{"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":"Screwworm outbreak; FIFA under fire; Hegseth's warning to Europe","slug":"screwworm-outbreak-fifa-under-fire-hegseth-s-warning-to-europe","published_at":"2026-06-07T01:04:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/global-national-with-dawna-friesen-7132668/screwworm-outbreak-fifa-under-fire-hegseth-s-warning-to-europe","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/global-national-with-dawna-friesen-7132668","url":"https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/CORU8530450312.mp3","audio_url":"https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/CORU8530450312.mp3","summary":"Nathaniel Dove reports on how Canada is temporarily banning livestock imports from Texas after the discovery of New World screwworm, a rare flesh-eating parasite. Sarah MacDonald explains how FIFA is being criticized of overreaching. Reggie Cecchini reports on the latest round of attacks launched by the U.S. and Iran despite a ceasefire. Jeff Semple tells you about U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth's warning that Europe faces an \"invasion\" of \"dangerous ideologies.\" Redmond Shannon reports on the anger in Albania over a luxury resort development linked to Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of U.S. President Donald Trump. Heidi Petracek reports on how Canadian climate researchers are sounding the alarm after the U.S. dismantled a network of deep sea monitoring tools. Dan Spector explains how former Montreal Canadien player Claude Lemieux's suicide is renewing focus on chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a degenerative brain disease linked to repeated head injuries. And Lexy Benedict reports on the inspiring partnership between tennis superstar Serena Williams and rising Canadian athlete Vicky Mboko. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices","meta_description":"Nathaniel Dove reports on how Canada is temporarily banning livestock imports from Texas after the discovery of New World screwworm, a rare flesh-eating p…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1598,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/global-national-with-dawna-friesen-7132668/episodes/screwworm-outbreak-fifa-under-fire-hegseth-s-warning-to-europe/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/screwworm-outbreak-fifa-under-fire-hegseth-s-warning-to-europe.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}