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John Nuttall and Amanda Korody are scraping by on welfare and methadone in a basement suite with John’s grandma, when they find themselves embroiled in a terrorist plot. A mysterious figure named Abe comes into their lives and introduces the couple to a shadowy world of global extremism. With Abe as their mentor and benefactor, John and Amanda hatch a plan to bomb a national holiday celebration using homemade pressure cooker devices. They have no idea that federal police are tracking their every move. Through nearly a hundred hours of surveillance footage and wiretaps, Pressure Cooker puts you in the middle of a sprawling anti-terror operation at the height of the War on Terror — one the courts will eventually call a “travesty of justice." For the best in true crime from CBC, ad-free, visit apple.co/cbctruecrime.

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Introducing: The Cult Queen of Canada from Uncover

2026/03/04

In The Cult Queen of Canada from CBC’s Uncover, a tiny Saskatchewan town faces a surreal crisis when a cult leader calling herself “The Queen of Canada” occupies an abandoned school. As neighbours turn on each other, a retired teacher leads resistance in a story about what happens when online extremism spills into the real world. Hosted by Rachel Browne. Crime. Investigation. Revelation. Uncover brings you explosive, high-caliber true crime year-round. From CIA mind control to serial abuse, mysterious disappearances to wrongful imprisonment. More episodes of The Cult Queen of Canada are available wherever you get your podcasts, and here: https://link.mgln.ai/CQOCxPC

Bonus: Finding Kaz

2023/01/10

A mystery lingers about what role Canada's spy agency may have played in John and Amanda's case. The puzzling character known as Kaz could be the key to solving that mystery.

Trapped

2022/09/26

John and Amanda piece together their shattered reality while facing a possible lifetime in prison. As the full picture of Project Souvenir emerges in court, they start to wonder if the deception goes even deeper. For transcripts of this series, please visit: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/podcastnews/pressure-cooker-transcripts-listen-1.6563380

Ticking Time Bombs

2022/09/20

John and Amanda are losing their grip on reality, frustrating Abe and his shadowy accomplices. John has doubts and asks for spiritual guidance from an imam, but time is running out as zero hour approaches. For transcripts of this series, please visit: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/podcastnews/pressure-cooker-transcripts-listen-1.6563380

Point of No Return

2022/09/12

John and Amanda’s struggles with addiction complicate their fledgling plot. Will these oddballs be able to pull off an attack? Police spending escalates as Project Souvenir gets more elaborate by the day. For transcripts of this series, please visit: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/podcastnews/pressure-cooker-transcripts-listen-1.6563380

The Mysterious Uncle Abe

2022/09/05

Meet the misfit suspects behind the foiled attack. Learn how they fell down a rabbit hole of conspiracy, hate and terror. And how they crossed paths with a mysterious financier who pledged to fund their diabolical plot. For transcripts of this series, please visit: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/podcastnews/pressure-cooker-transcripts-listen-1.6563380

Project Souvenir

2022/09/05

Police intercept two homegrown – and very peculiar – extremists intent on murder and mayhem at a national holiday festival. Pressure cooker bombs. Just like the Boston Marathon. But something about the official version of the story doesn’t add up. For transcripts of this series, please visit: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/podcastnews/pressure-cooker-transcripts-listen-1.6563380

Introducing: Pressure Cooker

2022/08/03

John and Amanda are outsiders. They’re devoted to Dungeons & Dragons, struggling with addiction and living on welfare when they find themselves at the centre of a sprawling terrorism investigation. Host Dan Pierce follows their wild journey in this five part series, launching September 5th. New episodes on Mondays with early access for CBC True Crime Premium subscribers.

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3.7 out of 5

184 reviews

★★★★★

Miss DeedeeMagadoodoo 2025/06/04

Good journalism

I find it so interesting people giving this podcast zero stars because they say “those terrorists got what they deserved.” That’s not the point of the...

★★★★★

JW543 2025/02/05

The one-star reviews tell you it’s good

Excellent

★★★★★

Ncllnn 2025/01/31

Huh

2 impressionable kids

★☆☆☆☆

Awesomenesslyamazing 2023/08/17

Nope

I didn’t like how the host wanted audience to empathize with 2 drug addicts that were racist and clearly wanted to commit a terrorist crime. Good for ...

★★★☆☆

BarbelBelle 2023/07/17

An Unlikable Subject Matter

5 stars for the production of the podcast. 0 stars for these two wannabe jihadists who belong in prison for the rest of their pathetic lives.

★★★★★

Neon Peebs 2023/07/06

Mmmm wow

Very well put together podcast. Balanced. John/Omar is still a scary dude. I’m with the guy who said at the end he (John) was okay with blowing people...

★☆☆☆☆

anniemm 2023/02/14

Sympathy for the devil

Hard to feel ANY sympathy for these two people. Not really an even hand in this podcast. They are the poster children for “don’t do drugs” wow. Don’t...

★★★★★

Emilyjane33 2023/01/25

Great podcast!

Enjoyed this story very much. Lots of research and informative. The host is a great storyteller and keeps you engaged. Only small point I would knock ...

★☆☆☆☆

theprocess1103 2022/11/30

Horrible

Not one mentioned of what anti semitic scum bags they both are from the hosts. Don’t waste your time with his garbage.

★★★★★

thegreenmama 2022/11/24

All the mystery of true crime with the best of investigative journalism

From the moment this series begins, we are right in the action of a story so fantastic that if it weren’t real, a listener would think it unbelievable...

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