How increasingly powerful storms threaten to cut off Nova Scotia from the rest of Canada; a new Elon Musk biography reveals what drives a powerful and divisive man; what to watch this fall as the writers' and actors' strikes wear on; how ID apps gamified birding; how video games can be a tool for treating ADHD; and more.

How the idea of parents rights has reshaped the debate over LGBTQ inclusion in schools; do politicians' real estate investments shape housing policy?; Hollywood adds its touch to the GameStop vs. Wall Street story in Dumb Money; why 'girl dinner' and 'girl math' are taking over TikTok; former MPs say Parliament Hill is a 'nightmare' as a workplace; and more.

The history of Nazi SS fighters in Canada; how Walter Payton's son ended up capturing the viral video of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce; the action director behind the John Wick prequel, The Continental; Marvel visual effects workers vote to unionize and Disney VFX workers might be next; how the star of the Man From U.N.C.L.E. laid the groundwork for a Dr. Dre smash hit; what happened with Ukraine's spring counter-offensive; and more.

Sam Bankman-Fried goes on trial for alleged fraud at FTX; a Settlers of Catan-themed cookbook; recruiting doctors to small town Canada; why rent strikes are on the rise; why millennials and Gen Z are embracing cozy mysteries; a new graphic novel about the rise of the FLQ; and more.

Social media researchers say misinformation in the Israel-Hamas conflict will be more ubiquitous and more dangerous than past conflicts; an out gay hockey player says the NHL banning pride tape sends the wrong message; tensions rise as Ramona Didula, the self-described Queen of Canada, sets up residence in small-town Saskatchewan; how Bob’s Burgers has become a subtle ally of the neurodiverse community; a Trump-era play about young Christian conservatives wrestling with their own politics comes to Canada; and more.

How the fighting between Israel and Hamas could spiral into a regional conflict; why Ed Currie bred the world's hottest pepper then ate it whole; Jonathan Ore reviews Super Mario Bros. Wonder; meet the writer-director of the Indigenous horror-comedy series Tales From The Rez; Vinay Shukla delivers a damning indictment of Indian media with While We Watched; and more.

The reverberations of questioning Buffy Sainte-Marie's Indigenous heritage; the consequences of Israel's Gaza blockade; the foley artists who made the sounds for Saw X; why so many Hallmark Christmas movies are filmed in Canada; the case for treating intimate partner violence as an epidemic; and more.

A Palestinian aid worker focuses on saving his family after fleeing his home in the Jabalia refugee camp; how black market AI chatbots are making it easier for criminals to scam you; a BC nurse says the arrest of safe drug supply activists could make the overdose crisis worse; even Bluey isn't immune to the culture wars; Sportsnet’s Jamie Campbell offers advice on living with cancer and connecting with strangers; and more.

The son of a Canadian-Israeli activist believed to be held hostage in Gaza; how Calgary is transforming offices into apartments; the legacy of Arrested Development; Indigenous playwright Cliff Cardinal delivers a confrontational indictment of land acknowledgements; and more.

As the conflict in Gaza grinds on, it's fueling tension and violence in the West Bank; Canada and the U.S. brace for AI in election campaigns; Scott Pilgrim returns in a new anime series; reviewing Dolly Parton's new memoir and Babra Streisand's new autobiography; and more.

How a pro-Palestinian student union policy at McGill University wound up in court; Outkast founder André 3000's New Blue Sun; the wardrobe manager on KISS's final tour; A Christmas Story's improbable journey to beloved seasonal classic; the untold story of Beatles fixer Mal Evans; and more.

A climate journalist says it's OK to be skeptical about COP28; possible next steps for U.S. policymakers after a temporary ceasefire in Gaza; why London, Ont., is providing services to homeless encampments; younger soccer players look back on Christine Sinclair's legacy; and more.

How our food supply contributes to climate change; a Palestinian psychologist reckons with the trauma Gaza children face; the branding professionals who name nail polish and paint colours; Stuff You Should know podcast hosts revisit the gloriously awful 1978 Star Wars Holiday Special; Poor Things delivers a 'steampunk gender-flipped Frankenstein' story with a feminist bent; Ryan Reynolds finds comedy gold with a holiday fundraising video about sick kids behaving badly; and Riffed From The Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.

