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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.

517 - Day 6 presents What On Earth: “Can Earth Day be badass again?”

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517 - Day 6 presents What On Earth: “Can Earth Day be badass again?”
The climate is changing. So are we. On What On Earth, you’ll explore a world of solutions with host Laura Lynch and our team of journalists. In 1970, 20 million people showed up to fight for the environment on the first Earth Day. More than five decades later, is it time for this much tamer global event to return to its radical roots?

OG organizer Denis Hayes recounts how – amidst other counterculture movements at the time – his team persuaded roughly one in ten Americans to take to the streets. As he approaches 80, Denis offers his singular piece of advice to the next generation of climate leaders. Then, environmental warriors Maria Blancas and Axcelle Campana share ideas on what a reinspired Earth Day could look like – including making it a public holiday.

More episodes of What On Earth are available at: https://link.chtbl.com/PobYcvVY

We love to hear from our listeners and regularly feature them on the show. Have a question or idea? Email Earth@cbc.ca
Mon, 22 Apr 2024 - 29min
516 - New doc says teen fashion giant Brandy Melville built its success on exploitation and abuse
PLUS: Bluey's season finale has left everyone wondering about the show's future; after 30 years the bus from Priscilla, Queen of the Desert has been found; a researcher worried no one would read her work on coral reefs, so she turned the data into music; how the year 1999 broke the music industry; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.
Fri, 19 Apr 2024 - 54min
515 - A small business owner resists Momofuku's bid to trademark Chili Crunch
PLUS: Maia Kobabe's graphic novel Gender Queer: A Memoir is the most challenged book in the United States; how China uses WeChat to undermine democracy around the world; Civil War imagines a United States at war with itself; a new documentary tells the story of Judee Sill, a celebrated folk-rock icon only now getting her due; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.
Fri, 12 Apr 2024 - 54min
514 - 41 years after she topped the charts, Bonnie Tyler still loves singing Total Eclipse of the Heart
PLUS: How records of past eclipses help us understand human history; an unpopular Israeli government stares down growing international criticism and domestic protests; what Beyoncé's cover of Blackbird means to one of the Little Rock Nine; one of the few female crossword puzzle makers makes a case for diversifying the grid; a New York Times investigation reveals disturbing connections between child Instagram influencer accounts and self-described pedophiles; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.
Fri, 05 Apr 2024 - 53min
513 - A series of scandals and a flood of sports betting risks undermining fans faith in the games they love
PLUS: 10 Things I Hate About You turns 25; Naheed Nenshi shakes up Alberta politics; Hatsune Miku, the vocaloid, hologram and pop star poised to take on North America; how a retired couple from Idaho became among the best in the world at recovering the bodies of people who drown; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.
Fri, 29 Mar 2024 - 54min
512 - What if western intervention is the source of Haiti's problems, not the solution?
PLUS: A local soup kitchen in Gaza helps people facing hunger and a looming famine; Amrit Kaur lands her first leading film role in The Queen of My Dreams, a multi-generational, queer, Bollywood-inspired coming-of-age story; the incredible story of Rose Dugdale, the English debutante who became a bombmaker for the IRA; the documentary As We Speak tracks what happens to justice when rap lyrics are considered admissible evidence in court; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.
Fri, 22 Mar 2024 - 54min
511 - An economist makes the case for a limit on personal wealth and a world without billionaires
PLUS: Politicians calling for a TikTok ban should first understand why it's so appealing, says researcher; how the Toronto Law & Order spinoff's story of a crack-smoking mayor compares with covering Rob Ford; Girls5Eva creator Meredith Scardino parodies the 90s in song; Diné musician memorializes the Long Walk of the Navajo with a 4 year-long performance project; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.
Fri, 15 Mar 2024 - 53min
510 - A hacker's advice to cities hit by ransomware attacks
Caitlin Clark is breaking basketball records and bringing huge audiences to women’s sports; how anti-vax activists used the pandemic to get richer and more powerful; YouTube drag queen star Kyne Santos teaches math to show people how to see the world differently; a payphone turned art installation connects people to the birds that surround them; Oscar-nominated short doc the ABCs of Book Banning; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.
