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Day 6 from CBC Radio
How an anti-porn lobby on payment processors censored thousands of video games

Day 6 from CBC Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2025 54:09


PLUS: Canada among countries set to recognize a Palestinian state in September; why gondolas have a real place in public transit; Saskatchewan actor George Krissa is living in the moment and loving it; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.

Day 6 from CBC Radio
Why Jubilee's viral political debate video series is rubbing people the wrong way

Day 6 from CBC Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 25, 2025 54:10


PLUS: Fallout from the Hockey Canada sexual assault trial; how to enjoy a movie in the age of strategic spoilers; Penelope Spheeris remembers Ozzy Osbourne; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.

Day 6 from CBC Radio
Wildfires across Canada are taking a toll on the tourism industry

Day 6 from CBC Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 18, 2025 54:17


PLUS: What 'Crypto Week' means for Canada's financial system; why Clueless endures 30 years after its release; Guy Delisle delivers a comic about pioneering photographer Eadweard Muybridge; From Ground Zero, a collection of short films made by Gazans; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.

Day 6 from CBC Radio
A shocking arrest in Quebec sounds the alarm about extremism in the Canadian military

Day 6 from CBC Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2025 54:09


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 it to the big screen; Bill 'Spaceman' Lee; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.

Day 6 from CBC Radio
How the Israel-Iran war has changed geopolitical dynamics in the region

Day 6 from CBC Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2025 54:08


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 whether a Hollywood reimagining of Formula One racing hits the mark; get ready for a stack of summer book recommendations for you to dive into on your next day off; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.

Day 6 from CBC Radio
A hacker group is wreaking havoc on Iran's financial system. So who is Predatory Sparrow?

Day 6 from CBC Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2025 54:05


PLUS: Laurie Kilmartin answers our questions for America, What The Hell?; why accessibility gains in video gaming are being rolled back; exercise regimes and period syncing; Jeremy Dutcher celebrates Pride and National Indigenous People's Day; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.

Day 6 from CBC Radio
No Kings protests and a military parade offer a split-screen view of American politics

Day 6 from CBC Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 13, 2025 54:09


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 new documentary chronicles a year of life in Gaza through the eyes of a young photojournalist; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.

Day 6 from CBC Radio
Inside the battlefield training camp where foreign gamers learn to fly drones for the Ukrainian military

Day 6 from CBC Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2025 54:21


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 books in Alberta schools; hands-on with the Nintendo Switch 2; why the #MeToo conversations resonate in John Proctor is The Villain; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.

Day 6 from CBC Radio
As Canada's EV sector stumbles, the case for opening the door to Chinese-made vehicles

Day 6 from CBC Radio

Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2025 54:02


PLUS: How royal tour artists sketch what cameras can't capture; a new movie about tech billionaires from the creator of Succession; TikTok hygiene expert Madame Sweat answers the questions you won't ask anyone else; what's going on with Justin Bieber's musical empire; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.

Day 6 from CBC Radio
How an AI-generated summer reading list of mostly fake books made its way into the print edition of a long-running newspaper

Day 6 from CBC Radio

Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2025 54:00


PLUS: The neighbours downstairs and the meaning of habeas corpus; Mahmoud Khalil's lawyer says his case is about free speech, not immigration status; evaluating the hype about creatine; actor and activist George Takei on his new memoir and coming out at age 68; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.

Day 6 from CBC Radio
How a new breed of 'news influencers' is monetizing spectacle and changing the media landscape

Day 6 from CBC Radio

Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2025 54:10


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 between a mother and her adult disabled daughter; what the Weeknd's new movie Hurry Up Tomorrow signals about his future; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.

Day 6 from CBC Radio
From bread and circuses to flood the zone: How Donald Trump thrives in chaos

Day 6 from CBC Radio

Play Episode Listen Later May 9, 2025 54:11


PLUS: America, What The Hell?; the junior hockey sexual assault trial; how drones became Ukraine's insurance policy against wavering U.S. support; a farewell love letter to Skype; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly, musical news quiz. 

Day 6 from CBC Radio
How decades of housing shortages have kept young people from living independently

Day 6 from CBC Radio

Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2025 54:06


PLUS: Canada's post-election challenges; a Filipino-Canadian writer reflects on the Lapu-Lapu festival tragedy; how tariffs threaten to upend the supply chain for puzzle-makers; librarians on the frontlines of the overdose crisis; prescribing museum and gallery visits to manage chronic pain and depression; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.

Day 6 from CBC Radio
U.S. Border Patrol's social media posts are a warning to undocumented immigrants

Day 6 from CBC Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2025 55:10


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; a hyped new video game with a Belle Epoque vibe; the strange power of A Strange Loop, the Broadway smash comes to Canada; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.

