Front Burner

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October 06, 2023 Canadian CIA MK-Ultra victims still fight for justice
What was MK-ULTRA? What brought the CIA to McGill University? What effects did the covert mind-control program have on its unwitting test subjects? How were the experiment results used in Guantanamo Bay? Why are survivors and their families still fighting for justice?
Lisa Ellenwood, a producer with CBC’s The Fifth Estate and co-author of the book Les cobayes oubliés: l’histoire du programme MKULTRA à Montréal, tells the story.
For more information on MKULTRA, you can check out the CBC Podcast Brainwashed that investigates the CIA’s covert mind control experiments. All episodes from the series are available at: https://link.chtbl.com/brainwashed
28 min
October 06, 2023 Bonus: Brainwashed
Brainwashed, hosted by Michelle Shephard, veteran national security reporter, investigates the CIA’s covert mind control experiments – from the Cold War and MKULTRA to the so-called War on Terror. It’s the story of how a renowned psychiatrist used his unwitting patients as human guinea pigs at a Montreal hospital, and the ripple effects on survivors, their families, and thousands of other people around the world. The series is an exploration of what happens in times of fear, when the military and medicine collide. And what happens when the survivors fight back. More episodes are available at: https://link.chtbl.com/RM_zRWn-
25 min
October 05, 2023 Why Wab Kinew’s election win in Manitoba was historic
How did Wab Kinew, leader of the Manitoba NDP, win his province’s election to become the first First Nations premier of a Canadian province? What burden does this place on him in a province struggling with reconciliation?
Ian Froese, a reporter with CBC Manitoba, breaks down the campaign.
23 min
October 04, 2023 A Tupac killing arrest. What took so long?
It's been 27 years since rapper Tupac Shakur was shot near the Las Vegas Strip, dying in hospital less than a week later. No charges were ever laid – that is, until Friday, when the police arrested long-time suspect Duane "Keefe D" Davis.
Today, author and journalist Santi Elijah Holley explains how the Shakur legacy continues, and weighs in on the question we're all asking about the investigation: what took so long?
26 min
October 03, 2023 Anti-Canada rhetoric ramps up in India
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says there are credible allegations linking India to the murder of a Canadian Sikh leader. CBC’s South Asia correspondent Salimah Shivji answers: how has Canada’s accusation played in the India media? What does the coverage tell us about Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s politics? What could it mean for India’s Sikh community?
26 min
October 02, 2023 Front Burner Presents | The Naked Emperor | The Trial of Sam Bankman-Fried
Today we bring you a bonus episode of The Naked Emperor, our spinoff miniseries about the rise and fall of the crypto exchange FTX. As Sam Bankman-Fried’s criminal trial kicks off in New York, host Jacob Silverman is back to bring you up to speed on the latest. What’s happened at the courthouse in the lead-up to the trial? And what’s expected in the weeks to come?
Joining Jacob is Zeke Faux, an investigative reporter at Bloomberg, and the author of “Number Go Up: Inside Crypto’s Wild Rise and Staggering Fall.”
27 min
September 29, 2023 As crises mount can Trudeau get back on track?
A dispute with India over assassination allegations. A Nazi fighter in Parliament. Plus a housing and cost of living crisis.

What damage has been done? Can Justin Trudeau find a path forward? Or will his party and the country lose faith?

Catherine Cullen, senior reporter and host of CBC’s political podcast The House, answers those questions and more.
23 min
September 28, 2023 Sexual misconduct crisis rages on in Canada’s military
One of Canada’s first military sexual assault cases to be transferred to a civilian court since late 2021 will never go to trial because it took too long to get there. Is this a foreshadowing of what’s to come, in addressing the Canadian Armed Forces’ decades-long sexual misconduct crisis?

CBC senior reporter Ashley Burke explains.
21 min
September 27, 2023 How did a Nazi fighter end up in Parliament?
Canada’s Parliament gave two standing ovations to a Ukrainian man who fought for a Nazi division. What is this division, why are its fighters in Canada, and why is it receiving modern day memorials?
Ottawa Citizen journalist David Pugliese explains.
20 min
September 26, 2023 How Rupert Murdoch changed the world
How did Rupert Murdoch build one of the most successful and politically influential media empires in the world?
David Folkenflik, media correspondent for NPR News, tells the story of Murdoch's astonishing rise, the growth of Fox News, how world leaders flew around the globe in hopes of his support, and — from sexual harassment to phone hacking — how his companies got embroiled in scandal.
33 min

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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…