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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.

Episodes — page 23

  1. President Joe Biden’s Final Days in office

    Joe Biden will end his reign as President as not only the oldest holder of the executive office, but one of the longest tenured lawmakers in American history. As he enters his twil…

    27:28
  2. Donald Trump threatens to annex Canada

    With just under two weeks until he re-takes the Oval Office, U.S. president-elect Donald Trump has outlined a mind-map of sorts to, as he says, “make Canada the 51st American state…

    23:39
  3. Grappling with Trudeau’s political legacy

    Nearly a decade ago Justin Trudeau rode a wave of hope and optimism — his so-called "sunny ways" — to the prime minister's office, leading a once-flailing Liberal party out of the…

    31:02
  4. Trudeau resigns. What’s next for the Liberals?

    After months of non-confidence votes and growing pressure, Justin Trudeau has stepped down as the leader of the Liberal Party. He’s still the Prime Minister, for now, after prorogu…

    24:49
  5. Is Justin Trudeau about to resign?

    For the last couple weeks, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has apparently been thinking about his future. At the same time, he faced new calls to resign: from his colleagues, the cou…

    23:41
  6. Encore: Is high finance killing Hollywood?

    What is the point of Hollywood? There are two obvious answers, right? To make good stuff that entertains people. And to make money for the big studios and the people who work for t…

    22:39
  7. Encore: The ‘trad wives’ glamorizing life at home

    For some time now, there’s been a growing trend on TikTok and Instagram of young women sharing about their daily lives as “trad wives.” “Traditional wives” forego the workplace, ex…

    24:41
  8. Front Burner Presents Céline: Understood, Episode 4

    Céline Dion is having a moment. It’s not her first. And millions of fans are hoping it won’t be her last. While Céline’s international stardom seems obvious now, it was all so unli…

    33:21
  9. Encore: How Murray Sinclair changed Canada

    Murray Sinclair — an Anishinaabe lawyer, judge, senator, and, most consequentially, the chair of the Truth and Reconciliation commission — died in November at the age of 73. Sinc…

    29:09
  10. Encore: Canada’s millennial ‘Jackpot Generation’

    In the next two years, Canadian millennials will stand to inherit as much as one trillion dollars from their boomer parents. Today, we take a look at what this consolidation of fam…

    20:48
  11. Encore: Inside controversial Trump biopic ‘The Apprentice’

    The Apprentice is a Donald Trump biopic that premiered at the Cannes Film Festival this year and got an extended standing ovation. But it quickly came under fire from its subject.…

    28:24
  12. Front Burner Presents Céline: Understood, Episode 3

    Céline Dion is having a moment. It’s not her first. And millions of fans are hoping it won’t be her last. While Céline’s international stardom seems obvious now, it was all so unli…

    31:41
  13. Front Burner Presents Céline: Understood, Episode 2

    Céline Dion is having a moment. It’s not her first. And millions of fans are hoping it won’t be her last. While Céline’s international stardom seems obvious now, it was all so unli…

    31:13
  14. Polymarket and the rise of political betting

    Got some money burning a hole in your pocket? You could go online and place a bet about whether or not Canada will become the U.S.’s 51st state before July, whether or not there wi…

    17:44
  15. What's Trump's place in conservative history?

    People talk about Donald Trump as a singular figure. A one-of-a-kind politician who's made conservative history in the U.S. But where exactly does Trump fit in conservative history…

    32:24
  16. Trump, fascism and a warning from the past

    After Donald Trump was elected president in 2016, historian and professor Timothy Snyder wrote a long post on Facebook. Here's how it started: "Americans are no wiser than the Eu…

    23:17
  17. Trudeau troubles: embattled at home, mocked abroad

    The fallout from Chrystia Freeland’s resignation is far from over. As more people demand Justin Trudeau’s resignation he appears to be in no hurry to heed the calls. Meanwhile, U.…

    27:49
  18. Is Israel committing ethnic cleansing in Gaza?

    The charge of ethnic cleansing is not, on its own, considered a crime under international law. Experts consider it to be part of the overall charge of genocide. In this episode w…

    41:28
  19. Can Trudeau survive Freeland’s resignation?

    Chrystia Freeland's bombshell resignation as finance minister has thrown Justin Trudeau's fragile government into chaos. The decisions that led to this are raising questions about…

    23:53
  20. Is Canada Post doomed?

    Late last week, federal labour minister Steven MacKinnon recommended that Canada Post workers, who have been on strike for more than four weeks, be ordered back to work until May 2…

    20:45
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