The consequences of not funding Ukraine's war against Russia; a researcher working on electric planes says battery-powered domestic flights are within reach; meet the actor-turned-psychotherapist who played Veruca Salt in the original Willy Wonka; Becky Toyne's guide to holiday book gifts in 2023; the origin story of White Christmas; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly news quiz.

Palestinian Christians prepare for a subdued Christmas in Bethlehem; an Edmonton theatre group stages Die Harsh: The Christmas Musical; the best under-the-radar video games of 2023; and the year in pop music.

This week, Day 6 serves up some of our favourite musical stories of the year. Tony King recounts his life serving and partying with the icons of 1960s and 70s rock; Kid Koala explains the theatrical alchemy of The Storyville Mosquito; music critic Melissa Vincent charts André 3000's progress from hip-hop icon with Outkast to ambient flautist on New Blue Sun; and wardrobe manager Rebecca Sevrin takes us backstage on Kiss' farewell tour.

Mickey Mouse's first week in the public domain got weird, fast; the researchers using satellites and radar to measure the destruction in Gaza; the future of Broadway as movie remakes and jukebox musicals threaten to take over; and democracy at risk as more than half the world goes to vote in 2024.

An engineer who stress tests phones weighs in on the iPhone that got sucked out of an airplane; what the Iowa Caucuses mean for the future of the Republican Party; Wet'suwet'en land defenders head to trial; the case for a climate disaster response organization modelled on the Red Cross; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly news quiz.

A new kind of climate change denialism has taken hold on YouTube; as temperatures plummet, tensions over access to housing are on the rise in Edmonton; why a Vancouver theatre festival canceled The Runner, a play about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict; a documentary maker wrestles with the consequences of her profession in the new podcast, Shocking, Heartbreaking, Transformative.

A fake message from Joe Biden appears to be an AI deepfake; how weather and climate change pose a threat to the Panama Canal; loud budgeting calls out the cost of keeping your personal finances to yourself; Mark Rothko's son curates one of the most comprehensive exhibits of his father's work; and our weekly news quiz, Riffed from the Headlines.

New documentary Israelism paints a portrait of young Jewish Americans increasingly alienated from Israel; why Twitter-X is full of fake celebrity photos trying to get you to click on cryptocurrency scams; as five professional hockey players face sexual assault charges, a hockey culture expert says there's still more work to be done; a deadly drone attack on U.S. soldiers highlights the end of America's monopoly on unmanned aerial attacks; why Suits was a streaming juggernaut in 2023; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.

PLUS: In Rafah, a displaced Palestinian runs out of room to keep fleeing Israeli attacks; the prop bets for all the Super Bowl speculation about Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce; the new documentary, I Will Survive, follows Gloria Gaynor's late life musical comeback; as Bob Dylan’s The Times They Are a-Changin' turns 60, the strange musical it inspired is still awful; how relaxed performances set the stage for accessibility at live events; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.

PLUS: As Canada's gig economy grows, workers push back; a romance bookstore owner embraces the fairy-driven frenzy of romantasy; international law scholar Philippe Sands says the ICC must do more to prosecute Russia's invasion of Ukraine; from Uncle Vanya to Henry Higgins, Canadian actor Tom Rooney is having a moment; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.

Canadian doctors bear witness to life in Rafah as aid dries up; what Beyoncé's chart-topping country song could mean for other Black country music artists; genealogical activist documents the missing histories of enslaved people in America; how a pop-up kitchen in Vancouver became a popular restaurant and a life-line for its Syrian refugee chefs; Canadian music legend Ron Sexsmith looks back on a remarkable career with a 60th birthday concert at Massey Hall; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.

PLUS: Bluey's season finale has left everyone wondering about the show's future; after 30 years the bus from Priscilla, Queen of the Desert has been found; a researcher worried no one would read her work on coral reefs, so she turned the data into music; how the year 1999 broke the music industry; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.

PLUS: How the Montreal Protocol helped avert an environmental crisis; families of Israeli hostages march for urgent action from their government; the scientist who created a mouse ICU to study the link between respiratory infections and dementia in older adults; reviewing Final Fantasy VII Rebirth; the Oscar-nominated documentary The Last Repair Shop affirms the life-changing power of music; and our weekly news quiz, Riffed from the Headlines.

