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Day 6 from CBC Radio

Day 6 is a news magazine show that delivers a surprising take on the week.

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Download 03/02/13 Vatican's Gay Timebomb | VFX goes broke | Bullying Reconsidered | Bad Gun Science | Yahoo! Bans Work at Home
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02/23/2013 Snow White and Oscars' Lead Balloon | Iceland's Porn Ban | Buzz Bissinger on Oscar Pistorius | Detroit, Decline and LeDuff | Hollywood's Toughest Room

** Snow White, Rob Lowe and Oscars' Lead Balloon ** Hollywood's Toughest Room ** Detroit, Decline and LeDuff ** Iceland's Porn Ban ** Buzz Bissinger on Oscar Pistorius **

Download 02/23/2013 Snow White and Oscars' Lead Balloon | Iceland's Porn Ban | Buzz Bissinger on Oscar Pistorius | Detroit, Decline and LeDuff | Hollywood's Toughest Room
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Download 02/16/13 Papal Humour | Chris Dorner: Folk Hero | Harlem Shake | Inside Westboro | and more
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02/02/2013 | Super Bowl Politics Panel | Dershowitz on Guns, Divestment | Restaurant Photo Bans | Blackberry Launch and Spectacle | Alzheimer's Open Letter

** Football's Very Political Year ** Dershowitz Slams Gun Plan ** Debating Resto Photo Bans ** Blackberry 10 or Product Launch as Rock Concert ** Alzheimer's Open Letter **

01/26/13 H5N1 Debate | Dawson Hacker | Scrabble | Jon Ronson on Conspiracy Theories

H5N1 Debate** Dawson College Expels Hacker** Scrabble Recalibrated*** Jon Ronson on Conspiracy Theories** Kathleen Philips on Zug Island

Download 01/26/13 H5N1 Debate | Dawson Hacker | Scrabble | Jon Ronson on Conspiracy Theories
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01/19/13 Sam Harris on Guns | Algeria + Mali | Cdn Cleric in Pakistan | Petitions | Saunders

** Sam Harris on Gun Control ** Terror in the Desert ** Canadian Cleric Calls for Reform in Pakistan ** Are Petitions the Junk Food of Democracy? ** George Saunders Reviewed **

Download 01/19/13 Sam Harris on Guns | Algeria + Mali | Cdn Cleric in Pakistan | Petitions | Saunders
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Download 01/12/13 - Idle No More | Trillion $ Coin | Australia Climate | Hixploitation
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01/05/13 - Idle No More, Futurists, Chris Hedges, Damien Echols, Ali Farzat

Idle No More * Futurists Panel * Chris Hedges * Damien Echols * Syrian Rebel Cartoonist Ali Farzat

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12/22/12 The NRA Reloads | Books for Christmas | 2012 News Quiz | Montreal's Newsmaking Year | Damien Echols: Christmas on Death Row

Download 12/22/12 The NRA Reloads | Books for Christmas | 2012 News Quiz | Montreal's Newsmaking Year | Damien Echols: Christmas on Death Row
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12/15/12 - ** Connecticut School Shooting ** Zero Dark Thirty and Torture ** Rebels, Terror Groups and Syria ** Downloaders Fines Looming? ** Debating Dressing Your Pets ** Crashing Office Parties**

** Connecticut School Shooting ** Zero Dark Thirty and Torture ** Rebels, Terror Groups and Syria ** Downloaders Fines Looming? ** Debating Dressing Your Pets ** Crashing Office Parties**

Download 12/15/12 - ** Connecticut School Shooting ** Zero Dark Thirty and Torture ** Rebels, Terror Groups and Syria ** Downloaders Fines Looming? ** Debating Dressing Your Pets ** Crashing Office Parties**
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12/08/12 - Royal Baby, Syria's Chemical Arsenal, Penn Jillette, and Virgin Births