Fri, 08 Mar 2024 - 53min
509 - What the hacking of a political columnist reveals about our digital lives and political culture
PLUS: How the Montreal Protocol helped avert an environmental crisis; families of Israeli hostages march for urgent action from their government; the scientist who created a mouse ICU to study the link between respiratory infections and dementia in older adults; reviewing Final Fantasy VII Rebirth; the Oscar-nominated documentary The Last Repair Shop affirms the life-changing power of music; and our weekly news quiz, Riffed from the Headlines.
Fri, 01 Mar 2024 - 54min
508 - Oscar-nominated documentary chronicles the first days of war in Ukraine and what's at stake two years later
Canadian doctors bear witness to life in Rafah as aid dries up; what Beyoncé's chart-topping country song could mean for other Black country music artists; genealogical activist documents the missing histories of enslaved people in America; how a pop-up kitchen in Vancouver became a popular restaurant and a life-line for its Syrian refugee chefs; Canadian music legend Ron Sexsmith looks back on a remarkable career with a 60th birthday concert at Massey Hall; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.
Fri, 23 Feb 2024 - 54min
507 - Documentary maker Daniel Roher reflects on the death of his friend, anti-Putin activist Alexei Navalny
PLUS: As Canada's gig economy grows, workers push back; a romance bookstore owner embraces the fairy-driven frenzy of romantasy; international law scholar Philippe Sands says the ICC must do more to prosecute Russia's invasion of Ukraine; from Uncle Vanya to Henry Higgins, Canadian actor Tom Rooney is having a moment; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.
Fri, 16 Feb 2024 - 54min
506 - Magic mushrooms are illegal in Canada, but shops selling them openly are popping up everywhere
PLUS: In Rafah, a displaced Palestinian runs out of room to keep fleeing Israeli attacks; the prop bets for all the Super Bowl speculation about Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce; the new documentary, I Will Survive, follows Gloria Gaynor's late life musical comeback; as Bob Dylan’s The Times They Are a-Changin' turns 60, the strange musical it inspired is still awful; how relaxed performances set the stage for accessibility at live events; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.
Fri, 09 Feb 2024 - 54min
505 - After Russia invaded Ukraine, a legal scholar fought back with light shows projected on Russian embassies
New documentary Israelism paints a portrait of young Jewish Americans increasingly alienated from Israel; why Twitter-X is full of fake celebrity photos trying to get you to click on cryptocurrency scams; as five professional hockey players face sexual assault charges, a hockey culture expert says there's still more work to be done; a deadly drone attack on U.S. soldiers highlights the end of America's monopoly on unmanned aerial attacks; why Suits was a streaming juggernaut in 2023; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.
Fri, 02 Feb 2024 - 54min
504 - Palestinian-American stand-up comic Sammy Obeid confronts Israel's siege on Gaza with comedy
A fake message from Joe Biden appears to be an AI deepfake; how weather and climate change pose a threat to the Panama Canal; loud budgeting calls out the cost of keeping your personal finances to yourself; Mark Rothko's son curates one of the most comprehensive exhibits of his father's work; and our weekly news quiz, Riffed from the Headlines.
Fri, 26 Jan 2024 - 54min
503 - What the cancelation of a play about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict says about how we talk about the issue
A new kind of climate change denialism has taken hold on YouTube; as temperatures plummet, tensions over access to housing are on the rise in Edmonton; why a Vancouver theatre festival canceled The Runner, a play about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict; a documentary maker wrestles with the consequences of her profession in the new podcast, Shocking, Heartbreaking, Transformative.
Fri, 19 Jan 2024 - 54min
502 - How resources are driving a new race back to moon, plus the best quotes from Mean Girls and why they endure
An engineer who stress tests phones weighs in on the iPhone that got sucked out of an airplane; what the Iowa Caucuses mean for the future of the Republican Party; Wet'suwet'en land defenders head to trial; the case for a climate disaster response organization modelled on the Red Cross; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly news quiz.
Fri, 12 Jan 2024 - 54min
501 - How newly released court documents linked to Jeffrey Epstein feed the ongoing QAnon conspiracy theory
