Front Burner
CBC
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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Sep 7, 2021 • 27min
Where the major parties stand on climate change
The major parties are all promising big action on climate change, but their plans and targets look different. Today on Front Burner, we compare the parties’ strategies and take a closer look at their credibility.
Sep 6, 2021 • 29min
Encore: 'Suddenly, this is all he'd want to talk about.'
One woman’s story of how two of her loved ones got pulled into conspiracy theories — and how she fought to bring them back from the brink.
This episode originally aired in January 2021.
Sep 3, 2021 • 18min
Mysterious noise sparks discovery of crypto power plant in Alberta
A mysterious noise frustrating an affluent Alberta community sparked the discovery of a secretly set up bitcoin-mining operation. CBC Calgary’s Sarah Rieger explains.
Sep 2, 2021 • 21min
Election watch: Anger on the campaign trail
In the third week of the federal election campaign, Althia Raj describes the vitriolic protests seen at campaign events and the newly released Liberal platform.
Sep 1, 2021 • 21min
Horse dewormer the latest trend in COVID-19 misinformation
False claims about COVID-19 have people calling up Alberta farm supply stores looking for a livestock dewormer called ivermectin. Vera Bergengruen tells us why.
Aug 31, 2021 • 22min
After chaotic US withdrawal, a view from Kabul
After 20 years, the last U.S. troops have left Afghanistan. Ali M. Latifi, a correspondent for Al Jazeera English, brings us a view from the ground in Kabul.
Aug 30, 2021 • 23min
Theranos’s Elizabeth Holmes goes on trial
Once a darling of Silicon Valley, Theranos’s Elizabeth Holmes is now facing prison time for fraud. Host of ABC’s The Dropout podcast Rebecca Jarvis on what you need to know about the upcoming trial.
Aug 27, 2021 • 24min
Where the major parties stand on housing affordability
Housing affordability is shaping up to be a top issue for voters in the upcoming federal election. What are parties promising to do about it? And will it actually work? We ask senior director at the Smart Prosperity Institute Mike Moffatt.
Aug 26, 2021 • 19min
A fourth wave for whom?
As case counts rise across the country, health experts warn that the COVID-19 fourth wave is very much here. But who will bear the brunt of it?
Aug 25, 2021 • 21min
‘I feel very hopeless that I’m stuck here’
Today, the harrowing story of an Afghan doctor — currently in hiding from the Taliban — and his Canadian wife, who are desperate for the Canadian government to help them escape Afghanistan.
