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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.

BONUS: Daniel Dale’s epic 4-year Trump fact check

Sickboy is determined to break down the stigma associated with illness and disease. Join Jeremie, Brian and Taylor as they tackle health taboos with people who have experienced them firsthand. Taking the lead from Jeremie's life long battle with Cystic Fibrosis, the three best friends help us understand that sometimes the best way to deal with illness, disease and life is simply to laugh.

The Downside of Injecting Magic Mushrooms and 'The Big 3': Feel Good Friday

Power and Politics

Every weekday afternoon, Power & Politics host Vassy Kapelos guides Canadians through the country's political news, with a regular cast of political panellists and the continuously unfolding drama of the Canadian political scene.

Trudeau speaks with Biden in U.S. president's first call with a foreign leader

Kathleen Petty sits down with politicians, pundits, and other thoughtful westerners for conversations about the priorities, preoccupations and politics of Albertans and others who are West of Centre.

Jason Kenney’s terrible, horrible, no good, very bad year - so far

The Loop is your guide to the ins and outs of Edmonton. Host Tara McCarthy takes you behind the stories from the CBC Edmonton newsroom, to dig deeper and bring you closer to your city and community.

Conflict over Keystone XL

A political primer for every kind of concerned citizen co-hosted by Rosemary Barton (The National) and Elamin Abdelmahmoud (BuzzFeed News). From CBC News and CBC Podcasts.

Keystone goes kaputt

CBC News At Issue

The National's Rosemary Barton tackles the week's big political stories with Canada's leading political journalists, including Chantal Hébert and Andrew Coyne. A podcast that helps you understand the why behind the moves and decisions of your elected officials.

Governor General Julie Payette resigns

Elamin Abdelmahmoud and the Pop Chat round-table invite you in to the group chat to help make sense of the cultural drama blowing up the internet. Bringing their hottest takes to the table, join them every week as they debate, discuss and work through the pop culture discourse. The Pop Chat panel consists of: Shireen Ahmed, Angelina Chapin, Kevin Fallon, Sarah Hagi, Hussein Kesvani, Stacy Lee Kong, Kathleen Newman-Bremang, Amil Niazi and Andrea Warner.

Black Futures, With Jenna Wortham And Kimberly Drew

The Dose is a weekly look at the health news that matters to you. Dr. Brian Goldman brings you the best science from top experts in plain language. He cuts through the BS and confusion to give you a dose of smart advice that you won’t find anywhere else.

What do I need to know about the new COVID variants?

The Comedy Factory

If a joke's worth telling, it's worth repeating. Comedy Factory host Jane Testar collects our favourite skits, commentaries and funny bits that appeared on CBC Radio over the past week. It's an assembly line of humour, safety-tested and priced to move!

Shant We Sing Shanties?

PlayME is transforming the way we experience theatre by turning contemporary plays into bingeable audio dramas. Welcome to your Digital Theatre.

Winners and Losers (Part 3)

P.E.I. Pulse brings together the best audio from CBC P.E.I.'s airwaves. Host Mitch Cormier shares interesting stories about Islanders and the things that matter to P.E.I. every week.

#100: Chocolate bombs and travelling

This is not a Drake podcast

Breaking down seminal moments in Drake's career to explore the broader history and evolution of hip-hop, R&B, gender dynamics, and Black culture. Hosted by Ty Harper.

Introducing: Anything for Selena from WBUR and Futuro Studios

The Secret Life of Canada

The Secret Life of Canada is a history podcast about the country you know and the stories you don't.

S3: Project Habakkuk, Jasper’s top secret ice ship

The Story Store

The Story Store takes orders from real kids and turns their suggestions into hilarious, fun-filled adventures! Run by CBC Kids hosts Mr. Orlando the Moose and Gary the Unicorn, every Story Store episode features a group of performers bringing original stories to life with fresh takes on genres, sweet songs and lots of laughs. Don’t miss the discussion questions at the end of each episode!

