Front Burner

CBC

Front Burner is a daily news podcast that takes you deep into the stories shaping Canada and the world. Each morning, from Monday to Friday, host Jayme Poisson talks with the smartest people covering the biggest stories to help you understand what’s going on.

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Front Burner

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Yesterday The Rise of ‘Looksmaxxing’
Tuesday Will AI agents take over the workplace?
Monday The mother of all questions: do you want kids?

Front Burner

Feb 18, 2026
37½ minutes
34 MB

Looksmaxxers are a community of young men dedicated to the pursuit of maximizing their physical appearance, often at great personal cost. Many are spending thousands of dollars on cosmetic procedures, or even taking blunt objects to their faces, in the hopes of masculinizing their features to become more handsome. Or, as they refer to it: “ascending.” In a world where so many young people — particularly young men — feel as though it’s impossible to get ahead, we’ve got a conversation about this viral community augmenting their bodies in the hopes of doing exactly that. ...

Front Burner

The Rise of ‘Looksmaxxing’

CBC

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