Storylines

by CBC

A weekly documentary show for people who love narrative podcasts. These are stories you can’t stop thinking about. That you’ll tell your friends about. And that will help you understand what’s going on in Canada, and why. Every week a journalist follows one story, meets the people at its centre, and makes it make sense. Sometimes it’s about people living out the headlines in real life. Sometimes it’s about someone you’ve never heard of, living through something you had no idea was happening. Either way, you’ll go somewhere, meet someone, get the context, and learn something new. (Plus it sounds really good. Mixed like a movie.) One story, well told, every week, from the award-winning team at the CBC Audio Doc Unit.

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Recent Episodes
  • The longshot candidates who run against the odds
    Apr 19, 2025 – 00:28:05
  • A controversial psychedelic drug some say offers freedom from addiction
    Apr 12, 2025 – 00:27:14
  • Surrey’s Peacock Standoff
    Apr 5, 2025 – 00:26:23
  • The Vienna violinist who changed Chinese classical music
    Mar 29, 2025 – 00:27:19
  • Practically Mexico Now
    Mar 22, 2025 – 00:25:38
  • A Case of Beer …. and Borders
    Mar 15, 2025 – 00:27:09
  • Missing in Action: the decades-long effort to get stunt workers their Oscar due
    Mar 1, 2025 – 00:26:57
  • The irreplaceable Chinook salmon of the Yukon River
    Feb 22, 2025 – 00:25:59
  • 52 Hours Lost at Sea
    Feb 16, 2025 – 00:27:29
  • Talking to Undocumented Canadians
    Feb 8, 2025 – 00:27:09
  • Inside the extortion rackets targeting South Asian Canadians
    Feb 1, 2025 – 00:26:56
  • The dangers of rogue waves
    Jan 25, 2025 – 00:29:49
  • A mom’s mission to stop her daughter’s drug dealer
    Jan 18, 2025 – 00:26:42
  • Can solar geoengineering fix the climate?
    Jan 10, 2025 – 00:26:48
  • Hockey for All
    Jan 5, 2025 – 00:27:09
  • A Woman of No Consequence
    Dec 28, 2024 – 00:32:33
  • One Word
    Dec 20, 2024 – 00:26:21
  • How forced drug treatment works in Washington state and what Canada could learn from it
    Dec 13, 2024 – 00:27:41
  • The Fake Baby
    Dec 6, 2024 – 00:30:10
  • Land of Promise
    Nov 30, 2024 – 00:21:31
  • The story of Vince Carter
    Nov 22, 2024 – 00:26:49
  • What can a widow be?
    Nov 15, 2024 – 00:27:05
  • Hear the soldiers of WW1 speak
    Nov 8, 2024 – 00:27:19
  • Inside the brain school
    Nov 1, 2024 – 00:26:49
  • Sitting down with a January 6 protester
    Oct 25, 2024 – 00:33:26
  • Hana's Suitcase
    Oct 18, 2024 – 00:28:22
  • The tiny forest movement
    Oct 11, 2024 – 00:27:12
  • Chance Encounter
    Oct 4, 2024 – 00:25:47
  • The Professional: the bizarre story of serial imposter Brigitte Cleroux
    Sep 27, 2024 – 00:26:01
  • Inside Chad's refugee crisis
    Sep 20, 2024 – 00:27:53
  • Let it Shine: Inside U of T’s first gospel choir class
    Sep 14, 2024 – 00:27:20
  • The Burn
    Sep 6, 2024 – 00:27:13
  • The impact of Ukraine’s new draft laws in Canada
    Jun 21, 2024 – 00:27:23
  • What The Puck? The strange story of a decades-old hockey rumour
    Jun 7, 2024 – 00:30:21
  • The Detroit blue collar workers who may decide this year's election
    Jun 1, 2024 – 00:25:41
  • Artificial intelligence at the ballot box
    May 24, 2024 – 00:26:42
  • The Boxer’s Brain
    May 17, 2024 – 00:31:35
  • Return to Afghanistan
    May 10, 2024 – 00:27:47
  • The great baby last name debate
    May 3, 2024 – 00:27:14
  • The story of the Trans Mountain pipeline
    Apr 26, 2024 – 00:27:00
  • Finding freedom: Breaking the bonds of human trafficking
    Apr 19, 2024 – 00:26:26
  • Missing in Action: the decades-long effort to get stunt workers their Oscar due
    Apr 12, 2024 – 00:26:44
  • Angie’s Angels
    Apr 5, 2024 – 00:27:13
  • Flushed away: The mysterious case of the missing public toilets
    Mar 29, 2024 – 00:26:35
  • Say Yes
    Mar 22, 2024 – 00:26:29
  • Mission 300: how farming and hockey helped a former Canadian soldier on a rescue mission
    Mar 15, 2024 – 00:20:53
  • 24 Sussex: the past and uncertain future of the Prime Minister’s “rodent infested death trap”
    Mar 8, 2024 – 00:29:02
  • Separated: how an immigration system pushed to its limits is keeping refugee families apart
    Mar 1, 2024 – 00:27:14
  • A Canadian Sommelier in Paris
    Feb 23, 2024 – 00:26:50
  • Protecting the Great Bear
    Feb 16, 2024 – 00:27:24
Recent Reviews
  • P H Thomas
    Habitual listener
    The team covers tons of stories that I never would have come across otherwise. It helps give me a more nuanced and comprehensive picture of Canada. Always insightful, engaging, and thought provoking. Love this new iteration of the project.
  • jashinato17
    Princess Delta Dawn
    Loved the Princess Delta Dawn episode. Such a great story of a woman finding her indigeneity through wrestling. She was a very descriptive storyteller, so well reported.
  • flugeng
    Stellar Stories
    Great podcast for unique stories.
  • Boom360$
    Do ya have a half hour for a great story
    Then look no further, this is such a great podcast , a new heart warming or knowledge bringing story every week. Subscribe and download, you’ll never regret it
  • Crosstees
    The Doc Project
    Clear, short audio glimpses into people, places, or things that you've never known about or thought about. before. The documentarians are unintrusive yet nevetheless share in-depth views of their subjects with respect and enthusiasm. A thoroughly enjoyable was to shake the cobwebs out of your head!
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