Day 6 from CBC Radio

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

  • 54 minutes 5 seconds
    A hacker group is wreaking havoc on Iran's financial system. So who is Predatory Sparrow?

    PLUS: Laurie Kilmartin answers our questions for America, What The Hell?; why accessibility gains in video gaming are being rolled back; exercise regimes and period syncing; Jeremy Dutcher celebrates Pride and National Indigenous People's Day; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.

    20 June 2025, 4:10 am
  • 54 minutes 9 seconds
    No Kings protests and a military parade offer a split-screen view of American politics

    PLUS: A Latino Angelino on the crackdown in LA; remembering pop-funk icon Sly Stone; what's behind a global shortage of hormone replacement therapy; a new documentary chronicles a year of life in Gaza through the eyes of a young photojournalist; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.

    13 June 2025, 4:10 am
  • 54 minutes 21 seconds
    Inside the battlefield training camp where foreign gamers learn to fly drones for the Ukrainian military

    PLUS: La Ronge, SK, loses a landmark in Robertson's Trading Post; a push to return Pride to its activist roots; the people campaigning to restrict books in Alberta schools; hands-on with the Nintendo Switch 2; why the #MeToo conversations resonate in John Proctor is The Villain; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.

    6 June 2025, 4:10 am
  • 54 minutes 2 seconds
    As Canada's EV sector stumbles, the case for opening the door to Chinese-made vehicles

    PLUS: How royal tour artists sketch what cameras can't capture; a new movie about tech billionaires from the creator of Succession; TikTok hygiene expert Madame Sweat answers the questions you won't ask anyone else; what's going on with Justin Bieber's musical empire; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.

    30 May 2025, 4:10 am
  • 54 minutes
    How an AI-generated summer reading list of mostly fake books made its way into the print edition of a long-running newspaper

    PLUS: The neighbours downstairs and the meaning of habeas corpus; Mahmoud Khalil's lawyer says his case is about free speech, not immigration status; evaluating the hype about creatine; actor and activist George Takei on his new memoir and coming out at age 68; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.

    23 May 2025, 4:10 am
  • 54 minutes 10 seconds
    How a new breed of 'news influencers' is monetizing spectacle and changing the media landscape

    PLUS: Save The Children says time is running out to prevent famine in Gaza; the new animated series Super Team Canada; a new NFB short about the bond between a mother and her adult disabled daughter; what the Weeknd's new movie Hurry Up Tomorrow signals about his future; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.

    16 May 2025, 4:10 am
  • 54 minutes 11 seconds
    From bread and circuses to flood the zone: How Donald Trump thrives in chaos

    PLUS: America, What The Hell?; the junior hockey sexual assault trial; how drones became Ukraine's insurance policy against wavering U.S. support; a farewell love letter to Skype; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly, musical news quiz. 

    9 May 2025, 4:10 am
  • 54 minutes 6 seconds
    How decades of housing shortages have kept young people from living independently

    PLUS: Canada's post-election challenges; a Filipino-Canadian writer reflects on the Lapu-Lapu festival tragedy; how tariffs threaten to upend the supply chain for puzzle-makers; librarians on the frontlines of the overdose crisis; prescribing museum and gallery visits to manage chronic pain and depression; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.

    2 May 2025, 4:10 am
  • 55 minutes 10 seconds
    U.S. Border Patrol's social media posts are a warning to undocumented immigrants

    PLUS: Why the recapture of Sudan's capital brings little relief to a humanitarian crisis; a fellow Jesuit on his personal connection to Pope Francis; a hyped new video game with a Belle Epoque vibe; the strange power of A Strange Loop, the Broadway smash comes to Canada; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.

    25 April 2025, 4:10 am
  • 54 minutes 11 seconds
    As Mark Zuckerberg takes the stand, a series of antitrust challenges is threatening to reshape big tech

    PLUS: America, What the Hell?; the story of Elon Musk's conspiracy minded, politically radical, Canadian grandfather; a new documentary on the life and work of Art Spiegelman; a Cree and Anishinaabe lawyer charts a path to secure the future of Indigenous languages; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.

    18 April 2025, 4:10 am
  • 53 minutes 57 seconds
    Two unions divided -- how Trump’s tariffs have caused a rift between Canadian and American auto workers

    PLUS: What's Happening with The Neighbours Downstairs?; a doctor remembers her colleagues killed in Gaza; The Last of Us Season 2 is almost here; the awesomeness of mycelial networks; an artist's plan to make animated Black hair look better; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz. 

    11 April 2025, 4:10 am
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