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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.

Canada’s massive military buildup: Part 2
The Canadian defence industry can’t grow the way Prime Minister Mark Carney is proposing by just selling domestically. That’s why another aim of the Defence Industrial Strategy is…
Jul 3, 202625:23
Canada’s massive military buildup: Part 1
Mark Carney ran for office promising to spend a whole lot more on the Canadian military. Since being elected, he’s poured billions of dollars into defence, and plans to roughly tri…
Jul 2, 202623:03
How extreme heat is changing Europe
This week, temperatures across much of Europe reached above 40 C. In parts of Spain and Portugal, it was hotter than the Sahara Desert. Governments are telling citizens to stay in…
Jul 1, 202630:22
Why are prediction markets coming to Canada?
Investment company Wealthsimple is partnering with Kalshi to launch Wealthsimple Predict. It’s an app that’ll allow Canadians to place bets on things like Bank of Canada interest r…
Jun 30, 202621:51
What’s fuelling residential school denialism?
A warning: this episode discusses the trauma and harms surrounding Canada's residential school history. Please listen with care. So much of what we know about Canada's residentia…
Jun 29, 202632:14
Solving the Nord Stream attack mystery
In the fall of 2022, Danish authorities scrambled fighter jets to investigate a strange disturbance in the Baltic Sea. What they found was extraordinary. An enormous geyser had op…
Jun 26, 202637:32
Incel violence and the Montreal shootingExplicit
On Monday morning, a 25-year-old man opened fire in Montreal, leading to a shootout that left three people dead. A few hours later, police found a manifesto written by the shooter…
Jun 25, 202629:58
Inside Iran as peace talks continue
Margaret Evans is CBC’s Senior International Correspondent. She just returned from a week-long reporting trip in Tehran, speaking to Iranians on the ground about the impact of the…
Jun 24, 202626:26
Is the U.K. ungovernable?
After a weekend of speculation, U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer appeared on the steps of 10 Downing Street on Monday and announced that he would be stepping down. He’s now the s…
Jun 23, 202625:55
Liberals push through bills as Parliament wraps
It was a busy end to the season in the House of Commons. CBC Chief Political Correspondent Rosemary Barton is here to talk about what happened, what it tells us about Carney’s majo…
Jun 22, 202622:56
Alleged gun-for-hire network behind consulate, synagogue shootings
Toronto police announced this week that nearly 30 recent shootings across the Greater Toronto Area are linked by a multi-layered gun-for-hire network. They say teens have been recr…
Jun 19, 202624:47
How Andrew Tate made abuse a businessExplicit
Andrew Tate – the controversial British-American influencer, and self-described misogynist – has millions of followers around the world. He often tells young men that they’re vict…
Jun 18, 202631:26
Inside Ukraine’s kill zone
Reporter Francis Farrell of the Kyiv Independent recently took a harrowing journey alongside a group of Ukrainian soldiers into what they describe as the kill zone. They travelled…
Jun 17, 202633:17
A changed Iran emerges from war
This week, after more than a hundred days of fighting, the United States and Iran have reached a preliminary agreement to end the war, set to be signed in Geneva this Friday. This…
Jun 16, 202629:57
For Albertan separatists, is Quebec a model or a warning?
A common refrain among those who support Albertan separatism is that they would like a deal similar to what Quebec earned through its decades-long fight for greater autonomy. So a…
Jun 15, 202634:40
Bill Gates’ Epstein connections
For decades Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates built a public persona as an unrelenting, tech visionary – and later as a global health and climate philanthropist. But that reputation…
Jun 12, 202627:49
Ottawa threatens big tech with kids’ social media ban
Canada has introduced new legislation that puts big tech social platforms on notice: change your platforms to make them safer for kids, or children under the age of 16 will be bann…
Jun 11, 202629:37
The world’s game: politics and the World Cup
Even before a game has been played, this year’s World Cup has been the source of controversy. Officials and staff from countries like Iraq, Iran and Somalia have been refused entry…
Jun 10, 202639:02
A who’s who in Alberta’s separatist fight
As Alberta hurtles towards a referendum on whether or not to hold a separation referendum, we wanted to take a look at how the campaigns on both sides are shaping up. Who are the…
Jun 9, 202631:31
The backlash against AIPAC
For decades, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, better known as AIPAC, has been one of the most powerful lobbying organizations in Washington. It has helped shape U.S.…
Jun 8, 202635:22

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