Front Burner podcast

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.

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.

 

#1946

Is Trump’s MAGA movement in trouble? (FB Exclusive)

‘Make America Great Again' has been Donald Trump’s brand for a decade, riding the movement... more

Yesterday

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Yesterday


#1945

Trump's vision for a new world order

Every U.S. president releases a national security strategy document about a year into thei... more

12 Dec 2025

26 MINS

26:22

12 Dec 2025


#1944

Should everybody be taking Ozempic?

It's estimated that as many as 10 per cent of adults in Canada use a GLP-1 type drug like ... more

11 Dec 2025

25 MINS

25:43

11 Dec 2025


#1943

The politics of the Warner Bros. bidding war

Two of the biggest media companies in the world are going to war over Warner Bros. Discove... more

10 Dec 2025

23 MINS

23:12

10 Dec 2025


#1942

The 'compassion club' fighting Canada's drug laws

Through 2022 and 2023, two Vancouver activists made international headlines with DULF — th... more

09 Dec 2025

27 MINS

27:57

09 Dec 2025


#1941

U.S. Politics! Pentagon scandals, ICE targets Somalis

Today, we bring you a wrap on U.S. politics. We begin with two scandals plaguing U.S. defe... more

08 Dec 2025

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08 Dec 2025


#1940

Mark Carney: climate friend or foe?

In 2015, as governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney’s ‘Tragedy of the Horizons’ speec... more

05 Dec 2025

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05 Dec 2025


#1939

Will Trump's tariffs survive the Supreme Court?

The U.S. Supreme Court is soon expected to rule on the legality of President Donald Trump'... more

04 Dec 2025

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30:22

04 Dec 2025


#1938

National Guard shooting and the CIA’s secret Afghan army

Last week, two National Guard soldiers were shot in Washington, D.C. after they were ambus... more

03 Dec 2025

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03 Dec 2025


#1937

Should universities have opinions?

Our guest today has taken a long look at an out-of-fashion principle in higher learning – ... more

02 Dec 2025

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02 Dec 2025


#1936

Will the U.S. invade Venezuela?

Over the weekend, Donald Trump declared on Truth Social that the airspace around Venezuela... more

01 Dec 2025

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01 Dec 2025


#1935

Ukraine peace plan,or Russian ‘wish list’?

In a somber speech last week Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned his people tha... more

28 Nov 2025

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28 Nov 2025


#1934

In Chad, inside camps for Sudan’s refugees

Sudan’s civil war is now the worst displacement crisis in the world, with more than 12 mil... more

27 Nov 2025

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27 Nov 2025


#1933

Hatchet buried? The politics of an Alberta energy deal

On Thursday Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith are set to annou... more

26 Nov 2025

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26 Nov 2025


#1932

Gunshots, arson, threats: B.C.’s extortion crisis

After meeting on the sidelines of the G20 in South Africa, Prime Minister Mark Carney and ... more

25 Nov 2025

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25 Nov 2025


#1931

The hunt for alleged cocaine kingpin Ryan Wedding

At a press conference last week U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi laid out fresh allegations... more

24 Nov 2025

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24 Nov 2025


#1930

Is the notwithstanding clause bad for democracy?

Section 33 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms — the so-called "notwithstanding... more

21 Nov 2025

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28:40

21 Nov 2025


#1929

The ‘sniper tourists’ of Sarajevo

For decades there have been allegations that wealthy foreigners traveled into the Bosnian ... more

20 Nov 2025

31 MINS

31:38

20 Nov 2025


#1928

Did Carney just pass a Progressive Conservative budget?

Mark Carney’s Liberals survived a confidence vote on their first budget Monday night. It w... more

19 Nov 2025

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23:30

19 Nov 2025


#1927

A hinge point for human rights

Over 75 years ago, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was established and signed by... more

18 Nov 2025

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18 Nov 2025


#1926

If AI is a bubble, what happens when it pops?

With the absolutely massive amounts of money tied up in the AI data centre boom, it's not ... more

17 Nov 2025

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22:26

17 Nov 2025


#1925

Canada's complicated 'situationship' with the U.S. (FB Exclusive)

It started with U.S. President Donald Trump's 'quips' about Canada becoming the 51st state... more

15 Nov 2025

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15 Nov 2025


#1924

Why the Epstein emails go way beyond Trump

This week, thousands of pages of documents were released from the estate of convicted sex ... more

14 Nov 2025

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24:10

14 Nov 2025


#1923

Poilievre tries to turn the page

The decisions of one Conservative MP to cross the floor, and another to resign have sparke... more

13 Nov 2025

26 MINS

26:17

13 Nov 2025


#1922

The former PM and the pop star

Former prime minister Justin Trudeau is dating the American pop star Katy Perry. He’s been... more

12 Nov 2025

34 MINS

34:57

12 Nov 2025


#1921

Nick Fuentes and the mainstreaming of neo-Nazism

Nick Fuentes and his followers - Groypers - are working to push American conservatism and ... more

11 Nov 2025

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26:54

11 Nov 2025