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)
Inside OpenAI’s zealous pursuit of AI dominance
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Why some young Israelis refuse to fight in Gaza
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Cold calls from one of the most horrific serial killers in Canadian history
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Will Canada recognize Palestinian statehood?
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Can the UK child-proof the internet?
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From Texas to South Sudan: ICE’s deportation pipeline
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Can RFK Jr. save B.C.'s death row ostriches?
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Why Trump can't shake the Epstein files
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Breaking down the not guilty Hockey Canada decision
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Inside Indigenous backlash to fast-tracking mega projects
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Fascist fight clubs are growing across Canada
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Plan for Gaza decried as ‘concentration camp’
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The week X's Grok AI went Nazi
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Trump’s crypto bills: what does he stand to gain?
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David Suzuki warns Carney of pipeline and growth 'madness'
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Zohran Mamdani vs. the Democratic establishment
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What Trump’s new tariff threats could mean for Canada
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Politics! Carney calls for big cuts, army members' terrorism charges
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Case closed on the 'Epstein list'?
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Will a 'Free Tibet' die with the Dalai Lama?
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Did the Texas floods have to be this deadly?
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Netanyahu in Washington, and a Gaza ceasefire?
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Medicaid cuts and RFK Jr’s MAHA mission
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How the Diddy case fell apart
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Politics! Carney so far, Poilievre’s second chance
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The end of birthright citizenship?
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The repo man of the seas
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Encore: ex-Raptors President Masai Ujiri
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Canada’s energy minister on pipelines, Bill C-5 controversy
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The unanswered questions of the Iran strike
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Bubble trouble: Do protest bylaws silence dissent?
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The MAGA civil war over Iran
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Trump joins Israel's war in Iran
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In search of separatists in Alberta
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What exactly is ICE?
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Politics! Carney’s ’delete laws’ bill, G7 wraps
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Palantir’s big data, AI long game
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Israel-Iran strikes: What comes next?
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Can the G7 find order in the chaos?
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What’s behind Mark Carney’s military splurge?
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Wildfires rage across Canada
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Battleground L.A.: Fighting Trump’s ICE crackdown
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Trump and Elon’s messy breakup
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Weekend Listen: How will Canadian film and TV change if streamers don't pay into...
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Cheap and deadly: How drones are reshaping war
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Politics! Border bill blowback and 'Santa' Carney
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Real estate, crypto, Middle East deals: Who is Steve Witkoff?
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When hunger is a weapon
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U.S. Politics! Elon’s out, tariffs in court, and Trump vs. Harvard
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AI cheating runs wild on campus
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