{"podcast":{"title":"Global National with Dawna Friesen","slug":"global-national-with-dawna-friesen-7132668","podcast_index_feed_id":7132668,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/CORU9124156119","website_url":"https://globalnews.ca/national/program/global-national","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/26aa1630-fb66-11ee-8eca-bf7d55bb5736/image/25f40f26447774912de7c67993c41b92.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Global News","episode_count":625,"summary":"Global National with Dawna Friesen is Canada’s evening national news podcast, and provides a distinctive voice and approach to the day’s top stories. Following its mission statement of “Story is everything,” the Global National team provides Canadians with in-depth analysis and perspective on important national and international events, connecting with audiences coast-to-coast, bringing clarity to the issues and news of the day. Global National has news bureaus and correspondents in every major Canadian city, as well as Washington and London. The multiple award-winning Global National has been voted Best Newscast by the Radio and Television News Directors Association (RTNDA) of Canada and by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television (the Canadian Screen Awards).","last_synced_at":"2026-09-25T12:23:40.412498+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/global-national-with-dawna-friesen-7132668"},"episode":{"title":"Fired up over wildfires; Bridging the gap; Messi vs. Yamal","slug":"fired-up-over-wildfires-bridging-the-gap-messi-vs-yamal","published_at":"2026-07-17T01:01:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/global-national-with-dawna-friesen-7132668/fired-up-over-wildfires-bridging-the-gap-messi-vs-yamal","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/global-national-with-dawna-friesen-7132668","url":"https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/CORU8221652111.mp3","audio_url":"https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/CORU8221652111.mp3","summary":"Northern Ontario's raging wildfires have some residents fired up. Vasilios Bellos reports from Thunder Bay and hears from angry people who fled the flames and say they had no help. And Eric Sorensen looks at the complaints Ontario failed to plan for the forest fire season. Mackenzie Gray looks at the concessions Canada is making to get the Gordie Howe International Bridge open. Redmond Shannon explains why Ukraine turfed its defence minister, and why that's ignited protests. Plus, it's the soccer master versus the prodigy. Mike Armstrong reports on a matchup for the ages between Argentina soccer legend Lionel Messi and Spain's Lamine Yamal, and how the pair met 19 years ago, when Yamal was just a baby. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"Northern Ontario's raging wildfires have some residents fired up. Vasilios Bellos reports from Thunder Bay and hears from angry people who fled the flames…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1592,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/global-national-with-dawna-friesen-7132668/episodes/fired-up-over-wildfires-bridging-the-gap-messi-vs-yamal/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/global-national-with-dawna-friesen-7132668/fired-up-over-wildfires-bridging-the-gap-messi-vs-yamal.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}