The Waffle Who Wouldn't Woogie

More than 80 women from around the world have accused the fast-fashion mogul Peter Nygard of rape, sexual assault and human trafficking in incidents across four decades and at least four countries. He denies it all, and claims his accusers are lying as part of a vast conspiracy. The Winnipegger had built a sprawling international retail empire over the past 50 years — but now, Nygard's professional achievements are being overshadowed by a sinister personal life, earning him the moniker, ‘Canada’s Jeffrey Epstein’. Host Timothy Sawa has been an investigative journalist at the CBC for more than two decades. For almost half that time, he’s been part of a team investigating Peter Nygard and defending his journalism in court. Now, he helms a new podcast that asks the key questions: Who are the women and men who have stepped forward? Which systems failed them? And how did Nygard get away with it for so long?

Trailer: Evil By Design

ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᖏᑦ (Inuit Unikkaangit)

ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᖏᓐᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᔨ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᕐᑐᐊᖏᓐᓂ ᖃᕆᓴᐅᔭᕐᒧ ᐴᖃᐃᑎᑦᑎᔨ ᑐᓴᖅᓴᐅᑎᑦᓯᖃᑕᕐᐳ ᖃᕆᓴᐅᔭᒃᑯᑦ, ᐅᓂᒃᑳᕐᑏᑦ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᖏᑦ ᐃᓚᒋᔭᐅᔪᓄᑦ ᓯᕗᓪᓕᕐᐹᒥ ᐅᓂᒃᑳᑐᐊᖏᓐᓂᑦ ᑐᓴᕆᐅᖃᑦᑕᖅᑐ ᓰᐲᓰᒃᑯᑦ ᑐᓴᖅᓴᐅᓂᑰᔪᓂ. Host and Archivist Mary Powder reunites Inuit with stories from CBC North’s vast Inuktitut language archives by replaying them for the descendants of the original storytellers, some of whom are hearing them for the very first time.

ᐅᓂᒃᑳᖅ 8: ᖃᐅᓐᓇᖅ ᐸᓪᓗᖅ Episode 8: Qaunaq Palluq

Hard to Stomach

How do you decide between buying bread and keeping the lights on? Hard to Stomach focuses on stories from real people facing and fighting against food insecurity in communities across Ontario.

Food For (Future) Thought

Celebrated sports broadcaster John Hancock combs through four decades of contacts, dialling up top Canadian athletes and people in the sports world to chat about how sports have shaped their lives.

Episode 27: Fay Ebert

Player's Own Voice

Host Anastasia Bucsis, Two-time Canadian Olympic speedskater, brings her unique backstory to funny, friendly conversations with high performance athletes. No formulaic jock talk here ... these are buddies who understand each other, and help us do the same.

Catriona Le May Doan, Chef de Mission

Award-winning sketch troupe Tony Ho takes listeners on a journey of dark comedy. Bite-sized narrative sketches explore the nature of human relationships and how careless we can be with each other. Featuring Miguel Rivas, Roger Bainbridge and Adam Niebergall.

Brainwashed investigates the CIA’s covert mind control experiments – from the Cold War and MKULTRA to the so-called War on Terror. It’s the story of how a renowned psychiatrist used his unwitting patients as human guinea pigs at a Montreal hospital, and the ripple effects on survivors, their families, and thousands of other people around the world. It also examines the cultural impact — how the CIA brought LSD to America and inadvertently created counterculture influencers such as author Ken Kesey and poet Allen Ginsberg. It’s an exploration of what happens in times of fear, when the military and medicine collide. And what happens when the survivors fight back.

Introducing: Recall: How to Start a Revolution

Masters of Reinvention: Pandemic Rising

The pandemic has been a time of tumultuous change. For some, it has meant personal growth and redirection they could never have imagined. Masters of Reinvention: Pandemic Rising, with Gill Deacon. Prepare to be shaken from complacency and moved to action.

Masters of Reinvention: Pandemic Rising: Natasha Seabra

NXIVM (pronounced "Nexium") calls itself a humanitarian community. Experts call it a cult. Uncover: Escaping NXIVM is an investigative podcast series about the group, its leader Keith Raniere and one woman's journey to get out. From CBC Podcasts and CBC News.

