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.
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.
In his forthcoming book The Nerd Reich Gil Duran explains why tech billionaires have soured on democracy, how deeply they are rooted in contemporary politics and what that means for all of us.
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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 by the food industry, he built a social enterprise business to turn it into meals distributed by local charities.
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Ottawa has introduced changes to the criminal code meant to address gendered digital harm. Experts say there's still work to be done.
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A view from Venezuela as tensions climb
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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.
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The Nation's Jeet Heer says Epstein built an influential global network fit for a warlord.
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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 rates; Crisis or coup at the BBC?; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.
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 from the Headlines.
PLUS: The Blue Jays bet on themselves; Intensifying tropical storms; Why women face more discrimination working in person; Building boundaries in your relationship with AI ; An Ojibwe chef re-writes the rules of fine dining; and a musical headline quiz.
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 from The Headlines.
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.
PLUS: Gazan-Canadians face a web of emotions as a shaky ceasefire holds; How Canada could become a leader in critical minerals; Renowned countertenor lestyn Davis on how he found his voice; How Black and Queer artists embrace myth-making to fill in missing Canadian history; and Riffed from the Headlines.
PLUS: Struggle meals and food insecurity; America, What The Hell?; why residential school denialism endures; former Love is Blind contestant Nick Thompson advocates for rights for reality TV cast members; Ghost of Yōtei has a spectacular setting and a new protagonist but should you play it?; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.
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 correspondence with Robert Munsch; and Riffed from The Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.
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 the Polaris Prize has shaped the Canadian music scene; and Riffed from the headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.
PLUS: Your brain on period dramas; polling Israelis about Netanyahu, Palestinians and prospects for peace; what we still get wrong about treating obesity; Alex Winter on his friendship with Keanu Reeves and their journey from Bill and Ted to Waiting For Godot; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.
PLUS: International students in limbo with fewer pathways to Canadian residency; the best of the Fall TV season's new shows; an Israeli Holocaust scholar says Israel's actions in Gaza amount to genocide; The Eyes of Ghana explores the lost films that inspired Africa's liberation era; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.
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 Canada from Gaza is failing; The Roses are back, but should you watch this dark comedy remake?; Why the Sims is still thriving, 25 years after its debut; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.
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 future; why Garfield phones keep washing up on the shores of France; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.