Day 6 from CBC Radio
As Mark Zuckerberg takes the stand, a series of antitrust challenges is threatening to reshape big tech

Day 6 from CBC Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2025 54:11


PLUS: America, What the Hell?; the story of Elon Musk's conspiracy minded, politically radical, Canadian grandfather; a new documentary on the life and work of Art Spiegelman; a Cree and Anishinaabe lawyer charts a path to secure the future of Indigenous languages; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.

Day 6 from CBC Radio
Two unions divided -- how Trump's tariffs have caused a rift between Canadian and American auto workers

Day 6 from CBC Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2025 53:57


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 awesomeness of mycelial networks; an artist's plan to make animated Black hair look better; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz. 

Day 6 from CBC Radio
How the mayor of Canada's most tariff-exposed city is navigating economic threats and perpetual uncertainty

Day 6 from CBC Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2025 54:01


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 Studio Ghibli look-alikes; the designer who invented Clippy, Microsoft's ever-helpful paperclip icon; the problems with fitness influencers pushing peptides; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.

Day 6 from CBC Radio
How a 1990s CBC Radio satire about an accidental Prime Minister declaring war on the U.S. speaks to today

Day 6 from CBC Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2025 54:08


PLUS: Greenland's defiance in the face of Trump's threats; what happens to 23andMe's collection of genetic records; how to buy Canadian; You're My Hero creator and star Sean Towgood; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.

Day 6 from CBC Radio
Canadian folk duo touring the U.S. say a traffic stop got them questioned about fentanyl and national loyalty

Day 6 from CBC Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2025 54:06


PLUS: Renewed Israeli airstrikes leave Gaza hospitals reeling; the meaning of 'globalist'; Netflix's Adolescence offers a harrowing take on the forces shaping teens; reviewing the memoir Meta didn't want you to read; the return of Final Destination; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.

Day 6 from CBC Radio
How Ukraine's drones are reshaping modern warfare

Day 6 from CBC Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2025 54:18


PLUS: Rethinking Canada's Arctic security as Trump tilts towards Russia; an Israeli human rights group warns of the "Gazification" of the West Bank; Kanye West's journey from legend to liability; the docu-concert Inside American Pie unlocks the secrets of Don McLean's classic song; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.

Day 6 from CBC Radio
How Canada could turn Billions of dollars of frozen Russian assets into help for Ukraine

Day 6 from CBC Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2025 54:04


PLUS: How deepfake nudes are reshaping online abuse among teens; Small Achievable Goals gives voice to middle-aged, menopausal women; what Serena Williams' investment in the Toronto Tempo means for the WNBA and women's sports; how Arsenal FC became an icon for Black football fans all over the world; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.

Day 6 from CBC Radio
The pulpy, paranoid and prescient Canadian novels that tapped into our collective fear of a US invasion

Day 6 from CBC Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2025 54:09


PLUS: Reforming the Conclave; this year's unpredictable Oscars; why novelist Rebecca Makkai is done blurbing other people's books; renowned choreographer David Dawson brings a reimagined Four Seasons to the National Ballet; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.

Day 6 from CBC Radio
Why Putin sent a U.S. trained banker to negotiate with the Trump Administration

Day 6 from CBC Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2025 54:11


PLUS: Ranking Connor McDavid's overtime game-winner in the pantheon of great Canadian hockey moments; after a record amount of snow, Montreal aims to clear it in record time; it's not your imagination, job hunting really is getting worse; tracking the effects of Alberta's policies restricting LGBTQ youth; how Germany's federal election is causing cracks in the country's firewall against far-right politics; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.

Day 6 from CBC Radio
How the middle class got priced out of Canadian cities in one generation

Day 6 from CBC Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2025 55:09


PLUS: A bestselling book of JD Rockefeller's letters sparks alarm over publishing fraud; the Canadian flag at 60; Becky Toyne reviews Bill Gates autobiography, Source Code; Paddington in Peru and the meaning of home; the Canadian actor who played Carl the janitor in The Breakfast Club; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.

Day 6 from CBC Radio
After the pandemic, Canadians' sense of national pride fell off a cliff. Pollster Frank Graves says Trump's tariff threats are reversing that

Day 6 from CBC Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2025 54:09


PLUS: How WIRED unveiled the scope of Elon Musk's government takeover; why The Sims is thriving, 25 years after its debut; the songwriter who penned Anybody But The Chiefs; the Oscar-nominated documentary Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.

Day 6 from CBC Radio
Alberta doctors say the province's report on the lessons from COVID trades in dangerous misinformation

Day 6 from CBC Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 1, 2025 54:12


PLUS: How DeepSeek has upended assumptions about AI; meet Gary Topp, the man who brought punk to Toronto; Canadian opera tenor Isaiah Berlin is stunning audiences with his queer-centred performances; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.

