May 5, 2022 – CBC, Canada’s public broadcaster and #1 Canadian podcast publisher, today shared details
of its podcast slate for Spring/Summer 2022. The upcoming lineup features several all-new series
including KUPER ISLAND, a powerful examination of the dark history of the notorious Kuper Island
Residential School and its abuse of Indigenous children; and the timely return of the award-winning
investigative series SOMEONE KNOWS SOMETHING: THE ABORTION WARS. CBC’s entire podcast
collection can be found on CBC Listen and everywhere podcasts are available.
CBC’s Spring/Summer 2022 podcast releases are listed below in order of their premiere dates.
KUPER ISLAND – Launching Tuesday, May 17
Long after the Kuper Island Residential School was torn down, the survivors remain haunted by what
happened there. In this eight-part series, investigative journalist Duncan McCue exposes undisclosed
police investigations, confronts perpetrators of abuse, and witnesses a community trying to rebuild on
top of the old school’s ruins and the unmarked graves of Indigenous children.
“When the former chief of Penelakut first told me how her community has grappled with the restless
spirits of children ever since the Kuper Island Residential School closed, I knew it was a story more
people needed to hear,” said McCue. “I wanted to go beyond the cold, hard numbers of unmarked
graves, to help people understand the deaths of children at a residential school aren’t a thing of the past.
These tragic deaths travel like ripples over water, touching generations. These were children who were
loved and had dreams – and their loss still impacts Indigenous lives today.”
SOMEONE KNOWS SOMETHING: THE ABORTION WARS – Launching Wednesday, May 25
Following a two year hiatus due to the pandemic, the top-rated investigative series SOMEONE KNOWS
SOMETHING returns for its eagerly awaited seventh season. This time, host David Ridgen teams up with
investigative journalist Amanda Robb to dig into the 1998 murder of Robb’s uncle, a New York doctor
killed for performing abortions. They uncover a network of anti-abortion activists linked to violence in
North America and Europe. Twenty years later, with Roe v. Wade in the headlines, they ask “could more
violence be on the horizon?” Listen to the trailer here.
THE VILLAGE: THE MONTREAL MURDERS – Launching Tuesday, June 7
As more and more gay men are found murdered in 1990s Montreal, the city reckons with both the AIDS
crisis and a possible serial killer. Faced with police indifference, despite mounting evidence, a group of
activists takes matters into their own hands. This seven-part series, hosted by journalist Francis Plourde,
explores the birth of a movement and the slow march toward justice. In a unique first, podcast
production teams from CBC and Radio-Canada joined forces to tell the same story in English and French.
Radio-Canada’s sister podcast Le Village : meurtres, combats, fierté hosted by Marie-Eve Tremblay also
launches June 7 exclusively on Radio-Canada OHdio.
BUFFY – Launching Tuesday, June 21
Buffy Sainte-Marie is one of the most prolific singer-songwriters of the past century and her music has
quietly reverberated throughout pop culture and provided a soundtrack for Indigenous resistance for the
last 60 years. In this five-part series, Mohawk and Tuscarora writer Falen Johnson (co-host of Secret Life
of Canada) explores how Buffy’s life and legacy is essential to understanding Indigenous resilience.
THE KILL LIST – Launching Tuesday, July 12
When the body of human rights activist Karima Baloch is found off the shores of Toronto, an
investigation into her mysterious death leads all the way back to Pakistan, the country she had previously
fled. In this six-part series, host Mary Lynk explores the rampant abductions and killings of dissidents in
Pakistan, the dangers that follow those who flee to the West, and a terrifying intelligence agency with
tentacles around the globe. How did Karima die? And would Pakistan really carry out an assassination far
beyond its borders? This is a story that a powerful state doesn’t want to be told.
From Canada’s public broadcaster, CBC Podcasts is a richly diverse collection of award-winning podcasts
that engage, enlighten and entertain. CBC is the #1 Canadian podcast publisher, reaching more listeners
worldwide than any other Canadian podcast publisher with millions of downloads each month and more
than 40 series in genres such as true crime, comedy, human interest and audio fiction.
