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. "You're only getting half the story. Get the rest — and every new episode — right here. 👇 Click now . Don't let this burn out."
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Signup to Generate a PitchFront 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. "You're only getting half the story. Get the rest, and every new episode, right here.
Recent episodes include "Does a ‘peace deal’ fuel Middle Eastern war?" (1 June 2026, 33 minutes), "Politics! Surveillance backlash, separatism drama" (29 May 2026, 33 minutes), and "Trump and the politics of corruption" (28 May 2026, 39 minutes).
Front Burner publishes roughly daily, with episodes averaging 33 minutes.
Booking probability for Front Burner is 18%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Front Burner requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher.
Front Burner is a news podcast.
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In The Cult Queen of Canada from CBC’s Uncover, a tiny Saskatchewan town faces a surreal crisis when a cult leader calling herself “The Queen of Canada” occupies an abandoned school. As neighbours turn on each other, a...
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The ceasefire in Iran has been in place for five weeks, with no clear end in sight to the war. The latest peace negotiations fell apart, with U.S. President Trump saying that the ceasefire is on “life support.” So what...
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Today on the show, the President of Princeton University, Christopher Eisgruber, joins us. He makes a defense of the role of post secondary institutions at a time when they are at the centre of a culture war and the...
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President Trump arrives in Beijing today for a high-stakes summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping. He’s bringing with him a long list of tech and business titans like Elon Musk, Apple CEO Tim Cook, and Boeing CEO...
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As part of its Spring economic update, the federal government revealed that it’s considering privatizing the country’s airports. The Prime Minister says it could free up money to fund other major projects and improve...
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Recent polls show that Canadians are increasingly concerned about the growth of AI. And yet, the AI race is hurtling forward with few guardrails. In many cases, people aren’t even being given a lot of choice around...
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The Civil Rights Act and Voting Rights Act, passed in 1964 and 1965 respectively, marked the beginning of multi-racial democracy in the United States. But in the decades since, those achievements have been steadily...
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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 in the polls after a series of decisions that include the purchase and almost...
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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 is suing OpenAI, a company that he co-founded, claiming they betrayed their...
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Senior Foreign Policy Correspondent, Vox.com
writer and producer, CBC Calgary
editor, horror fiction writer, and screenwriter, Phoenix Analysis and Design Technologies
director of the Cuba and Chile documentation projects, National Security Archivist of the Chile Documentation Projects
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