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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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  1. Why are people vanishing in Dawson Creek, B.C.?

    The Mile Zero Murders investigates the baffling wave of disappearances and murders in the small town of Dawson Creek, B.C., a community struggling with a deadly local drug trade. H…

    27:54
  2. Is the age of reading over?

    In her piece for the Atlantic, “The end of reading is here”, Rose Horowitch makes the case that across the board in the U.S. – people are reading less. According to the National En…

    22:16
  3. Why Quebec’s election has been turned upside down

    In just over a month, Quebecers will head to the ballot box. And, until recently, this election seemed like a foregone conclusion: the Parti Quebecois, running on a promise to hold…

    26:09
  4. Is Germany's firewall against the far right crumbling?

    After a vote this weekend, the far right could take power in a part of Germany for the first time since WWII. Alternative for Germany, or AfD, is far ahead in the polls in a state…

    30:57
  5. Protein-maxxing and the age of self-optimization

    Protein was once mostly associated with body builders and elite athletes, but today it's advertised everywhere from cereal boxes to fast food restaurants. It's just one facet of a…

    24:15
  6. Politics! Trade war fallout, byelections

    This weekend, U.S. President Donald Trump posted an AI-generated video of an army of geese with orange hair, holding machine guns, defending what he's now calling "Lake America." I…

    27:54
  7. The culture war comes for the WNBA

    For most of its history, the WNBA existed on the margins of American professional sports. Its players were outspoken on race, gender and LGBTQ rights, while the league struggled fo…

    30:40
  8. What Big Tech wants out of the trade war

    When trade talks between Canada and the U.S. broke down last week, one of the issues that reportedly came up was Canadian streaming rules that require platforms like Netflix to mak…

    29:49
  9. How the trade war is registering in America

    On Tuesday, in the ongoing trade war with our southern neighbour, Canada released details on counter-tariffs that will be imposed on a wide range of American products, matching the…

    30:29
  10. How will the new tariffs hit Canada's economy?

    U.S. President Donald Trump is threatening yet more tariffs, saying he’ll increase levies on cars, trucks and steel to 50% on January 1. This latest announcement comes as new tarif…

    30:07
  11. How the Canada-U.S. trade deal fell apart

    On Friday, Canada's trade talks with the U.S. fell apart less than an hour before the deadline for new tariffs hit. While there had been positive signs earlier in the week, Prime M…

    35:34
  12. Carney's big challenge as Canada-U.S. trade deal nears

    On Thursday, Canadian trade representatives were in Washington for more talks amid a tentative trade deal with the U.S. Coming out of the meeting, Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Domi…

    29:11
  13. Trade war update // What happened to 'woke' politics?

    In 2020, the politics of racial justice appeared to be everywhere: the killing of George Floyd sparked one of the largest protest movements in American history, and progressive ide…

    38:45
  14. New U.S. tariffs paused – for now. How did we get here?

    Late Tuesday night, U.S. President Donald Trump announced he would pause the implementation of the 50 per cent tariffs on a range of Canadian goods for three days, saying the two c…

    25:10
  15. Is Israel deliberately starting wildfires in Lebanon?

    This past weekend, Israeli strikes killed at least 11 people in southern Lebanon, according to the country’s health ministry. It was the deadliest attack since a fragile ceasefire…

    23:25
  16. 'Fed up' Canadians' push to oust U.S. ambassador

    During Pete Hoekstra's tenure as U.S. ambassador to Canada, he has called Canada’s federal election campaign “un-American”, amplified one of Donald Trump’s “51st state” posts, and…

    29:58
  17. Canada's immigration 180: Part 2

    Prime Minister Mark Carney's message on immigration is all about control. He has repeatedly talked about how new arrivals are down. And deportations are up, too. Today, part two o…

    34:13
  18. Canada's immigration 180: Part 1

    It wasn't too long ago that much of Canada's political class was united in their embrace of immigration to help grow the population and with it, the economy. Now, many of those sam…

    21:57
  19. Nigel Farage: Mr. Brexit's wild ride

    For more than a decade, Nigel Farage has been one of the most influential people in British politics. His anti-Europe crusade was key to securing Brexit. And up until recently, it…

    28:12
  20. How Syria's former first lady aided the bloody regime

    When Bashar al-Assad fled Syria in December 2024, it brought a sudden end to a family dynasty that had ruled the country for more than fifty years. The collapse of his government a…

    36:37
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