Podcast Episodes

Toy Soldier | Episode 4: A Complicated Miracle

Season 5 Episode 4

Alex finally takes a DNA test, hoping to prove his identity – once and for all. What will it find? Who will it find? The results surprise everyone, even Alex.

Published on 7 months, 3 weeks ago

Toy Soldier | Episode 3: The Money Angle

Season 5 Episode 3

Alex’s story goes viral (as viral as it can in the early 2000s), but doubts and accusations swirl around him – dividing his family and community. Alex is called a liar and a conman trying to profit f…

Published on 8 months ago

Toy Soldier | Episode 2: Born a Second Time

Season 5 Episode 2

Uldis is now Alex – living an ordinary, happy life in Australia, but the horrors of his past have resurfaced. Fifty years after his name was stolen from him, can he find it again? A letter from Minsk…

Published on 8 months, 1 week ago

Toy Soldier | Episode 1: The Hidden Suitcase

Season 5 Episode 1

Uldis Kurzemnieks believed he would take his lie to the grave – his life had depended on it. For decades, he told the same story of how he survived the Second World War as a boy, but his niece always…

Published on 8 months, 2 weeks ago

Introducing: Toy Soldier

Season 5

As a child, Alex Kurzem faced a choice: be killed or join the killers. 

After escaping the massacre that killed his family during the Holocaust, he’s found by the enemy and taken in as one of their ow…

Published on 8 months, 3 weeks ago

Personally Introduces: On Drugs

On Drugs looks through the lenses of history, pop culture and personal experience to understand how drugs have shaped our world. Because even if it’s just caffeine or ibuprofen, there’s a good chance…

Published on 8 months, 3 weeks ago

Sorry About The Kid | Ep 4: Macho Man Ninja

Season 4 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 Pau…

Published on 8 months, 4 weeks ago

Sorry About The Kid | Ep 3: Ghost

Season 4 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…

Published on 9 months ago

Sorry About The Kid | Ep 2: Paulbearers

Season 4 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: de…

Published on 9 months, 2 weeks ago

Sorry About The Kid | Ep 1: Where’s Paul?

Season 4 Episode 1

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 …

Published on 9 months, 2 weeks ago