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How do you forget your favourite person in the world? Alex remembers everything about the day a speeding police car killed his brother. But his brother, alive? Those memories are lost. And now, 30 years later, Alex wants them back. In this emotional four-part series, Alex unearths his childhood grief — with help from family, friends, and a therapist who witnessed his brother’s death. What happens when trauma and memory collide? Sorry About The Kid is a deeply personal meditation on the losses that define us. Hosted by Alex McKinnon. Produced with Mira Burt-Wintonick (WireTap, Love Me).
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Signup to Generate a PitchHow do you forget your favourite person in the world? Alex remembers everything about the day a speeding police car killed his brother. But his brother, alive? Those memories are lost. And now, 30 years later, Alex wants them back.
Sorry About The Kid is hosted by CBC. The show has published 6 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Sorry About The Kid Introduces: Agent Layla" (28 September 2026, 41 minutes), "Sorry About The Kid Introduces: Creation Myth" (10 February 2026, 41 minutes), and "Sorry About The Kid Introduces: A brand new season of Love Me" (17 October 2025, 28 minutes).
Sorry About The Kid publishes roughly irregularly, with episodes averaging 32 minutes across 6 episodes.
Booking probability for Sorry About The Kid is 18%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Sorry About The Kid requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Sorry About The Kid's contact route on record: verified email.
CBC hosts Sorry About The Kid, a society podcast with 6 episodes published.
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Sorry About The Kid
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<p>Normally, therapy sessions are totally confidential — but this podcast opens the doors. In this season of Other People’s Problems, Dr. Hillary McBride explores the transformative power of psychedelics in a...
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<p>As a child, Alex Kurzem faced a choice: be killed or join the killers.</p><p><br></p><p>In the midst of the Second World War, he was separated from his family and taken in by a group of soldiers as one of their own...
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<p>If you’ve ever been to Newfoundland, you know it’s a place where fog can envelop you so deeply, you don’t know where you’re going or where you came from. When two men, born in the same rural Newfoundland hospital on...
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If laughter really was the best medicine, Gavin Crawford would have cured his mother of Alzheimer’s disease. As a son, his mother’s dementia has been devastating. As a comedian though…it’s been sort of funny. Honestly...
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Pauline Dakin’s childhood was marked by unexplained events, a sense of unseen menace, and secretive moves to new cities with no warning. When Pauline was a young adult, her mother finally told her what they were running...
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Kuper Island is an 8-part series that tells the stories of four students: three who survived and one who didn’t. They attended one of Canada’s most notorious residential schools – where unsolved deaths, abuse, and lies...
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Anna Maria Tremonti has been keeping her past a secret for over 40 years. As one of Canada’s most respected journalists, she has a reputation for being fearless. She’s reported from some of the world’s most dangerous...
Episode #4
“Isn’t this the a-hole who killed Paul McKinnon? Shut up and die!” A distracting obsession. An unexpected letter. And a controversial method of regaining lost memories. Plus, a final message from Paul.
Episode #3
“Were you waiting for me to just say goodbye?” Alex and his grief counsellor, Yvonne, dive into one memory of Paul that Alex never forgot and try to trigger others. Plus, Alex’s parents discover that some of their own...
Episode #2
A funeral. A strange smell. A story that just doesn’t add up. In the days after Paul’s death, grief consumes Alex’s family. His mom is catatonic. His dad is furious. Both are focused on one thing: demanding the police...
Episode #1
<p>Alex worshipped his older brother, Paul. But when Paul was killed by a speeding police car at age 14, Alex almost immediately started to forget him. First his voice. Then his laugh. Then pretty much everything else...
Sorry About The Kid
How do you forget your favourite person in the world? Alex remembers everything about the day a speeding police car killed his brother. But his brother, alive? Those memories are lost – and he wants them back. Sorry...
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