Day 6 from CBC Radio
A radical plan to fight U.S. tariffs and build an export industry jailbreaking consumer products from iPhones to tractors

Day 6 from CBC Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2025 54:14


PLUS: Why Trump's embrace of crypto and deregulation could spell disaster; two trans women reckon with an executive order designed to negate their existence; a Stranger Things parody musical; remembering Garth Hudson; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.

Day 6 from CBC Radio
A lifelong L.A. resident reflects on the fire that destroyed his childhood home and may reshape his city

Day 6 from CBC Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2025 51:10


PLUS: Why self-described TikTok refugees are flooding to RedNote; the Oscar-short-listed collection of short films made by Palestinians in Gaza; how a social media post about cherry tomatoes on a bridge in Dublin sparked memories of Web 2.0; the quest for a magic trick that doesn't rely on sight; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.

Day 6 from CBC Radio
Free speech lawyer says Meta's retreat on fact-checking is a surrender to authoritarianism

Day 6 from CBC Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2025 52:17


PLUS: How cars became a privacy nightmare; content creators brace for a future without TikTok; the coming crisis for Canadian universities and colleges; The Brutalist's growing Oscar buzz; Schoolhouse Rocks!; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz. 

Day 6 from CBC Radio
How the Y2K era shaped our current political environment and broke people's faith in the future

Day 6 from CBC Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2025 52:50


PLUS: Nearly 20 years after Jimmy Carter was criticized for using the word apartheid to describe Israel's actions, some of his critics say he was right; how Canada could secure it's Arctic interests in the face of climate change, foreign adversaries and unreliable allies; one woman's quest to unlearn a century's worth of bad ideas about how to be a good mom; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.

Day 6 from CBC Radio
Former Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne says Justin Trudeau needs to think long and hard about his future, and the country's

Day 6 from CBC Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2024 52:45


PLUS: The best TV and streaming of 2024; how to survive the holidays if you have trouble drinking responsibly; how Kraftwerk's Autobahn set the stage for 50 years of electronic pop music; Die Harsh, the Christmas Musical; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.

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Day 6 from CBC Radio
Why Afrobeats star Fuse ODG turned down Bob Geldof and wrote a rebuttal song to Do They Know it's Christmas

Day 6 from CBC Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2024 54:11


PLUS: Syrians search for loved ones at the notorious Sednaya prison; the writer behind the Netflix hit Hot Frosty; Becky Toyne's 2024 book giving guide; how Elon Musk will use his newfound political influence; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.

Day 6 from CBC Radio
Why the brazen killing of UnitedHealthcare's CEO is being celebrated on-line and what that says about this political moment

Day 6 from CBC Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2024 54:07


PLUS: How Victor Hugo saved Notre Dame; an infectious diseases expert says it's time to pay closer attention to H5N1; the rise of armed gangs in Gaza; how Henry David Thoreau anticipated 'brain rot'; the best under-the-radar video games of 2024; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.

Day 6 from CBC Radio
The person who coined the word 'vibecession' says it's a real phenomenon that politicians shouldn't ignore

Day 6 from CBC Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2024 53:59


PLUS: Australia bans children under 16 from major social media platforms; Kendrick Lamar caps an epic 2024 with GNX; how to avoid getting scammed by generative AI; Rudolph turns 60; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.

Day 6 from CBC Radio
A vocal coach says you really shouldn't try to sing along at screenings of Wicked

Day 6 from CBC Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2024 52:36


PLUS: a Métis lawyer tallies the costs of fraudulent claims of Indigenous identity; what a new viral video reveals about the Iranian government's approach to policing women's expression; reviewing Stalker 2, a video game about survival made by people who are surviving a war in Ukraine; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.

Day 6 from CBC Radio
In flood-ravaged Valencia, protesters see a cautionary tale about the consequences of governments that deny climate change

Day 6 from CBC Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2024 52:44


PLUS: The interactive documentary and video game Tetris Forever; how Donald Trump used a fringe, anti-democratic movement to takeover mainstream US politics; what the debate over bike lanes reveals about emotional space, identity and who belongs; the new series Say Nothing considers the difficult questions at play during The Troubles; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.

Day 6 from CBC Radio
Donald Trump has the means, the mandate and the inclination to govern as an autocrat. Will he follow through?

Day 6 from CBC Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2024 54:11


PLUS: What Trump's return means for Ukraine; searching for common grown with January 6 insurrection supporters; the legacy of Taylor Swift's Eras tour; Opera Review's quest to break down barriers in opera; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.

Day 6 from CBC Radio
Elon Musk wields huge power in transportation, space flight and communications. Now he's wading into politics

Day 6 from CBC Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2024 52:40


PLUS: How Canada became a hub for the international meth trade; what one journalist saw from a front-row seat inside the control room for Love Is Blind; how the Smithsonian's collection of Presidential campaign ephemera tells the story of social change in the U.S.; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz. 

