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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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- Ukrainian conscription in the crosshairs · 22 minLast week, more than 100 people rioted outside a compound near Kyiv that was being used by Ukraine’s National Guard, alleging the military was abusing new recruits inside. Videos…
- What’s Canada’s new national security plan? · 26 minFor the first time in 22 years, Canada has released a new national security strategy. The 13-page document lays out the government’s goals and priorities for, as they put it, a…
- Carney’s big federal budget bets · 27 minThe federal budget was unveiled Thursday afternoon, and it lays out some of the big bets the Carney government plans on making in the years ahead. A $36-billion tax break to…
- The Dems won big, but what comes next? · 29 minIn the wake of the Democratic sweep of the U.S. midterms, we take a deeper look at the factors that got us here, from Iran to data centres. We also examine what could come next…
- Voters punish Trump in midterm blowout · 30 minTrump-backed picks lost and Republican strongholds crumbled as Democrats won control of both the House and the Senate. Alex Shephard, senior editor at The New Republic, is here…
- Republicans, Islamophobia and the midterms · 25 minAs the U.S. voters head to the midterm polls, Republican candidates and leaders are targeting Muslim and Arab Americans casting them as suspect, questioning their loyalties, and…
- Washington accuses Canada of meddling in midterms · 28 minEarlier this month, U.S. ambassador Pete Hoekstra, made the dramatic allegation that Canada could be engaging in election interference in the U.S. The ambassador was pointing to…
- Interest rates are up. Should you be worried? · 23 minOn Wednesday, for the first time in three years, the Bank of Canada raised its key interest rate. It’s a modest hike — just 0.25% — but it’s been a controversial one, with…
- Will Anthropic's IPO go boom or bust? · 24 minIn the few years since its inception, Anthropic has become one of the buzziest companies in tech. In their own words, they’re an AI enterprise that “puts safety at the frontier”…
- US Politics! Will Texas flip, who's bailing on Trump? · 31 minOn Tuesday, Americans will go to the polls in a midterm vote that stands to challenge the Republican hold on both chambers of congress. For the first time in decades, a state…
- Are Canadian conservatives ditching the fringe? · 26 minAt the end of September the B.C. Conservative party had imploded. Today, they are set to run the province. It's a stunning reversal of political fortune for a party that had been…
- Will Israeli voters turf Netanyahu? · 35 minIsraelis will elect a new prime minister on Tuesday for the first time since October 7th. Polls suggest that many voters are ready to turf Benjamin Netanyahu, who is facing…
- Weekend Listen: Was this referendum worth it? We ask Danielle Smith · 30 minCanada is complicated. Alberta has opinions. Ride shotgun with host Kathleen Petty on West of Centre for conversations about the state of politics in Canada, as power and…
- Elon, Starlink and the betrayal of Ukraine · 29 minTwo weeks ago, U.S. President Donald Trump announced that he’d struck a deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin to supply the world with millions of tonnes of Russian diesel…
- What's behind the youth protests in France? · 30 minFrance is in the midst of a weeks-long, nationwide protest that began with high school students lamenting the conditions of their public schools and issues like overcrowding…
- Inside Biden's Gaza policy · 34 minFor more than a year, the Biden administration said it wanted to limit the destruction in Gaza, increase humanitarian aid and bring the war to an end. But as the humanitarian…
- Alberta decides to stay in Canada · 21 minAfter a historic referendum, Albertans have voted to remain in Canada. When we recorded this episode, just over a third of the votes had been counted, and 76 per cent of them…
- CFB Wainwright tragedy + the final Alberta referendum push · 54 minJayme Poisson travels to Edmonton to take you inside two rallies where campaigners for a united Canada – and campaigners for Alberta independence – make their last pitch to…
- Politics! Carney in Alberta, Stelco showdown · 29 minPrime Minister Mark Carney is in Alberta this week, making a final pitch for unity in the lead-up to the province's referendum on potential separation. Meanwhile, the government…
- Is the world locked in an energy war? · 29 minToday we are going to spend some time trying to understand the expanding front lines of two ongoing wars, where the battlefield isn't just marked by trenches, snipers and…
- The other nine referendum questions in Alberta · 27 minAlberta's referendum is next week and advance voting is already underway. Much of the attention has centred around the separation question. But there are actually ten questions…
- Is AI inevitable? Jill Lepore says no · 35 minIn late September, amid mounting warnings about the risks of AI, the CEOs of six of the world’s most powerful technology companies signed an agreement on artificial intelligence…
- How gambling became the game · 39 minHow did sports betting go from being illegal to being EVERYWHERE? The answer lies in the convergence of daily fantasy sports apps, a bombshell New York Times op-ed, and the…
- Brazil rides the 'Donroe Doctrine's' orange wave · 32 minRight now former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is on house arrest, after being sentenced to 27 years in prison. On Sunday his son Flavio won the first round of that…
