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Why Simone Biles said ‘no’
29 Jul, 2021 | 0:22:06 |
EN | The Velvet Studio | Front Burner
The 24-year-old champion Simone Biles surprised the world this week by pulling out of the Olympics, saying she needed to look after her mental health. As historian Amira Rose Davis explains, that decision is a momentous shift in the culture of sport.
29 Jul, 2021 | 0:22:06 |
EN | The Velvet Studio | Front Burner
The 24-year-old champion Simone Biles surprised the world this week by pulling out of the Olympics, saying she needed to look after her mental health. As historian Amira Rose Davis explains, that decision is a momentous shift in the culture of sport.
Investigating the Capitol insurrection28 Jul, 2021 | 0:25:44 |
EN | The Velvet Studio | Front Burner
The armed insurrection in Washington, after Donald Trump lost the presidential election, shook many. This week, U.S. lawmakers heard from the police officers who tried to hold it at bay — as a committee pieces together what happened.
Victims of communism memorial received donations honouring Nazi collaborators27 Jul, 2021 | 0:20:13 |
EN | The Velvet Studio | Front Burner
Another controversy for the Memorial to the Victims of Communism in Ottawa as some donations were made to it in honour of fascists and Nazi collaborators.
Kris Wu and China’s #MeToo moment26 Jul, 2021 | 0:18:35 |
EN | The Velvet Studio | Front Burner
Chinese-Canadian pop superstar Kris Wu is caught in a #MeToo firestorm over allegations of predatory sexual behaviour with an underage girl now sweeping Chinese media.
The deepfaking of Anthony Bourdain23 Jul, 2021 | 0:22:58 |
EN | The Velvet Studio | Front Burner
Deepfake technology — the use of algorithms to create realistic copies of people in video, audio, or photography — is once again in the spotlight. That's after Morgan Neville's documentary Roadrunner used the technology to copy the voice of the late Anthony Bourdain. MIT Technology Review's senior artificial intelligence editor, Karen Hao, breaks down the risks for how we perceive...
The Olympics: Tokyo’s unwelcome guest22 Jul, 2021 | 0:20:45 |
EN | The Velvet Studio | Front Burner
Tokyo 2020 is forging ahead inside a host city effectively locked out of its own event. CBC senior correspondent Adrienne Arsenault brings us the view from Tokyo, where rising COVID-19 cases, a state of emergency and brewing resentment toward the International Olympic Committee is hanging over these unprecedented Olympic Games.
Have the Liberals met the climate change moment?21 Jul, 2021 | 0:24:43 |
EN | The Velvet Studio | Front Burner
The Liberal government has been criticized for not acting substantially enough on the climate crisis. Former environment and current Infrastructure Minister Catherine McKenna defends her party’s actions on the issue, and explains why she believes Canada is on track to meet its emission targets.
The reporter who brought down Jeffrey Epstein20 Jul, 2021 | 0:26:30 |
EN | The Velvet Studio | Front Burner
Miami Herald reporter and author of 'Perversion of Justice' Julie K. Brown on Ghislaine Maxwell’s upcoming trial and her bombshell investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s 2008 plea deal that brought global attention to the case.
What's behind Cuba's protest movement19 Jul, 2021 | 0:20:51 |
EN | The Velvet Studio | Front Burner
The historic protests that exploded across Cuba a week ago — and the government crackdown that followed — have cranked up pressure on both the Cuban and U.S. governments to fix the dire situation currently facing people on the island. But while almost everyone agrees change is urgently needed, questions about what that change should look like, and who's to...
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This week Luke and Sebastien discuss the biggest LGBT news of the week. 18 Jul, 2021 | 0:58:38 |
EN | The Velvet Studio | CanQueer
This week Luke and Sebastien discuss the biggest news of the week, including conversion therapy stalling in Regina, Joe Exotic, and Montreal's re-imagining of Saint Catherine's Street.