The rise and fall of NXIVM's Keith Raniere

Love Me is a CBC original podcast about the messiness of human relationships.

Introducing: Goodbye To All This

Who are the Metis? It’s complicated. This podcast explores the history of Metis people in Manitoba, beginning with Louis Riel who was hero to some and traitor to others. Host Stephanie Cram unravels the intricate history of the Metis...and follows the thread from resistance to renaissance.

S2 Episode 2: The Buffalo Hunt

Someone Knows Something

Host David Ridgen joins victims' family members as they investigate cold cases, tracking down leads, speaking to suspects and searching for answers. S1: Adrien McNaughton. S2: Sheryl Sheppard. S3: Dee & Moore. S4: Greavette. S5: Kerrie Brown. S6: Donald Izzett Jr.

SKS S5 Extra: Spread the Word

Seat at the Table

Friends Martine St-Victor and Isabelle Racicot have in-depth conversations with notable guests from media, sports and pop culture. They capture personal stories about the power of the Black Lives Matter movement, the urgency of this moment, and what it will take to move forward.

Being Black in Media with Roxane Gay

Recall: How to Start a Revolution

The 1950s & 60s saw a wave of radical movements. Che Guevara and the Cuban Revolution. The Black Panthers. Quebec and Canada had the FLQ — a showdown that dissolved into crisis. By October 1970, there were soldiers in the streets, communities on edge, kidnapping and terror in the headlines. But those frightening weeks were just the crescendo of a wave of terror and violence that was nearly a decade in the making. This series will reveal the stories of that time through immersive storytelling and the people who lived it: the bomb disposal expert on defusing live explosives, the survivors of terror, their families, and the radicals themselves.

Episode 7: The War of Nerves

Sanctioned: The Arrest of a Telecom Giant

The arrest of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou in Vancouver in December 2018 placed Canada in the middle of a global trade war. Stephen Quinn narrates a story of international intrigue set against a dramatic battle to dominate the economies of the future.

Episode 12: The Two Michaels

2050: Degrees of Change

CBC Meteorologist Johanna Wagstaffe guides a journey to our future in a CBC Vancouver original podcast that explores how our world and lives will adapt to climate change within a few decades.

Introducing: World on Fire

When your backyard is burning, is anywhere safe? Welcome to World on Fire , a five-part podcast that takes us to the front lines of out of control wildfires in Canada, Australia and California. Recorded during the COVID-19 pandemic, hosts Adrienne Lamb and Mike Flannigan look at what it takes to find hope in the midst of fear and destruction. Wildfires cost us our health, our homes and our communities, yet people everywhere rebuild and not just survive but thrive.

EPISODE 6- The Pyrocene and the Pandemic

Uncover is an investigative series from CBC Podcasts. Season 7: Dead Wrong. Season 6: Satanic Panic. Season 5: Sharmini. Season 4: The Cat Lady Case. Season 3: The Village. Season 2: Bomb on Board. Season 1: Escaping NXIVM.

S8 E1: RAVENSCRAG

You never quite know where WireTap will take you. From a scientist who documents the final words of parrots to what it's like to date Lois Lane after she's broken up with Superman, the minds of Jonathan Goldstein and his friends and family are truly unique.

Hunting Warhead

How do you take down a criminal network that’s hidden in the shadows? How do you rescue child abuse victims who could be anywhere in the world? Hunting Warhead follows the journalists and police on a global mission to expose the darkest corners of the internet. What they discover shocks them. Host Daemon Fairless tracks down the investigators, survivors and criminals themselves. A co-production of CBC Podcasts and the Norwegian newspaper VG.

Introducing: Brainwashed

Unlocking Bryson's Brain

Bryson is a beautiful, happy and loving boy. But a mysterious illness means he can’t walk, talk, or feed himself. After years without a diagnosis, even Bryson’s parents have come to accept that he may never be able to live independently. Then one day, everything changes. Scientists working at the cutting edge of genetics believe they know what’s causing Bryson’s disease — and think it could be reversed. Motivated by the hope for a cure, Bryson’s parents search for the miracle key that could unlock Bryson’s brain.

