Day 6

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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.

6D AGO

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 he helped popularize the song that made the Edmund Fitzgerald a legend

54 min
12/19/2025

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 business to turn it into meals distributed by local charities. PLUS: Why a Chicago-area church turned its nativity scene into an anti-ICE protestRogers v. Rogers: Meet the writer whose book inspired a one-man play about Canada's telecom empireHow Canadian actor Kimberley Sustad built a career with Hallmark Christmas How Inuit throat singing duo PIQSIQ scored a hit with The Last Frontier soundtrack

54 min
12/12/2025

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 cocaine into the U.S.?Andy Richter says his unexpected run on Dancing with the Stars was a joyful giftThe Day 6 list of books to gift and love for the holidaysRiffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz

54 min
12/05/2025

Where does the conflict between the U.S. and Venezuela go from here?

A view from Venezuela as tensions climb PLUS: Why Alberta separatists have an outsized influence on politicsMeet the intimacy coordinator for the gay romantic hockey drama Heated RivalryFormer child influencer EvanTube reflects on lessons from his very online lifeMetroid Prime 4 is finally here. Should you play it? Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz

54 min
11/28/2025

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 people with severe mental illnessWhat do we actually know about Shakespeare and his son Hamnet?How Whatever's podcast Dating Talk is radicalizing young menThe basketball dynasty that helped shape Haida Gwaii identity Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz

54 min
11/21/2025

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 a 1969 anti-racism protest in MontrealWhat happens when men opt out of university and collegeRiffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.

54 min
11/14/2025

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 the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.

54 min
11/07/2025

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.

54 min

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A joy!

05/10/2020

dunford49

Brent is a very engaging narrator/interviewer. Stories are always interesting, informative and fun. I look forward to this show every week. - Canadian girl living Texas
Fresh, Fun, Uniquely Informative!

10/16/2013

JuliaMusic

Day 6 brings together keen, thoughtful interviews (like Fresh Air), intelligently entertaining style (like the old As It Happens) and even daring new perspectives (like no other show I've been able to find). Great host, great mix of stories each episode. I'm grateful to have stumbled across it. I'm not Canadian, and I love it. Highly recommended!
A Great Find

09/02/2012

Kp492

Just started listening to Day 6 on Chicago's NPR. I was immediately taken with it. Great pod-casts for a long commute - happy to find it on I-Tunes. Fast, informative and not the usual news stories. Brent Brambury is an enaging interviewer and his style has a story-telling feel which makes the story and interviewee compelling radio.
Excellent

05/21/2012

Holmes77392938

Very good current events program. The host is respectful, thoughtful and engaging. The content is very good generally.

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.