The fight for voting rights in the U.S.15 Jul, 2021 | 0:23:13 |
EN | The Velvet Studio | Front Burner
As Republicans push voting laws widely seen as suppression, Texas becomes the next battleground. Today on Front Burner, CBC Washington correspondent Paul Hunter on what — if anything — U.S. President Joe Biden will do to fight back.
Who killed Haiti’s president?14 Jul, 2021 | 0:19:43 |
EN | The Velvet Studio | Front Burner
Following President Jovenel Moïse's assassination last week, Haitian police have arrested more than 20 people and say they’re beginning to piece together a fuller picture of who carried out the killing — and who ordered it. But many people are questioning the official narrative.
The last 22%: Vaccine access and hesitancy13 Jul, 2021 | 0:21:07 |
EN | The Velvet Studio | Front Burner
Nearly 78 per cent of eligible people in Canada have at least one shot of a COVID-19 vaccine. What’s stopping the rest? Today, Dr. Naheed Dosani an
The billionaire space race is on13 Jul, 2021 | 0:25:24 |
EN | The Velvet Studio | Front Burner
Richard Branson, Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk are promising a new era where anyone will have access to space. But not everyone’s on board. Today, we speak to science writer Shannon Stirone about the promises and perils of the billionaire space race.
This week we discuss the closure of X-Tube, and other top LGBT news11 Jul, 2021 | 0:56:52 |
EN | The Velvet Studio | CanQueer
This week Luke and Sebastien discuss the cultural impact of pornography on gay culture. They also discuss Canadian Prides, and Hate crimes in Spain, and Hungary's homophobic law.
As U.S. exits 20-year war, what's next for Afghanistan?09 Jul, 2021 | 0:24:59 |
EN | The Velvet Studio | Front Burner
The U.S. military announced Tuesday that its exit from Afghanistan is more than 90 per cent complete, after nearly 20 years at war in the country. Meanwhile, Taliban militants are gaining ground, and violence is intensifying. Graeme Smith is the author of The Dogs Are Eating Them Now: Our War in Afghanistan and has worked as a consultant to the...
Joey Only and Frankie MacDonald mix comedy and meteorologyl
09 Jul, 2021 | 0:58:57 |
EN | Cross-Canada Comedeorological Report | Cross-Canada Comedeorological Report
This week is western Canada heavy! The weather has been really insane and none of our comedeorologists deny that climate change is fuelling this behaviour. Brandon Houck has been in severe storm after storm in Alberta while Ry Blomfield is still leading the attack against coal mines in Alberta. Joe Stover is back in Churchill and back on the show...
09 Jul, 2021 | 0:58:57 |
EN | Cross-Canada Comedeorological Report | Cross-Canada Comedeorological Report
This week is western Canada heavy! The weather has been really insane and none of our comedeorologists deny that climate change is fuelling this behaviour. Brandon Houck has been in severe storm after storm in Alberta while Ry Blomfield is still leading the attack against coal mines in Alberta. Joe Stover is back in Churchill and back on the show...
The assassination of Haiti’s president08 Jul, 2021 | 0:18:00 |
EN | The Velvet Studio | Front Burner
After months of rising political violence, Haitian President Jovenel Moïse was assassinated by heavily armed gunmen in the presidential residence. Widlore Mérancourt, a Haitian journalist, joins host Jayme Poisson for the latest from Port-au-Prince.
‘I’m done’: Britney Spears fights back against conservatorship07 Jul, 2021 | 0:24:45 |
EN | The Velvet Studio | Front Burner
As Britney Spears fights for her legal freedom, Dominic Patten, senior editor for Deadline Hollywood, joins us to explain the latest revelations on the 13-year conservatorship that controls every aspect of the pop icon’s life.
The human toll of B.C.’s wildfires06 Jul, 2021 | 0:23:09 |
EN | The Velvet Studio | Front Burner
: As nearly 200 fires continue to burn in British Columbia, we hear stories of the people most affected, from CBC reporters Susana da Silva and Brady Strachan. They’ve been covering the devastating Lytton fire, and the ongoing firefighting efforts in B.C.