**The Royal Baby's Place in Line ** Robert Fisk on Syria's Chemical Weapons ** DoctorCams ** Virgin Births ** Penn Jillette and The Big 6 ** A Chanukah Lament

Download 12/08/12 - Royal Baby, Syria's Chemical Arsenal, Penn Jillette, and Virgin Births
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The Big 6- Flameout: Mayors, Mockbusters, Arafat Exhumed, SIM Hockey League, Rolling Stones Famous Bust, 12/1/12

The Big 6- Flameout: Mayors, Mockbusters, Arafat Exhumed, SIM Hockey League, Rolling Stones Famous Bust

Download The Big 6- Flameout: Mayors, Mockbusters, Arafat Exhumed, SIM Hockey League, Rolling Stones Famous Bust, 12/1/12
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Gaza and non-violence, Rihanna's Flight 777, Legal Weed, Social Media Shaming - 11/24/2012

** Gaza, Non-violence and Statehood ** Weed, Public Opinion and Law ** Social Media Shaming ** Deep Sixed: Bluefin Tuna ** Grey Friday ** Rihanna's Flight 777 Fail **

Download Gaza and non-violence, Rihanna's Flight 777, Legal Weed, Social Media Shaming - 11/24/2012
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Petraeus Scandal, McAfee on the Run, End of Growth, Rolling Jubilee + more - 11/17/12

** Sex, Security and the CIA ** Bonkers in Belize ** Deep Sixed: End of Growth ** Rolling Jubilee and Absolving Debt ** Fiscal Cliffhanger ** The Last Pictures in Space **

Download Petraeus Scandal, McAfee on the Run, End of Growth, Rolling Jubilee + more - 11/17/12
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Day 6 - November 10, 2012

** Election 2012 Audio Snapshots ** Republicans and Hispanics ** Deep Sixed: White Majority ** Libya's Nascent Film Industry ** Knife Bans and Political Change in China **

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Day 6 - November 3, 2012

NYC Post-Sandy ** Voter-Fraud Myth? ** Dukakis Remembers ** Lewis Black ** Mitt 'n' Joe ** Michael Chabon ** Deep Sixed: Maple Syrup

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Day 6 - October 27, 2012

** Detroit-Windsor Bridge Battle ** Cloud Atlas and Race Washing ** Why I Quit Goldman Sachs ** Deep Sixed: Facebook ** Election Non-Issues ** George Romero and Justin Cronin **

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Download Day 6 - October 20, 2012
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Day 6 - October 13, 2012

Golden Dawn Beyond Greece * Spies and Gangsters * Amish Romances * DeVito Divorce * Attracting The Irish * Martin Amis on the UK and the USA

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Day 6 - October 6, 2012

McDonald's Opens Up ** The Internet Black Widow and Newlywed Killings ** Canadian Mafia's Deep Roots ** Morocco turns away the Abortion Boat ** Gay Conversion Therapy ** The Most Important Election Ever

Download Day 6 - October 6, 2012
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Day 6 - September 29, 2012

** Needles in Prisons Debate ** Should I Read It: Rowling's The Casual Vacancy ** Google and Free Speech ** Embassy Roomies ** The South Should Secede** Former Scientologist on The Master **

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Day 6 - September 22, 2012 - Podcast

**Damien Echols and Life After Death ** The Demand to See Kate Middleton Topless ** Romney's Gaffe Doesn't Matter ** The Fall TV Season is Lame ** Lining up at Apple ** Home Without Hockey

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Download Day 6 - September 15, 2012
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Day 6 - September 8, 2012

** Finding Joy in U.S. Politics ** Iranian Embassy Shutdown and Jailed Canadians ** Quebec and Other Independence Movements ** Hanna Rosin and The End of Men ** The Pirate Bay Under Siege ** 9/11 Birthdays **

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Day 6 - Mid Week podcast - April 6, 2011

Today, an extended interview on why Fukushima is not Chernobyl, and an encore presentation of our interview with environmentalist and author George Monbiot. He now supports nuclear power because of the disaster in Japan.

