Epstein-linked modelling agent found dead in prison
On Feb. 19, Jean-Luc Brunel, a top French model scout and longtime associate of the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, was found dead in his Paris prison cell. The 75-year-old was being held...
1 Mar 202231min
Volodymyr Zelensky, from comic to wartime president of Ukraine
On Saturday morning, as war shook his country, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky posted a defiant video to his Facebook page. Standing outside, on the streets of the capital, Kyiv, he said: “Ther...
28 Feb 202229min
Front Burner Introduces: The Next Call - The Case of Nadia Atwi
From David Ridgen, the creator of Someone Knows Something, comes the new investigative podcast The Next Call. Tackling unsolved cases through strategic phone calls. In the case of Nadia Atwi, on Decem...
26 Feb 202229min
The view from Ukraine as Russia invades
Early Thursday morning, Russia launched a broad-scale invasion of Ukraine, attacking the country from three sides and targeting major urban centres. Today, we hear from two people on the ground there...
25 Feb 202227min
The Ukraine-Russia crisis escalates
NOTE: This episode was recorded before Putin’s declaration on Wednesday evening that Russia would conduct what he called a “special military operation” in Eastern Ukraine. For months, tensions have b...
24 Feb 202227min
Elden Ring and an unlikely video game phenomenon
The video game phenomenon set to release Friday isn’t a U.S. military shooter, a space epic or even a carjacking simulator. FromSoftware’s Elden Ring, a fantasy game from an auteur Japanese video ga...
23 Feb 202224min
Will the political fumes of the convoy protest linger?
The streets in front of Parliament Hill in Ottawa are now mostly cleared after more than three weeks of intense protest. But the debate inside Parliament carried on into Monday night as MPs voted to p...
22 Feb 202227min
Overreach at centre of Emergencies Act lawsuit
As police clashed with protesters near Parliament this weekend, a different fight was playing out inside the House of Commons: a debate over the federal government’s use of the Emergencies Act. The fe...
21 Feb 202224min
