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Frisky North of 60
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41 episodes
8 months ago
Recorded and produced in Whitehorse, Yukon, Frisky shines a light on the honest side of dating and looking for love north of the 60th parallel. (Hint: it’s not all bad, but it’s not all good, either.)
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Recorded and produced in Whitehorse, Yukon, Frisky shines a light on the honest side of dating and looking for love north of the 60th parallel. (Hint: it’s not all bad, but it’s not all good, either.)
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Relationships
Society & Culture
Episodes (20/41)
Frisky North of 60
Yukoner farms for love
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be on a reality dating show? On a whim, Yukoner Hillary Corley applied to be on "Farming for love" and when she was accepted, decided to go all in. This is the tale of her time on the farm with Farmer Dave (and several other women vying for his attention). 
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2 years ago
41 minutes 12 seconds

Frisky North of 60
Aging and sex: this is what you need to know
Sex drive shifts. Moodiness. Dryness down there. As we age, these changes can have a huge impact on our intimate relationships. Michelle and Shawn, nurse practitioners at the Yukon Women’s Midlife Health Clinic, talk about some common experiences and how they can help.
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2 years ago
44 minutes 11 seconds

Frisky North of 60
Surviving a thousand miles of togetherness by boat
Nicknamed the ”divorce boat,” the canoe is well known as a vehicle for conflict. For that reason Carmen, a marathon paddler, insisted she would never canoe with her partner, saying she ”liked him to much.” Then, an unexpected roster change landed them in the same boat for the world’s longest paddling race.
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2 years ago
40 minutes 58 seconds

Frisky North of 60
So I married a lodge
It was a dream come true: a property one hour from Whitehorse where Shannon and her partner planned to live along with their best friends. But then, a breakup throws a wrench in plans. Shannon explains why and how she ploughed ahead solo, and we hear about another post-break up adventure Shannon had that involved ayahuasca and cats. Lots of cats.
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2 years ago
42 minutes 52 seconds

Frisky North of 60
Northern love languages
What gives you the butterflies—when your lover makes you dinner, or comes home smelling like chainsaw oil? When they accompany you on a dog walk or give you something special? Mark and Karen banter with Amy Kenny, journalist and leatherworker, about how we show affection in the North.
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2 years ago
35 minutes 48 seconds

Frisky North of 60
To come or not to come
Does the pressure to orgasm take the fun out of sex? Former Yukon Patricia Bacon, PhD in human sexuality, says we’ve lost our way in the bedroom. But, there’s hope: she introduces us to a new formula for increasing pleasure between the sheets and puts Karen and Mark in the hot seat for some candid questioning.
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2 years ago
35 minutes 11 seconds

Frisky North of 60
An ode to looong distance dating
In a place where driving seven hours for a date is not unheard of, Karen and Mark chat to a longtime Yukoner about the merits of long-distance relationships. How far is too far to go for love? Dana shares her experience being in an ”LDR” and waxes poetic about the potential woes of ”close-distance relationships.”
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2 years ago
44 minutes 29 seconds

Frisky North of 60
Whereby Mark gets waxed
For better or worse, hair removal is part of dating for many people.  Karen and Mark share crowd-sourced thoughts on this and then they both go to the spa. Karen wants to revisit an experience from almost 20 years ago, meanwhile Mark volunteers to get all hair removed in his ”intimate” zone.
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2 years ago
40 minutes 37 seconds

Frisky North of 60
Living it up after divorce
The year after Julie got divorced was a time for reflection and self discovery. Then, she got her dating game on. The ”divorce mentor” shares what she is learning along the way.
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2 years ago
38 minutes 27 seconds

Frisky North of 60
A Grand (Canyon) love story
Season three kicks off with a story about a Yukoner seeking adventure outside the territory and finding unexpected romance. Falling for someone on a raft trip on the Colorado River is pretty darn magical aside from, you know, three weeks without a shower or clean laundry.  And then there's the whole one-person tent thing....
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3 years ago
32 minutes 2 seconds

Frisky North of 60
Not a sex shop
If you think adult stores are intimidating, listen in. Karen and Mark toured their neighbourhood shop, seeking higher knowledge about the pursuit of pleasure and asking all the awkward questions. Their guide at Adult Temptations introduces them to all sorts of devices and products ranging from novice to advanced. (Newbies, the ”Humbler” isn’t for you.)
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3 years ago
29 minutes 11 seconds

Frisky North of 60
Sexual assault: A silent issue
Whether you’re aware of it or not, you probably know someone who’s a victim of sexual assault. Yet, it’s an issue that’s rarely talked about. This is one woman’s story about the impact of sexual assault on her life and why it’s time to have conversations about consent.
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3 years ago
35 minutes 54 seconds

Frisky North of 60
P is for pleasure, the missing ingredient in sex education
In high school, Angus and his peers were taught ad nauseum about how to use a condom. But what about how to actually have sex? Not so much. The 21-year-old says having sex for the first time was like trying to play a video game without the instruction manual.
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3 years ago
27 minutes 48 seconds

Frisky North of 60
Comedic catharsis
Emilie Lefrancois was running out of things to talk to her therapist about, so she’s decided to test out the Whitehorse dating scene. If nothing else, it will add to her repertoire of stories from Goose Bay, NL., and Toronto, centre of the universe, where she learned: don’t date a comedian!
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3 years ago
37 minutes 11 seconds

Frisky North of 60
Tinder for the woodpile
A cabin in the woods can be romantic as hell. But when it’s -30C and the wood pile is staring you down, there’s work to be done. For KB, chores come before love, although she does pretty well in the latter department too. KB shares tips about cabin dating and how the great outdoors can be a bedroom unto itself....
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3 years ago
40 minutes 45 seconds

Frisky North of 60
Before you ask, it was a shark
When Tara Klippert was growing up, her friends worried about typical teenage things, like how their clothes and makeup looked. Tara, meanwhile, had other worries, like trying to hide her disability. As an adult, she gained new perspectives about her identity and dating.
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3 years ago
28 minutes 33 seconds

Frisky North of 60
The hunt for moose and man
Pavlina Sudrich TikToks about all things hunting and outdoors, but also finds herself doing the not-so-fun stuff like cleaning gutters and shovelling snow. She thinks a husband would be useful for those chores.
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3 years ago
36 minutes 40 seconds

Frisky North of 60
In pursuit of a ”healthy” breakup
There’s no way around it: breakups suck. But Karen, reeling from heartbreak, wants to find out if there’s a healthy way to process the hurt and move on. Of course, Mark has plenty of past relationship experiences to draw from, including a revenge scene straight out of a movie.
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3 years ago
32 minutes 13 seconds

Frisky North of 60
Houseboats and Irish exits
Leaving a party surreptitiously is pretty tricky when that party is at a house surrounded by water. And, speaking of houses, they’re uber expensive in the North, especially as a single person. That’s what’s prompting Sarah Frey, who has lived in both Whitehorse and Yellowknife, to pack her furs and move south.
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3 years ago
37 minutes 26 seconds

Frisky North of 60
Don’t bust the (piggy) bank and other dating advice
Frisky is back for a second season! Karen McColl introduces new co-host Mark Kelly and they discuss the dating advice Mark has given Karen over the course of their friendship. Most of it involves using words.
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3 years ago
31 minutes 24 seconds

Frisky North of 60
Recorded and produced in Whitehorse, Yukon, Frisky shines a light on the honest side of dating and looking for love north of the 60th parallel. (Hint: it’s not all bad, but it’s not all good, either.)