{"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":525,"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":"2026-06-17T06:18:49.668130+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/global-national-with-dawna-friesen-7132668"},"episode":{"title":"Protecting young Canadians from social media, AI; World class ripoff?","slug":"protecting-young-canadians-from-social-media-ai-world-class-ripoff","published_at":"2026-06-11T01:22:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/global-national-with-dawna-friesen-7132668/protecting-young-canadians-from-social-media-ai-world-class-ripoff","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/global-national-with-dawna-friesen-7132668","url":"https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/CORU6066302774.mp3","audio_url":"https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/CORU6066302774.mp3","summary":"David Akin reports on Ottawa's new legislation aimed at protecting young Canadians from social media and artificial intelligence chatbots. Mackenize Gray explains why the Russian government is threatening Canada over a drone deal. Melissa Ridgen looks at how Manitobans are mopping up after a ferocious storm system swept through parts of the province last night. And Vasilios Bellos explains how the severe weather only added to the misery of people in the Swan River area, where heavy rain earlier this week triggered catastrophic flooding. Redmond Shannon is in Belfast, Northern Ireland tonight, where tensions are rising after a brutal attack triggered violent anti-immigration riots. Jackson Proskow reports on the stalemate in the Middle East war, and the vows to continue the attacks. Heather Yourex-West explains why country music star Corb Lund is trying to get one more question on this fall's referendum ballot in Alberta. Plus, the ugly side of the beautiful game: Eric Sorensen looks at the multiple controversies FIFA is facing ahead of the World Cup. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"David Akin reports on Ottawa's new legislation aimed at protecting young Canadians from social media and artificial intelligence chatbots. Mackenize Gray…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1597,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/global-national-with-dawna-friesen-7132668/episodes/protecting-young-canadians-from-social-media-ai-world-class-ripoff/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/protecting-young-canadians-from-social-media-ai-world-class-ripoff.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}