Caitlin Clark is breaking basketball records and bringing huge audiences to women’s sports; how anti-vax activists used the pandemic to get richer and more powerful; YouTube drag queen star Kyne Santos teaches math to show people how to see the world differently; a payphone turned art installation connects people to the birds that surround them; Oscar-nominated short doc the ABCs of Book Banning; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.

PLUS: Politicians calling for a TikTok ban should first understand why it's so appealing, says researcher; how the Toronto Law & Order spinoff's story of a crack-smoking mayor compares with covering Rob Ford; Girls5Eva creator Meredith Scardino parodies the 90s in song; Diné musician memorializes the Long Walk of the Navajo with a 4 year-long performance project; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.

PLUS: A local soup kitchen in Gaza helps people facing hunger and a looming famine; Amrit Kaur lands her first leading film role in The Queen of My Dreams, a multi-generational, queer, Bollywood-inspired coming-of-age story; the incredible story of Rose Dugdale, the English debutante who became a bombmaker for the IRA; the documentary As We Speak tracks what happens to justice when rap lyrics are considered admissible evidence in court; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz. 

PLUS: 10 Things I Hate About You turns 25; Naheed Nenshi shakes up Alberta politics; Hatsune Miku, the vocaloid, hologram and pop star poised to take on North America; how a retired couple from Idaho became among the best in the world at recovering the bodies of people who drown; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.

PLUS: How records of past eclipses help us understand human history; an unpopular Israeli government stares down growing international criticism and domestic protests; what Beyoncé's cover of Blackbird means to one of the Little Rock Nine; one of the few female crossword puzzle makers makes a case for diversifying the grid; a New York Times investigation reveals disturbing connections between child Instagram influencer accounts and self-described pedophiles; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.

PLUS: Maia Kobabe's graphic novel Gender Queer: A Memoir is the most challenged book in the United States; how China uses WeChat to undermine democracy around the world; Civil War imagines a United States at war with itself; a new documentary tells the story of Judee Sill, a celebrated folk-rock icon only now getting her due; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.

The climate is changing. So are we. On What On Earth, you’ll explore a world of solutions with host Laura Lynch and our team of journalists. In 1970, 20 million people showed up to fight for the environment on the first Earth Day. More than five decades later, is it time for this much tamer global event to return to its radical roots? OG organizer Denis Hayes recounts how – amidst other counterculture movements at the time – his team persuaded roughly one in ten Americans to take to the streets. As he approaches 80, Denis offers his singular piece of advice to the next generation of climate leaders. Then, environmental warriors Maria Blancas and Axcelle Campana share ideas on what a reinspired Earth Day could look like – including making it a public holiday.More episodes of What On Earth are available at: https://link.chtbl.com/PobYcvVYWe love to hear from our listeners and regularly feature them on the show. Have a question or idea? Email [email protected]

PLUS: the Taylor Swift shadow economy; tracking hate speech in India; T Cor Bor, a star system we only get to see once every 80 years; a cattle farmer breeding more energy efficient cows; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.

PLUS: Poet Gary Geddes on the anniversary of Kent State; how a Chinese restaurant in Toronto is benefitting from the Kendrick-Drake beef; how Baby Reindeer unleashed an online sleuthing nightmare; an exiled journalist explains why the Taliban's social media strategy is key to its rule; five pioneering Black ballerinas from a Harlem ballet school are reclaiming the spotlight more than 50 years later; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.

PLUS: The history of rap diss tracks; the stars of Dog Man The Musical; the life and legacy of pioneering Asian-American photographer Corky Lee; 2SLGBTQ+ activists aim for the largest rallies in a generation; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.

PLUS: Toronto's WNBA expansion signals a larger movement in women's pro sports; reviewing John Krasinski’s new star-studded movie IF; Logan Holladay, the stunt-driver who set a world record for cannon rolls in The Fall Guy; what we might learn about Banksy from his latest court case; and a Palestinian architect who curated an exhibit based on what his family lost in the Nakba.

PLUS: A trauma surgeon on what he witnessed at a hospital in Gaza; the lives altered by the overturning of Roe v Wade; a scientist trying to stop bird flu in its tracks; Andy Kim on 50 years of Rock Me Gently; an Indigenous community's plan to build homes, and a self-sustaining economy, out of hemp; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.

PLUS: a Palestinian journalist describes life in Gaza after fleeing Rafah; why clear red lines get fuzzy during a conflict; farewell to Angel Hernandez, baseball's most hated umpire; the heavily-armed environmentalists trying to save the Amazon; legendary British filmmaker Ken Loach caps a celebrated career with his final movie, The Old Oak; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.

