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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.We’re Canada’s number one news podcast an...
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Canada and the politics of Gaza flotillas
Prime Minister Mark Carney has condemned what he described as the “abominable treatment” of flotilla activists detained by Israeli authorities.
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Israel’s open nuclear secret
Earlier this month, 30 Democratic lawmakers sent a letter to the Trump administration with a remarkable request: to publicly acknowledge that Israel h...
Is Carney undoing the Liberals’ climate legacy?
Late last week, Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith announced a new energy agreement that paves the way for a new pipeline t...
How should Canada handle Alberta separatism?
Alberta premier Danielle Smith is calling a court ruling “antidemocratic” after judge struck down the petition which hoped to trigger a separatist ref...
What happens when a conspiracy theory drives into your backyard?
In The Cult Queen of Canada from CBC’s Uncover, a tiny Saskatchewan town faces a surreal crisis when a cult leader calling herself “The Queen of Canad...
Iran quagmire: why can’t the U.S. end the war?
The ceasefire in Iran has been in place for five weeks, with no clear end in sight to the war. The latest peace negotiations fell apart, with U.S. Pre...
Princeton president on the future of university
Today on the show, the President of Princeton University, Christopher Eisgruber, joins us.
He makes a defense of the role of post...
Weakened, Trump heads to China
President Trump arrives in Beijing today for a high-stakes summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping. He’s bringing with him a long list of tech and bu...
Should Canadian airports be privatized?
As part of its Spring economic update, the federal government revealed that it’s considering privatizing the country’s airports. The Prime Minister sa...
The perils of unregulated AI
Recent polls show that Canadians are increasingly concerned about the growth of AI.
And yet, the AI race is hurtling forward with...
How separatists doxxed Alberta
On the week where Alberta separatists should have been celebrating a major milestone on their quest to split the country apart, they are instead facin...
The end of the Voting Rights Act?
The Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act, passed in 1964 and 1965 respectively, marked the beginning of multi-racial democracy in the United States....
Are teen social media bans a silver bullet?
Australia was the first country to adopt a ban. Canada’s federal government is signaling that something is coming from them soon. A recent Angus Reid...
Is Doug Ford in trouble?
He was “Captain Canada” last year and at one point, the most popular conservative in Canada.
But now Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s taken a hit in...
Elon Musk vs OpenAI
We are entering week two of a dramatic trial that pits two of the biggest names in tech against each other: Elon Musk and Sam Altman.
Why is everything a ‘false flag’?
Following the recent shooting connected to the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, false-flag conspiracy theories emerged almost instantly online.
How the petrodollar took over the world
The shockwaves triggered by the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran have made clear the extent to which the global economy relies on oil, and the U.S. dollar. It...
Mark Carney’s economic update
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government has delivered its spring economic update amidst an unpredictable global backdrop. It included a better-than-ex...
Can surveillance pricing be stopped?
For years, Jim Balsillie has been one of the loudest voices in the country to speak out about how data is being used to concentrate wealth and power,...
A third attempt on Trump’s life?
On Saturday night, as U.S. President Donald Trump sat on a dais in front of a room full of journalists, gunshots were heard inside the building. An ar...
Why can’t the U.S. win its wars?
Nearly two months into the war on Iran one thing remains clear: Iran has secured strategic leverage that before this war began, seemed unlikely.
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The FBI’s controversial Kash Patel
In his 14 months as director of the FBI, Kash Patel has not only overseen a radical transformation of the bureau, but has also embroiled himself in a...
Rights and reconciliation collide in B.C.
A conflict playing out in British Columbia is testing the limits of reconciliation in the province. It’s a fight that involves resource extraction, de...
Can liberal democracy be saved?
Jayme sits down with Nobel laureate economist, Daron Acemoglu, a professor at MIT, and one of the leading thinkers about labour, politics and technolo...
Is a global food crisis looming?
During the spring, farmers around the globe work to get the seeds and enough fertilizer in the ground to maintain the growing season. If that doesn't...
Mark Carney and war in the Middle East
U.S. President Trump announced Thursday that Israel and Lebanon have agreed to a 10-day ceasefire, following diplomatic talks in Washington. This foll...
Duelling blockades hold global economy hostage
The energy crisis spurred by Iran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz is wreaking economic havoc on much of the world; especially in Asia and Europe, wh...
The Pope vs The President
Pope Leo has once again criticized the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, saying “I don’t think the message of the gospel is meant to be abused in the way some...
Mark Carney locks Liberal majority
With last night’s byelection wins, Prime Minister Mark Carney is now leading a majority government. But after five floor crossers joined the Liberals,...
Can Pierre Poilievre stop the bleeding?
After a fourth Conservative MP crossed over last week, the Liberals are now only one seat shy of an official majority. And with two out of three byele...
U.S.-Iran talks: Who’s got the upper hand?
After six weeks of war and a fragile ceasefire Iran is going into high-level talks with the U.S. battered but defiant. Whether any kind of real agreem...
Did the Iran war change anything?
By the end of the day on Wednesday, the tenuous ceasefire between Iran and the U.S. was already being tested.
Israel continued to...
‘A whole civilization will die’: Trump to Iran
Today on the show we are going to talk about a grave threat made by U.S. President Donald Trump towards Iran where he wrote that unless the Strait of...
Israel update: death penalty law, Iran attacks
Today, a check-in on Israel’s expanding wars in Iran and Lebanon, violence in the West Bank and details of a new law that could see the death penalty...
Front Burner Presents: Deepfake Porn Empire
Deepfake porn is a billion-click industry built on stolen faces, while the people making it hide theirs behind screens. Hosted by journalist Sam Cole,...
Flights, food and finance: is economic chaos coming?
As the Iran war wraps up its fifth week, the increasing price on fuel and food is wreaking havoc on consumers and businesses around the world. Global...
Iran and the propaganda war
Since the beginning of the U.S.-Israeli war, Iran has been publishing AI propaganda videos online trolling the United States, and Donald Trump.
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Is AI making you dumb?
Today we’re joined by Alex Panetta, journalist and former Front Burner guest host. You may remember him as a regular on this show when he was a CBC Wa...
Avi Lewis’ vision for the NDP
Nearly a year after the federal NDP’s most devastating election result in history, the party declared Avi Lewis – who ran on a campaign of democratic...
Is Trump rigging the markets?
Experts, market watchers and the authorities in Iran have accused the U.S. President of engaging in market manipulation surrounding the Iran war by ti...