Day 6
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Day 6
Get caught up on the week without ruining your weekend. Host Brent Bambury delivers an energetic mix of must-hear stories carefully chosen to keep you in the loop and keep you guessing. Ready when you are on Saturday mornings. And heads up — there will be a quiz.
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How Silicon Valley soured on democracy and embraced authoritarianism
In his forthcoming book The Nerd Reich Gil Duran explains why tech billionaires have soured on democracy, how deeply they are rooted in contemporary p...
Gah-Ning Tang reflects on a lifelong friendship with Robert Munsch and his book that bears her name
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This Vancouver chef turns food waste into fresh meals for people in need
Chef, T.J. Conwi grew up in a household where food was sometimes scarce. So when he began to understand how much perfectly good food gets thrown out b...
Will new legislation finally deal with sexual deepfakes?
Ottawa has introduced changes to the criminal code meant to address gendered digital harm. Experts say there's still work to be done.
Where does the conflict between the U.S. and Venezuela go from here?
A view from Venezuela as tensions climb
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Fans are being priced out of the first Men's World Cup in Canada
A soccer fan explains why it was easier, and possibly cheaper, to travel to the World Cup in Qatar than to get tickets for this year's event in Canada...
Jeffrey Epstein's ties to spies, arms and money laundering
The Nation's Jeet Heer says Epstein built an influential global network fit for a warlord.
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Why are Canadian weapons fueling Sudan's civil war?
PLUS: A better way to run a U.N. climate conference; Why pro sports can't quit prop bets; Why more Canadians are facing rising debt and delinquency ra...
Does the generational budget really help all generations?
PLUS: The case for government-run grocery stores; the decline of 24 Sussex; mass killings in Sudan; the Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald; and Riffed fro...
Will Trump's trade war tank Canada's auto sector?
PLUS: The Blue Jays bet on themselves; Intensifying tropical storms; Why women face more discrimination working in person; Building boundaries in your...
New social media app Sora is an AI slop funhouse mirror
PLUS: Who killed the Montreal Expos?; Frustration at the polls for Albertans; More aid needed for Gaza; Prince Andrew as a Royal liability; and Riffed...
30 belugas could be euthanized as solution stalls
PLUS: South Park is having a moment; Thomas Pynchon's timely new novel; stemming loneliness with kindness; and the life of legendary actor John Candy.
Why planned obsolescence is everywhere and how to fight back
PLUS: Gazan-Canadians face a web of emotions as a shaky ceasefire holds; How Canada could become a leader in critical minerals; Renowned countertenor...
How tech billionaire and Trump backer Larry Ellison is building a media and data empire
PLUS: Struggle meals and food insecurity; America, What The Hell?; why residential school denialism endures; former Love is Blind contestant Nick Thom...
From Kukly to Kimmel: Why authoritarians fear satire
PLUS: The Neighbours Downstairs; what Meta's smart glasses mean for privacy; how to do data literacy better; Gah-Ning Tang reflects on her life-long c...
After Charlie Kirk's killing, Trump vows retaliation against an enemy he gets to define
PLUS: The rise of techno-nihilism; a Rabbi in Halifax responds to an outburst of antisemitic graffiti; do we really need protein in everything?; how t...
Rising white nationalism: What a brazen weekend rally revealed about the far-right in Canada
PLUS: Your brain on period dramas; polling Israelis about Netanyahu, Palestinians and prospects for peace; what we still get wrong about treating obes...
How an ostrich farm in B.C. became a talking point for convoy protesters, far-right influencers and Dr. Oz
PLUS: International students in limbo with fewer pathways to Canadian residency; the best of the Fall TV season's new shows; an Israeli Holocaust scho...
Is the AI boom turning into a bubble? And would ChatGPT tell us if it was?
PLUS: Chasing productivity and happiness in a time of return-to-the office orders; Palestinian-Canadians say a program meant to help bring family to C...
How gender bias normalizes unpaid work in the airline sector
PLUS: What happens when AI infiltrates job search and hiring; Bruce Springsteen's Born To Run at 50; how the Y2K era broke people's faith in the futur...
Artists are leaving Spotify over ethical concerns, but where do they go next?
PLUS: Why 18-year-old soccer phenomenon Lamine Yamal is worth the hype; taking stock of a banner year for summer movies; a documentary chronicles a ye...
