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Front Burner is your essential daily news podcast, brought to you by CBC News & CBC Podcasts. Every weekday Front Burner takes you deep into the stories shaping Canada and the world.

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Is Doug Ford in trouble?

He was “Captain Canada” last year and at one point, the most popular conservative in Canada. But now Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s taken a hit...

00:30:22May 5, 2026

Elon Musk vs OpenAI

We are entering week two of a dramatic trial that pits two of the biggest names in tech against each other: Elon Musk and Sam Altman. Musk i...

00:27:55May 4, 2026

Why is everything a ‘false flag’?

Following the recent shooting connected to the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, false-flag conspiracy theories emerged almost instantly o...

00:31:48May 1, 2026

How the petrodollar took over the world

The shockwaves triggered by the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran have made clear the extent to which the global economy relies on oil, and the U.S....

00:27:08Apr 30, 2026

Mark Carney’s economic update

Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government has delivered its spring economic update amidst an unpredictable global backdrop. It included a bett...

00:27:50Apr 29, 2026

Can surveillance pricing be stopped?

For years, Jim Balsillie has been one of the loudest voices in the country to speak out about how data is being used to concentrate wealth a...

00:27:04Apr 28, 2026

A third attempt on Trump’s life?

On Saturday night, as U.S. President Donald Trump sat on a dais in front of a room full of journalists, gunshots were heard inside the build...

00:35:51Apr 27, 2026

Why can’t the U.S. win its wars?

Nearly two months into the war on Iran one thing remains clear: Iran has secured strategic leverage that before this war began, seemed unlik...

00:30:37Apr 24, 2026

The FBI’s controversial Kash Patel

In his 14 months as director of the FBI, Kash Patel has not only overseen a radical transformation of the bureau, but has also embroiled him...

00:30:57Apr 23, 2026

Rights and reconciliation collide in B.C.

A conflict playing out in British Columbia is testing the limits of reconciliation in the province. It’s a fight that involves resource extr...

00:35:52Apr 22, 2026

Can liberal democracy be saved?

Jayme sits down with Nobel laureate economist, Daron Acemoglu, a professor at MIT, and one of the leading thinkers about labour, politics an...

00:28:20Apr 21, 2026

Is a global food crisis looming?

During the spring, farmers around the globe work to get the seeds and enough fertilizer in the ground to maintain the growing season. If tha...

00:23:53Apr 20, 2026

Mark Carney and war in the Middle East

U.S. President Trump announced Thursday that Israel and Lebanon have agreed to a 10-day ceasefire, following diplomatic talks in Washington....

00:34:50Apr 17, 2026

The Pope vs The President

Pope Leo has once again criticized the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, saying “I don’t think the message of the gospel is meant to be abused in th...

00:34:57Apr 15, 2026

Mark Carney locks Liberal majority

With last night’s byelection wins, Prime Minister Mark Carney is now leading a majority government. But after five floor crossers joined the...

00:29:13Apr 14, 2026

Can Pierre Poilievre stop the bleeding?

After a fourth Conservative MP crossed over last week, the Liberals are now only one seat shy of an official majority. And with two out of t...

00:26:31Apr 13, 2026

Did the Iran war change anything?

By the end of the day on Wednesday, the tenuous ceasefire between Iran and the U.S. was already being tested. Israel continued to bomb Leban...

00:30:39Apr 9, 2026

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