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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Everyone wants to see The Odyssey on IMAX. Why is it so hard to make more IMAX theatres?
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As they head to the finals, Spain's World Cup squad is a great team with an even better story
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How did picking which World Cup team to cheer for get so complicated?
Passion or politics? History or heritage? Choosing a World Cup Team to back can be fraught.
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Why it's important to remember the 2021 heat dome in British Columbia
With many parts of Canada under extreme heat warnings this week, it’s hard not to think about what took place in B.C. five years ago when 619 people d...
Meet the Canadian who helped develop the perfect turf for each World Cup stadium
How scientists overcame the challenge of 16 host cities spread across three climatic zones.
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SpaceX just completed the biggest IPO in history. (Yes, in this economy)
Also, Elon Musk is now the world's first trillionaire.
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Canada's World Cup opener is a test of dual loyalty for Bosnian-Canadians
Emina Kapo is braced for an emotional and bittersweet match between her two countries on June 12, and promises the Bosnian diaspora will party whateve...
Could we bring down the price of gas in Canada?
An economist says the price at the pumps has little to do with war or market forces
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Kevin O’Leary's Utah data centre will be twice the size of Manhattan. Residents have questions
Why local discussions about data centres are becoming more contentious.
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Expos and Habs fans love Youppi! And his designer loves Montreal back
Meet the Muppet designer who created Montreal's beloved mascot, Youppi!
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20 years after its last Child Alert in Darfur, UNICEF is sounding the alarm again
How Sudan became the world's forgotten conflict.
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How the Strait of Hormuz shapes everything from the cost of groceries to the availability of airplane tickets
How a tiny dot on the map came to have an outsized influence on the world.
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How ‘surveillance pricing’ uses our personal data to charge us more
As we buy more and more things online, companies are using personal data to offer different prices to different people with the goal of finding the ma...
For All Mankind's alternate space race reality and our collective fascination with the moon
As the crew of Artemis II readjust to Earth's orbit, two of For All Mankind's creators reflect on the excitement of the moment and the parallels to th...
Why pre-internet conspiracy theories about the moon landing are so hard to shake
Moon landing conspiracy theories pre-date AI slop by half-a-century. The curator of the Smithsonian's Apollo Collection explains why they endure.
If AI music isn’t human, can it still count as Canadian content?
How AI music threatens CanCon regulations.
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How strikes on Tehran's oil facilities sparked an environmental disaster that could last for years
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How the Jalisco New Generation Cartel became the biggest criminal organization in Mexican history
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Moltbook, a new social network for AI agents causes bot existentialism and human panic
Bots get a social media platform of their own and humans get a glimpse of what they'd talk about if left (mostly) unprompted.
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No world order: How to adapt to a chaotic American superpower
A former U.S. Ambassador says buckle up for the next three years.
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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...