Description

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.

Copyright © CBC 2025
Épisodes
  • Bondi Beach and the ISIS connection
    Dec 19 2025

    The Australian prime minister and police have said that the suspected gunmen in the Bondi Beach mass shooting at a Hanukkah event were motivated by Islamic State ideology. Australian counterterrorism officials allege the father and son received military training in southern Philippines.


    While it's been more than six years since the fall of the caliphate, experts like Lucas Webber say there’s been a troubling rise in Islamic State motivated activity and violence worldwide.


    Webber is a Senior Research Fellow at The Soufan Center and a Senior Threat Intelligence Analyst at Tech Against Terrorism. He joins us to talk about what’s known about the Bondi Beach attack, and what the evolving presence of ISIS as a decentralized terrorist network looks like.


    For transcripts of Front Burner, please visit: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/frontburner/transcripts

    Voir plus Voir moins
    22 min
  • The human toll of Trump's war on aid
    Dec 18 2025

    On the first day of his second term as U.S. president, Donald Trump signed an executive order effectively gutting USAID — the United States Agency for International Development. It's an arm of the government that, in 2024, was operating in more than 130 countries worldwide, providing food, medicine and other life-saving support.


    At the time, advocates said the cuts would result in preventable deaths from starvation, malnutrition, and easily treatable diseases. Now, nearly a year later, reporting from ProPublica suggests that’s what happened, particularly in several African countries.


    Anna Maria Barry-Jester, a reporter with ProPublica, breaks down her investigation into the fallout of the collapse of USAID.



    Voir plus Voir moins
    21 min
  • Alberta’s very interesting year
    Dec 17 2025

    It’s been almost a year since Alberta Premier Danielle Smith met with U.S. president-elect Donald Trump. He was on the brink of a trade war. Since then, a lot has happened, from a renewed push for a separatist referendum, to election recall campaigns, to a shift in the relationship between the province and Ottawa.


    We are joined by two CBC colleagues. Kathleen Petty is the host of the West of Centre podcast and Jason Markusoff is a writer and producer in Calgary.


    For transcripts of Front Burner, please visit: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/frontburner/transcripts

    Voir plus Voir moins
    30 min
Tout
Les plus pertinents
A balanced presentation of the issue of the problem, risks and potential solutions vs the concerns of the indigenous communities affected.

Thoughtful and balanced

Un problème est survenu. Veuillez réessayer dans quelques minutes.