Front Burner

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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.

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Effective Altruism: the charitable movement influencing Silicon Valley

2026-11-13 · 32 min

Effective altruism, a charitable movement that has become highly influential in Silicon Valley, suffered a huge blow to its reputation in 2022 — when its most famous proponent, Sam Bankman-Fried, was exposed for fraud…
Espionage, chips and the 'Nvidia state'

2026-11-12 · 27 min

The tech world had one of its biggest scandals ever this week when Jensen Huang, the CEO of the world’s most valuable chipmaker Nvidia, apologized for having an extra-marital affair with a woman believed by the U.S. to…
Pete Hegseth survives impeachment, for now

2026-11-11 · 28 min

On Monday afternoon, Republican congressman Thomas Massie took to the house floor to introduce eight articles of impeachment against the U.S. Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth, accusing him of a series of abuses of power…
Ukrainian conscription in the crosshairs

2026-11-10 · 22 min

Last week, more than 100 people rioted outside a compound near Kyiv that was being used by Ukraine’s National Guard, alleging the military was abusing new recruits inside. Videos of the incident have gone viral, with…
What’s Canada’s new national security plan?

2026-11-09 · 26 min

For the first time in 22 years, Canada has released a new national security strategy. The 13-page document lays out the government’s goals and priorities for, as they put it, a “stronger Canada”. It covers everything…
Carney’s big federal budget bets

2026-11-06 · 27 min

The federal budget was unveiled Thursday afternoon, and it lays out some of the big bets the Carney government plans on making in the years ahead. A $36-billion tax break to kickstart an “investment supercycle”. A…
The Dems won big, but what comes next?

2026-11-05 · 29 min

In the wake of the Democratic sweep of the U.S. midterms, we take a deeper look at the factors that got us here, from Iran to data centres. We also examine what could come next from a rejected Republican Party and a…
Voters punish Trump in midterm blowout

2026-11-04 · 30 min

Trump-backed picks lost and Republican strongholds crumbled as Democrats won control of both the House and the Senate. Alex Shephard, senior editor at The New Republic, is here. We talk about some of the stunning…
Republicans, Islamophobia and the midterms

2026-11-03 · 25 min

As the U.S. voters head to the midterm polls, Republican candidates and leaders are targeting Muslim and Arab Americans casting them as suspect, questioning their loyalties, and their place in American life.Much of this…
Washington accuses Canada of meddling in midterms

2026-11-02 · 28 min

Earlier this month, U.S. ambassador Pete Hoekstra, made the dramatic allegation that Canada could be engaging in election interference in the U.S. The ambassador was pointing to a few different things. One, was comments…

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Oldest episode in feed: 10/2018 · over 8 years
Typical length: 26 min
Format: Episodic Newest first, episodes stand alone

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