Day 6 from CBC Radio

Day 6 is a news magazine show that delivers a surprising take on the week.

  • 54 minutes 1 second
    How the mayor of Canada's most tariff-exposed city is navigating economic threats and perpetual uncertainty

    PLUS: Our new series, America, What The Hell?; how Canadian science could benefit from the uncertainty rattling the U.S.; the backlash to AI-generated Studio Ghibli look-alikes; the designer who invented Clippy, Microsoft's ever-helpful paperclip icon; the problems with fitness influencers pushing peptides; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.

    5 April 2025, 4:10 am
  • 54 minutes 8 seconds
    How a 1990s CBC Radio satire about an accidental Prime Minister declaring war on the U.S. speaks to today

    PLUS: Greenland's defiance in the face of Trump's threats; what happens to 23andMe's collection of genetic records; how to buy Canadian; You're My Hero creator and star Sean Towgood; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.

    28 March 2025, 4:10 am
  • 54 minutes 6 seconds
    Canadian folk duo touring the U.S. say a traffic stop got them questioned about fentanyl and national loyalty

    PLUS: Renewed Israeli airstrikes leave Gaza hospitals reeling; the meaning of 'globalist'; Netflix's Adolescence offers a harrowing take on the forces shaping teens; reviewing the memoir Meta didn't want you to read; the return of Final Destination; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.

    21 March 2025, 4:10 am
  • 54 minutes 18 seconds
    How Ukraine's drones are reshaping modern warfare

    PLUS: Rethinking Canada's Arctic security as Trump tilts towards Russia; an Israeli human rights group warns of the "Gazification" of the West Bank; Kanye West's journey from legend to liability; the docu-concert Inside American Pie unlocks the secrets of Don McLean's classic song; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.

    14 March 2025, 4:10 am
  • 54 minutes 4 seconds
    How Canada could turn Billions of dollars of frozen Russian assets into help for Ukraine

    PLUS: How deepfake nudes are reshaping online abuse among teens; Small Achievable Goals gives voice to middle-aged, menopausal women; what Serena Williams' investment in the Toronto Tempo means for the WNBA and women's sports; how Arsenal FC became an icon for Black football fans all over the world; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.

    7 March 2025, 5:10 am
  • 54 minutes 9 seconds
    The pulpy, paranoid and prescient Canadian novels that tapped into our collective fear of a US invasion

    PLUS: Reforming the Conclave; this year's unpredictable Oscars; why novelist Rebecca Makkai is done blurbing other people's books; renowned choreographer David Dawson brings a reimagined Four Seasons to the National Ballet; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.

    28 February 2025, 5:10 am
  • 54 minutes 11 seconds
    Why Putin sent a U.S. trained banker to negotiate with the Trump Administration

    PLUS: Ranking Connor McDavid's overtime game-winner in the pantheon of great Canadian hockey moments; after a record amount of snow, Montreal aims to clear it in record time; it's not your imagination, job hunting really is getting worse; tracking the effects of Alberta's policies restricting LGBTQ youth; how Germany's federal election is causing cracks in the country's firewall against far-right politics; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.


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    CLARIFICATION: In this episode, we said that "some of the changes [being brought in by the Alberta government] mirror similar policies in New Brunswick and Saskatchewan."


    Day 6 wishes to clarify that the current New Brunswick government has reversed the policy restricting youth who wish to change their names and/or identifying pronouns in school and no longer has similar policies to Alberta or Saskatchewan.

    21 February 2025, 5:10 am
  • 55 minutes 9 seconds
    How the middle class got priced out of Canadian cities in one generation

    PLUS: A bestselling book of JD Rockefeller's letters sparks alarm over publishing fraud; the Canadian flag at 60; Becky Toyne reviews Bill Gates autobiography, Source Code; Paddington in Peru and the meaning of home; the Canadian actor who played Carl the janitor in The Breakfast Club; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.

    14 February 2025, 5:10 am
  • 54 minutes 9 seconds
    After the pandemic, Canadians' sense of national pride fell off a cliff. Pollster Frank Graves says Trump's tariff threats are reversing that

    PLUS: How WIRED unveiled the scope of Elon Musk's government takeover; why The Sims is thriving, 25 years after its debut; the songwriter who penned Anybody But The Chiefs; the Oscar-nominated documentary Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.

    7 February 2025, 5:10 am
  • 54 minutes 12 seconds
    Alberta doctors say the province's report on the lessons from COVID trades in dangerous misinformation

    PLUS: How DeepSeek has upended assumptions about AI; meet Gary Topp, the man who brought punk to Toronto; Canadian opera tenor Isaiah Berlin is stunning audiences with his queer-centred performances; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.

    1 February 2025, 5:10 am
  • 54 minutes 14 seconds
    A radical plan to fight U.S. tariffs and build an export industry jailbreaking consumer products from iPhones to tractors

    PLUS: Why Trump's embrace of crypto and deregulation could spell disaster; two trans women reckon with an executive order designed to negate their existence; a Stranger Things parody musical; remembering Garth Hudson; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.

    24 January 2025, 5:10 am
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