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Day 6 - April 2, 2011

Is it time for the Chernobyl option? Why pouring concrete on Fukushima's reactors won't solve the problem...AND The federal election on the futures market - where the world is putting its money as Canada decides, plus, Elizabeth May gets shut down - maybe a campaign cocktail will help ... ALSO Three top ten hits drop the F-bomb in their title, why profanity in pop is nothing new...PLUS Claire Brousseau catches up with real life BFF Mad Men star Jessica Pare

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Day 6 - Midweek Podcast - March 30, 2011

An extended interview with writer and long-time This American Life contributor Sarah Vowell, followed by a reading from her new book, "Unfamiliar Fishes."

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Day 6 - March 26, 2011

On this episode - The 40th parliament is toast: what winning would mean to each party...and an election cocktail for the long road ahead ... PLUS a leading environmentalist on how Fukushima renewed his faith in nuclear power... AND writer and broadcaster Sarah Vowell on the US, Imperialism and Hawaii (with a bonus jab or two at Canadians) ... how Operation Odyssey Dawn got its name ... and unearthing buried news

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Day 6 - Midweek Podcast - March 23, 2011

This week's bonus podcast features readings from two of our favourite storytellers and humourists, David Sedaris and Mike Birbiglia. First up, David Sedaris reads "The Vigilant Rabbit" from his collection of fables called Squirrel Seeks Chipmunk. Next, comedian and writer Mike Birbiglia reads "Goddammit" from his collection of essays called Sleepwalk with Me and Other Painfully True Stories. A word of warning - there are some adult themes in the latter reading.

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Day 6 - March 19, 2011

On this episode: Failure at the Fukushima nuclear plant - meet one of the engineers who was concerned about the crisis decades ago... and TEPCO's less-than-stellar track record of transparency... PLUS Rock'n'Roll Hall of Famer Alice Cooper... Comedy, tragedy and context in the age of Twitter ...AND Heavy metal music and the liberalization of the Middle East... BONUS Atlantis:Found?

Download Day 6 - March 19, 2011
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Day 6 - Midweek Podcast - March 16, 2011

This midweek podcast features an extended interviews with Mark Bittman - New York Times food columnist and author most recently of The Food Matters Cookbook. Then, Brent asks two finacial-world insiders why no top Wall Street executives went to jail for playing a role in the global economic collapse of 2008. Dan Alpert is founding manager of Westwood Capital and frequent commentator on financial regulation. Bob Gnaizda is an attorney and 40-year social justice advocate.

Download Day 6 - Midweek Podcast - March 16, 2011
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Day 6 - March 12, 2011

On this episode of Day 6: Chaos in japan - How Google is helping people find each other in the heart of a natural disaster... why the "supermoon" is not responsible for the quake ... and the security of Japan's nuclear industry ... PLUS Years after the financial collapse, why Wall Street walked and who should be on trial ... AND why redefining motherhood is a powerful taboo ... and reasons not to fear the alien invasion

Download Day 6 - March 12, 2011
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Day 6 Midweek Podcast - March 9, 2011

This week's bonus podcast, our uncut interview with neurologist and author Oliver Sacks. His newest book, "The Mind's Eye" is a collection of stories of people who can't perceive or communicate... and that includes him too.

Download Day 6 Midweek Podcast - March 9, 2011
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Day 6 - March 5, 2011

On this episode: TV star in free-fall - Charlie Sheen and the Absence of Apology ... AND Fighting for the director's credit on the worst movie ever made - The Room ... PLUS How the UK is getting sperm donors to man-up... contributor Kathleen Phillips finds the weak point in Libya's strongman ... Glen Beck loses support on the right ... a future's market where you can bet on the outcome of a revolution ... and, who said it - Sheen or Gadhafi? Shaun Majumber takes our quote quiz.

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Day 6 - Midweek Podcast - March 2, 2011

This week we feature an extended interview with author Salman Rushdie.

