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EXCLUSIVE: Jack Layton's Letter in Song

Monday, January 2, 2012 | Categories: Allison Goertz, Big 6, Contributors, Day 6 Blog, Exclusive, Heartbreaker, Music, Politics |

Day 6 listeners voted Jack Layton as the 2011 Heartbreak Story of The Year in our end of year Big 6 special.  We focused on...

Episode 58 - The Big Six

Saturday, December 31, 2011 | Categories: Big 6, Day 6 Blog, Episodes, Feelgood, Flameout, Heartbreaker, Newsmaker, Over-hyped, Winning |

  Newsmaker of the Year Over-Hyped Heartbreaker Winning Feel Good Flameout  ... Read More »

Big 6 Newsmaker of 2011: Mona Eltahawy on The Arab Spring

Saturday, December 31, 2011 | Categories: Audio, Big 6, Day 6 Blog, Foreign, Interview, Newsmaker, Politics, Promote |

Mona Eltahawy is an Egyptian-born, American  journalist who has witnessed the Arab Spring protests all year. Her reporting in Egypt led to her being arrested...

Big 6 Heartbreaker of 2011: Jack Layton

Saturday, December 31, 2011 | Categories: Audio, Big 6, Day 6 Blog, Heartbreaker, Politics, Promote |

"Good afternoon. On February the 5th, 2010, I shared with Canadians that I, like 25-thousand other Canadian men every year, had been diagnosed with prostate... Read More »

Big 6 Overhyped of 2011: The Kardashians

Saturday, December 31, 2011 | Categories: Audio, Big 6, Celebrity, Day 6 Blog, Interview, Over-hyped |

Listen to our Big 6 Pop and Culture Panel break down the Kardashians and other overhyped entities of 2011. This year's panel includes Jessica Coen,...

Big 6 Winning 2011: China

Saturday, December 31, 2011 | Categories: Audio, Big 6, Day 6 Blog, Interview, Music, Politics, Winning |

Day 6 listeners couldn't ignore the growing dominance of China on the world stage.  As 2011 wraps up, China's economy shows signs of slowing.  But... Read More »

Big 6 Flameout of 2011: Vancouver Hockey Riot

Saturday, December 31, 2011 | Categories: Audio, Big 6, Books, Day 6 Blog, Flameout, Interview, Promote |

To help understand the sports riot phenomenon, we turned to Bill Buford, author of the bestseller Heat. He led a double life in the 80's....

Big 6 Feel-Good Story of 2011: Giffords' Recovery

Saturday, December 31, 2011 | Categories: Audio, Big 6, Day 6 Blog, Feelgood, Interview, Politics |

The recovery of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords trumped even the "Wedding of the Century" as the Feel-Good story of the year. Our Big 6 panellists break...

YAOGUN: Chinese Rock N Roll in Ten (FULL) Songs

Saturday, December 31, 2011 | Categories: Big 6, Day 6 Blog, Exclusive, Music, Winning |

Drummer and author Jonathan Campbell thinks the West deserves more yaogun (yow-GOON). That's what you might call chinese rock and roll.  The rock and roll... Read More »

The Big 6 - Your Picks Revealed Next Week

Friday, December 23, 2011 | Categories: Big 6, Day 6 Blog |

We'd like to thank everyone who voted in the Big 6 year end series this year. We've shut down the polls so that we can...

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