PLUS: A photojournalist comes face-to-face with a great white shark off the coast of Nova Scotia; how smart tech is being used to facilitate intimate partner violence; coming out as trans at age 66; an Iraqi musician invents a new instrument after ISIS destroyed his collection; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.

PLUS: The hockey songs that pump up Oilers fans; an opera's quest to reclaim the legacy of Portia White; the Titan submersible warning signs that were ignored for years; the true crime podcast She Has A Name; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.

PLUS: A new documentary tells the origin story of the first Black Barbie; the son of the original Catan creator explains why he decided to tackle climate change in the game's newest edition; a photographer is developing an artist-friendly platform to fight back against AI scraping; Day 6 books columnist Becky Toyne shares her annual list of best summer reads; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.

PLUS: Artists and record labels are pushing back against AI music tools — but how good is the music they make?; How loon calls became a staple of pop music, from 808 State to Doja Cat; Volunteers for a BC-based search and rescue team are the stars of this documentary series; Amrit Kaur lands her first leading film role in the queer, Bollywood-inspired The Queen of My Dreams.

PLUS: What the latest U.S. Supreme Court ruling on presidential immunity says about the court and the country; Battling health misinformation on social media; Behind the anger on the Reddit Canada site; Canadian music legend Ron Sexsmith looks back on a remarkable career with a 60th birthday concert at Massey Hall.

<p>PLUS: 13 years. Six prime ministers. One cat. Larry’s term at 10 Downing; Tourists not welcome. The backlash against visitors at top travel spots; The US Justice department vs the Russian propaganda machine; How a pop-up kitchen in Vancouver became a popular restaurant — and a life-line for its Syrian refugee chefs; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.</p>

PLUS: The woman who pioneered serial killer profiling and laid the groundwork for the #MeToo movement; the Exploding Kittens empire expands to include a batty new animated series; translating Mavis Staples' music and activism into a children's book; and a repeat of Brent Bambury's 2016 conversation with Bob Newhart, about his beloved Chicago Cubs.

An Afghan-born athlete's complicated journey to the Olympic refugee team; Kamala Harris is brat, but can she turn a social media wave into a win in November?; Girls5Eva creator Meredith Scardino parodies the 90s in song; Palestinian American stand-up comic Sammy Obeid confronts Israel's siege on Gaza with comedy; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.

PLUS: How 'weird' became a major talking point in the U.S. presidential election campaign; Stars of The Blair Witch Project reflect on its complicated legacy 25 years later; Teen girl punk band The Linda Lindas are spending their summer vacation on tour with Green Day; Get ready for T Cor Bor, a star system we only get to see once every 80 years; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.

PLUS: A sports journalist reflects on her battle for gender equality; The unlikely connection between Snoop Dogg and a 60s hearththrob — and how the Canadian artistic swim team is getting in on the act; A network of volunteer investigators helps uncover the identities of Jane and John Does; How eating the world’s hottest chili pepper might make you throw up; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.

PLUS: Commanders of an Israeli military unit with a record of abuse are playing key roles in Gaza; how comedian Allison Reese perfected her Kamala Harris impression at just the right time; a retired Canadian wrestler's plans to bring back the glory days of Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling; The Umbrella Academy's oddly great dance sequences; writer Maia Kobabe on eir graphic novel Gender Queer and having the most challenged book in the U.S. for three years running; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.

PLUS: Writer and musician Allie Goertz uncovers the beauty in Nine In Nails' harshest songs; young female artists in China are finding empowerment in Nüshu, an ancient script practiced for centuries in secrecy; how paint buckets and loneliness helped create the Only Murders in the Building theme; after 30 years, the bus from Priscilla, Queen of the Desert has finally been found; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.

PLUS: Three years after the fall of Kabul, the Taliban cracks down even further on women in Afghanistan; video game actor Jennifer Hale says the labour dispute in gaming is a warning about the future of AI and work; more than 20 years after he was paralyzed by an an Israeli sniper, Fadi Deeb is carrying the Palestinian flag at the Paralympic Games; an economist makes the case for a limit on personal wealth and a world without billionaires; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.

