Day 6 from CBC Radio Podcast
1) Why calls to deport get the biggest cheers at Alberta independence rallies
PLUS: Jessi Cruickshank’s bid to get women back out dancing — and back home in time for a good night’s sleepThe latest adaptation of Orwell’s Animal Farm is an animated film with fart jokesWhy th...Show More
2) 20 years after its last Child Alert in Darfur, UNICEF is sounding the alarm again
How Sudan became the world's forgotten conflict.PLUS:The moment Buffalo Sabres fans stepped up to sing the Canadian national anthemMore countries look to move off fossil fuels as the Iran war squeezes...Show More
3) 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.PLUS:The long-awaited Michael Jackson biopic is here. Should you watch it?Pope Francis helped convert a Popemobile into a mobi...Show More
4) 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 maximum price you will pay at that moment.PLUS: ...Show More
5) 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 their hit show. PLUS:Why one writer thinks most...Show More
6) 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.PLUS:After five weeks of war, Trump might be further fr...Show More
7) If AI music isn’t human, can it still count as Canadian content?
How AI music threatens CanCon regulations. PLUS: Mass displacement in LebanonRCMP spying on Indigenous groupsFreshwater fish species at riskNo Kings protests in MinnesotaRiffed from the Head...Show More
8) KPop Demon Hunters creator Maggie Kang celebrates her recent Oscars win
PLUS:Jared Kushner negotiates with Iran while making billions from Iran’s enemiesAmidst tariff fears, the Port of Saint John emerges as a gateway for shipping Canadian goodsPioneering music of overloo...Show More
9) How strikes on Tehran's oil facilities sparked an environmental disaster that could last for years
PLUS:The co-writer of KPop Demon Hunters' smash hit GoldenThe case for nationalized, public AI in CanadaNFB documentary My Knitting Circle shows how the craft can create a communityOscar-nominated doc...Show More
10) As Iran exploits cheap drones, the U.S. turns to Ukraine for help
PLUS:Prediction markets spawn allegations of insider trading on global conflictsThe strange, confusing history of Daylight Saving TimeGeneration Gilmore Girls celebrates the enduring appeal of a feel-...Show More