Podcast Episodes

Front Burner Presents: The Flamethrowers Ep. 6

Donald Trump takes the style, tactics, and issues straight from the right-wing radio playbook. The only question now is: Where does it go from here?

This is episode 6 — the final episode — of The Flam…

Published on 1 year, 1 month ago

An undecided Palestinian Democrat in Michigan

In the Democratic presidential primaries in Michigan earlier this year, rather than voting for Joe Biden, more than 100,000 people marked “uncommitted” on their ballots. It was an anti-war protest, m…

Published on 1 year, 1 month ago

Why did Elon Musk go all in on Trump?

As recently as 2022, billionaire Elon Musk was saying that Donald Trump should "hang up his hat & sail into the sunset." But in recent months, Musk has become one of the most influential supporters o…

Published on 1 year, 1 month ago

The state of the U.S. presidential race

The 2024 U.S. presidential election is happening on Tuesday.

With six days left, the New Republic's senior editor, Alex Shephard, is here to take the temperature of the race. What are presidential can…

Published on 1 year, 1 month ago

Canadian billionaire Frank Stronach faces slew of sex assault charges

As CEO of Magna International, a global leader in auto parts manufacturing, Frank Stronach was a big deal in the business world. In the ‘80s alone, the company’s sales grew twelvefold, to over a bill…

Published on 1 year, 1 month ago

Lessons from the last federal Liberal mutiny

As we approach the deadline set by dissenting members of Liberal caucus for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to resign, we look back at the last time there was a mutiny against a once popular Liberal Pr…

Published on 1 year, 1 month ago

Front Burner Presents: The Flamethrowers Ep. 5

Right-wing radio finds their greatest foe in Barack Obama: As they try to take him down at every turn, they find the perfect formula to manufacture outrage.

This is episode 5 of The Flamethrowers, the…

Published on 1 year, 1 month ago

Front Burner Presents Céline: Understood, Episode 1

Céline Dion is having a moment. It’s not her first. And millions of fans are hoping it won’t be her last. While Céline’s international stardom seems obvious now, it was all so unlikely. This is the f…

Published on 1 year, 1 month ago

The day Trudeau faced a Liberal revolt

Justin Trudeau is facing arguably his biggest political crisis. Some two dozen of his own MPs have signed a letter calling on him to step down as leader of the Liberal Party. After a three-hour caucu…

Published on 1 year, 1 month ago

Canada’s traffic is brutal. Can it be fixed?

As you’re probably well aware, traffic in cities across Canada is mind-numbingly bad.  The geolocation firm TomTom recently ranked Toronto as having the worst traffic in North America with Vancouver,…

Published on 1 year, 1 month ago