PLUS: A handbook to help schools fight back against anti-trans activism; a review of Star Wars Outlaws; the Judy Garland Museum's bid to win back Dorothy's ruby slippers; Sook-Yin Lee on love, sex, intimacy and her new movie Paying For It; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.

PLUS: The Bibi Files premieres at TIFF; the man who voiced Darth Vader in the Ojibwe version of Star Wars; Underconsumption Core; former Runaways bassist Jackie Fox on her new board game Rock Hard 1977; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.

PLUS: A new podcast about two journalists and the January 6th supporters who moved in down the street; a Hattian immigration activist defending her community against racist conspiracy theories; leaked documents show the staggering extent of Russian interference in European politics; a lost Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan album finally sees the light of day; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.

PLUS: 1939, a play about a residential school performing Shakespeare, delivers comedy, pathos and an underlying sense of trauma; Zelda: Echoes of Wisdom finally lets you play as Zelda but does it deliver on the hype?; why we love baseball in 50 defining moments; the ballet choreographer bringing Indigenous storytelling to an international stage; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.

PLUS: A new NHL series shines a light on the league – and its relationship with Amazon; how Greenland sharks live up to 500 years and what that might mean for cancer research; how Gordon Lightfoot beat Janis Joplin to a #1 hit with Kris Kristofferson’s Me and Bobby McGee; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.

PLUS: How citizen-run mutual aid networks became the backbone of Sudan's humanitarian crisis response; an investigative reporter who spent decades covering the Menendez brothers says it's time to reexamine their convictions; film critic Dana Stevens makes the case for overly ambitious box office flops; Emily St. John Mandel reflects on Station Eleven, ten years after it's publication; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.

PLUS: What the debate over bubble tea says about cultural appropriation; Sugith Varughese reflects on 40 years as a Canadian actor of Indian descent; the 45th anniversary of The Specials and the legacy of 2 Tone Records; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz. 

Why ChatGPT might be a bigger threat to Google search than a landmark antitrust trial; remembering the high school student killed in an attack prosecuters say was motivated by anti-Muslim hate; Starfield is out and so is our review; the legacy of Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli; the Nyad biopic renews the debate over a polarizing marathon swimmer; and more.

A gender non-binary high school student thinks politicians need to listen to students first or risk putting them in danger when it comes to policies mandating parental consent in order for the use of a student's chosen name and pronouns; we explore how teachers facing subject bans can take lessons from classic hip-hop culture; getting rid of the 'smoke taint' in wine is actually really complicated; the Slinky is 80 and we look at the woman behind its success; Tony King, the legendary music promoter, describes working closely with John Lennon, Freddie Mercury and other rock royalty; and more.

A look at 'cascading hazards' stemming from this record-setting wildfire season; how platforms like Airbnb are making it harder to find an affordable place to rent; The Shark is Broken and the making of Jaws; and the Canadians with aspirations to be WWE wrestling stars.

How to create wildfire-resilient communities; why Taylor Swift's Eras Tour is better for a city's economy than hosting the FIFA World Cup; the great-grandson of Mahatma Gandhi on his family's legacy and India's future; using genetically modified mosquitoes to stop the spread of malaria; and the story of Brownie Wise, the woman who made Tupperware what it is today.

How extreme heat is impacting the work of abortion funds in states that have banned abortion, composer Siddhartha Khosla on how he wrote the music for Only Murders In The Building, and what K-Pop fans are doing to pressure the industry to reduce its plastic waste.

What the Oppenheimer movie gets right about the treat of nuclear war, the impact of period-proof gear at the Women's World Cup, Bruce Cockburn and Susan Aglukark on their new song, To Keep the World We Know, and more.

The U.S. Congress opens hearings on the truth about UFOs; the return of Neopets and the nostalgia it inspires; tracking Indigenous deaths connected to police interactions in BC; the discovery of the original Wilhelm Scream recordings; Emmett Till's cousin on the family's continuing quest for justice for his murder; and more.

The Barbiecore aesthetic is having a moment and it's not just the movie; how upstart YouTube shows Hot Ones and Chicken Shop Date are remaking the celebrity interview; Texas asylum seekers face harsh, and possibly illegal, treatment; Keith Ellison talks about leading the team that prosecuted George Floyd's killers; and more.

Jonah Hill and the weaponization of therapy-speak; Twisted Sister singer Dee Snider's journey from 80s hair metal to first-time novelist; the path to becoming a Ball Boy or Ball Girl at Wimbledon; Cree and Lakota playwright Cliff Cardinal takes on land acknowledgments and more.

