2009
Tuesday, December 29, 2009 | Categories: Episodes |
We're asking what gets lost - and found - in translation in this "encore" presentation. (Yes, it's a repeat... but it's still a good show!...
Monday, December 28, 2009 | Categories: Episodes |
In case you missed our holiday "family rituals" show, gather your family around the computer and click below to listen. As always, the "enhanced" version...
Tuesday, December 22, 2009 | Categories: Episodes |
Every family has its traditions... even if they're not that traditional... To start, Chandra Mayor tells us about her family's unusual tradition... the "tablecloth of...
Friday, December 18, 2009 | Categories: Episodes |
Oh give me a home, where the buffalo roam... but if you can't make it there, how do you fight homesickness? We'll find out this...
Thursday, December 17, 2009 | Categories: Episodes |
Hello Dear Ones, Every year my pal Chester makes a lovely holiday Christmas card he mails to friends, old school style. Each winter I look...
Monday, December 14, 2009 | Categories: Episodes |
If you'd like to hear the "peep show" edition of DNTO (where we ask: why do we want to know so much about other people?),...
Thursday, December 10, 2009 | Categories: Episodes |
It's a peep show! We have an insatiable fascination with peeking into the lives of others. And whether it's on Facebook, through the family Christmas...
Tuesday, December 8, 2009 | Categories: Episodes |
In case you missed our "sleepy time" edition, click the player below to listen. As always, the "enhanced" version of the podcast is available from...
Wednesday, December 2, 2009 | Categories: Episodes |
Sleep isn't always as relaxing... or unproductive... as you might think. This week, we look at all the crazy things we're doing while we're asleep......
Monday, November 30, 2009 | Categories: Episodes |
In case you missed our "Art of the Sell" episode, click below to listen to the podcast version. As always, the "enhanced" version of the...
Friday, November 27, 2009 | Categories: Episodes |
"If you're alive, you're selling" according to one of our guests this week. So what are we selling, how are we selling it, and who's...
Thursday, November 26, 2009 | Categories: Episodes |
Hey DNTO-ers, Sook-Yin Lee here trying to sell you an acre of awesome public radio! This week's episode is all about the art of the...
Monday, November 23, 2009 | Categories: Episodes |
In case you missed out on the fun, you can listen to the podcast version of DNTO's "all play, all the time" episode below. And...
Thursday, November 19, 2009 | Categories: Episodes |
Are we at our most productive when we're playing? This week, we talk to people who might convince you that we are. So a radio...
Tuesday, November 17, 2009 | Categories: Episodes |
Hey DNTO players, Sook-Yin Lee here. Coming up this week on Definitely Not the Opera, we get down to some serious playing. Now the thing...
Monday, November 16, 2009 | Categories: Episodes |
In case you missed our look at "small talk", you can give it a listen (big or small, it's fine either way) below. And don't...
Friday, November 13, 2009 | Categories: Episodes |
So... how are you? Nice weather we're having, huh? Yep... everyone hates "small talk." But what if we told you small talk could SAVE YOUR...
Monday, November 9, 2009 | Categories: Episodes |
If you didn't get a chance to listen to our "listening" episode, check it out below. Thanks for listening!...
Thursday, November 5, 2009 | Categories: Episodes |
Shhhh... listen... How often do we stop to do that? And when we're supposed to be listening, are we? This week, we look at the...
Monday, November 2, 2009 | Categories: Episodes |
In case you missed the sheer terror of our "when did you frighten someone else?" episode, take a listen to it right here. And if...
Thursday, October 29, 2009 | Categories: Episodes |
Everyone talks about scary things on Hallowe'en. But what if the scary thing is you? This week, we're finding out what happened when you scared...
Thursday, October 29, 2009 | Categories: Episodes |
WA HA HA HA HA! (insert lightening bolt here.) Hey friends and fiends, Sook-Yin here. This week we are turning Hallowe'en on its broom handle....
Monday, October 26, 2009 | Categories: Episodes |
In case you missed our "quitting" show (or quit listening), here it is again for your listening pleasure. Enjoy!...
Thursday, October 22, 2009 | Categories: Episodes |
They're two little words that have the power to change your life: I. QUIT. But with the social pressure to never give up, what's to...
Wednesday, October 21, 2009 | Categories: Episodes |
Hi Peeps, Sook-Yin Lee here. It's mid week and we are working on our "I Quit!" episode. The band, OK Cobra came by to visit...
Monday, October 19, 2009 | Categories: Episodes |
Missed our show on "repetition?" Or maybe you heard it, and want to repeat the experience? The podcast version is below... and as always, older...
Friday, October 16, 2009 | Categories: Episodes |
This week's episode is NOT a repeat... but it is ABOUT repeats. Why is repetition such a big part of our lives? And why do...
Wednesday, October 14, 2009 | Categories: Episodes |
For those who missed the show, the podcast version of our "food fight" show is below. And if you like pictures, chapters, and web links,...
Thursday, October 8, 2009 | Categories: Episodes |
It's a food fight! Besides the mashed potatoes, here's what's coming your way: When have you landed yourself in a fight over food? Sook-Yin takes...
Thursday, October 8, 2009 | Categories: Episodes |
Hello DNTO-heads, Sook-Yin Lee here with a question for you: Why do so many of our arguments erupt over food? I mean who hasn't had...
Monday, October 5, 2009 | Categories: Episodes |
For those of you who didn't get to hear it on the weekend, click below to listen to the podcast edition of the show. And...
