CBC Podcasts + CBC News Podcasts

Deepfake porn is a billion-click industry built on stolen faces, while the people making it hide theirs behind screens. Hosted Sam Cole traces the decades-long rise of synthetic porn, the targets who are fighting back, and the global investigation that led to its Canadian kingpin.

2025

CREDIT: Lead Producer

CBC Podcasts + CBC News Podcasts

The modern internet didn’t break—it was broken on purpose. Host Cory Doctorow (of “enshittification” fame) traces the corporate deals and legislative choices that hollowed out the web, spotlights the people who tried to stop it, and offers billionaire-proof ideas for how to save it now.

2025

CREDIT: Lead Producer

CBC News Podcasts

They needed certainty. They got chaos.
Investigative journalists Jorge Barrera and Rachel Houlihan uncover how a DNA lab spent over a decade naming the wrong dads — shattering families, and leaving a trail of bad science at a lab that still hasn’t been shut down.

2024

CREDIT: Producer, Sound Designer

Canada’s National Observer

When wild salmon started dying off BC’s coast, whale researcher Alexandra Morton went looking for answers—and landed in a 20-year battle with government, industry, and spies. A story that starts with fish and ends with a fight for the truth. Named one of Apple Canada’s Best Podcasts of 2022.

2022

CREDIT: Story Editor

A 3-parts series from CBC’s The Doc Project

Shy theatre kid Trevor Campbell found freedom with a crew of anarchist theatre pirates, touring the world on a wooden tall ship. Then U.S. agents stormed the deck. Five years later, he’s back to reckon with the chaos—and the night he ran.

2020

CREDIT: Story Editor, Development Editor

CBC’s The Doc Project

Tom Howell bought a $50 towel that doesn’t dry you—won over by a charismatic poet-salesman. A musical love story, sort of, between a man and his towel. Finalist for the Skylarking Award at the 2019 Third Coast Audio Festival.

2019

CREDIT: Co-Creator, Story Editor, Host

Slate Magazine’s Decoder Ring

30 years ago, the Stanley Cup playoffs ignited a rumour that has been messing with Jane Macdougall’s life ever since.

2024

CREDIT: Host, Producer

CBC’s Storylines

Canada’s top sommelier is a maple syrup farmer. With his cowboy hat and a three-piece suit, he heads to Paris to take on the world’s best in wine service.

2023

CREDIT: Host, Producer

CBC’s The Doc Project

Craig Desson and Acey Rowe trace the complex, often absurd history of who’s claimed the unceded Kanienʼkehá:ka territory of Montreal—from Jacques Cartier to gambling monks—telling the story of five centuries of colonization through one condo.

2021

CREDIT: Co-Host, Story Editor

CBC’s The Doc Project

Danny Filippidis was on a ski trip in New York. Six days later, he turned up in California, with no memory of how he got there. A baffling true story of disappearance, amnesia, and trust.

2019

CREDIT: Host, Story Editor

CBC’s The Doc Project

Close your eyes and think of a horse. You can probably picture it pretty easily. Tom Ebeyer can't—he has Aphantasia, which means he has no mind’s eye. The inside of Tom’s mind tells a totally different story

2019

CREDIT: Co-Host, Producer

BBC’s The Documentary + CBC’s The Doc Project

When their lives are threatened, a lesbian couple use The Rainbow Railroad to get themselves to safety—and fast.

2019

CREDIT: Host, Producer

CREDIT: Lead Producer / Showrunner

Understood takes you deep inside the seismic shifts reshaping our world right now. From the rise of tech oligarchs, deepfake AI, and the broken promises of the internet — we explore the stories that define our digital age with hosts and characters embedded in the heart of the action.

2024 - PRESENT

CREDIT: Producer, Story Editor

CBC’s home for bold, surprising audio documentaries. Our work airs on The Current, Sunday Magazine, The House, What On Earth, and Storylines, and we team up with producers across the country to reflect Canada in all its complexity.

2022 - 2024

CREDIT: Creator, Producer / Showrunner

News, told narratively—from the award-winning team at the CBC Audio Doc Unit.

Each week, a journalist dives deep into one story that helps make sense of what’s happening in Canada. Sometimes it’s someone living out the headlines. Sometimes it’s a world you’ve never heard of. Always: real people, rich sound, and a fresh perspective.

2023 - 2024

CREDIT: Host, Producer, Story Editor

Hosted by Acey Rowe, The Doc Project was CBC’s beloved and critically acclaimed longform narrative show—a home for deep, character-driven storytelling. Heard by over a million each week, it aired on CBC Radio, select NPR stations, and internationally on podcast. The show featured documentaries, essays, and first-person stories that crisscrossed the country and captured life in all its complexity.

2016 - 2022

CREDIT: Story Editor

Cited Media’s award-winning documentary podcast about the politics of science and expertise. Experts shape our world—for better or worse. Behind every big story is a scientist, planner, policy wonk, or pseudo-intellectual whose ideas shaped the outcome. Cited digs into their hidden stories, revealing how power and expertise collide—and what that means for the rest of us.

2020

CREDIT: Associate Producer, Guest Host

CBC’s long-running, trailblazing storytelling show hosted by Sook-Yin Lee. Every Saturday, DNTO invited listeners to discover who we are—flawed, funny, and beautiful—one story at a time. With weekly themes and unforgettable characters, it became a Canadian cultural touchstone during its 20+ years on air. On Tuesdays, Your DNTO blended the best of the show with listener stories from across the country.

2013 - 2015