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Front Burner

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Front Burner is a daily news podcast that takes you deep into the stories shaping Canada and the world. Each morning, from Monday to Friday, host Jayme Poisson talks with the smartest people covering the biggest stories to help you understand what’s going on.

Is AI inevitable? Jill Lepore says no
In late September, amid mounting warnings about the risks of AI, the CEOs of six of the world’s most powerful technology companies signed an agreement on artificial intelligence. U…
about 15 hours ago35:25
How gambling became the game
How did sports betting go from being illegal to being EVERYWHERE? The answer lies in the convergence of daily fantasy sports apps, a bombshell New York Times op-ed, and the potenti…
1 day ago39:20
Brazil rides the 'Donroe Doctrine's' orange wave
Right now former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is on house arrest, after being sentenced to 27 years in prison. On Sunday his son Flavio won the first round of that country's…
5 days ago32:24
Decoding the Russian plague scare
Since last week, there have been a series of alarming bits of news emerging from Siberia. It began with the mysterious death of a woman who worked at a plague research institute. R…
6 days ago26:58
Quebec separatism in the 'elbows up' era
With the election of the Parti Québécois in Quebec Monday night, it's the first time in twelve years that Canada will have a separatist government in power. Over the course of th…
7 days ago28:24
Naomi Klein on Carney, trade war and 'end times'
Celebrated author Naomi Klein joins the show to talk about how Mark Carney's response to Trump's trade war echoes themes in her book The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capita…
8 days ago42:30
Brexit's lessons for Alberta
Ten years ago, Britain voted 52 per cent to 48 per cent to leave the European Union. The result reshaped British politics, triggered years of negotiations and remains deeply contes…
Oct 5, 202621:12
764: the violent extremist network targeting kids onlineExplicit
A recent terrorism arrest in Alberta has been linked to the group 764, an extremist network that coerces children into self-harming and sharing sexual material. But many of the per…
Oct 2, 202625:19
Who owns Canada's economy?
Prime Minister Mark Carney has been working to bring more foreign investment into Canada. At his recent Investment Summit, he told investors from all over the world that Canada “ha…
Oct 1, 202627:35
Why are residential school testimonies being destroyed?
Today is the sixth National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, where the country remembers the 150,000 Indigenous kids who were taken from their communities and forced to enrol in I…
Sep 30, 202629:25
Trump's uphill road to the midterms
In just over five weeks, Americans will head to the polls for the midterm elections and the contours of the vote are taking shape. Republicans are defending narrow majorities in C…
Sep 29, 202632:37
Disturbing new allegations about ChatGPT, Tumbler Ridge
A new investigation into the Tumbler Ridge shooter's use of ChatGPT has revealed some disturbing information. It has long been public knowledge that the 18-year-old had used the ch…
Sep 28, 202633:14
Is the U.S. a gerontocracy?
The United States is getting older, and so, increasingly, are the people charged with governing it. The average age of a U.S. senator is 64-years-old and in the House it's 58, acc…
Sep 25, 202627:17
B.C. Conservative implosion sparks snap election
On Tuesday, B.C. Premier David Eby called a snap election, two years into his term. He said the province needs to show a strong response to American aggression. This was just two…
Sep 24, 202625:59
Why Russia has Europe on edge
Earlier this week, Vladimir Putin’s United Russia party won a record number of seats in the country's parliamentary elections. Putin is expected to frame the result as an endorseme…
Sep 23, 202626:14
How did the Houthis become so powerful?
On Sunday it looked like the United States was about to wade back into its fight with Ansar Allah, or the Houthis, the Iran-backed group in Yemen that has grown into a surprisingly…
Sep 22, 202628:16
Politics! Parliament’s 'consequential' agenda
Parliament returns today from summer recess, amid ongoing economic uncertainty and an unresolved trade war with the U.S. Prime Minister Mark Carney told MPs on Friday that this wil…
Sep 21, 202630:17
Should Canada have taken the U.S. deal?
It's been almost a month now since trade talks between the U.S. and Canada collapsed and Mark Carney's government walked away from a deal. Canadian retaliatory tariffs went into ef…
Sep 18, 202623:56
The EU opens the door to Canada
At her State of the Union address yesterday, the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, made a historic offer: she wants Canada to become the first “associate…
Sep 17, 202628:13
Why is Trump so focused on Haiti?
For years, hundreds of thousands of Haitians living in the United States have been protected from deportation under a program known as Temporary Protected Status, or TPS. But, as o…
Sep 16, 202636:37

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