- Decoding the Russian plague scare · 27 minSince last week, there have been a series of alarming bits of news emerging from Siberia. It began with the mysterious death of a woman who worked at a plague research institute…
- Quebec separatism in the 'elbows up' era · 28 minWith the election of the Parti Québécois in Quebec Monday night, it's the first time in twelve years that Canada will have a separatist government in power. Over the course of…
- Naomi Klein on Carney, trade war and 'end times' · 43 minCelebrated author Naomi Klein joins the show to talk about how Mark Carney's response to Trump's trade war echoes themes in her book The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster…
- Brexit's lessons for Alberta · 21 minTen years ago, Britain voted 52 per cent to 48 per cent to leave the European Union. The result reshaped British politics, triggered years of negotiations and remains deeply…
- 764: the violent extremist network targeting kids online · 25 minA recent terrorism arrest in Alberta has been linked to the group 764, an extremist network that coerces children into self-harming and sharing sexual material. But many of the…
- Who owns Canada's economy? · 28 minPrime Minister Mark Carney has been working to bring more foreign investment into Canada. At his recent Investment Summit, he told investors from all over the world that Canada…
- Why are residential school testimonies being destroyed? · 29 minToday is the sixth National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, where the country remembers the 150,000 Indigenous kids who were taken from their communities and forced to enrol in…
- Trump's uphill road to the midterms · 33 minIn just over five weeks, Americans will head to the polls for the midterm elections and the contours of the vote are taking shape. Republicans are defending narrow majorities in…
- Disturbing new allegations about ChatGPT, Tumbler Ridge · 33 minA new investigation into the Tumbler Ridge shooter's use of ChatGPT has revealed some disturbing information. It has long been public knowledge that the 18-year-old had used the…
- Is the U.S. a gerontocracy? · 27 minThe United States is getting older, and so, increasingly, are the people charged with governing it. The average age of a U.S. senator is 64-years-old and in the House it's 58…
- B.C. Conservative implosion sparks snap election · 26 minOn Tuesday, B.C. Premier David Eby called a snap election, two years into his term. He said the province needs to show a strong response to American aggression. This was just…
- Why Russia has Europe on edge · 26 minEarlier this week, Vladimir Putin’s United Russia party won a record number of seats in the country's parliamentary elections. Putin is expected to frame the result as an…
- How did the Houthis become so powerful? · 28 minOn Sunday it looked like the United States was about to wade back into its fight with Ansar Allah, or the Houthis, the Iran-backed group in Yemen that has grown into a…
- Politics! Parliament’s 'consequential' agenda · 30 minParliament returns today from summer recess, amid ongoing economic uncertainty and an unresolved trade war with the U.S. Prime Minister Mark Carney told MPs on Friday that this…
- Should Canada have taken the U.S. deal? · 24 minIt's been almost a month now since trade talks between the U.S. and Canada collapsed and Mark Carney's government walked away from a deal. Canadian retaliatory tariffs went into…
- The EU opens the door to Canada · 28 minAt her State of the Union address yesterday, the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, made a historic offer: she wants Canada to become the first…
- Why is Trump so focused on Haiti? · 37 minFor years, hundreds of thousands of Haitians living in the United States have been protected from deportation under a program known as Temporary Protected Status, or TPS. But, as…
- Why are AI leaders calling for a slow down? · 34 minIt's been a remarkable week in the world of Artificial Intelligence. Last Tuesday, a researcher resigned from Anthropic, saying AI companies are "racing straight to…
- Risk and reward at Carney’s big investment summit · 25 minThis week, some of the biggest financiers in the world will be gathering in downtown Toronto along with Prime Minister Mark Carney and the country's premiers for an investment…
- How is Mexico handling the Trump tariffs? · 26 minAs the trade war between Canada and the U.S. continued to deepen this week, U.S. commerce secretary Howard Lutnick and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum spoke ahead of a fourth…
- Is a shaky U.S. bond market good for Canada? · 26 minMany economists say the bond market is the most important financial market in the world. It sets the baseline for almost everything Canadians borrow: mortgages, car loans, lines…
- Canada retaliates and trade war deepens · 32 minThe U.S. announced a new string of bans and tariffs against Canadian products, set to go into effect later this month. This came after Canada imposed counter-tariffs against…
- Trump, ICE and the impact of 9/11 · 32 minThis week will mark 25 years since the September 11th terrorist attacks on the World Trade Centre and the Pentagon. Those attacks, by al-Qaeda, killed nearly 3000 people. What…
- Why are people vanishing in Dawson Creek, B.C.? · 28 minThe 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…
- Is the age of reading over? · 22 minIn 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…
- Why Quebec’s election has been turned upside down · 26 minIn 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…
