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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.

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Episodes (2050)

Pierre Poilievre’s Donald Trump problem

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An election in a polluted media environment

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Mar 24, 202528:47pending

What is this new Canadian patriotism?

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Mar 21, 202527:13pending

Errol Morris on Charles Manson, mind control and the CIA

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Mar 20, 202526:46pending

Trump’s expanding immigration dragnet

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Mar 19, 202528:01pending

Nobel winning economist Joseph Stiglitz on Trump, tariffs and democracy

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Mar 18, 202532:15pending

Mark Carney’s first days as PM

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Mar 17, 202523:48pending

Omar El Akkad on Gaza, and 'breaking up' with the West

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Mar 14, 202526:06pending

Burner phone! A trade war call-in special

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Mar 13, 202539:18pending

Canada vs the ‘most hated guy on Wall Street’

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Mar 12, 202526:05pending

Trade war: The view from Mexico

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Mar 11, 202524:38pending

Liberals enter the Mark Carney era

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Mar 10, 202521:34pending

What happened to ‘The Resistance’?

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Mar 7, 202532:19pending

Is Canadian energy our tariff war trump card?

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Mar 6, 202524:39pending

The tariff trade war escalates

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Mar 5, 202532:43pending

An obituary for the post-war order

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Mar 4, 202529:46pending

Is Canada's Arctic sovereignty in danger?

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Mar 3, 202523:43pending

Weekend Listen: He owes his life to a lie, now will anyone believe what he calls...

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Mar 1, 202534:02pending

The big problem of 'car bloat'

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Feb 28, 202521:24pending

Trump, apartheid and the PayPal mafia?

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Feb 27, 202533:12pending

Is Mark Carney ready for the real fight ahead?

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Feb 26, 202524:13pending

Ukraine and Europe: A pivotal moment

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Feb 25, 202528:46pending

Ontario votes amidst tariff crisis

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Feb 24, 202527:53pending

Is flying getting more dangerous?

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Feb 21, 202526:09pending

Is Trump coming for Canada’s critical minerals?

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Feb 20, 202524:16pending

Has Trump killed the U.S.-Europe alliance?

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Feb 19, 202531:47pending

What if the U.S. invaded Canada?

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Feb 18, 202526:45pending

How Trump is forcing the Conservatives to pivot

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Feb 17, 202526:01pending

Bird flu is spreading faster. Should we worry?

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Feb 14, 202524:23pending

Canadian Tech’s rightward drift

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Feb 13, 202527:51pending

Buy Canadian, bye-bye America?

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Feb 12, 202521:24pending

Reality-checking the tariff fentanyl crackdown

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Feb 11, 202521:49pending

Canada-U.S. tension, a history

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Feb 10, 202531:03pending

Sports betting: Golden age, or epidemic?

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Feb 7, 202528:26pending

Elon Musk's assault on government

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Feb 6, 202526:16pending

Is Canada ready for the next tariff fight?

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Feb 5, 202529:31pending

What is Trump's tariff endgame?

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Feb 4, 202529:06pending

The Trump tariff trade war and you

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Feb 3, 202523:55pending

Weekend Listen: The twisted true story of a man who couldn’t stop lying

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Feb 1, 202548:33pending

The harrowing return to northern Gaza

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Jan 31, 202528:20pending

DeepSeek and China’s AI power move

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Jan 30, 202523:45pending

The end of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion?

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Jan 29, 202524:36pending

Liberal leadership hopeful Karina Gould

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Jan 28, 202528:22pending

Politics! Carney pulls ahead, Ford to trigger election

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Jan 27, 202524:50pending

Weekend Listen: The unbelievable saga of Kaitlyn Braun, the Ontario woman who co...

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Jan 25, 202540:01pending

Elon Musk, Nazi accusations, and the ADL

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Jan 24, 202529:19pending

Who is Mark Carney?

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Jan 23, 202534:30pending

Trump’s tariffs and the case for Canada

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Jan 22, 202523:38pending

What will Trump's first 100 days bring?

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Jan 21, 202525:12pending

Kevin O’Leary and the 51st state

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Jan 20, 202530:54pending
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