Introducing: Sickboy

Each week, On Drugs looks through the lenses of history, pop culture and personal experience to understand how drugs have shaped our world. Because even if it’s just caffeine or ibuprofen, there’s a good chance you’re on drugs right now.

Introducing: Recall: How to Start a Revolution

CBC News correspondents take you behind the scenes as they cover the biggest events around the world. Personal stories from our reporters who were there while the story was breaking.

Introducing: Recall: How to Start a Revolution

More with Anna Maria Tremonti

More with Anna Maria Tremonti takes you deep into conversation — and to some unexpected places — with high-profile guests and rising stars. Each episode will leave you feeling like you’ve spent an eve ...

Introducing: Seat at the Table Season 2

Winnipeg Famous

Winnipeg Famous gets inside the personal lives of the people who are part of our city's quirky culture. In Winnipeg, instead of six degrees of separation, it's more like three.That smaller pond means people who don’t seek the limelight might find themselves on everyone's radar. Host Bridget Forbes explores the folklore and surprising stories of the people every Winnipegger knows, and who make our city great.

Waiting for the Elevator Lady: Cheryl Lashek

Inappropriate Questions

People are curious, and that's great. But there are some questions you just shouldn't ask—or at least not like that. Elena "#millennial" Hudgins Lyle and Harvinder "just a dad" Wadhwa break these questions down with guests who get asked them.

“Can I speak to your manager?”

After the Deadline

After the Deadline is a new podcast that explores one of the biggest stories of the week in a way that deepens our connection as Manitobans. It also reveals what's behind the journalistic decisions that make or break a story.

Episode 12: Cue the band

Picking Up The Pieces

After Somali-Canadian journalist Hodan Nalayeh died in a suicide attack in Somalia in July, her podcast recordings with Windsor's Fartumo Kusow on single motherhood fell mute. Picking Up The Pieces combines Hodan Nalayeh's original recordings with present-day recordings of co-host Fartumo Kusow.

Bonus Episode - Reflections from Hodan's family

Other People's Problems

Real people. Real problems. Real talk. Normally, therapy sessions are totally confidential — but this podcast opens the doors. Hillary McBride and her clients want to help demystify mental health. No ...

S3 - Bonus - A meditation for these uncertain times

What is ‘gender identity’? How is it different from ‘gender expression’? What about ‘non-binary’? Join host Faith Fundal (formerly Wil Fundal) as they explore these questions alongside people who find themselves navigating the world of preferred pronouns, trans rights and the quest to be recognized for who they are.

Episode 6: Family ties

A podcast hosted by queer, cosmically-destined BFFs Thomas Leblanc and Tranna Wintour. Join the Montreal comedians every other week for deep and spontaneous conversations featuring renowned artists an ...

Special Episode: The Pride We Need with Brandon Ash-Mohammed

Kīwew is a five-part podcast in which Governor General award-winning author David A. Robertson dives into his family's history and mysteries as he discovers and connects with his Cree identity.

Episode 5: The future

ᐐᑌ (Wiih'teh - Cree)

