{"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":"Liberals' labour code plans; Trump bans press; Japan's centenarian milestone","slug":"liberals-labour-code-plans-trump-bans-press-japan-s-centenarian-milestone","published_at":"2026-09-20T01:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/global-national-with-dawna-friesen-7132668/liberals-labour-code-plans-trump-bans-press-japan-s-centenarian-milestone","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/global-national-with-dawna-friesen-7132668","url":"https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/CORU8288014287.mp3","audio_url":"https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/CORU8288014287.mp3","summary":"The governing Liberals are looking into possible changes to Canada's labour code, on the second day of their caucus retreat. What that could mean for striking labour unions in the future. Plus, U.S. President Donald Trump bans three major news outlets in his latest attack on press freedoms. And what we can learn from Japan as it hits a milestone in the number of people there living past 100. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"The governing Liberals are looking into possible changes to Canada's labour code, on the second day of their caucus retreat. What that could mean for stri…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1588,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/global-national-with-dawna-friesen-7132668/episodes/liberals-labour-code-plans-trump-bans-press-japan-s-centenarian-milestone/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/liberals-labour-code-plans-trump-bans-press-japan-s-centenarian-milestone.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}