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.
Flights, food and finance: is economic chaos coming?
22 mins; April 03, 2026
Iran and the propaganda war
34 mins; April 02, 2026
Is AI making you dumb?
27 mins; April 01, 2026
Avi Lewis’ vision for the NDP
27 mins; March 31, 2026
Is Trump rigging the markets?
26 mins; March 30, 2026
In Iran, echoes of the Iraq war
37 mins; March 27, 2026
How RCMP spies infiltrated Indigenous groups
31 mins; March 26, 2026
America’s long standoff with Cuba
39 mins; March 25, 2026
The true cost of AI data centres
25 mins; March 24, 2026
Open source intelligence cowboys ‘monitoring’ Iran
26 mins; March 23, 2026
The bail backlash
35 mins; March 20, 2026
Can the U.S. re-open the Strait of Hormuz alone?
24 mins; March 19, 2026
Will Trump rig the midterms?
33 mins; March 18, 2026
Israel steps up assault on Lebanon
33 mins; March 17, 2026
Pete Hegseth: the Iran war’s chief promoter
30 mins; March 16, 2026
Who are Iran's Revolutionary Guards?
28 mins; March 13, 2026
Politics! 4th floor-crosser, NDP's future
27 mins; March 12, 2026
'We do not want your bombs': A view from Tehran
22 mins; March 11, 2026
Iran war sparks energy crisis
26 mins; March 10, 2026
Iran’s allies and foes, explained
26 mins; March 09, 2026
Iran and AI on the battlefield
31 mins; March 06, 2026
Iran and the escalation trap
28 mins; March 05, 2026
Carney supports Iran war with ‘regret’
26 mins; March 04, 2026
U.S. vs Iran: a decades-old fight
37 mins; March 03, 2026
War on Iran
29 mins; March 02, 2026
India reset, Iran regime change with Minister Anita Anand
32 mins; February 27, 2026
ChatGPT and the Tumbler Ridge shooter
34 mins; February 26, 2026
Jason Kenney on Canadian immigration
35 mins; February 25, 2026
Mexico in chaos after El Mencho killed
35 mins; February 24, 2026
Olympic Hockey heartbreak and more
25 mins; February 23, 2026
Epstein fallout: ex-Prince Andrew arrested
23 mins; February 20, 2026
Floor-crosser defects to surging Liberals
28 mins; February 19, 2026
The Rise of ‘Looksmaxxing’
36 mins; February 18, 2026
Will AI agents take over the workplace?
21 mins; February 17, 2026
The mother of all questions: do you want kids?
40 mins; February 16, 2026
Cuba is pushed to the brink
27 mins; February 13, 2026
Tragedy in Tumbler Ridge
22 mins; February 12, 2026
The case to ban kids from social media, with Jonathan Haidt
33 mins; February 11, 2026
Should Canada have nuclear weapons?
30 mins; February 10, 2026
ICE, and lessons from Minnesota
30 mins; February 09, 2026
The Washington Post and billionaires’ assault on journalism
32 mins; February 06, 2026
What’s behind Trump’s latest Canada threats?
31 mins; February 05, 2026
Epstein’s orbit: will justice come?
31 mins; February 04, 2026
What happens in ICE detention?
29 mins; February 03, 2026
Politics! Poilievre’s win, election speculation
29 mins; February 02, 2026
Leader or loser: Poilievre’s crucial vote
37 mins; January 30, 2026
Trump 2.0’s Nazi-coded social feeds
25 mins; January 29, 2026
Is MAGA weaponizing Alberta separatism?
30 mins; January 28, 2026
Can NATO survive Trump?
30 mins; January 27, 2026
Stephen Miller: ICE’s ideologue-in-chief
36 mins; January 26, 2026
What’s Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ really about?
32 mins; January 23, 2026
Carney and 'The Speech'
31 mins; January 22, 2026
Is Europe ready for the Greenland fight?
29 mins; January 21, 2026
Mark Carney and the New World Order
25 mins; January 20, 2026
Can ICE be restrained?
28 mins; January 19, 2026
Iran revolt: What’s the endgame?
29 mins; January 16, 2026
U.S. politics! Iran crisis, ICE, Trump vs. the Fed
31 mins; January 15, 2026
Stuck in the middle: Mark Carney in China
26 mins; January 14, 2026
A veteran diplomat explains the 'Donroe Doctrine'
32 mins; January 13, 2026
What if Greenland’s next?
28 mins; January 12, 2026
Where is AI headed in 2026?
27 mins; January 09, 2026
Chavismo, Maduro, and the making of Venezuela
33 mins; January 08, 2026
The world’s biggest risks, with Gerry Butts
28 mins; January 07, 2026
Canada’s Venezuelan oil problem
32 mins; January 06, 2026
What will follow Trump's Venezuela attack?
32 mins; January 05, 2026
Front Burner Presents: The Making of Musk, Episode 4
45 mins; January 02, 2026
Front Burner Presents: The Making of Musk, Episode 3
50 mins; January 01, 2026
Front Burner Presents: The Making of Musk, Episode 2
48 mins; December 31, 2025
The books that explained 2025 (Part 2)
38 mins; December 30, 2025
The books that explained 2025
37 mins; December 29, 2025
Go inside the tangled web of the Satanic Panic from Jaws to Patrick Swayze
39 mins; December 26, 2025
The true story behind the Norval Morrisseau art fraud
27 mins; December 25, 2025
The stories that shaped our year
33 mins; December 24, 2025
The year in sports scandal with Pablo Torre
32 mins; December 23, 2025
Trump & corruption with Pod Save America
26 mins; December 22, 2025
Bondi Beach and the ISIS connection
22 mins; December 19, 2025
The human toll of Trump's war on aid
21 mins; December 18, 2025
Alberta’s very interesting year
30 mins; December 17, 2025
Why is the U.K. rethinking puberty blockers?
28 mins; December 16, 2025
Hanukkah event shooting // Liberal majority watch
38 mins; December 15, 2025
Is Trump’s MAGA movement in trouble? (FB Exclusive)
23 mins; December 13, 2025
Trump's vision for a new world order
26 mins; December 12, 2025
Should everybody be taking Ozempic?
25 mins; December 11, 2025
The politics of the Warner Bros. bidding war
23 mins; December 10, 2025
The 'compassion club' fighting Canada's drug laws
27 mins; December 09, 2025
U.S. Politics! Pentagon scandals, ICE targets Somalis
27 mins; December 08, 2025
Mark Carney: climate friend or foe?
30 mins; December 05, 2025
Will Trump's tariffs survive the Supreme Court?
30 mins; December 04, 2025
National Guard shooting and the CIA’s secret Afghan army
23 mins; December 03, 2025
Should universities have opinions?
21 mins; December 02, 2025
Will the U.S. invade Venezuela?
29 mins; December 01, 2025
Ukraine peace plan,or Russian ‘wish list’?
26 mins; November 28, 2025
In Chad, inside camps for Sudan’s refugees
30 mins; November 27, 2025
Hatchet buried? The politics of an Alberta energy deal