50 Best CBC Podcasts

1. Allison after NXIVM from Uncover

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You think you know the NXIVM story. The secretive self-help empire. The sex cult headlines. The downfall of its leader, Keith Raniere. But the most famous woman at the centre of the story has remained largely silent. Allison after NXIVM tells the story of Allison Mack: former Smallville actress, high-ranking NXIVM member, and convicted felon. With exclusive access following her release from prison, this series traces her astonishing path from Smallville fame to NXIVM's inner circle — and her effort to rebuild a life in the wreckage...MORE Hosts Francis Plourde, Arlene Bynon
Producer/Network CBC True Crime
Email ****@cbc.ca
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Apple Rating 4.5/5Apple Reviews 16.9KTwitter 4.3KInstagram 26.4K Avg Length 35 min Format Medium form Since Mar 2018 Get Email Contact Get access to full database of 2.7M podcastsCreate podcast lists, export in spreadsheet or CSV file with email contacts and start your podcast outreach in minutes.Sign Up for Free with Email Continue with Google

2. Someone Knows Something

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Christine Harron, a book-loving teenager from Hanover, Ontario, leaves for school in the spring of 1993 and is never seen again. A suspect emerges, confessing to her murder, but the case falls apart and Christine's family are left without answers. In Season 9 of the award winning podcast Someone Knows Something, David Ridgen, along with Christine's mother, reopen the investigation and come face to face with the man who said he killed Chrissy. Someone Knows Something is the investigative true crime series by award-winning documentarian David Ridgen...MORE Host David Ridgen
Producer/Network CBC True Crime
Email ****@gmail.com
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Apple Rating 4.6/5Apple Reviews 29.9KFacebook 56.7KTwitter 15.1K Avg Length 33 min Format Medium form Since Mar 2016 Get Email Contact

3. Satanic Panic

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Throughout the 1980s, Satanic cults were widely believed to be preying on children — torturing and terrorizing them as part of dark rituals. Across North America, there were hundreds of false allegations, scores of unjust criminal trials and countless lives torn apart. But never any real proof. By the early 90s, the panic reached the tiny Prairie town of Martensville, Saskatchewan. And nearly 30 years later, the people touched by it all are still picking up the pieces. So what happened? And why do so many still believe to this day? Uncover: Satanic Panic investigates...MORE Host Lisa Bryn Rundle
Producer/Network CBC True Crime
Email ****@cbc.ca
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Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 223Facebook 24.6KTwitter 758.6K Avg Length 41 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

4. Evil By Design

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More than 80 women from around the world have accused the fast-fashion mogul Peter Nygard of rape, sexual assault and human trafficking in incidents across four decades and at least four countries. He denies it all, and claims his accusers are lying as part of a vast conspiracy. The Winnipegger had built a sprawling international retail empire over the past 50 years — but now, Nygard's professional achievements are being overshadowed by a sinister personal life, earning him the moniker, 'Canada's Jeffrey Epstein'...MORE Host Timothy Sawa
Producer/Network CBC True Crime
Email ****@cbc.ca
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Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 1.7KFacebook 24.6KTwitter 758.6K Avg Length 37 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

5. The Dose

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A weekly look at the health news that matters to you. Dr. Brian Goldman brings you the best science from top experts in plain language. He cuts through the BS and confusion to give you a dose of smart advice that you won't find anywhere else. New episodes every Thursday.MORE Host Dr. Brian Goldman
Producer/Network CBC Health & Sport
Email ****@cbc.ca
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.4/5Apple Reviews 933Facebook 917.3KTwitter 758.6K Avg Length 27 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

6. Missing & Murdered: Finding Cleo

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Where is Cleo? Taken by child welfare workers in the 1970's and adopted in the U.S., the young Cree girl's family believes she was raped and murdered while hitchhiking back home to Saskatchewan. CBC news investigative reporter Connie Walker joins the search to find out what really happened to Cleo. For the best in true crime from CBC, ad-free, visit apple.co/cbctruecrime.Watch Connie Walker's A Sister's Promise on The Fifth Estate's YouTube channel now.MORE Host Connie Walker
Producer/Network CBC True Crime
Email ****@cbc.ca
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Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 12.7KFacebook 7.7KTwitter 11.8KInstagram 26.4K Avg Length 35 min Format Medium form Since Oct 2016 Get Email Contact