Day 6 from CBC Radio
A Philadelphia teacher says life in a swing state means an endless stream of robocalls and road closures

Day 6 from CBC Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2024 52:40


PLUS: How a supervised drug consumption site turned around one man's life; a Black journalist goes in search of what motivates Black Republicans; a prosecutor fighting 'pig butchering' scams; Randy Rainbow; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.

Day 6 from CBC Radio
Lawrence Bishnoi is alleged to be running an international crime gang. Ottawa says he is helping the Modi government kill Canadians from a jail cell in India

Day 6 from CBC Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2024 52:50


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. 

Day 6 from CBC Radio
Meet the climate futurist trying to help people prepare for life on a chaotic planet

Day 6 from CBC Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2024 54:16


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.

Day 6 from CBC Radio
As Israel prepares for the anniversary of the Oct. 7 attacks, a new front opens in the Middle East conflict

Day 6 from CBC Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2024 52:29


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.

Day 6 from CBC Radio
How vaccine misinformation became entrenched in Canadian politics

Day 6 from CBC Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2024 52:32


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.

Day 6 from CBC Radio
Exploding pagers sow chaos in Lebanon and increase the chances of a regional war

Day 6 from CBC Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 20, 2024 52:44


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.

Day 6 from CBC Radio
What's behind Canada's outsized influence in the world of far-right misinformation

Day 6 from CBC Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2024 52:27


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.

Day 6 from CBC Radio
How China became the dominant force in the global electric vehicle market

Day 6 from CBC Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 6, 2024 52:48


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.

Craft Cook Read Repeat
Better than rocket science

Craft Cook Read Repeat

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2024 64:16


Episode 147 August 29,  2024 On the Needles 1:12 ALL KNITTING LINKS GO TO RAVELRY UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED.  Please visit our Instagram page @craftcookreadrepeat for non-Rav photos and info     Weather or Knot Scarf by Scott Rohr, HolstGarn Coast in Butterfly, Black, Charcoal, Silver Grey, Wisteria, Freesia, Passion Flower   Color Popportunity Socks by Stephen West, Walk Collection Tough Sock in Powder plus Secret, Envy and Nightshade– DONE!! Color Pop FO thread Mystery of Grimblewood KAL by Sarah Schira, Walk Collection Tough Sock in Powder plus Secret, Envy and Nightshade Spill the Tea by Marie Greene, Malabrigo Arroyo in cereza, Sugar Plum Circus merino sport in charcoal and merlin's beard   On the Easel 10:41 Imaginary Field Guides (like this one). BIG florals on paper Mining the sketchbooks On the Table 17:57 Atlantic Beach Ice Cream Pie: refreshing & no-bake for Wall of Heat 2024   Wash post food newsletters PPII: Tofu Shakshuka by Hetty Lui McKinnon, harissa paste I used (look on site for preserved lemon paste as well) Ottolenghi Simple: roast chicken/mushrooms with preserved lemon, Zucchini, thyme and walnut salad, Tomatoes with sumac shallots  Heirloom Tomato Tart with puff pastry. Inspired by the cover! Riffed on my own because I didn't have gorgonzola.   Turkey meatloaf with potato rosti & farmer's market salad   On the Nightstand 32:49 We are now a Bookshop.org affiliate!  You can visit our shop to find books we've talked about or click on the links below.  The books are supplied by local independent bookstores and a percentage goes to us at no cost to you!   Forbidden Notebook by Alba de Céspedes, trans by Ann Goldstein  God of the Woods by Liz Moore Tangled Up in You by Christina Lauren  The Last Warner Woman by Kei Miller  House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende, trans by Marisol Ramirez  The Black Bird Oracle by Deborah Harkness   The Black Bird Oracle by Deborah Harkness The Glassmaker by Tracy Chevalier Bingo 56:06 We're all done!  Listen to the episode to see if you won! Cortney's Bingo: Veg recipe with the Tomato tart

Day 6 from CBC Radio
The arrest of Telegram's founder sheds light on a popular, conflicted and controversial corner of the internet

Day 6 from CBC Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2024 52:44


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.

Day 6 from CBC Radio
Jasper's burnt forests could take a century to regenerate to their previous form

Day 6 from CBC Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2024 52:44


PLUS: Writer and musician Allie Goertz uncovers the beauty in Nine In Nails' harshest songs; young female artists in China are finding empowerment in NĂ¼shu, 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.

Day 6 from CBC Radio
A former migrant worker says Canada's temporary foreign worker program is rife with discrimination and abuse

Day 6 from CBC Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2024 52:32


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.