Will the Online News Act work as intended even if big tech complies with it?; memeing Beatrix Potter to brush off hustle culture; a new musical based on an Indian classic; using AI in social science research and more.

A look at how hate groups are evolving after the 2022 convoy protests; Afrobeats for your Canada Day playlist; Formula 1 racing is reinventing itself as a sport for everyone; the connection between wildfires and future flood risk; Dolly Parton's songbook and more.

Canadian explorer Joe MacInnis reflects on the tragic end of the Titan submersible; food writer Corey Mintz says The Bear has a lot to say about the restaurant industry; Day 6 books columnist Becky Toyne leans into thrillers for the summer; after her son died by suicide, Kentucky state senator Karen Berg became an important voice against the growing wave of anti-trans legislation; and more.

The White House Gift Shop is once again sparking political outrage; the Ottawa Senators picked a logistician over Snoop Dogg and Ryan Reynolds; how wildfires can have a devastating, long-term impact on our water supply; why Reddit’s API pricing points towards a more expensive internet; how agony columns gave Victorians a coded escape from shame and repression; trans activist Fae Johnstone says hate won't stop her from celebrating Pride month; and more.

Why Canadians may need to become more familiar with smoke forecasts; how Tim Robinson’s sketch comedy I Think You Should Leave nails our always-angry moment; Saudi Arabia’s play for a presence in international sports; what Rowan Atkinson got wrong in his turn against electric vehicles; farewell to Blaseball, the deeply weird fantasy-baseball horror game that became a huge cult hit; Sharon Washington gets a Tony nomination for New York, New York; and more.

How climate change is threatening the accessibility of home insurance; Yogi Berra's granddaughter on the new documentary It Ain't Over; Pomegranate delivers a time traveling lesbian love story as a chamber opera; Robert LePage and Guillaume Côté merge dance and technology to celebrate NFB great Norman McLaren; and more.

Canada's reliance on California produce; why we love Succession's irredeemable cast of amoral backstabbers; New Brunswick reviews its policy on protecting LGBTQ students; a bid to rein in the use of non-disclosure agreements in federally funded institutions; how a staircase anchors an underground dystopian universe in the Apple TV + show Silo; and more.

The Arctic faces a climate change feedback loop; racism at the Canadian Human Rights Commission; a new documentary about Anna Nicole Smith; a Palestinian architect curates an exhibit based on what his family lost in the Nakba; former VJs recall the chaos and joy of making MuchMusic; and more.

What raging wildfires mean for the summer ahead in Alberta; Karl Subban, father to three former NHL players, calls for an end to sports betting ads; reviewing Zelda: Tears of The Kingdom; AI vocal impersonations and Canadian IP law; a writer's poetry prompts spur thousands to put words to complex emotions; the story of two Indigenous baseball players who faced off in the World Series; and more.

Why a nondescript block of sandstone plays an essential role in royal coronations; can the Oilers and Leafs deliver an all-Canadian Stanley Cup final?; as the volume of TV expands, writers say it's getting harder to make a living; correctional officers say drones delivering drugs are now a routine occurrence at federal prisons; how chess became the hottest game among teenagers; the rise and fall of Vice Media; and more.

Tucker Carlson's enduring influence after Fox News; escape from Khartoum amid clashes in Sudan; Jeff Sharlet celebrates Harry Belafonte's legacy; sargassum seaweed is coming for southern beaches; and more.

What drives the lucrative eel industry; mental health on Love Is Blind; Alexandra Petri re-imagines US history; why E. Jean Carroll's civil trial could harm Donald Trump; rebooting Dead Ringers; and more.

Leaked intelligence documents suggest a challenge for Ukraine's air defense; The Day 6 Twitter account's blue check mark says goodbye; how Brownie Wise turned Tupperware into to a business empire powered by women; activist investors question Scotiabank’s outsized investment in a controversial Israeli weapons company; new podcast helps people support the victims of gender-based violence; Mike Sacks remembers legendary MAD Magazine cartoonist Al Jaffee; and more.

Combating violence on public transit; Indigenous playwright Cliff Cardinal on why he hates land acknowledgments; MLB introduces new rules to make baseball faster and more action-packed; psychologist says role playing games like D&D can be a powerful tool in therapy; the changing meaning of status; and more.