7. Other People's Problems

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Normally, therapy sessions are totally confidential — but this podcast opens the doors. In this season of Other People's Problems, Dr. Hillary McBride explores the transformative power of psychedelics in a therapeutic setting. With her psychological expertise, Dr. Hillary leads her clients through drug-assisted therapy, guiding them to new heights on their healing journeys. Experience these real, unscripted sessions firsthand as they unfold in each episode...MORE Host Hillary L McBride
Producer/Network CBC STORIES
Email ****@gmail.com
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Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 1.6KFacebook 917.3KTwitter 758.6K Avg Length 30 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

8. Kuper Island

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An 8-part series that tells the stories of four students: three who survived and one who didn't. They attended one of Canada's most notorious residential schools where unsolved deaths, abuse, and lies haunt the community and the survivors to this day. Hosted by Duncan McCue. For the best in true crime from CBC, ad-free, visit apple.co/cbctruecrime.MORE Host Duncan McCue
Producer/Network CBC True Crime
Email ****@carleton.ca
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 2.5KFacebook 24.6KTwitter 11.8KInstagram 26.4K Avg Length 38 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

9. Hunting Warhead

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How do you take down a criminal network that's hidden in the shadows? How do you rescue child abuse victims who could be anywhere in the world? Hunting Warhead follows the journalists and police on a global mission to expose the darkest corners of the internet. What they discover shocks them. Host Daemon Fairless tracks down the investigators, survivors and criminals themselves. A co-production of CBC Podcasts and the Norwegian newspaper VG. For the best in true crime from CBC, ad-free, visit apple.co/cbctruecrime.MORE Host Daemon Fairless
Producer/Network CBC True Crime
Email ****@cbc.ca
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Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 6.5KFacebook 24.6KTwitter 11.8KInstagram 26.4K Avg Length 39 min Format Medium form Since Sep 2019 Get Email Contact

10. Escaping NXIVM

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NXIVM (pronounced 'Nexium') calls itself a humanitarian community. Experts call it a cult. Uncover: Escaping NXIVM is an investigative podcast series about the group, its leader Keith Raniere and one woman's journey to get out. From CBC Podcasts and CBC News. For the best in true crime from CBC, ad-free, visit apple.co/cbctruecrime.MORE Host Josh Bloch
Producer/Network CBC True Crime
Email ****@gmail.com
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 856Facebook 917.3KTwitter 758.6K Avg Length 33 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

11. Brainwashed

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Brainwashed 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. It also examines the cultural impact — how the CIA brought LSD to America and inadvertently created counterculture influencers such as author Ken Kesey and poet Allen Ginsberg...MORE Host Michelle Shephard
Producer/Network CBC True Crime
Email ****@frequentflyerfilms.ca
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Apple Rating 4.5/5Apple Reviews 856Facebook 917.3KTwitter 11.8KInstagram 26.4K Avg Length 35 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

12. Personally: Resurrection

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In a moment of fate in 2017, Dane is gifted a bundle of old love letters and theatrical scripts. They were written by a man named Daryl Allen in the years before AIDS took his life in 1991. Daryl was a bisexual man and amateur playwright who lived in San Francisco through the 70s and 80s. Along with the letters, Dane is given a task: tell Daryl's story and give his theatrical work the audience it lost when his life was cut short by HIV. Over the next five years, Dane settles into the role of detective, using Daryl's letters to track down his exes, his old friends, and his relatives...MORE Hosts Pauline Dakin, Thomas Leblanc, Anna Maria Tremonti
Producer/Network CBC STORIES
Email ****@cbc.ca
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Apple Rating 4.1/5Apple Reviews 1KFacebook 24.6KTwitter 11.8KInstagram 26.4K Avg Length 36 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

13. White Hot Hate: Agent Pale Horse

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FBI undercover agent Scott Payne's job was to infiltrate the most dangerous gangs of our times: outlaw bikers, drug cartels and the international neo-Nazi networks hellbent on inciting a race war. He was taking down these groups from within. And Scott was good at it — people confided in him their most audacious plans for mass violence and domestic terrorism.In the second season of White Hot Hate, host Michelle Shephard gives you an unvarnished view of a life undercover...MORE Host Michelle Shephard
Producer/Network CBC True Crime
Email ****@thestar.ca
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Apple Rating 4.2/5Apple Reviews 999Facebook 24.6KTwitter 11.8KInstagram 26.4K Avg Length 36 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

