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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.

Day 6

PLUS: Why self-described TikTok refugees are flooding to RedNote; the Oscar-short-listed collection of short films made by Palestinians in Gaza; how a social media post about cherry tomatoes on a bridge in Dublin sparked memories of Web 2.0; the quest for a magic trick that doesn't rely on sight; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.

A lifelong L.A. resident reflects on the fire that destroyed his childhood home and may reshape his city

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.

A radical plan to fight U.S. tariffs and build an export industry jailbreaking consumer products from iPhones to tractors

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.

Alberta doctors say the province's report on the lessons from COVID trades in dangerous misinformation

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.

After the pandemic, Canadians' sense of national pride fell off a cliff. Pollster Frank Graves says Trump's tariff threats are reversing that

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.

How the middle class got priced out of Canadian cities in one generation

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.

Why Putin sent a U.S. trained banker to negotiate with the Trump Administration

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.

The pulpy, paranoid and prescient Canadian novels that tapped into our collective fear of a US invasion

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.

How Canada could turn Billions of dollars of frozen Russian assets into help for Ukraine

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.

How Ukraine's drones are reshaping modern warfare

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.

Canadian folk duo touring the U.S. say a traffic stop got them questioned about fentanyl and national loyalty

PLUS: People looking for that perfect match are leaning on AI to pick and win over a partner; a new dystopian film about a mixed Black-Indigenous family fighting to protect their land in a post-apocalyptic Canada; high-hopes for a new dictionary of Canadian English; and, TV show Small Achievable Goals gives voice to menopausal women.

Aid sites in Gaza 'the antithesis of humanitarianism' says Israeli researcher

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