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Raptors preview and the NBA's China problem
Today on Front Burner, sports writer Alex Wong delivers a Raptors season preview, plus breaks down the tension between China, the NBA and its fans.
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What you need to know before election day, Part 2
A few days before the federal election, Power & Politics host Vassy Kapelos joins host Jayme Poisson in the second of a two-part series summing up all you need to know heading into election day. This time, it’s the Conservative and Green platforms.
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What you need to know before election day, Part 1 of 2
With just a few days before the federal election, Power and Politics host Vassy Kapelos joins host Jayme Poisson in the first of a two part series summing up all you need to know to head into election day informed.
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Why the UN is going broke
Today on Front Burner, CBC’s UN reporter Melissa Kent explains why the UN is in dire financial straits and what the United States has to do with it.
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Please Explain: The strategic voting edition
With one week to go before Canadians head to the polls, words like “strategic voting” and “coalition government” are dominating the news. CBC poll analyst Eric Grenier answers listener questions about Canada’s electoral system.
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Consent, false accusation fears and #MeToo
It’s been two years since the #MeToo Movement kicked off unprecedented conversations about sexual assault. Today on Front Burner, journalist and author Robyn Doolittle discusses where we go from here.
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Inside a Russian 'propaganda tour' of Syria
CBC’s Moscow correspondent Chris Brown discusses Turkey’s military offensive in Syria and Russia’s growing power there.
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How Hamilton became a 'cautionary tale' for hate
Today on Front Burner, CBC Hamilton reporter Samantha Craggs explains Hamilton’s problem with hate — from the ongoing protests that have turned violent to its high rate of hate crimes.
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Salman Rushdie's journey across the U.S.
Today on Front Burner, author Salman Rushdie, whose new book Quichotte is a modern-day retelling of Don Quixote. The novel looks at everything from the opioid crisis to reality television to the end of the world.
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Recapping a crucial federal leaders debate
Today on Front Burner, Power & Politics host Vassy Kapelos takes us through the highs, lows and takeaways from the federal leaders' English debate.
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Why Joker is a polarizing film
Today on Front Burner, following Joker’s opening weekend, film critic and journalist Tina Hassannia unpacks the debate around the controversial film and takes a deep dive into the iconic Batman supervillain.
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Face to face with Canada's party leaders
The National’s Rosemary Barton on what we heard from undecided voters this week on the CBC series Face to Face with Federal Party Leaders.
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The controversial political life of Maxime Bernier
Jayme Poisson speaks to the CBC’s Jonathan Montpetit about Maxime Bernier, the head of the People’s Party of Canada.
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Law forces NCAA to let some athletes finally get paid
Today on Front Burner, the Toronto Star’s Morgan Campbell on the new law in California that will allow student athletes — like NCAA basketball and football stars — to make money for the first time.
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The refugees of Roxham Road, Canada's busiest 'irregular' border crossing
Today on Front Burner, CBC’s Susan Ormiston returns to Quebec's Roxham Road, where about 50,000 migrants have crossed irregularly into Canada from the U.S. to seek asylum in the last two years.
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One doctor's fight against the 'Wellness Industrial Complex'
Today on Front Burner, Dr. Jen Gunter on her battle against misinformation in the thriving wellness industry, from juice cleanses to coffee enemas.
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The underdog: A profile of NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh
Jayme Poisson speaks to the CBC’s Hannah Thibedeau about NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh.
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Election panel: The promises and limits of 'affordability'
Today on Front Burner, Power and Politics host Vassy Kapelos and national business correspondent Peter Armstrong on the affordability promises that are dominating this election.
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Democrats launch Trump impeachment process
On Tuesday, U.S. Democrats triggered an impeachment inquiry against Donald Trump. Today on Front Burner, CBC’s senior Washington editor Lyndsay Duncombe explains what might happen next.
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Vaping sickness: what we know and what we don't
The Globe and Mail's health reporter, Andre Picard, on what we know, and what we don’t, about vaping and health after one Canadian was put on life-support, and eight Americans died from vaping-related illnesses.
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Naomi Klein on climate strikes, Greta and the Green New Deal
As millions of climate strikers participate in protests across the world, a conversation with writer Naomi Klein about this moment in climate activism.
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Bonus: Alleged RCMP spy case rocks intelligence services
Today on Front Burner, what we know so far about the alleged RCMP spy, including his reported contacts with a shadowy encryption company based in B.C. that was used by drug traffickers.
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Trudeau, blackface and experiencing racism in Canada
Today on Front Burner, we talk to the National Observer’s Fatima Syed and Dr. Ritika Goel about Justin Trudeau’s blackface scandal, and why for so many Canadians of colour, it’s a familiar sort of racism.
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Photo shows Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau in brownface
A photograph of Justin Trudeau in brownface was published by Time on Wednesday night. Vassy Kapelos, host of Power & Politics, on the news and potential fallout.
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Loneliness, suicide, substance abuse: Mental health in Alberta's oilpatch
Today on Front Burner, an intimate look at mental health struggles among workers in Alberta’s oilpatch with the co-producer of a new documentary on the subject, Digging in the Dirt.
