Blog Archive | Day 6 with Brent Bambury

Poetry of the Taliban - Extended Interview

Friday, May 25, 2012 | Categories: Books, Day 6 Blog, Foreign, Full Interview, Web Only |

Click here for an extended chat with Felix Kuehn, one of the editors of Poetry of the Taliban....

Full Interview: Elisabeth Badinter on The Conflict

Friday, May 11, 2012 | Categories: Audio, Books, Day 6 Blog, Full Interview |

In her new book called The Conflict: How Modern Motherhood Undermines the Status of Women, French writer Elisabeth Badinter argues that a new set of...

Full Interview: Elisabeth Badinter (in French)

Friday, May 11, 2012 | Categories: Audio, Books, Day 6 Blog, Full Interview |

As promised, here's the full interview with Elisabeth Badinter as it was originally recorded. Brent speaks to her in English, and she responds in French. ...

On Fire For Tibet: Uncut, Untranslated Interview

Wednesday, April 4, 2012 | Categories: Audio, Day 6 Blog, Foreign, Full Interview |

On last Saturday's show, Brent spoke with Migmer Tsering (with the help of a translator). Tsering* is a pro-Tibet activist living in India who has...

Pippa, A Puppy, and Flotillas Gone Wild: Jubilee News with The Bugle

Friday, February 3, 2012 | Categories: Audio, Celebrity, Comedy, Day 6 Blog, Foreign, Full Interview, Politics, Promote, Satire |

This Monday marks the 60th anniversary of Elizabeth II's accession to the throne, and Diamond Jubilee celebrations are on the way. To help prepare for...

Michael Moore on Oscar Documentary Snubs

Friday, January 27, 2012 | Categories: Arts, Celebrity, Day 6 Blog, Full Interview, Movies |

Some of the most critically acclaimed documentaries of the year did not get Oscar nominations. Films like Page One, The Interrupters, Cave of Forgotten Dreams...

Rand Paul on the NDAA and Indefinite Detainment

Friday, December 9, 2011 | Categories: Audio, Day 6 Blog, Full Interview, Politics, Promote |

The U.S. Senate passed the National Defense Authorization Act last week, despite a veto threat from the President and critics who say it contains provisions...

Coming Soon on Day 6: PJ O'Rourke

Wednesday, November 9, 2011 | Categories: Arts, Audio, Books, Day 6 Blog, Full Interview, Politics, Satire |

Coming up on the November 19th edition, P.J. O'Rourke discusses his new book, Holidays in Heck. In the meantime, take a listen to this extended, uncut...

Is the Middle East over-represented in the news?

Friday, September 23, 2011 | Categories: Audio, Day 6 Blog, Full Interview, Interview, Politics |

With the Palestine statehood vote at the UN dominating the news this week, some still feel the media is fixated on news from the Middle East...

Parazit Takes on Iranian Headlines

Friday, September 16, 2011 | Categories: Audio, Day 6 Blog, Full Interview, Politics, Promote, Satire, Video |

What do accused spies, water pistols, shirtless men and Iranian nukes, all have in common? They've all figured in news stories coming out of...

Manslaughter Trial of Italian Seismologists

Thursday, September 15, 2011 | Categories: Arts, Day 6 Blog, Full Interview, Science |

On Tuesday, the manslaughter trial of six seismologists and one government official begins in Italy. They are accused of failing to properly alert the public...

Podcast Exclusive: Uncut interview with Birgitta Jonsdottir

Saturday, August 6, 2011 | Categories: Day 6 Blog, Full Interview, Politics, Promote |

This week on the podcast, Brent's complete and uncut interview with Icelandic MP Birgitta Jonsdottir on Iceland's crowd-sourced Constitution, creating an "Information Transparency Haven", and...

Extended Interview: Ai Weiwei's Blog

Saturday, July 30, 2011 | Categories: Arts, Day 6 Blog, Foreign, Full Interview, Politics, Promote |

This week, an extended cut of our interview with Lee Ambrozy. She's the translator and editor of a collection of Chinese artist and activist Ai...

Should Hollywood Remake Classics?

Friday, June 10, 2011 | Categories: Arts, Audio, Day 6 Blog, Full Interview, Movies |

Do directors like Hitchcock, Kurasowa, Peckinpah, and De Palma need a little freshening up? Hollywood seems to think so. Brent talked to film obsessives Adam...