A former chief medical officer of health says Alberta's new COVID-19 vaccine policy is misguided
PLUS: Prolonged use of AI chatbots may be fuelling delusions among users; son of an Israeli-Canadian peace activist killed on Oct 7 discusses balancin...
How an anti-porn lobby on payment processors censored thousands of video games
PLUS: Canada among countries set to recognize a Palestinian state in September; why gondolas have a real place in public transit; Saskatchewan actor G...
Why Jubilee's viral political debate video series is rubbing people the wrong way
PLUS: Fallout from the Hockey Canada sexual assault trial; how to enjoy a movie in the age of strategic spoilers; Penelope Spheeris remembers Ozzy Osb...
Wildfires across Canada are taking a toll on the tourism industry
PLUS: What 'Crypto Week' means for Canada's financial system; why Clueless endures 30 years after its release; Guy Delisle delivers a comic about pion...
A shocking arrest in Quebec sounds the alarm about extremism in the Canadian military
PLUS: The return of BTS; a musical about Luigi Mangione, the man accused of killing a health insurance CEO; the Jurassic Park scripts that never made...
Aid sites in Gaza 'the antithesis of humanitarianism' says Israeli researcher
PLUS: People looking for that perfect match are leaning on AI to pick and win over a partner; a new dystopian film about a mixed Black-Indigenous fami...
How the Israel-Iran war has changed geopolitical dynamics in the region
PLUS: Why some people just have it — the role of charisma in politics; we delve into a new star-studded, post-apocalyptic video game and examine wheth...
A hacker group is wreaking havoc on Iran's financial system. So who is Predatory Sparrow?
PLUS: Laurie Kilmartin answers our questions for America, What The Hell?; why accessibility gains in video gaming are being rolled back; exercise regi...
No Kings protests and a military parade offer a split-screen view of American politics
PLUS: A Latino Angelino on the crackdown in LA; remembering pop-funk icon Sly Stone; what's behind a global shortage of hormone replacement therapy; a...
Inside the battlefield training camp where foreign gamers learn to fly drones for the Ukrainian military
PLUS: La Ronge, SK, loses a landmark in Robertson's Trading Post; a push to return Pride to its activist roots; the people campaigning to restrict boo...
As Canada's EV sector stumbles, the case for opening the door to Chinese-made vehicles
PLUS: How royal tour artists sketch what cameras can't capture; a new movie about tech billionaires from the creator of Succession; TikTok hygiene exp...
How an AI-generated summer reading list of mostly fake books made its way into the print edition of a long-running newspaper
PLUS: The neighbours downstairs and the meaning of habeas corpus; Mahmoud Khalil's lawyer says his case is about free speech, not immigration status;...
How a new breed of 'news influencers' is monetizing spectacle and changing the media landscape
PLUS: Save The Children says time is running out to prevent famine in Gaza; the new animated series Super Team Canada; a new NFB short about the bond...
From bread and circuses to flood the zone: How Donald Trump thrives in chaos
PLUS: America, What The Hell?; the junior hockey sexual assault trial; how drones became Ukraine's insurance policy against wavering U.S. support; a f...
How decades of housing shortages have kept young people from living independently
PLUS: Canada's post-election challenges; a Filipino-Canadian writer reflects on the Lapu-Lapu festival tragedy; how tariffs threaten to upend the supp...
U.S. Border Patrol's social media posts are a warning to undocumented immigrants
PLUS: Why the recapture of Sudan's capital brings little relief to a humanitarian crisis; a fellow Jesuit on his personal connection to Pope Francis;...
As Mark Zuckerberg takes the stand, a series of antitrust challenges is threatening to reshape big tech
PLUS: America, What the Hell?; the story of Elon Musk's conspiracy minded, politically radical, Canadian grandfather; a new documentary on the life an...
Two unions divided -- how Trump’s tariffs have caused a rift between Canadian and American auto workers
PLUS: What's Happening with The Neighbours Downstairs?; a doctor remembers her colleagues killed in Gaza; The Last of Us Season 2 is almost here; the...
How the mayor of Canada's most tariff-exposed city is navigating economic threats and perpetual uncertainty
PLUS: Our new series, America, What The Hell?; how Canadian science could benefit from the uncertainty rattling the U.S.; the backlash to AI-generated...