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EXCLUSIVE: Jack Layton's Letter in Song

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

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

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

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

"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

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

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

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

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

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

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...