Mickey Mouse's first week in the public domain got weird, fast; the researchers using satellites and radar to measure the destruction in Gaza; the future of Broadway as movie remakes and jukebox musicals threaten to take over; and democracy at risk as more than half the world goes to vote in 2024.
Fri, 05 Jan 2024 - 54min
500 - Day 6, The Musical! Our favourite musical stories of 2023. (Insert jazz hands here.)
This week, Day 6 serves up some of our favourite musical stories of the year. Tony King recounts his life serving and partying with the icons of 1960s and 70s rock; Kid Koala explains the theatrical alchemy of The Storyville Mosquito; music critic Melissa Vincent charts André 3000's progress from hip-hop icon with Outkast to ambient flautist on New Blue Sun; and wardrobe manager Rebecca Sevrin takes us backstage on Kiss' farewell tour.
Fri, 29 Dec 2023 - 52min
499 - Palestinian Christians prepare for a subdued Christmas in Bethlehem and Die Hard is now a Christmas musical
Palestinian Christians prepare for a subdued Christmas in Bethlehem; an Edmonton theatre group stages Die Harsh: The Christmas Musical; the best under-the-radar video games of 2023; and the year in pop music.
Fri, 22 Dec 2023 - 54min
498 - The ambivalence of US lawmakers to fund Ukraine sends a troubling message to Kyiv
The consequences of not funding Ukraine's war against Russia; a researcher working on electric planes says battery-powered domestic flights are within reach; meet the actor-turned-psychotherapist who played Veruca Salt in the original Willy Wonka; Becky Toyne's guide to holiday book gifts in 2023; the origin story of White Christmas; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly news quiz.
Fri, 15 Dec 2023 - 54min
497 - Tackling the climate consequences of our food supply at COP28
How our food supply contributes to climate change; a Palestinian psychologist reckons with the trauma Gaza children face; the branding professionals who name nail polish and paint colours; Stuff You Should know podcast hosts revisit the gloriously awful 1978 Star Wars Holiday Special; Poor Things delivers a 'steampunk gender-flipped Frankenstein' story with a feminist bent; Ryan Reynolds finds comedy gold with a holiday fundraising video about sick kids behaving badly; and Riffed From The Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.
Fri, 08 Dec 2023 - 54min
496 - It's OK to be skeptical about COP28 — just don't ignore it, says climate journalist
A climate journalist says it's OK to be skeptical about COP28; possible next steps for U.S. policymakers after a temporary ceasefire in Gaza; why London, Ont., is providing services to homeless encampments; younger soccer players look back on Christine Sinclair's legacy; and more.
Fri, 01 Dec 2023 - 54min
495 - How a pro-Palestinian student union policy at McGill University wound up in court
How a pro-Palestinian student union policy at McGill University wound up in court; Outkast founder André 3000's New Blue Sun; the wardrobe manager on KISS's final tour; A Christmas Story's improbable journey to beloved seasonal classic; the untold story of Beatles fixer Mal Evans; and more.
Fri, 24 Nov 2023 - 53min
494 - Scott Pilgrim creator Bryan Lee O'Malley talks about his new anime series and bringing the original movie cast back to voice it | Episode 677
As the conflict in Gaza grinds on, it's fueling tension and violence in the West Bank; Canada and the U.S. brace for AI in election campaigns; Scott Pilgrim returns in a new anime series; reviewing Dolly Parton's new memoir and Babra Streisand's new autobiography; and more.
Fri, 17 Nov 2023 - 54min
493 - Missing peace activist in Israel, WeWork bankruptcy and Arrested Development 20 years on | Episode 676
The son of a Canadian-Israeli activist believed to be held hostage in Gaza; how Calgary is transforming offices into apartments; the legacy of Arrested Development; Indigenous playwright Cliff Cardinal delivers a confrontational indictment of land acknowledgements; and more.
Fri, 10 Nov 2023 - 50min
492 - How black market AI chatbots are making it easier for criminals to scam you | Episode 675
A Palestinian aid worker focuses on saving his family after fleeing his home in the Jabalia refugee camp; how black market AI chatbots are making it easier for criminals to scam you; a BC nurse says the arrest of safe drug supply activists could make the overdose crisis worse; even Bluey isn't immune to the culture wars; Sportsnet’s Jamie Campbell offers advice on living with cancer and connecting with strangers; and more.
Fri, 03 Nov 2023 - 54min
491 - The emotional cost of casting doubt on Buffy Sainte-Marie's Indigenous heritage | Episode 674
The reverberations of questioning Buffy Sainte-Marie's Indigenous heritage; the consequences of Israel's Gaza blockade; the foley artists who made the sounds for Saw X; why so many Hallmark Christmas movies are filmed in Canada; the case for treating intimate partner violence as an epidemic; and more.
Fri, 27 Oct 2023 - 54min

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