Podcast
Front Burner
Episodes — page 26
- Front Burner Presents Céline: Understood, Episode 1
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…
- The day Trudeau faced a Liberal revolt
Justin Trudeau is facing arguably his biggest political crisis. Some two dozen of his own MPs have signed a letter calling on him to step down as leader of the Liberal Party. After…
- Canada’s traffic is brutal. Can it be fixed?
As you’re probably well aware, traffic in cities across Canada is mind-numbingly bad. The geolocation firm TomTom recently ranked Toronto as having the worst traffic in North Ameri…
- How Donald Trump embraced the ‘manosphere’ for votes
In the last few months, U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump has appeared on shows with huge audiences of young men. He’s been doing interviews with people like influencer Loga…
- Detailing India’s alleged global criminal conspiracy
The allegations from the RCMP and the federal government last week are nothing short of explosive: That agents of the Indian government had been involved in “widespread violence” a…
- Front Burner Presents: The Flamethrowers Ep. 4
The terror attacks of September 11th have Americans turning the dial to talk radio, where a whole new generation of broadcasters are eager to capitalize on anxiety and fear. This…
- Conspiracies, controversies, and B.C’s election drama
Tomorrow, British Columbians head to the polls in a provincial election that’s seen plenty of twists and turns. There was the collapse of the B.C. United party, formerly the B.C L…
- How MAGA world is planning to deny a Harris win
Republicans have already filed over 100 lawsuits in US courts, in what critics say is an attempt to overturn the upcoming election. Ari Berman, national voting rights correspondent…
- Politics! India-Canada dispute escalates, Liberal caucus revolt
The Thanksgiving long weekend ended with a bombshell from the RCMP and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau: Accusations that agents from the Indian government are linked to, and helped o…
- A reporter in Gaza’s year of survival
Al Jazeera reporter Hani Mahmoud is currently based in Deir al Balah, in central Gaza. He’s spent the last year reporting on Israel’s war against Hamas in the territory. Hani has…
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Split Screen: Thrill Seekers | It was a multi-million dollar media experiment. Would you fall for it?A TV crew offers 12 ordinary people the chance to take part in the adventure of a lifetime. But there’s a catch. The audience knows everything but the contestants are kept in the d…
- Front Burner Presents: The Flamethrowers Ep. 3
Welcome to the world of conspiracy and paranoia. A horrifying act of domestic terrorism brings right wing radio some unwanted attention, which pushes one fan of the supernatural aw…
- Inside controversial Trump biopic ‘The Apprentice’
'The Apprentice' premiered at the Cannes Film Festival and received an eight minute ovation. The film follows a young, awkward, ambitious Donald Trump during his bid for respect am…
- Birth rates are declining. Should we be worried?
Canada’s fertility rate just hit a record low: 1.3 babies per woman, placing us among some of the lowest birth rates globally. While discourse around declining birth rates has be…
- A terrifying hurricane is headed toward Florida
Floridians are packing up and evacuating their homes as Hurricane Milton, one of the biggest hurricanes ever recorded, bears down on Tampa Bay. A major hurricane hasn't hit the reg…
- A dispatch from the perilous Darién Gap
NOTE: In yesterday’s episode, we promised to bring you a conversation with a man who’s spent the last year in Gaza, both living through and reporting on Israel’s military campaign…
- ‘Time stopped on October 7th’
‘Time stopped on October 7th.’ Jonathan Dekel-Chen was a longtime resident of Nir Oz, an Israeli kibbutz near the Gaza border. Nearly a quarter of the residents there were either…
- Front Burner Presents: The Flamethrowers Ep. 2
In the second episode of The Flamethrowers, host Justin Ling explores how President Ronald Reagan takes the shackles off right-wing radio and inaugurates a golden era of conservati…
- A Canadian mission to rescue Afghanistan’s last female politicians
The war in Afghanistan is the longest in both Canadian and American history. The U.S.' withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021, signaled not only the end of a 20-year war, but it also…
- Is China’s economic miracle going bust?
China’s economy has changed drastically in the last four decades. When China started to open up to the world in the late ‘70s and ‘80s, it went from one of the world’s poorest coun…