14. Telling Our Twisted Histories

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Words connect us. Words hurt us. Indigenous histories have been twisted by centuries of colonization. Host Kaniehti:io Horn brings us together to decolonize our minds one word, one concept, one story at a time.MORE Host Kaniehtiio Horn
Producer/Network CBC Indigenous
Email ****@cbc.ca
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 709Facebook 24.6KTwitter 11.8KInstagram 26.4K Avg Length 25 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

15. Sorry About The Kid

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How do you forget your favourite person in the world? Alex remembers everything about the day a speeding police car killed his brother. But his brother, alive? Those memories are lost. And now, 30 years later, Alex wants them back. In this emotional four-part series, Alex unearths his childhood grief — with help from family, friends, and a therapist who witnessed his brother's death. What happens when trauma and memory collide? Sorry About The Kid is a deeply personal meditation on the losses that define us. Hosted by Alex McKinnon. Produced with Mira Burt-Wintonick (WireTap, Love Me).MORE Host Alex McKinnon
Producer/Network CBC STORIES
Email ****@stagesideimages.com
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Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 885Facebook 24.6KTwitter 11.8KInstagram 26.4K Avg Length 30 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

16. The Flamethrowers

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'The Flamethrowers' captures the punch-you-in-the-mouth energy and sound of right-wing talk radio. Host Justin Ling takes us from the fringe preachers and conspiracy peddlers of the 1920s to the political firestorm that rages today. With humour and candour, Ling examines the appeal of broadcasters like Rush Limbaugh, who found a sleeping audience, radicalized it, and became an accidental kingmaker — culminating in the election of Donald Trump.MORE Host Justin Ling
Producer/Network CBC
Email ****@cbc.ca
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Apple Rating 4.3/5Apple Reviews 403Facebook 24.6KTwitter 758.6K Avg Length 38 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

17. The Next Call with David Ridgen

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From David Ridgen, the creator of Someone Knows Something, comes the investigative podcast The Next Call. Ridgen works with victims' family members, police and eye-witnesses to find answers. From investigators to potential suspects, the investigation unfolds with The Next Call. For the best in true crime from CBC, ad-free, visit apple.co/cbctruecrime.MORE Host David Ridgen
Producer/Network CBC True Crime
Email ****@cbc.ca
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Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 3.2KFacebook 56.7KTwitter 758.6K Avg Length 38 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

18. The Village

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In the early 1990s, as AIDS tightens its grip on major cities around the world, the relative safety of Montreal's nightlife becomes a magnet for gay men. But when they start turning up dead in hotel rooms, beaten lifeless in city parks, and violently murdered in their own homes, the queer community has more to fear than the disease. While the city's police force dithers over the presence of a serial killer, a group of queer activists starts making connections, and rises up to start a movement that would end up changing thousands of lives. Hosted by Francis Plourde...MORE Host Francis Plourde
Producer/Network CBC True Crime
Email ****@cbc.ca
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Apple Rating 4.4/5Apple Reviews 440Facebook 917.3KTwitter 758.6K Avg Length 35 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

19. PlayME

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Welcome to your digital stage, where bold theatre meets cutting-edge audio drama. Each episode draws you into captivating stories brought to life by top actors, acclaimed writers, and cinematic sound design that places you at the center of the action.  Winner of the 2020 New York Festival Gold Medal winner for Audio Drama, PlayME has dozens of productions, from daring, original audio dramas to groundbreaking plays. We offer an experience for people who love theatre and audio fiction...MORE Hosts Laura Mullin, Chris Tolley
Producer/Network CBC Arts & Entertainment
Email ****@cbc.ca
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Apple Rating 4.3/5Apple Reviews 314Facebook 3KTwitter 1.1KInstagram 2.5K Avg Length 49 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

