CBC on Wednesday announced its new winter 2026 podcast slate, featuring new in-depth investigations in its original series Someone Knows Something, Understood and Uncover as well as a new weekly debrief on the biggest political stories unfolding in Washington, D.C.
Launching Jan. 14, Two Blocks from the White House will feature veteran CBC reporters Paul Hunter and Katie Simpson every Wednesday sitting down with their colleagues at CBC News’ Washington bureau to discuss the big stories in the U.S. capital and what they mean for Canada. CBC describes the podcast as “Unscripted, smart analysis from reporters with a foot in both countries, and a press pass to the White House.”
On Jan. 19, from the award-winning team behind the acclaimed series Hunting Warhead, comes a new investigation, Hunting the Suicide Salesman, which follows host Daemon Fairless as he focuses on another dark corner of the internet: suicide. This five-episode series examines the case of Kenneth Law, who is about to go on trial for 14 counts of first-degree murder after allegedly selling a toxic substance to buyers in Ontario who were members of an online suicide forum. Police around the world have connected Law to at least 110 more deaths in Canada, the U.K., the U.S., Australia and beyond, suggesting the current charges against Law are just the tip of the iceberg. “If convicted, he would be the first of a different kind of serial killer — one who never met his victims. But despite all of that, Law was just a small player in a much larger online ecosystem,” says a CBC description of the podcast series.
Sharing intimate first-person storytelling, CBC’s Personally podcast returns Feb. 10 with Creation Myth, an eight-episode series delving into the personal revelations of host Helena de Groot following her decision to not have children.
Launching Feb. 17, Understood returns with Mr. Deepfakes, a four-episode investigation hosted by journalist Sam Cole that goes beyond the headlines to trace the rise of the deepfake porn industry, the victims fighting back, and the global investigation that led to its Canadian kingpin.
Investigative series Uncover continues Feb. 23 with The Cult Queen of Canada, exposing the untold decades of turmoil in the rural town of Richmound, Sask., and the trail of destruction brought about by the self-proclaimed “Queen of Canada”, Romana Didulo, who is a key figure of the country’s QAnon scene. Hosted by award-winning investigative journalist Rachel Browne, this six-episode series follows Shauna Sehn, ringleader of the town’s anti-cult movement, and Melinda Fischer, a local busybody who becomes the cult’s “Minister of International Affairs”.
Launching March 9, Season 10 of investigative series Someone Knows Something follows host David Ridgen as he ventures to Central America to investigate the mysterious disappearance of Jaclyn Ferland-Smith, a Canadian woman living in Costa Rica, in the new six-episode series Someone Knows Something: Ferland.
CBC podcasts can be found on CBC Listen and everywhere podcasts are available. Select titles can also be streamed on YouTube.
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