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Day 6 - February 26, 2011

On this episode of Day 6: How international relations would handle a zombie apocalypse ... AND The Gadhafi factor - why the revolt in Libya is so unlike the Egyptian revolution... and The Brand of a Nation - can Libya change its image? ...PLUS the Executive Producer of The Onion News Network on sports and satire... Defining moments in Academy Awards history... and the legends of Mad Magazine eyeball the Oscars.

Download Day 6 - February 26, 2011
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Day 6 - Bonus Midweek Podcast - February 23, 2011

This week: an uncut interview with Doonesbury creator Garry Trudeau. Up until a few months ago, the legendary cartoonist hadn't given an interview in almost twenty-five years. Turns out, he had a lot to say about four decades of Doonesbury...

Download Day 6 - Bonus Midweek Podcast - February 23, 2011
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Day 6 - February 19, 2011

On this episode of Day 6: Watson may have killed at Jeopardy, but can he pass the ultimate test of Artificial Intelligence? ... AND Paul Haggis defects from the Church of Scientology - we talk to a former high-ranking member who says he witnessed abuse at the top levels... PLUS Celebrated author Azar Nafisi on the problems of protesting in Iran...the ongoing quest to find the worst movies ever made ... why everything is more expensive in Canada ... and a view from inside Lady Gaga's egg.

Download Day 6 - February 19, 2011
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Day 6 - Bonus Mid-week Podcast - February 16, 2011

On January 20th, US officials executed the biggest single-day mob bust in FBI history. They arrested 127 alleged gangsters for extortion, arson, and racketeering. Now extortion and racketeering - that makes sense for the Mafia. But what about selling records? Take a listen to this full-length interview with Tommy James, author "Me, the Mob, and the Music" and the artist behind "Crimson and Clover", "Mony Mony", "I Think We're Alone Now" and many more hits. He's got a story or two to tell you...

Download Day 6 - Bonus Mid-week Podcast - February 16, 2011
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Day 6 - February 12, 2011

On this episode of Day 6: Victory in Cairo! Hosni Mubarak resigns, but says he'll die in Egypt - Why exile for dictators isn't what it used to be... ALSO Best Actress Nominee Melissa Leo launches her own campaign for the Oscar - and critics aren't impressed ...AND 60s pop star sensation Tommy James on how his hit records were underwritten by the mob ... PLUS A new study looks at the roots of bullying... Why Facebook isn't big in Japan... and Quebec gets an arena, but will they get an NHL team?

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Day 6 - February 5, 2011

On this episode of Day 6 - How fanatical Egyptian soccer fans formed the organizational backbone of the protests in Cairo... AND US Senator (and Tea Party icon) Ron Paul discusses his radical ideas on aid for Egypt... PLUS Yann Martel tells us why he's stopped sending books to the Prime Minister ... What would happen if the Internet got turned off ... How to make a pop song in eight hours ... And, "Sukey" the protest app.

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Day 6 - January 29, 2011

On this episode of Day 6 - Women, Hollywood and the Oscars: Measuring the Best Picture nominees against the Bechdel Test for Movies... AND What's next for Egypt following a week of protests? PLUS A chat with the creators of "Parazit", Iran's answer to The Daily Show... Attack of the killer swan: a farmer takes on the goverment when they tell him his swan needs a permit.... and, Is the cupcake bubble about to burst?

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Day 6 - January 22, 2011

The Stuxnet worm redefines the cyberwarfare battlefield; what was Baby Doc Duvalier thinking; Ontario's rogue minor hockey league; Ophiuchus gets no zodiacal respect; the politics of Bunga Bunga; Sugar Sammy; and the Starbuck's Trenta.

Download Day 6 - January 22, 2011
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Day 6 - January 15, 2011

Are Chinese mothers really superior? Find out from Amy Chua, author of Battle Hymn of a Tiger Mother. AND Why Glocks have become the weapon of choice in America in the wake of the tragedy in Tucson. PLUS Women take centre stage on a revoluntionary new TV show in Afghanistan ... How a Newfoundland community is fighting back against a plan to burn a million tires ... Coping with the first wave of Boomer Retirees ... and a chat with the CEO of the Weekly World News.