For Syrian refugees, a devastating earthquake adds to an already precarious situation; Team Fluff looks to defend its championship in Puppy Bowl XIX; Roxham Road readies for an influx of asylum seekers as New York City offers free bus tickets to the border; as Titanic turns 25, writer Anne T. Donahue revists the blockbuster that shaped her preteen years; career coach Phoebe Gavin offers advice for 'lay-off proofing' your career; a new documentary on the legacy of legendary NBA star and civil rights activist, Bill Russell; and more.

How parents of sick kids are coping with the children's hospital crisis; what Mastodon could teach Twitter users about 'netizenship'; Bernice Carnegie's call to action for hockey; Lindsay Lohan's Falling for Christmas; and more.

There are more balloons floating over North America than you ever imagined and that's probably just fine; a comedian's advice for outgoing Toronto Mayor John Tory; Canada’s women’s soccer team plays on despite a bitter equity dispute; after a year of brutal fighting, there is still no end in sight for the conflict in Ukraine; Ethiopian-Canadian artist reimagines the Vancouver Canucks' warm-up jerseys for Black History Month; DJ Kid Koala's live multimedia show The Storyville Mosquito; and more

Indigenous groups say they must lead investigations into former residential school sites; that time Jimmy Carter helped contain a nuclear disaster in Chalk River, Ontario; the ever-growing buzz around the breakout Indian blockbuster RRR; can Hogwarts Legacy stand apart from J.K. Rowling?; how one entrepreneur became the go-to source for tracking tech sector layoffs; how Pentecostal Christianity is shaping global politics; and more.

As protests spread across China, citizens consider how far they can push Beijing; concerns of privatized health-care as a virtual pediatric care service shuts down; meet Jeremy Brown, one of the real-life Cornish fishermen who inspired the musical Fisherman's Friends; Dr. Nasser Mohamed, an exiled gay physician from Qatar, campaigns for LGBTQ rights; Canadian super-Swifties throw celebratory Taylor Swift dance parties; and more.

Meet the Ukranians trying to stop Russia's alleged abduction of Ukrainian children; the legacy of New Order's Blue Monday at 40; Indigenous communities take the lead on clean energy; Canadian brace for the impact of Xylazine in street drugs; how high-priced eye creams compare to regular moisturizers; how Canadian musician Kevin Hearn accidentally helped uncover the biggest art fraud in history; and more.

Facebook faces a $2 billion lawsuit over hate speech; Expanse co-author Ty Franck on the role of nuclear fusion in sci-fi universes and the real world; making sense of the connection between respiratory virus outbreaks and invasive Strep A bacterial infections; a theatre director's bid to bring British holiday 'pantos' to Canada; Israeli documentary Tantura confronts an alleged massacre in a Palestinian village; and more.

The allure of conspiracy theories and how to pull people back from the brink; fears of further COVID spread as Lunar New Year travel begins across China; acclaimed post-apocalyptic video game The Last Of Us gets the HBO treatment; Everyday Astronaut YouTuber Tim Dodd is going to the actual moon; a family doctor says the way we regulate his profession is driving general practitioners from the jobs they love; and more.

Connor Bedard's former coach says the World Junior hockey phenom is something special; how Buffalo is rallying together after Damar Hamlin's near death on the football field; how the bid to keep Prince Harry's memoir from leaking plays into the hype; seriously though, what exactly is Ozempic?; Toronto bartender mixes alcohol-free cocktails for Dry January and beyond; and more.

Itamar Ben-Gvir's journey from far-right extremist to political power-broker; why Vladimir Putin wanted bones of an 18th-century Russian leader; Becky Toyne reviews Pulitzer Prize winner Cormac McCarthy's first new novels in 16 years; Haiti's political and economic crisis fuels a public health disaster for women; five U.S. states get ready to vote on whether to close a loophole that allows for slavery in 2022; and more.

Comedian Matt Rogers wants Mariah Carey to crown him Prince of Christmas; the best TV of 2022 and what to catch up on over the holidays; why The Muppet Christmas Carol is the best retelling of Scrooge’s story; Revival 69, the improbable rock show that put Canada on the map and helped end the Beatles; and more.