20. Welcome to Paradise

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Love, marriage… and a secret history of trauma. Anna Maria Tremonti has been keeping her past a secret for over 40 years. As one of Canada's most respected journalists, she has a reputation for being fearless and hard-hitting. She's reported from some of the world's most dangerous conflict zones. But none were as immediately threatening as life at home. In her early 20s, she fell in love with a man who seemed worldly and charming. Behind closed doors he was incredibly violent. They were only married for a year but the consequences of the abuse have lasted a lifetime...MORE Host Anna Maria Tremonti
Producer/Network CBC STORIES
Email ****@cbc.ca
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 1.5KFacebook 917.3KTwitter 758.6K Avg Length 27 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

21. Understood

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Know more, now. Understood is an anthology podcast that takes you out of the daily news cycle and inside the events, people, and cultural moments you want to know more about. Over a handful of episodes, each season unfolds as a story, hosted by a well-connected reporter, and rooted in journalism you can trust. Driven by insight and fueled by curiosity…The stories of our time: Understood.Season 1 - The Naked Emperor: the rise and fall of bitcoin king Sam Bankman-Fried.Season 2 - The Pornhub Empire: the story of how a Montreal-founded company came to dominate the adult industry...MORE Host Jacob Silverman
Producer/Network CBC News & Politics
Email ****@cbc.ca
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.3/5Apple Reviews 909Facebook 24.6KTwitter 11.8KInstagram 26.4K Avg Length 31 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

22. A Death In Cryptoland

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When the young CEO of Canada's largest cryptocurrency exchange is reported to have died while honeymooning in India, it sets off a cataclysmic chain of events that would leave about 76,000 people out of a quarter of a billion dollars and a trail of conspiracy theories around whether Gerald Cotten is dead or alive. A Death in Cryptoland is an original podcast series about a crypto-tycoon, his secret past, his sudden demise, and an online sleuth's obsession to unravel the truth behind QuadrigaCX. Hosted by Takara Small. For the best in true crime from CBC, ad-free, visit apple.co/cbctruecrime.MORE Host Takara Small
Producer/Network CBC True Crime
Email ****@takarasmall.com
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.5/5Apple Reviews 742Facebook 166.3KTwitter 11.8KInstagram 26.4K Avg Length 36 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

23. Pressure Cooker

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John Nuttall and Amanda Korody are scraping by on welfare and methadone in a basement suite with John's grandma, when they find themselves embroiled in a terrorist plot. A mysterious figure named Abe comes into their lives and introduces the couple to a shadowy world of global extremism. With Abe as their mentor and benefactor, John and Amanda hatch a plan to bomb a national holiday celebration using homemade pressure cooker devices. They have no idea that federal police are tracking their every move...MORE Host Daniel J. Pierce
Producer/Network CBC True Crime
Email ****@cbc.ca
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 3.7/5Apple Reviews 750Facebook 24.6KTwitter 11.8KInstagram 26.4K Avg Length 38 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

24. The No Good, Terribly Kind, Wonderful Lives and Tragic Deaths of Barry and Honey Sherman

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News of the mysterious deaths of billionaire Canadian pharma giant Barry Sherman and his philanthropist wife Honey in December 2017 reverberated around the world. Five years later, with no arrests and little news from the police, their deaths remain shrouded in mystery and conspiracy theories, with too many lingering questions...MORE Host Kathleen Goldhar
Producer/Network CBC True Crime
Email ****@cbc.ca
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.5/5Apple Reviews 1.3KFacebook 24.6KTwitter 11.8KInstagram 26.4K Avg Length 32 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

25. The Secret Life of Canada

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The country you know and the stories you don't. Join hosts Leah-Simone Bowen and Falen Johnson as they reveal the beautiful, terrible and weird histories of this land. New episodes every second Thursday. Visit us at www.cbc.ca/secretlife for show links, transcripts and more! Follow us on Instagram , Facebook , and TikTok . Subscribe to Sounds Good: CBC's Podcast newsletter for the finest podcast recommendations and behind-the-scenes exclusives.MORE Hosts Falen Johnson, Leah-Simone Bowen
Producer/Network CBC Discover & Learn
Email ****@cbc.ca
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 2.3KTwitter 7.4K Avg Length 26 min Format Medium form Since Aug 2018 Get Email Contact

26. Let's Not Be Kidding with Gavin Crawford

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If laughter really was the best medicine, Gavin Crawford would have cured his mother of Alzheimer's disease. As a son, his mother's dementia has been devastating. As a comedian though… it's been sort of funny. Honestly, how do you respond when your mom confuses you with her teenage crush and wants you to take her to the high-school dance? Well, you laugh. Because it's the only thing you can do...MORE Host Gavin Crawford
Producer/Network CBC STORIES
Email ****@cbc.ca
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 1.7KFacebook 24.6KTwitter 11.8KInstagram 26.4K Avg Length 27 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

