The most downloaded CBC Podcasts of 2022
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CBC is a global leader in high quality audio storytelling. In November 2022 in Podnews, we proudly shared our top 20 most downloaded podcasts of the year. Thanks for listening - check out @cbcpodcasts for more!
 | Number #20 is: True Dating Stories Sometimes cupid is stupid. These messy, hilarious and unbelievable dating stories — told by the people who lived them — are guaranteed to make you feel better about your own love life. |
 | Number #19 is: Tai Asks Why Tai Poole won’t rest until he’s uncovered the mysteries of the universe, one probing question at a time. In this Webby-winning series, the 15-year-old talks to everyone from NASA scientists to stand-up comedians. |
 | Number #18 is: Buffy For 60 years Buffy Sainte-Marie’s music has reverberated throughout pop culture, providing a touchstone for Indigenous resistance. Mohawk and Tuscarora writer Falen Johnson explores how Buffy’s life is essential to understanding Indigenous resilience. |
 | Number #17 is: The Village: The Montreal Murders The third season of this award-winning series transports listeners to an HIV/AIDS ravaged 1990s Montreal, where a group of queer activists come together to fight for their rights — and their lives. |
 | Number #16 is: Sorry About the Kid “Sorry About The Kid is only four episodes long, but it doesn’t need very much to make a lacerating impression,” says Nick Quah for Vulture. This series is an intimate, emotional exploration of memory, family and grief. |
 | Number #15 is: Let’s Make a Sci-Fi > “Three comedians try to write an earnest sci-fi script together while making a podcast documenting their efforts,” writes Nick Quah in Vulture’s ‘Best Podcasts of 2022,’ describing the show as “fun,” “lovely” and “special.” |
 | Number #14 is: Pressure Cooker “You’ll be a fly on the wall listening to unbelievable conversations between two dimwits trying to carry out their deadly plan, and the police who seem to be coercing them into doing it.” - Lauren Passell, Lifehacker |
 | Number #13 is: The Kill List When human rights activist Karima Baloch is found drowned off the shores of Toronto, an investigation into her mysterious death leads all the way back to Pakistan, the country she had recently fled. This is the story a powerful state doesn’t want you to know. |
 | Number #12 is: Nothing is Foreign Your weekly trip around the world. Local voices take you behind the headlines, offering personal perspectives on global news. |
 | Number We're pausing our countdown to introduce Run, Hide, Repeat - a new series hosted by best-selling author Pauline Dakin, about her childhood on the run. This mind-bending five-part memoir will leave you questioning what’s real, and who you can trust. |
 | Number #11 is: The Outlaw Ocean Pulitzer-Prize-winner Ian Urbina spent over eight years reporting at sea. His 7-part investigative series explores the gritty and lawless realm rarely seen. "Ian’s not relying on research," says critic Lauren Passell. "He was there ... and Outlaw Ocean makes you feel like you’re there, too. |
 | Number #10 is: Pop Chat Why are people mad at Drake? Does this season of The Crown go too far? Every Wednesday host Elamin Abdelmahmoud is joined by Kevin Fallon and Amil Niazi to dissect and debate the biggest pop culture stories of the week |
 | Number #9 is: The Dose A weekly look at the health news that matters to you. Bestselling author and practicing ER doctor Brian Goldman pulls back the curtain on healthcare, talking to top experts in plain language. |
 | Number #8 is: The Secret Life of Canada A podcast about the beautiful, terrible and weird histories of the 'Great White North'. 'The truth behind the boy in the picture' investigates one of the most referenced images connected to Canada's Residential School system. It's an episode worth listening to, no matter where you call home. |
 | From CBC Podcasts #7 is: Covid lockdown didn't stop Someone Knows Something host David Ridgen from following up on unsolved cases. In The Next Call, Ridgen takes his investigations onto the telephone - dialing victim's family members, police and eye-witnesses in a methodical search for answers. 'You won't be able to turn it off,' warns Cosmo. |
 | Number #6 is: Welcome to Paradise When she was young, Journalist Anna Maria Tremonti married a man who beat her. Working with her therapist, she reveals the intimate details of a dark and secret past. The result is a profoundly intimate portrait of a powerful woman confronting the source of tremendous trauma and freeing herself from a life-long sense of shame. |
 | Number #5 is: Sickboy Laughter is the best medicine, right? Join co-hosts Jeremie, Brian and Taylor for illuminating, insightful and hilarious conversations about what it’s like to be sick with the people who experience it firsthand. |
 | Number #4 is: Kuper Island An investigative series about one of Canada’s most notorious residential schools – where unsolved deaths, abuse, and lies haunt the community and the survivors to this day. Hosted by Duncan McCue. |
 | Number #3 is: Someone Knows Something was recently named one of the best true crime podcasts of all time by Rolling Stone. In its most recent season, The Abortion Wars, host David Ridgen digs into the murder of a New York doctor killed for performing abortions. |
 | Number #2 is: Uncover. Our award-winning true crime umbrella brings you deep into a new investigation each season, with a host deeply connected. Get exclusive access to the heart of the story. |
 | Number #1 is: Front Burner. Canada’s essential daily news podcast. We take you deep into the stories shaping Canada and the world. Hosted by Jayme Poisson. |