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The Strictly Curse, Tim Hortons Toilets and The Designer $hit Documentary with Saffron Cassaday
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THE POODCAST is all about finding the funny side of life when your bum and your tum just won't behave. Evie and Claudia share their experiences of living with Gluten Sensitivity and IBS, and are joined by an incredible line up of guests, from influencers, supermodels and comedians to academics, dieticians and writers. People who can relate and share their own lived experience about life with bowel and bladder conditions.
This week's guest is film director Saffron Cassaday. Saffron began her career as an actor while working as an assistant director and editor on several online, TV and corporate projects. In 2014 Saffron directed her first documentary feature film called "Cyber-Seniors". The film screened at 14 film festivals (winning Audience Choice at the High Falls Film Festival), and played to packed houses in over 200 communities. Cyber-Seniors was nominated for Best Foreign Trailer - Golden Trailer Awards - 2014, and for the American Library Association Notable Videos for Adults - 2016. The film has been broadcast in 40 countries including on PBS, Netflix and CBC in North America.
https://www.designershitdocumentary.com/
Fecal Microbiota Transplant (FMT) is the act of taking stool from a healthy donor and implanting it into the gut of a sick individual. In "Designer Shit", Director Saffron Cassaday, who has suffered from ulcerative colitis for nearly a decade, sets off on a journey to determine if this form of treatment could potentially cure her of her disease. Her investigation leads her down a path she did not expect to travel and enlightens her on the power "poo" has to affect our health, happiness and possibly even our physical appearance.79 episodes
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