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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

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 protest
 • Rogers v. Rogers: Meet the writer whose book inspired a one-man play about Canada's telecom empire
 • How Canadian actor Kimberley Sustad built a career with Hallmark Christmas 
 • How Inuit throat singing duo PIQSIQ scored a hit with The Last Frontier soundtrack

This Vancouver chef turns food waste into fresh meals for people in need

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 gift
 • The Day 6 list of books to gift and love for the holidays
 • Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz

Will new legislation finally deal with sexual deepfakes?

A view from Venezuela as tensions climb

PLUS:

 • Why Alberta separatists have an outsized influence on politics
 • Meet the intimacy coordinator for the gay romantic hockey drama Heated Rivalry
 • Former child influencer EvanTube reflects on lessons from his very online life
 • Metroid Prime 4 is finally here. Should you play it? 
 • Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz

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

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 illness
 • What do we actually know about Shakespeare and his son Hamnet?
 • How Whatever's podcast Dating Talk is radicalizing young men
 • The basketball dynasty that helped shape Haida Gwaii identity 
 • Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz

Fans are being priced out of the first Men's World Cup in Canada

The Nation's Jeet Heer says Epstein built an influential global network fit for a warlord.

PLUS:

 • Vine gets a reboot
 • Settler violence threatens the possibility of a Palestinian state
 • The hidden history of a 1969 anti-racism protest in Montreal
 • What happens when men opt out of university and college
 • Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.

Jeffrey Epstein's ties to spies, arms and money laundering

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.

Why are Canadian weapons fueling Sudan's civil war?

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.

Does the generational budget really help all generations?

PLUS: The Blue Jays bet on themselves; Intensifying tropical storms; Why women face more discrimination working in person; Building boundaries in your relationship with AI ; An Ojibwe chef re-writes the rules of fine dining; and a musical headline quiz.

Will Trump's trade war tank Canada's auto sector?

PLUS: Who killed the Montreal Expos?; Frustration at the polls for Albertans; More aid needed for Gaza; Prince Andrew as a Royal liability; and Riffed from The Headlines.

New social media app Sora is an AI slop funhouse mirror

PLUS: South Park is having a moment; Thomas Pynchon's timely new novel; stemming loneliness with kindness; and the life of legendary actor John Candy.

30 belugas could be euthanized as solution stalls

PLUS: Why some people just have it — the role of charisma in politics; we delve into a new star-studded, post-apocalyptic video game and examine whether a Hollywood reimagining of Formula One racing hits the mark; get ready for a stack of summer book recommendations for you to dive into on your next day off; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.

How the Israel-Iran war has changed geopolitical dynamics in the region

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