ᐆᑦ ᓰᐲᓰ ᒋᐌᑎᓅᑖᐦᒡ ᐊᔨᒧᐌᔮᐲᒡ, ᐁᐆᑲᓅ ᓃᔅᑎᒻ ᒉ ᐯᑖᑰᒡ ᐄᓅ ᐊᔨᒧᐎᓐ ᐁᔭᐯᑖᒡ ᐁ ᑖᑰᒡ ᑎᐸᒌᒨᓐ ᒉ ᒌ ᐱᑌᐱᑖᔦᒄ ᐊᓐᑌ ᑳᒌ ᐱᐸᑎᑰᓇᒣᒄ ᑖᑳᐸᒉᓐᑫᓐᔅ ᒉᐃᒥᔅ ᐯᐃ ᐄᓅ ᐊᔨᒦᐎᓐ ᐁ ᔭᐱᑎᒡ᙮ ᑭᔦ ᐊᓐᒌ ᐐ ᔮᒨᑌᓇᓐ ᑕᓐ ᐊᒌᔫ ᐁ ᐄᔅᐲᒡ ᐄᓅ ᐊᔨᒧᐎᓐ ᐄᑖᐎᓐᒡ᙮ ᐁᔖᑯᒻ ᐁ ᐯᑕᒣᒄ ᐯᔭᒄ ᐁ ᒌ ᐱᑌᐲᑕᑳᓅᒡ ᓇᓇᑰ ᒋᑭᔮᒨᑌᐤ ᒉᒀᓐ, ᒋᑲᔮᒨᑌᐤ ᑕᓐ ᐁᔐᒌᓰᑲᒡ ᒪᒃ ᑕᓐ ᐁᔥᐯᑕᔮᒡ ᐁᐱᐳᒡ᙮ ᐆᐦᐄ ᑎᐹᒋᒧᐎᓐᐦ ᐋ ᒋ ᐱᐦᒌᐱᐦᑖᑭᓄᐎᒡ ᑯᓵᐱᐦᒋᑭᓈᔮᐱᔨᒡ ᐋᐅᒡ ᐹᐦᑌᑰᒡ ᐯᑦᓯ ᓨᓐᒑᑉ ᑭᔮᐦ ᒣᕇ ᔐᒻ ᒋ ᐋᐱᑎᓰᔅᑎᒨᔨᒡ᙮ Wiih’teh is CBC’s first podcast in East Cree. Join hosts Betsy Longchap and Mary Shem to explore the nuances, humour, and beauty of the language, share stories and learning, and hear from guests about how the Cree language is evolving. In each episode, we delve into the origins, meanings, and dialectical differences of specific vocabulary on a different theme, from paranormal activity to new technology to how to describe drizzle.

ᐐᑌ 9 Ouwah!

Walking Wascana

Take an audio tour of some of Regina's beloved spaces courtesy of The Morning Edition.

S2 E7 Reflecting on Regina: The Lobby Gallery

Alone: A Love Story

Alone: A Love Story is an award-winning memoir by Michelle Parise. With candour and humour, Michelle delves into the deepest, darkest aspects of her divorce and her new life as a part-time parent, part-time partier.

Bonus: Forza, coraggio and an update

The Current Weekly

A weekly collection of the most insightful, in-depth interviews and audio documentaries from CBC Radio's flagship morning program, The Current

Meditate, ditch the news & call your friends: How to cope during the COVID-19 pandemic

On the Ledge is a weekly CBC podcast that makes Saskatchewan politics personal. Each week, host Adam Hunter will talk to the people behind the stories. The podcast will touch on the big headlines and take you behind the scenes at the Saskatchewan legislature.

Ledge Chat - COVID-19 and Sask. politics - Mar. 13

When Sheree Fertuck’s truck is found abandoned, suspicions grow around what happened to her. This CBC investigation uncovers a story of guns, violence, and loss -- and of the gravel pit that could still hold clues about her disappearance.

Update: What happened in court

A queer contemporary take of the Goldilocks tale: about love, music, and breaking the cycle of abuse. Goldie escapes a chaotic childhood only to go from a partner who starves her of love to a partner who nearly drowns her in it, before learning to be just right on her own. From CBC Podcasts and Mermaid Palace. Produced by award-winning podcast creator Kaitlin Prest featuring writer/director Drew Denny.

EP. 1: Meet Goldie

Throughout the 1980s, Satanic cults were widely believed to be preying on children — torturing and terrorizing them as part of dark rituals. Across North America, there were hundreds of false allegations, scores of unjust criminal trials and countless lives torn apart. But never any real proof. By the early 90s, the panic reached the tiny Prairie town of Martensville, Saskatchewan. And nearly 30 years later, the people touched by it all are still picking up the pieces. So what happened? And why do so many still believe to this day? Uncover: Satanic Panic investigates.