Midweek Podcast: Uncut Interview with Jon Ronson

Wednesday, May 25, 2011 | Categories: Audio, Books, Day 6 Blog, Full Interview, Mid-week Podcast, Promote, Science |

Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the shower... here's more of Brent's conversation with Jon Ronson on "The Psychopath...

Kelefa Sanneh on The Earl Sweatshirt Mystery

Friday, May 20, 2011 | Categories: Arts, Audio, Day 6 Blog, Full Interview, Music, Promote |

Imagine being the parent of a kid who becomes infamous at 16 for being one of the leaders of the most controversial rap group...

Ralph Nader: Full-length Interview on Harper, Obama, and Vote-splitting

Friday, May 6, 2011 | Categories: Audio, Day 6 Blog, Full Interview, Politics |

An extended web-only version of the Day 6 interview with Ralph Nader on the results of the Canadian election, vote-splitting, Harper and Obama, and Canadian...

25th Anniversary of the Chernobyl Disaster

Tuesday, April 26, 2011 | Categories: Day 6 Blog, Foreign, Full Interview, Science |

During a systems test on reactor number four at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, a sudden power surge led to a series of explosions...

Peter Hitchens on the Alternative Vote Referendum

Thursday, April 21, 2011 | Categories: Audio, Day 6 Blog, Foreign, Full Interview, Politics |

UK voters go to the polls for the Alternative Voting Referendum on May 6. Would changing the way we vote make democracy more effective? Should...

Tim Flannery on The Environment & The Election

Friday, April 15, 2011 | Categories: Audio, Day 6 Blog, Full Interview, Politics, Promote, Science |

Are green issues getting the short end of the stick in the 2011 campaign? Is Canada any worse than the rest of the world...

Michio Kaku on When Aliens Attack

Friday, March 11, 2011 | Categories: Audio, Day 6 Blog, Full Interview, Promote |

2011 has a bumper crop of alien flicks: "Battle Los Angeles", "Mars Needs Moms", "Cowboys and Aliens", "Apollo 18", "Super 8", and "Area 51." But if...

Why Isn't Wall Street Behind Bars?

Friday, March 11, 2011 | Categories: Day 6 Blog, Excerpt, Full Interview, Movies, Politics, Promote |

"Forgive me, I must start by pointing out that three years after our horrific financial crisis caused by massive fraud, not a single financial executive...

WEB EXCLUSIVE: Full Interview with The Room's Tommy Wiseau

Saturday, March 5, 2011 | Categories: Audio, Day 6 Blog, Exclusive, Full Interview, Movies |

Here's the full, 15-minute uncut interview with The Room creator Tommy Wiseau on the dispute over directorial credit for the movie, the real meaning of...

Web Exclusive: Uncut Ron Paul Interview

Saturday, February 5, 2011 | Categories: Audio, Day 6 Blog, Foreign, Full Interview, Politics, Promote |

Here's our complete, uncut interview with the Tea Party icon and would-be Presidential candidate, Ron Paul. The Congressman from Texas argues here for cutting all US...

Web Exclusive: Extended Parazit Interview

Wednesday, February 2, 2011 | Categories: Audio, Day 6 Blog, Exclusive, Full Interview, Politics, Promote, Satire |

Welcome, all the Parazit fans who have been checking out Day 6's blog and our Facebook page.. Here's our full, uncut interview with Parazit hosts Kambiz...

Sugar Sammy on Ricky & Regis + DVD Giveaway

Friday, January 21, 2011 | Categories: Audio, Celebrity, Day 6 Blog, Full Interview, Promote |

Sugar Sammy: memorable name for a very memorable guy. And this week, a number of people with equally interesting names made news, so we thought we'd...

Interview: Evan Gregory of The Gregory Brothers

Friday, December 17, 2010 | Categories: Arts, Celebrity, Day 6 Blog, Excerpt, Full Interview, Online, Promote |

You've probably heard by now that The Bed Intruder Song was the most-watched non-commercial video on YouTube this year, with over 52 million hits and...

FULL INTERVIEW: P.J. O'Rourke

Tuesday, October 12, 2010 | Categories: Audio, Day 6 Blog, Full Interview, Politics |

If you caught our Saturday Rocktober 9th edition (and if you didn't, what are you waiting for? It includes a smiling cigar smoking man, a curmudgeon and...

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