What we learned as grocery CEOs testified about food prices and profits; how Everything Everywhere All At Once turned the metaverse into a metaphor for Asian American experiences; the Canadian lingerie maker building breast cancer screening tools for Black women into her products; investigating Stew Peters, the conspiracy theorist behind #DiedSuddenly; Tony King looks back on his life with British rock royalty from John Lennon to Freddie Mercury; and more.

Meet ChatGPT, the free AI chatbot that's blowing people's minds; Indigenous-led conservation efforts take centre-stage at COP 15; Marsha Lederman on Ye and the mainstreaming of antisemitism; how climate activists are capitalizing on the collapse of FTX to reign in crypto's carbon emissions; Becky Toyne's holiday guide to gifting books; and more.

A Canadian student who created a free app to detect ChatGPT in school essays; when Billy Bragg met Pete Seeger; a celebrated Nazi-hunter turns to prosecuting war crimes in the Ukraine conflict; reviewing Nintendo's turn-based strategy game, Fire Emblem Engage; why TikTok is full of sped-up song remixes known as Nightcore; and more.

As AI chatbots proliferate, prompt engineers become AI whisperers; a petition to grant asylum to trans and non-binary Americans is picking up support; reviewing Ted Lasso, season three; how farm consolidation contributes to rising food prices; why an American Rabbi challenged her congregation to speak out about the future of Israel; brother.do.you.love.me; and more

The Day 6 music panel runs down the best pop music of 2022, Hamilton's music director Alex Lacamoire, Bruce Springsteen's original manager Mike Appel on getting the Boss signed to CBS and more.

How a multi-Billion dollar campaign to arm Ukraine might fuel the illicit arms trade; How Iran's board game cafes allowed young people to imagine a different future; Bayonetta 3 is out this week — should you play it?; a brief history of targeting art for political protest; author Andy Campbell says the era of political violence the Proud Boys helped usher in is here to stay; and more.

Fear returns to Kyiv amidst renewed Russian attacks; Russia's new commander in Ukraine is known as 'General Armageddon' for his record in Syria; rainbow fentanyl is all the buzz on social media and so is the misinformation surrounding it; Alex Jones piles on trauma for parents of mass shooting victims; watching a Louis CK show as #MeToo marks its five-year anniversary; why creators are divided over rapid rise of AI-generated art; and more.

A digital rights advocacy group says calls to ban TikTok are a distraction from more pressing privacy concerns; ranking the best Heritage Minutes; Scott Adams and the polling company leveraging white racial insecurity; how weapons industry lobbyists are getting rich of the conflict in Ukraine; uncovering the story of Watergate whistleblower Martha Mitchell; Gordon Pinsent reads from Justin Bieber's teenage memoir; and more.

Why RSV cases are so high among Inuit children; Wales soccer fans confront their misgivings about Qatar at their first World Cup in 64 years; as Russia ramps up missile strikes, Ukrainians brace for a cold, dark winter; how a provincial billing change could reduce gender-affirming health-care in Ontario; and more.

What Danielle Smith posted on her subscribers-only social media; how litter boxes in schools became a Republican talking point; Yankee scented candle reviews as COVID indicator; a surgeon struggles to care for patients through Ethiopia's civil war; Brent Bambury returns and more.

Corporate influence at COP27; cartoonist Jeph Jacques gets booted from Twitter for impersonating Elon Musk; Margaret Sullivan on how to cover Trump and Trumpism; what Ontario unions' victory over Bill 28 means for Canada's labour movement; graphic novelist Cecil Castelucci hopes Shifting Earth will be a path toward climate action; and more.

Benzos aren't covered by B.C.'s new decriminalization policy and critics say that's a problem; a comedian tells Marie Kondo to embrace life's messiness; how High River, Alberta became the backdrop to a celebrated episode of The Last of Us; why a TV report on bleak February still resonates; why a Grammy award for best songwriter is a big deal; and more.

How the ideal qualities to be an astronaut have evolved since Apollo; affection and acclaim for the Paddington movie franchise; trans activists call on the Quebec government to stop funding a group pushing anti-trans rhetoric; 70 years of Bond novels; how repudiating the Doctrine of Discovery could change Canadian law; and more.

Sheila McCarthy on the Oscar-nominated Women Talking; Air Canada said their luggage was lost but their air tags said otherwise; why Canadian police budgets have endured despite calls to defund; 100-year-old Met recordings may soon be heard for the first time in a century; the architect of Mexico's war on drugs is on trial for allegedly colluding with the drug cartels; and more.