to our newsletter (https://aloveaffairwiththeunknown.substack.com/) for more A Love Affair with the Unknown Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

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   31 Mar 2026TRANSCRIPT

   MARIE HENEIN Not knowing what’s next can be a superpower

   One of the most prominent litigators in Canada, Marie Henein has a reputation for fearlessness. She credits that courage, and indeed her rise as a powerful criminal defense attorney, in part to her attitude toward what she doesn’t know. A newcomer to Canada as a child, she often felt like an outsider—a formative experience that Marie Henein considers her strength. She makes the case that not having all the answers actually sharpens our powers of observation and widens our perspective. The confidence and unwavering determination with which she stares down uncertainty is sure to leave you inspired and emboldened. Subscribe to our newsletter (https://aloveaffairwiththeunknown.substack.com/) for more A Love Affair with the Unknown Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.

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   17 Mar 2026TRANSCRIPT

   SUSAN AGLUKARK The joy of curiosity as a tool for healing

   Host Gill Deacon interviews Inuk musician Susan Aglukark about curiosity as a healing tool and her journey to strength through sharing stories of trauma and triumph.

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TIM CROUCH There are no guarantees, onstage or off

Published 14 Apr 2026 · Transcript excerpt

[…] And it's important to say that I mean, I mentioned that these plays are very well crafted because this is not improv. This is not you having an actor come on and just sort of decide how they want to interpret this story that you've laid out for them. There is a script and you kind of feed them their lines in various fashion. Yeah, so practically that's right. There's a number of ways in which they get their words in the play. One is a super direct request from me to them to say the next line, which is me like saying say hello and then they say hello. That's their next line. They read from script that I hand them on sort of clipboards script they've never seen before. […]

Who has been a guest on A Love Affair with the Unknown with Gill Deacon

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• Susan Aglukark
• Gabrielle Drolet
• Neil Pasricha
• Matt Baram
• Naomi Snieckus

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