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Day 6 - January 8, 2011

The Game-Changer: HBO Sports President Ross Greenburg on the success of "24/7 Penguins Capitals" and what it could mean for the future of hockey coverage. AND Four decades of Doonesbury: a feature interview with Gary Trudeau. PLUS signs of the apocalypse, Giller Prize winners read from Snooki's debut novel, and an Australian croc farmer tells us how he's keeping track of his livestock in the midst of the flood.

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Day 6 - January 1, 2011

The Big 6 - our look back at the biggest stories of 2010, as chosen by you. Will the Newsmaker of the Year be Haiti or WikiLeaks? What about the Feel-Good Story of the Year -- Chilean Miners or the It Gets Better campaign? Will Betty White win Comeback of the Year or will she be intercepted by Michael Vick? (We know - he's a quarterback. The line worked.) Other categories include Trend, Guilty Pleasure, and Flame Out of the Year ... BP anyone?

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Day 6 - December 18, 2010

On this episode of Day 6... The spin and speculation around diplomat Richard Holbrooke's final words. David Lynch on changing the lives of veterans with PTSD through meditation. AND Hide your kids, hide your wife - The Gregory Brothers on the success of their Bed Intruder Song. Plus, TRON rides again - but does it have to be good to be good? And why everyone wants to be on Hollywood's new blacklist.

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Day 6 - December 11, 2010

Did WikiLeaks open a Pandora's box of internet mischief? Anonymous "hacktivists" in the age of Assange. AND Drugs, bribes, burqas and Gonzo journalism in Yemen. PLUS, Adding another dimension to hockey ... a former Canadian ambassador on why peacekeeping is a thing of the past ... making a pitch for the Unabomber's property ... and why we're genetically programmed to be naughty.

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Day 6 - December 4, 2010

Conversations with Julian: journalist Andy Greenberg on his meeting with the WikiLeaks founder. And, they received Grammy nominations for Album of the Year, Record of the Year and Song of the Year -- so why do critics ignore Lady Antebellum? PLUS, NASA sets off speculation this week about the discovery of new life in the universe. ... LGBT in Canada's military...and a viral love letter proves we're all closer than we think.

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November 27, 2010 - Day 6

The Celtic Tiger loses its tail (and shirt, and money). Don Cherry robo-calls a host of new endorsements. The Pope! Speaks condoms! More stuff white people like. UNESCO is protecting Intangible Cultural Traditions, but missed a few. Kathryn Borel tells you if you should read Portia De Rossi's book. A feature chat with Salman Rushdie.

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Day 6 - November 20, 2010

Controversy over airport security... but do full-body scanners even work? The former head of Israeli airport security says no. Also, Kate Middleton gets Diana's ring but will the wedding distract the British from their troubled economy? Plus, in Haiti cholera spreads. Find out why there are no vaccines. ANDChildbirth causing post traumatic stress disorder...and catch up on five Harry Potter movies in 90 seconds.

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Day 6 - November 13, 2010

A 23-year-old drops out of school to play poker for a living - now he's World Champion and about $9million richer. What it takes to make poker your job. Also, just 'cause Iran is out of the mix, doesn't mean the other countries on the new UN women's agency have a great record of supporting women's rights. Human Rights Watch talks Saudi Arabia, Congo & women. Plus, why crystal meth has become the must-have ingredient for film & TV producers ... AND Canadian rockers dish advice for the PM.

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Day 6 - November 6, 2010

Preston Manning on the Tea Party victory; Amy Sedaris on crafts; Silly bandz vs. Titanium Bands; Oliver Sacks on Being Oliver; What's Yemen's Biggest Problem; Why you'll never cure a cold; A Spy reviews Fair Game.

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