Day 6 from CBC Radio Podcast
1) Did the US operation to oust Maduro turn on help from inside Venezuela?
PLUS: What's happening with the neighbours downstairs?Greenland’s Long History of Resisting AmericaCanada Post, cocaine, and zero control: It's never been easier to get illegal drugsJonathan Haid...Show More
2) 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 politics and what that means for all of us.PLUS:&nb...Show More
3) Gah-Ning Tang reflects on a lifelong friendship with Robert Munsch and his book that bears her name
PLUS:Why everyone loved John CandyDocumentary, The Eyes of Ghana, explores the lost films that helped inspire Africa’s liberation eraAn Ojibwe chef is re-writing the rules of fine diningAs a radio DJ ...Show More
4) 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 by the food industry, he built a social enterprise ...Show More
5) 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.PLUS: Why did Trump pardon a man who helped move 400 tons of c...Show More
6) Where does the conflict between the U.S. and Venezuela go from here?
A view from Venezuela as tensions climbPLUS:Why Alberta separatists have an outsized influence on politicsMeet the intimacy coordinator for the gay romantic hockey drama Heated RivalryFormer child inf...Show More
7) 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.PLUS: - BC struggles with how to care for pe...Show More
8) 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.PLUS:Vine gets a rebootSettler violence threatens the possibility of a Palestinian stateThe hidden history of ...Show More
9) 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 rates; Crisis or coup at the BBC?; and Riffed from t...Show More
10) 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 from the Headlines.