Front Burner
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.
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‘Russians at War’ director talks critics and backlash
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Weekend Listen: Peter Nygard’s son on why he’s a fierce defender of his father's...
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Who are the AP3 militia?
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Is Mark Carney waiting in the Liberal wings?
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Harris comes out swinging in a crucial presidential debate
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The newcomers struggling with immigration policy whiplash
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U.S. accuses Canadians in alleged Russian propaganda scheme
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What do Israelis think about the war?
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Why did the NDP dump the Liberals?
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Danielle Smith vs. Alberta’s health care 'monopoly'
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Why rivals turned allies and scrambled B.C. politics
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Come by Chance: What if you were living someone else’s life?
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Don't look back in anger: Oasis reunite
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Billionaire Telegram CEO charged in criminal investigation
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Abuse accusations at ‘military-style’ Ontario school
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Will the Liberals’ cabinet retreat put them in fighting form?
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Canada’s public transit ‘death spiral’
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Kamala Harris ignites Democrats at the DNC
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Drugs, abortion, taxes: Where Canadians stand on divisive issues
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New Canadian ‘centrist’ party accuses rivals of extremism
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Inside a CIA agent's mission to infiltrate Al-Qaeda
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Will Ukraine's attack inside Russia pay off?
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Cracks in Canada’s temporary foreign worker program
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Israel accused of turning prisons into ‘torture camps’
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Why is ISIS seeing a resurgence?
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Canada's news outlets are struggling. Should Ottawa save them?
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Is AI a bubble that's about to burst?
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Weekend Listen: Putin's Murders from Tortoise
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How anti-migration riots swept the UK
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Why are so many Toronto condos sitting empty?
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The ‘New Right’ wants revolution. Can J.D. Vance deliver it?
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Olympic boxing and sex testing’s fraught history
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Tested: tracing the surprising 100-year history of sex testing in elite sports
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Weekend Listen: Summer and Simone hit the gold mine
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The double-edged sword of political memes
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A Hamas leader is assassinated in Iran
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Are we in a 'hidden' recession?
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Canada's baffling soccer spying scandal
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The US and Israel’s ‘special relationship’ — Part 2
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Weekend Listen: Your World Tonight
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Canadian treasure Jasper hit by wall of fire
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The US and Israel’s ‘special relationship’ - Part 1
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The drug harm reduction backlash
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Kamala Harris for President?
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Joe Biden drops out. Now what?
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Donald Trump's Republican Party
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Israel steps up attacks in Gaza
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2024: The year of the election
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America's history of assassinations and political violence
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Trump assassination attempt: What’s next for U.S democracy?
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