Satanic Panic: Trailer

Meet The Riders

Host Peter Mills takes fans beyond the post-game news conference and gets players to share their own personal stories. It’s a unique look at the personalities behind Saskatchewan’s CFL team. It’s a podcast that refuses to “give it 110 per cent.”

Ep 12: LJ McCray

Killers: J pod on the brink

Host Gloria Macarenko delves into our fraught love affair with the iconic and endangered Southern Resident Killer Whales who have become political poster children for climate change. What’s killing J ...

Episode 4: “The Water is the Starting Point”

A battle is brewing in Edmonton's inner city. Neighbours are terrified. Fights, overdoses and crime spill out from problem houses, many owned by a small group of people connected by one notorious landlord. CBC’s Elizabeth Hames investigates.

EPISODE 1 - The Neighbours

Personal Best turns tiny goals into grand adventures. From CBC Original Podcasts.

The Band Played On

This investigative series unravels a complicated web of five decades of historical sexual abuse involving dozens of teens–preyed upon by three teachers. Warnings were ignored, abuse continued, and the ...

Host Justin Ling explores the numerous cases of missing and murdered men in Toronto's gay community, dating back to the 1970s. What social forces allowed these cases to go unsolved, or even unnoticed? Learn more about these cases in “Missing From The Village,” Justin Ling’s new book, available Sept. 29th from McClelland & Stewart.

Welcome to The Village

Inside the Junos

We pull back the curtain on Canada's premiere music awards show and go deeper into the top winning songs with a Canadian master musician.

S2 E1 Chilly Gonzales: Songs In The Key Of Eh - Can't Feel My Face

Jets Stream is the sad, happy, surprising, and downright weird tale of the Winnipeg Jets. They brought the Swedes to the NHL, made the 'white out' famous and broke hearts. Behind the scenes of one of hockey's wackiest clubs with host Marjorie Dowhos.

Episode 1 The Jets transform hockey

Kaitlin Prest, creator and host of the Prix-Italia winner The Heart, presents the first audio fiction from CBC Podcasts. The Shadows is a story about the anatomy of a relationship: a crush, a choice, ...

Episode 1: Romantic

CBC Vancouver journalist Stephen Quinn’s love letter/Dear John letter to the city he once adored. Sold lays bare the anguish and the impact of the housing crisis as it threatens to rip the city apart. Stephen explores the role foreign investment plays in all of this and whether we have a hope of solving it. Relationship Status: It’s complicated.

Episode 8 - The Blame Game

The Hook delivers New Brunswick stories that capture your attention and make you want more. The stories might be humorous or serious or just entertaining. But they will always be thought-provoking.

Episode 12: The Speaker's Choice

Missing & Murdered: Finding Cleo

Where is Cleo? Taken by child welfare workers in the 1970’s and adopted in the U.S., the young Cree girl’s family believes she was raped and murdered while hitchhiking back home to Saskatchewan. CBC news investigative reporter Connie Walker joins the search to find out what really happened to Cleo.

S2 Episode 10: Cleo’s letters

In 2016 Colten Boushie, a young Indigenous man, was shot and killed on a farm in rural Saskatchewan, inciting racial tensions across the province. This is the story of that man and the white farmer, Gerald Stanley, who was charged in his death.

Boushie episode 7

The Fridge Light

Join top food writer Chris Nuttall-Smith for an obsessive, fascinating journey through the hidden stories of the things we eat. Each episode chows down on one food phenomenon, revealing the unexpected cultural ingredients. Part science, part business, part psychology — always fresh and delicious.

Catch of the Day

From remote reserves to bustling big cities, join Urban Native Girl Lisa Charleyboy as she brings you to the surprising heart of the conversations important to Aboriginal youth.

Young and Indigenous in the city

Host Steve Rukavina takes you into the spaces of people making modern Montreal.

A catastrophic earthquake hits Canada's West Coast. In Fault Lines CBC Vancouver Seismologist Johanna Wagstaffe guides you through two disastrous scenarios so you can prepare yourself, your family, and your neighbours.

Episode 1 - Ripples in a Pond

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