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Day 6

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Jan 3, 2025 • 53min

How the Y2K era shaped our current political environment and broke people's faith in the future

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.
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Dec 27, 2024 • 54min

Emily St. John Mandel on Station 11 at 10 and Runaways bassist Jackie Fox on her board game, Rock Hard 1977

PLUS: Sugith Varughese on 40 years in Canadian TV and film; and Cameron sinkʷə Fraser-Monroe on his groundbreaking ballet, šɛgatəm.
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Dec 20, 2024 • 53min

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

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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Dec 13, 2024 • 54min

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

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.
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Dec 6, 2024 • 54min

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

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.
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Nov 29, 2024 • 54min

The person who coined the word 'vibecession' says it's a real phenomenon that politicians shouldn't ignore

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.
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Nov 22, 2024 • 53min

A vocal coach says you really shouldn't try to sing along at screenings of Wicked

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.
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Nov 15, 2024 • 53min

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

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.
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Nov 8, 2024 • 54min

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

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.
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Nov 4, 2024 • 35min

Day 6 Introduces | Uncover: Bad Results

They needed certainty. They got chaos. For over a decade, countless people from at least five different countries put their trust in a company offering prenatal paternity tests. It promised clients “99.9% accuracy” — but then routinely, for over a decade, identified the wrong biological fathers.Investigative journalists Jorge Barrera and Rachel Houlihan track down the people whose lives were torn apart by these bad results, the shattered families and acrimonious court cases that followed, and the story behind the company that continues to stand by its testing and is still operating today.More episodes of Uncover are available at: https://lnk.to/HSDNKxm3

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