DNTO says goodbye

It's with mixed feelings I have to tell you, DNTO is ending.

After a long and incredible stretch on CBC Radio, it will passbecause radio, like everything, is ephemeral. I'm struggling to express the unresolvable feelings that go with having to say goodbye to my longest working relationship and to the peers I have worked with through thick and thin.

I joined DNTO over a decade ago when it was a popculture magazine show. Over the years, it's faced the chopping block many timesand has weathered a tide of changes. Yet somehow itsurvived and thrived by re-imagining itself from the original anti-opera upstarts, to the personal storytelling study it is today.

Teammates and contributors have come and gone and we've experienced so many excellent adventures.I'm honoured and grateful to haveworked with some of the best radio makers in the world.

Part of me is sad and uncertain of what the future holds, but I'm sitting with that insecurity and trying to make peace with it.

Mostly, I feel proud of what we've done and am indebted to my team, our listeners, guests, and all the strangers I've met on street corners, who opened the deepest parts of their lives and shared them with us. That profound generosity is what humbles me. It is what I am grateful for.

And don't worry; we're not getting escorted out the building with a box full of office supplies. The team remains together in Winnipeg, developing a new show with a new host, while I begin working on a project for CBC myself.

We're looking forward to dreaming up more radio experiences for you.

I remain yours in public service,
Sook-Yin Lee