27. Alone: A Love Story

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Alone: A Love Story is an award-winning memoir by Michelle Parise. With candour and humour, Michelle delves into the deepest, darkest aspects of her divorce and her new life as a part-time parent, part-time partier.MORE Producer/Network CBC STORIES
Email ****@cbc.ca
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Apple Rating 4.5/5Apple Reviews 3.7KFacebook 3.4KTwitter 758.6KInstagram 707.4K Avg Length 22 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

28. Recall: How to Start a Revolution

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The 1950s & 60s saw a wave of radical movements. Che Guevara and the Cuban Revolution. The Black Panthers. Quebec and Canada had the FLQ — a showdown that dissolved into crisis. By October 1970, there were soldiers in the streets, communities on edge, kidnapping and terror in the headlines. But those frightening weeks were just the crescendo of a wave of terror and violence that was nearly a decade in the making...MORE Host Geoff Turner
Producer/Network CBC Discover & Learn
Email ****@cbc.ca
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 354Facebook 24.6KTwitter 11.8KInstagram 26.4K Avg Length 39 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

29. Carrie Low VS.

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Carrie Low trusted police when she reported her horrific rape. But she says they failed to investigate properly, and only succeeded in traumatizing her further. Now she's setting out on a mission to hold these institutions to account. This all-new investigation is hosted by award-winning investigative journalist Maggie Rahr. For the best in true crime from CBC, ad-free, visit apple.co/cbctruecrime.MORE Host Maggie Rahr
Producer/Network CBC True Crime
Email ****@gmail.com
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 646Facebook 24.6KTwitter 11.8KInstagram 26.4K Avg Length 26 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

30. Recovering Filipino

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Host Jim Agapito is a 'bad Filipino.' The Filipino-Canadian filmmaker can't speak Tagalog and is stumped by some of the things Filipinos do and believe. Join Jim on this enlightening, joyful, and surprising 10-episode mission to recover his culture.MORE Producer/Network CBC STORIES
Email ****@cbc.ca
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 220Facebook 24.6KTwitter 11.8KInstagram 26.4K Avg Length 28 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

31. This is not a Drake podcast

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Breaking down seminal moments in Drake's career to explore the broader history and evolution of hip-hop, R&B, gender dynamics, and Black culture. Hosted by Ty Harper.
Producer/Network CBC Arts & Entertainment
Email ****@cbc.ca
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Apple Rating 4.3/5Apple Reviews 359Facebook 24.6KTwitter 11.8KInstagram 26.4K Avg Length 34 min Format Medium form Since May 2020 Get Email Contact

32. Pop Chat

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We help you make sense of the cultural drama blowing up the internet. Every Wednesday, host Elamin Abdelmahmoud (Buzzfeed) is joined by Kevin Fallon (The Daily Beast) and Amil Niazi (Refinery 29, The Cut) to dissect and debate the biggest pop culture stories of the week.MORE Producer/Network CBC
Email ****@cbc.ca
Estimated listeners
Facebook 166.3KTwitter 121.3KInstagram 58K Avg Length 54 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

33. Tai Asks Why

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Fifteen-year-old Tai Poole won't rest until he's uncovered the mysteries of the universe, one probing question at a time. In Season 4 of his Webby-winning podcast, Tai talks to everyone from NASA scientists to stand-up comedians to his equally curious little brother Kien. If you've ever wondered why nothing feels as good as a deep belly laugh or why it's impossible not to finish a bag of Doritos, Tai has you covered.MORE Host Tai Poole
Producer/Network CBC
Email ****@cbc.ca
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.2/5Apple Reviews 1.9KFacebook 24.6KTwitter 11.8KInstagram 26.4K Avg Length 25 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

