27 episoder
Day 6 CBC Discover & Learn
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Get caught up on the week without ruining your weekend. Host Brent Bambury delivers an energetic mix of must-hear stories carefully chosen to keep you in the loop and keep you guessing. Ready when you are on Saturday mornings. And heads up — there will be a quiz.
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How Roy Cohn shapes Donald Trump's belligerent approach from beyond the grave
PLUS: a Palestinian journalist describes life in Gaza after fleeing Rafah; why clear red lines get fuzzy during a conflict; farewell to Angel Hernandez, baseball's most hated umpire; the heavily-armed environmentalists trying to save the Amazon; legendary British filmmaker Ken Loach caps a celebrated career with his final movie, The Old Oak; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.
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Can OpenAI be trusted to develop ChatGPT responsibly?
PLUS: A trauma surgeon on what he witnessed at a hospital in Gaza; the lives altered by the overturning of Roe v Wade; a scientist trying to stop bird flu in its tracks; Andy Kim on 50 years of Rock Me Gently; an Indigenous community's plan to build homes, and a self-sustaining economy, out of hemp; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.
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A BC mother works to keep others safe from wildfire smoke, following the death of her asthmatic son
PLUS: Toronto's WNBA expansion signals a larger movement in women's pro sports; reviewing John Krasinski’s new star-studded movie IF; Logan Holladay, the stunt-driver who set a world record for cannon rolls in The Fall Guy; what we might learn about Banksy from his latest court case; and a Palestinian architect who curated an exhibit based on what his family lost in the Nakba.
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The mother of a hostage taken by Hamas navigates a week marked by military escalation and talk of a ceasefire
PLUS: The history of rap diss tracks; the stars of Dog Man The Musical; the life and legacy of pioneering Asian-American photographer Corky Lee; 2SLGBTQ+ activists aim for the largest rallies in a generation; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.
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A Palestinian-Canadian nurse who chose to stay in Gaza reflects on what's been lost after seven months of war
PLUS: Poet Gary Geddes on the anniversary of Kent State; how a Chinese restaurant in Toronto is benefitting from the Kendrick-Drake beef; how Baby Reindeer unleashed an online sleuthing nightmare; an exiled journalist explains why the Taliban's social media strategy is key to its rule; five pioneering Black ballerinas from a Harlem ballet school are reclaiming the spotlight more than 50 years later; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.
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As pro-Palestinian demonstrations sweep across campuses, Canary Mission seeks to blacklist activists
PLUS: the Taylor Swift shadow economy; tracking hate speech in India; T Cor Bor, a star system we only get to see once every 80 years; a cattle farmer breeding more energy efficient cows; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.