Podcast
Back Story
Hosted by CBC · EN
CBC News correspondents take you behind the scenes as they cover the biggest events around the world. Personal stories from our reporters who were there while the story was breaking.
11episodes
Episodes
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Introducing: Recall: How to Start a Revolution
Sep 8, 202000:32:19Tap to summarizeThe 1950s & 60s saw a wave of radical movements. Che Guevara and the Cuban Revolution. The Black Panthers. Quebec and Canada had the FLQ — a showdown that dissolved into crisis. By October 1970, there were soldiers in the streets, communities on edge, kidnapping and terror in the headlines. But those frightening weeks were just the crescendo of a wave of terror and violence that was nearly a decade in the making. This series will reveal the stories of that time through immersive storytelling and the people who lived it: the bomb disposal expert on defusing live explosives, the survivors of terror, their families, and the radicals themselves. More episodes are available at http://hyperurl.co/recallcbc
Transcribe →Secrets in Sport: Mark Tewksbury and the 1992 Olympics
Jul 29, 201600:18:10Tap to summarizeMark Tewksbury on gold medals and gay athletes.
Transcribe →From Tragedy to Champion: Chantal Petitclerc and the 2008 Paralympics
Jul 22, 201600:14:55Tap to summarizeFrom a childhood accident to a Paralympic champion, and one of Canada's most decorated athletes.
Transcribe →Inside the Munich Massacre: Byron MacDonald and the 1972 Olympics
Jul 4, 201600:13:40Tap to summarizeInside the Munich Massacre and one of the worst terrorist attacks in Olympic history.
Transcribe →ICYMI: Keith Boag: Tear Gas and "The Talk". Ferguson 2014
Jun 17, 201600:11:12Tap to summarizeKeith Boag is there as tempers flare and tear gas flies in Ferguson, Missouri over the killing of an unarmed black teenager.
Transcribe →Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee: Mark Lee and Muhammad Ali, 1987.
Jun 6, 201600:17:35Tap to summarizeThe champ. The great one. Mark Lee's Back Story on his exclusive interview with Muhammad Ali.
Transcribe →The Stolen Game: Karina LeBlanc, Soccer and the 2012 Olympics
Apr 27, 201600:15:08Tap to summarizeHeartbreak, a questionable call and what some call a stolen game. Canada's longest serving female soccer player takes you back to the field and the London 2012 Olympics.
Transcribe →ICYMI: Cremations and Car Batteries. Adrienne Arsenault, Nepal 2015
Apr 26, 201600:18:02Tap to summarizeAdrienne Arsenault travels to Nepal in the wake of the worst earthquake that country has seen in more than 80 years.
Transcribe →From hero to zero in 9.79 seconds: Scott Russell and the 1988 Seoul Olympics
Feb 4, 201600:14:54Tap to summarizeScott Russell's Back Story on the Ben Johnson doping scandal and the dirtiest race in history.
Transcribe →The boy on the beach: Gillian Findlay, 2015
Jan 10, 201600:13:34Tap to summarizeThe photo seen around the world, and the family left mourning. From Istanbul, Gillian Findlay's Back Story "The boy on the beach".
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