34. The Africas VS. America

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In 1985, police dropped a bomb in a Philadelphia neighborhood. Their target? A family of Black radicals known as 'MOVE,' who found themselves ensnared in a city — and nation's — domestic war on Black Liberation. Over seven episodes, host Matthew Amha investigates the events that culminated in the MOVE bombing, and the long afterlife of a forgotten American tragedy.All episodes are available ad-free on the CBC True Crime Premium channel.MORE Producer/Network CBC True Crime
Email ****@cbc.ca
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 3.9/5Apple Reviews 290Facebook 24.6KTwitter 11.8KInstagram 26.4K Avg Length 46 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

35. The Kill List

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When human rights activist Karima Baloch is found drowned off the shores of Toronto, an investigation into her mysterious death leads all the way back to Pakistan, the country she had recently fled. In this six-part series, host Mary Lynk explores the rampant abductions and killings of dissidents in Pakistan, the dangers that follow those who flee to the West, and a terrifying intelligence agency with tentacles around the globe. How did Karima die? And would Pakistan really carry out an assassination far beyond its borders? This is a story that a powerful state doesn't want you to know...MORE Host Mary Lynk
Producer/Network CBC True Crime
Email ****@cbc.ca
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.6/5Apple Reviews 401Facebook 24.6KTwitter 11.8KInstagram 26.4K Avg Length 43 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

36. Unlocking Bryson's Brain

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Bryson is a beautiful, happy and loving boy. But a mysterious illness means he can't walk, talk, or feed himself. After years without a diagnosis, even Bryson's parents have come to accept that he may never be able to live independently. Then one day, everything changes. Scientists working at the cutting edge of genetics believe they know what's causing Bryson's disease — and think it could be reversed. Motivated by the hope for a cure, Bryson's parents search for the miracle key that could unlock Bryson's brain...MORE Producer/Network CBC STORIES
Email ****@cbc.ca
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 47Facebook 24.6KTwitter 11.8KInstagram 26.4K Avg Length 44 min Format Long form Get Email Contact

37. Nothing is Foreign

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World news, local voices. A weekly trip to where the story is unfolding. Hosted by Tamara Khandaker.
Host Tamara Khandaker
Producer/Network CBC
Email ****@cbc.ca
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.4/5Apple Reviews 281Facebook 24.6KTwitter 11.8KInstagram 26.4K Avg Length 29 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

38. Land Back

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Land Back uncovers land theft in Canada and looks at how Indigenous people are reclaiming their territories, identities and lives.
Producer/Network CBC Indigenous
Email ****@cbc.ca
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Apple Rating 4.4/5Apple Reviews 317Facebook 24.6KTwitter 11.8KInstagram 26.4K Avg Length 32 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

39. Asking For It

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A queer contemporary take of the Goldilocks tale: about love, music, and breaking the cycle of abuse. Goldie escapes a chaotic childhood only to go from a partner who starves her of love to a partner who nearly drowns her in it, before learning to be just right on her own. From CBC Podcasts and Mermaid Palace. Produced by award-winning podcast creator Kaitlin Prest featuring writer/director Drew Denny.MORE Producer/Network CBC STORIES
Email ****@cbc.ca
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.5/5Apple Reviews 384Facebook 24.6KTwitter 11.8K Avg Length 30 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

40. The Shadows

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Kaitlin Prest, creator and host of the Prix-Italia winner The Heart, presents the first audio fiction from CBC Podcasts. The Shadows is a story about the anatomy of a relationship: a crush, a choice, ...MORE Host Kaitlin Prest
Producer/Network CBC STORIES
Email ****@cbc.ca
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.6/5Apple Reviews 1.1KFacebook 24.6KTwitter 807Instagram 26.4K Avg Length 34 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

41. Buffy

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Program note, Nov. 29, 2023: Since this podcast's release in 2022, there have been reports that call into question Buffy's birth story and her Indigenous identity. Buffy Sainte-Marie is one of the most prolific singer-songwriters of the past century. For 60 years her music has quietly reverberated throughout pop culture, and provided a touchstone for Indigenous resistance. In this five-part series, Mohawk and Tuscarora writer Falen Johnson explores how Buffy's life and legacy is essential to understanding Indigenous resilience.MORE Host Falen Johnson
Producer/Network CBC Arts & Entertainment
Email ****@cbc.ca
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 731Facebook 24.6KTwitter 11.8KInstagram 26.4K Avg Length 25 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

