Canadian podcasts 🎙️
The shows worth subscribing to, made in Canada — news, true crime, politics, history and comedy, with where each one is produced and a tap to listen. 🍁
64 Canadian podcasts. Each links out to the platform — a showcase, not a store.
News & Current Affairs10
Ça s'expliqueAlexandra Szacka · Radio-CanadaLe quotidien d'actualité de Radio-Canada — un sujet par jour.
The Sunday MagazinePiya Chattopadhyay · CBCLong-form interviews on the week's ideas.
As It HappensNil Köksal & Chris Howden · CBCInterviews with the people in the day's headlines — since 1968.
Cross Country CheckupIan Hanomansing · CBCCanadians phone in on the question of the week — since 1965.
The CurrentMatt Galloway · CBCCBC's flagship morning current-affairs interview show.
Front BurnerJayme Poisson · CBCCBC's daily news podcast — one story a day, reported in depth.
The DecibelMenaka Raman-Wilms · The Globe and MailThe Globe's weekday show, taking one story to its foundations.
The Big StoryJordan Heath-Rawlings · Frequency Podcast NetworkA daily explainer on the news story everyone's arguing about.
CanadalandJesse Brown · CanadalandIndependent media criticism and reporting on Canadian institutions.
True Crime9
Crime BeatNancy Hixt · Global NewsA Global News crime reporter on the cases she covered.
Someone Knows SomethingDavid Ridgen · CBCCold cases reopened alongside the families still looking for answers.
Thunder BayRyan McMahon · CanadalandWhy so many Indigenous people have died in one northern city.
Dark PoutineMike Browne & Scott HemenwayCanada's darker history and crime, case by case.
Canadian True CrimeKristi LeeIndependent, carefully sourced retellings of Canadian cases.
Investigations into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls.
Atlantic Canadian mysteries, crime and the genuinely strange.
Politics6
CommonsArshy Mann · CanadalandSeason-long investigations into Canadian power — police, crooks, pipelines.
Party LinesRosemary Barton & Elamin Abdelmahmoud · CBCTwo hosts arguing amiably about federal politics.
The NumbersÉric GrenierCanadian polling and election data, read by someone who models it.
The Herle BurlyDavid HerleLong-form talk with the strategists and ministers who ran the rooms.
Sandy and Nora Talk PoliticsSandy Hudson & Nora LoretoTwo Canadian writers arguing left politics without the pundit varnish.
History & Society6
Kuper IslandDuncan McCue · CBCOne residential school, told through the students who survived it.
Canadian History EhxCraig BairdOne Canadian story a day, independently produced from Alberta.
Aujourd'hui l'histoireVarious · Radio-CanadaL'histoire du Québec et du Canada, un épisode à la fois.
Witness to YesterdayPatrice Dutil & Greg Marchildon · The Champlain SocietyInterviews with historians about the Canadian past.
The Secret Life of CanadaFalen Johnson & Leah Simone Bowen · CBCThe country's history that didn't make the textbook.
Science & Ideas6
White Coat Black ArtDr. Brian Goldman · CBCMedicine from the inside, hosted by an ER physician.
The DoseDr. Brian Goldman · CBCStraight answers to practical health questions, evidence first.
Quirks & QuarksBob McDonald · CBCCanada's science show — running weekly since 1975.
Darts and LettersGordon KaticWhere academic research meets politics and public life.
Comedy9
Stop Podcasting YourselfGraham Clark & Dave ShumkaA long-running, very Vancouver conversation with a guest.
Because NewsGavin Crawford · CBCA comedy news quiz with Canadian comedians and journalists.
The DebatersSteve Patterson · CBCComedians argue trivial questions before a live crowd.
This Is ThatPat Kelly & Peter Oldring · CBCDeadpan satire of public radio, indistinguishable from the real thing.
SickboyJeremie Saunders, Taylor MacGillivary & Brian SteverIllness and mortality, handled with jokes and no pity.
Three comedians try to actually write a science-fiction series.
L'émission d'humour et d'actualité la plus écoutée au Québec.
Business & Marketing4
Under the InfluenceTerry O'Reilly · CBCHow advertising actually works, told through campaign history.
The Cost of LivingPaul Haavardsrud · CBCThe economy explained through what things actually cost.
Shopify MastersShopify · ShopifyEcommerce founders on how they actually built the store.
The Peak DailyThe Peak · The PeakCanadian business news for people who don't read the business section.
Sports5
32 Thoughts: The PodcastElliotte Friedman & Jeff Marek · SportsnetThe insider hockey podcast the rest of the league listens to.
Real Kyper & BourneNick Kypreos & Justin Bourne · SportsnetDaily hockey talk with two former pros.
The Steve Dangle PodcastSteve Dangle GlynnLeafs fandom as therapy, three times a week.
Music, Books & Culture9
The Ongoing History of New MusicAlan CrossCanada's long-running alt-rock documentary series.
Bookends with Mattea RoachMattea Roach · CBCWriters on the books that made them, hosted by a Jeopardy! champion.
Grownups Read Things They Wrote as KidsDan MisenerAdults read their childhood diaries aloud. It's better than it sounds.
Alone: A Love StoryMichelle Parise · CBCA memoir of a marriage ending, told as audio.
This Is Not a Drake PodcastTy Harper · CBC MusicHip-hop history and the culture around it — occasionally about Drake.
The Tragically Hip's catalogue, album by album, by the people who made it.
Three decades of interviews with the world's best writers.