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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Episodes (2050)
Canada’s bet on an AI boom
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Front Burner Presents: The Making of Musk, Episode 1
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Portraits of childhood in Gaza
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Inside the shadow war in Ukraine
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What exactly is Antifa?
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Can Trump’s peace plan help end the war in Gaza?
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Politics! Carney meets Trump again, Smith pitches a pipeline
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Weekend Listen: Death, sex, money … and podcasting? (via Bookends)
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Trump, and the alarm bells of fascism
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U.S. politics! Government shutdown, military pep talk
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Will recognition lead to a Palestinian state?
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How the world abandoned climate politics
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Who can rebuild the NDP?
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The secret to China’s dominance
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Jimmy Kimmel, free speech and big money media
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Autism and Tylenol: what the science says
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Robert Munsch’s decision to die
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Danielle Smith on Carney, Kirk and pipelines
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The era of meme shooters is here
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Politics! Farewell Freeland, hello mega-projects
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Can Canada’s housing minister make homes cheaper?
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The return of political violence
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Donald Trump’s war on drug cartels
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Fear, fury and Charlie Kirk’s killing
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Will Trump declare ‘war’ on Chicago?
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Politics! Carney government ramps up
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Does Canada have a violent crime problem?
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Is it over for Quebec’s François Legault?
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‘Queen of Canada’ cult leader arrested
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The Alberta book ban saga
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What UNICEF saw in Gaza
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Brazil stares down Trump and Bolsonaro
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The threat next door: How NATO’s newest members are preparing to defend against...
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Is the International Criminal Court’s future in peril?
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Trump, the Smithsonian, and the battle over U.S. history
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Politics! Carney's report card, Poilievre's return
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Young people can't find jobs. Is Canada's economy in trouble?
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Israel defies global outcry over Gaza City, West Bank
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Escape, immortality, AI: Silicon Valley's blueprint for the future
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How Christian Zionism became a key force in U.S. politics
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Are Canadian summers as we knew them over?
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Is Trump any closer to ending the war in Ukraine?
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What the Air Canada strike is really about
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Can Carney move fast enough on affordable housing?
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The killing of Gaza’s journalists
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Why has Trump taken over D.C.?
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Cannabis megastores stoke tensions in Oka Crisis First Nation
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The Canadian army's long history of extremism
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Can the Bad Bunny effect save Puerto Rico?
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Politics! Poilievre's crucial byelection, Carney's tariff tightrope
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