42. Limited Capacity

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Limited Capacity is a collection of six short stories about the strange and twisted ways we interact with the internet, and with each other. Punctuated with dark humour and surprising twists, each episode blurs the lines between horror, thriller, mockumentary and satire. The stories take on digital appropriation, toxic positivity, a self-help podcast for people who hate self-help and a talking chicken. Each immersive episode is packed with intimate and jarring stories that are both completely familiar and somehow confoundingly alien. It's like Black Mirror for your ears...MORE Host Rob Norman
Producer/Network CBC STORIES
Email ****@cbc.ca
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 200Facebook 24.6KTwitter 114Instagram 26.4K Avg Length 32 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

43. One in Six

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Jen and Neil are a happily married couple in their thirties. From the outside, life is picture perfect. But behind their smiles lies a heartbreaking secret: they can't get pregnant. Join CBC journalist Jen White and her husband Neil Hyde in this intimate and informative eight-part series on their yearslong struggle with fertility — a journey filled with hormone injections, transvaginal ultrasounds, tears, anxiety, shame, laughter, and hope.MORE Producer/Network CBC Health & Sport
Email ****@cbc.ca
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Apple Rating 5/5Apple Reviews 111Twitter 4.8K Avg Length 33 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

44. Wiretap

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You never quite know where WireTap will take you. From a scientist who documents the final words of parrots to what it's like to date Lois Lane after she's broken up with Superman, the minds of Jonathan Goldstein and his friends and family are truly unique.MORE Host Jonathan Goldstein
Producer/Network CBC STORIES
Email ****@cbc.ca
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.8/5Apple Reviews 488Facebook 15.1K Avg Length 28 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

45. Let's Make A Horror

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From the team that brought you the Webby award-winning Let's Make A Sci-Fi, a New Yorker Best Podcast of 2022, and the hilariously heartfelt Let's Make A Rom-Com, comes season three: Let's Make A Horror. This time, comedians Mark Chavez, Maddy Kelly, and Ryan Beil will make you laugh while they try to make you scream. Over 10 episodes, Mark, Maddy, and Ryan will learn what it takes to make truly frightening horror, interviewing Hollywood writers, directors, and enthusiasts; probing their deepest fears; and eventually taking a stab at writing and directing their own shocking short film.MORE Hosts Ryan Beil, Maddy Kelly, Mark Chavez
Producer/Network CBC Comedy
Email ****@gmail.com
Estimated listeners
Apple Rating 4.9/5Apple Reviews 467Facebook 24.6KTwitter 278Instagram 671 Avg Length 34 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

46. The Con: Kaitlyn's Baby

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Kaitlyn Braun, a pregnant young woman in crisis, takes dozens of birth workers through an escalating series of disasters rape, baby loss, and even a coma. One by one, the doulas struggle to support her and grieve with her, and even save her life as they're led down a distressing path. And then the truth comes out.In this six-part true crime series, Sarah Treleaven untangles a complex web of lies and deception to ask who Kaitlyn really is and why she did the things that she did. Cases like these puzzle legal experts and raise intricate moral and ethical questions...MORE Host Sarah Treleaven
Producer/Network CBC True Crime
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Apple Rating 4.2/5Apple Reviews 2.8KFacebook 24.6KTwitter 11.8KInstagram 26.4K Avg Length 26 min Format Medium form Get Email Contact

47. Tony Ho

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Award-winning sketch troupe Tony Ho brings their uniquely disturbing brand of sketch comedy straight to your ears. The third season of their acclaimed podcast continues to mine big laughs from the sinister, the sad and the absurd. Funny strange. Featuring Miguel Rivas, Roger Bainbridge and Adam Niebergall.MORE Hosts CBC Podcasts, Tony Ho
Producer/Network CBC Comedy
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Apple Rating 3.8/5Apple Reviews 126Facebook 461Twitter 888 Avg Length 16 min Format Short form Get Email Contact

48. True Dating Stories

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Who doesn't love a great dating story? Whether it's true romance or a night gone horribly wrong, this series offers real dating stories — told by the people who lived them. These jaw-dropping stories, accompanied by comedic re-enactments, will make you laugh, cry, and quite possibly swear off dating altogether.MORE Producer/Network CBC Comedy
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Apple Rating 4.7/5Apple Reviews 142Facebook 1.4KTwitter 3.6KInstagram 24.8K Avg Length 17 min Format Short form Get Email Contact