Inside the shadow war in Ukraine
Beyond the frontlines of the war in Ukraine, a shadow war between the Kremlin and Kyiv is escalating -- with covert assassinations, car bombs, civilian recruitment, and even the involvement of a terro...
9 Okt 202521min
What exactly is Antifa?
The term ‘Antifa’ derives from the German word for Antifascist — and the constellation of resistance movements largely created as a response to Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler. Today, Antifa describ...
8 Okt 202533min
Can Trump’s peace plan help end the war in Gaza?
Indirect talks between Hamas and Israel in Egypt are underway, with the goal of reaching an agreement on the first phase of U.S. President Donald Trump’s Gaza proposed peace plan. It would see the rel...
7 Okt 202526min
Politics! Carney meets Trump again, Smith pitches a pipeline
Aaron Wherry, senior writer at CBC's parliamentary bureau, is back today to talk Canadian politics.We get into Mark Carney’s upcoming trip to Washington and what it might mean for the possibility of s...
6 Okt 202525min
Weekend Listen: Death, sex, money … and podcasting? (via Bookends)
When the book ends, the conversation begins. On Bookends, Mattea Roach speaks with writers who have something to say about their work, the world and our place in it. You’ll always walk away with big q...
4 Okt 202537min
Trump, and the alarm bells of fascism
After Donald Trump was elected for a second time, historian Timothy Snyder wrote this in the New Yorker: “Trump has always been a presence, not an absence: the presence of fascism.” Today on Front Bur...
3 Okt 202531min
U.S. politics! Government shutdown, military pep talk
The U.S. government has shut down after Republicans and Democrats failed to pass a spending bill before the end of Tuesday. Government services will grind to a halt and hundreds of thousands of federa...
2 Okt 202527min
Will recognition lead to a Palestinian state?
Last week, Canada officially recognized Palestinian statehood. In explaining this decision, Prime Minister Mark Carney released a statement which read, "Canada recognises the State of Palestine and of...
1 Okt 202525min
