Featured


 
Storylines podcast

Storylines

 0.1K

·

  CBC  

Society & Culture  

A weekly documentary show for people who love narrative podcasts. These are stories you can’t stop thinking about. That you’ll tell your friends about. And that will help you understand what’s going on in Canada, and why. Every week a journalist follows one story, meets the people at its centre, and makes it make sense. Sometimes it’s about people living out the headlines in real life. Sometimes it’s about someone you’ve never heard of, living through something you had no idea was happening. Either way, you’ll go somewhere, meet someone, get the context, and learn something new. (Plus it sounds really good. Mixed like a movie.) One story, well told, every week, from the award-winning team at the CBC Audio Doc Unit.

A weekly documentary show for people who love narrative podcasts. These are stories you can’t stop thinking about. That you’ll tell your friends about. And that will help you understand what’s going on in Canada, and why. Every week a journalist follows one story, meets the people at its centre, and makes it make sense. Sometimes it’s about people living out the headlines in real life. Sometimes it’s about someone you’ve never heard of, living through something you had no idea was happening. Either way, you’ll go somewhere, meet someone, get the context, and learn something new. (Plus it sounds really good. Mixed like a movie.) One story, well told, every week, from the award-winning team at the CBC Audio Doc Unit.

  All your progess will be saved when you sign in and also synced across all your devices for free.

 

#178

A controversial psychedelic drug some say offers freedom from addiction

Some people struggling with opioid addiction are turning to a powerful psychedelic called ... more

12 Apr 2025

27 MINS

27:14

12 Apr 2025


#177

Surrey’s Peacock Standoff

In Surrey, B.C., a bird renowned for its beauty became the centre of an ugly dispute. In t... more

05 Apr 2025

26 MINS

26:23

05 Apr 2025


#176

The Vienna violinist who changed Chinese classical music

A black-and-white photograph shows 11 young Chinese boys in untucked shirts standing in a ... more

29 Mar 2025

27 MINS

27:19

29 Mar 2025


#175

Practically Mexico Now

In central Mississippi the poultry industry dominates, with massive processing facilities ... more

22 Mar 2025

25 MINS

25:38

22 Mar 2025


#174

A Case of Beer …. and Borders

It’s a little money saving trick Canadians who live near a provincial border know well. Th... more

15 Mar 2025

27 MINS

27:09

15 Mar 2025


#173

Missing in Action: the decades-long effort to get stunt workers their Oscar due

Over the past near-century, Academy Award categories have come and gone. In the silent fil... more

01 Mar 2025

26 MINS

26:57

01 Mar 2025


#172

The irreplaceable Chinook salmon of the Yukon River

The Chinook salmon of the Yukon River are on the brink of extinction. This cultural keysto... more

22 Feb 2025

25 MINS

25:59

22 Feb 2025


#171

52 Hours Lost at Sea

In July 2024, seven fishermen from around New-Wes-Valley, Newfoundland set out on their fi... more

16 Feb 2025

27 MINS

27:29

16 Feb 2025


#170

Talking to Undocumented Canadians

The stories of undocumented people living in the United States are well known, especially ... more

08 Feb 2025

27 MINS

27:09

08 Feb 2025


#169

Inside the extortion rackets targeting South Asian Canadians

Early one August morning, the cameras outside Jas Arora's house in Abbotsford, B.C., recor... more

01 Feb 2025

26 MINS

26:56

01 Feb 2025


#168

The dangers of rogue waves

A rogue wave is defined as being at least 2.2 times as high as the average waves which hav... more

25 Jan 2025

29 MINS

29:49

25 Jan 2025


#167

A mom’s mission to stop her daughter’s drug dealer

In Vancouver's Lower Mainland, a dealer known only as "Jay" sold drugs to teens, making dr... more

18 Jan 2025

26 MINS

26:42

18 Jan 2025


#166

Can solar geoengineering fix the climate?

In an empty parking lot somewhere in northern California, Andrew Song and Luke Iseman infl... more

10 Jan 2025

26 MINS

26:48

10 Jan 2025


#165

Hockey for All

Despite being our national sport, and that most Canadians agree it should be for everyone,... more

05 Jan 2025

27 MINS

27:09

05 Jan 2025


#164

A Woman of No Consequence

Sethu Ramaswamy grew up in a cultured Indian family and it rubbed off on her. She loved bo... more

28 Dec 2024

32 MINS

32:33

28 Dec 2024


#163

One Word

Every day, in Hamburg, Germany, Annette Venebrügge wakes up to a single word emailed from ... more

20 Dec 2024

26 MINS

26:21

20 Dec 2024


#162

How forced drug treatment works in Washington state and what Canada could learn from it

In Washington state, a law known as Ricky’s Law, allows authorities to force people with a... more

13 Dec 2024

27 MINS

27:41

13 Dec 2024


#161

The Fake Baby

They needed certainty. They got chaos. For over a decade, countless people from at least f... more

06 Dec 2024

30 MINS

30:10

06 Dec 2024