Thursday, October 1, 2009 | Categories: Episodes |
We're minding our P's and Q's as we look at manners this week. Here's what's coming up: When you're being mugged, what do you do?...
Thursday, October 1, 2009 | Categories: Episodes |
Hey y'all syl here. This week's DNTO is all about etiquette. Here's a little video to get the ball rolling. Silly! I know. But actually...
Tuesday, September 29, 2009 | Categories: Episodes |
Howdy all, In case you didn't get to hear it, click below to listen to our Sept. 26 podcast, where we ask: "What gets lost...
Thursday, September 24, 2009 | Categories: Episodes |
We're asking "what gets lost - and found - in translation?" this week. Here's what's coming up: Sook-Yin tells us how she horrified her family...
Monday, September 21, 2009 | Categories: Episodes |
Hi everyone, In case you didn't get to hear it, click below to listen to our Sept. 19 episode, where we ask: "Can we REALLY...
Thursday, September 17, 2009 | Categories: Episodes |
Can you really change who you are? And even if you can, will other people let you change? That's what we're asking this week. To...
Monday, September 14, 2009 | Categories: Episodes |
Hi everyone, In case you missed it, here's the podcast version of our Sept. 12 show, all about "the biggest lesson you didn't learn in...
Wednesday, September 9, 2009 | Categories: Episodes |
Hey everyone! For all those of you who've ever wanted to see Sook-Yin Lee as a cartoon character, this is your lucky day! We've taken...
Tuesday, September 8, 2009 | Categories: Episodes |
We're launching DNTO's brand-new season by asking: what's the biggest lesson you didn't learn in school? Here's what you'll hear: Diane Flacks tells us what...
Tuesday, September 1, 2009 | Categories: Episodes |
Dearest Friends, Sook-Yin Lee here. My first feature movie I wrote and directed is premiering at the Toronto International Film Festival. I'd love for you...
Monday, July 27, 2009 | Categories: Episodes |
Hi everyone! Here's hoping summer is treating you well - you know, not sunburning you or nothin'. The DNTO crew is taking some time off,...
Monday, July 6, 2009 | Categories: Episodes |
... and the living is not-so-hard. DNTO's on summer respite, so that means you've got an opportunity to catch up on some of our greatest...
Friday, June 26, 2009 | Categories: Episodes |
Howdy Podna, Welcome to...wait for it...the DNTO website. I'm...wait for it... Sook-Yin Lee! This week we are exploring the many, varied emotional and physical states...
Friday, June 19, 2009 | Categories: Episodes |
Hi DNTO-ers, Sook-Yin Lee here. This week, in time for Father's Day, we celebrate our pops! Beyond the fella who sat across from you at...
Friday, June 5, 2009 | Categories: Episodes |
Right now there are a million distractions. So allow me to suggest you focus on one thing. Put down your cell phone. Ignore the doorbell....
Friday, May 29, 2009 | Categories: Episodes |
Hiya DNTO-ers, Grrrrrr.... Punk King Johnny Rotten's battle cry was, ANGER IS AN ENERGY! And even though most of us are peace-loving people who just...
Friday, May 22, 2009 | Categories: Episodes |
Hi Peeps, SYL here. On this week's episode of Definitely Not the Opera, we're taking a second look at first impressions, because first impressions account...
Friday, May 1, 2009 | Categories: Episodes |
Some people believe we are defined by our achievements. But when you think about it, it's our mistakes that change the course of our lives....
Saturday, April 25, 2009 | Categories: Episodes |
Hey. Nick Purdon in for SYL. I want to introduce you to Ali Saeed. Ali is the subject of a documentary called "Memories of a...
Friday, April 17, 2009 | Categories: Episodes |
Hey Gang, Gadzooks. When I first heard we were doing an entire episode on complaining, what did I do? I complained about it! I mean,...
Thursday, April 9, 2009 | Categories: Episodes |
What do you believe in that you can't prove? I'm a believer. In fact, I believe I had the ability to communicate with my cat...
Friday, March 27, 2009 | Categories: Episodes |
Well according to Nick Cobham, one of the core members of New Brunswick buzz band The Olympic Symphonium, it’s his parents’ house on a hilly...
Friday, March 20, 2009 | Categories: Episodes |
Hiya. Welcome to the DNTO website. I'm Sook-Yin Lee and I am a dirty rotten liar. And so are you! Them's fighting words I know,...
Friday, March 6, 2009 | Categories: Episodes |
When I make improvisational music, I don't know what the other musicians will play. We start and it's a discord of sound created in the...
Friday, February 13, 2009 | Categories: Episodes |
Hi Pals o' DNTO! SYL here. In celebration of V-day, this week on Definitely Not the Opera, we're wondering what is that special ingredient for...
Friday, February 6, 2009 | Categories: Episodes |
Welcome friends to the Definitely Not the Opera website. Sook-Yin Lee here. For this week's episode we look deep into the heart of our hopes...
Friday, January 23, 2009 | Categories: Episodes |
Hello DNTO'ers. "N to the P" subbing in for SYL. Where's Sook-Yin you ask? I mean she's back from making her movie right? So why...
Friday, January 16, 2009 | Categories: Episodes |
Sook-Yin Lee here, back in the hosting chair. Okay. Stop for a second and take a good look around you. Maybe you're at home, or...
Friday, January 9, 2009 | Categories: Episodes |
Who won Nick Purdon's iPod? Tune in this Saturday as Sook-Yin announces the winner in our big iPod contest! And that's not all that's big...
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