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Q | Jun 18, 2013
Filmmaker Jamie Kastner on his documentary, The Secret Disco Revolution, which sees the rise of '70s dance music as playing into the liberation of Black people, gay people, and women.
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Spark | Jun 14, 2013
Ben Falk on modern-day homesteading – planning self-sustaining plots of land to both live and work on.
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Tapestry | Jun 14, 2013
What if you could only live the present? With no past to remember and no future to dream of, Henry Molaison was the world's most famous amnesiac. We speak to the neuroscientist who studied him for over forty years.
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C'est la vie | Jun 16, 2013
Martin Villeneuve made Quebec's first science fiction film, "Mars et Avril". He recently gave a TED Talk about it. Find out how that came about.
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The Current | Jun 17, 2013
A spokeswoman for Quebec's anti-corruption unit says Montreal Mayor Michael Applebaum has been arrested. Alain Gravel, Host of Enquète, an investigative journalism program on Radio Canada joins us to tell us more.
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As It Happens | Jun 14, 2013
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May 25, 2013 | 1:15Day 6 Riffed from the headlines 05/25/13 AudioDay 6 Riffed from the headlines 05/25/13 May 25, 2013 | 1:15Riffed from the Headlines is our weekly music-meets-the-news quiz. Can you guess the story that connects the three riffs? Listen below. Email us at daysix @ cbc dot ca with your answer.
May 25, 2013 | 6:33Day 6 Should we abolish the Senate? AudioDay 6 Should we abolish the Senate? May 25, 2013 | 6:33The Opposition hammered Harper this week over allegations that senators billed the government for expenses that shouldn't have been claimed. But the Senate has its defenders. We hear from one of them and from someone who wants the Red Chamber red-lined.
May 25, 2013 | 9:34Day 6 Femen: Topless protests in the Muslim world AudioDay 6 Femen: Topless protests in the Muslim world May 25, 2013 | 9:34Amina Tyler was arrested in Tunisia this week for allegedly scrawling the word "FEMEN" on a wall near a prominent mosque. Femen is a feminist activist group that typically protests topless or in the nude.
May 24, 2013 | 10:18Day 6 John Tory on Rob Ford AudioDay 6 John Tory on Rob Ford May 24, 2013 | 10:18Toronto Mayor Rob Ford addressed allegations he's seen smoking crack cocaine in a cell phone video. He says "I do not use crack cocaine, nor am I an addict of crack cocaine". He says it's business as usual at City Hall, but can Toronto move on?
May 24, 2013 | 54:00Day 6 05/25/13: Rob Ford | Oklahoma Tornado | Nosodes | Spelling Bee Vocab. | Sink or Save the Senate | Xbox One AudioDay 6 05/25/13: Rob Ford | Oklahoma Tornado | Nosodes | Spelling Bee Vocab. | Sink or Save the Senate | Xbox One May 24, 2013 | 54:00Rob Ford responds; Oklahoma tornado documentary; Nosodes and herd immunity; Spelling Bee adds vocabulary challenge; Sink or save the Senate; An Xbox One ad from your dad
May 24, 2013 | 54:00Day 6 05/25/13 Rob Ford | Oklahoma Tornado | Senate | Nosodes | Spelling Bee | Xbox One AudioDay 6 05/25/13 Rob Ford | Oklahoma Tornado | Senate | Nosodes | Spelling Bee | Xbox One May 24, 2013 | 54:00Rob Ford Doesn't Deal | Tornado's Deadly Destruction | Senate Abolition Pro and Con | Nosodes and Public Heatlh | Scripps' Switcheroo | Xbox One and Your Dad
May 18, 2013 | 7:51Day 6 Gruesome propaganda: the rise of "atrocity videos" in Syria AudioDay 6 Gruesome propaganda: the rise of "atrocity videos" in Syria May 18, 2013 | 7:51A graphic new video clip from the war in Syria appears to show a rebel soldier biting into an organ from the body of a dead pro-Assad soldier. Brent speaks to Tracey Shelton about the propaganda videos from the battlefields of Syria and Libya.
May 18, 2013 | 8:03Day 6 Should I read it? Dan Brown's "Inferno" AudioDay 6 Should I read it? Dan Brown's "Inferno" May 18, 2013 | 8:03Dan Brown is back with a new thriller that's the odds-on favourite for beach book of the summer. "Inferno" features the return of Robert Langdon. But is Brown's latest worth the read? To help you decide, Brent speaks to Day 6 Books columnist Becky Toyne.
May 18, 2013 | 14:47Day 6 Your day in court without a lawyer: why many Canadians have no choice AudioDay 6 Your day in court without a lawyer: why many Canadians have no choice May 18, 2013 | 14:47More Canadians are going to court without a lawyer. Most can’t afford to hire counsel, and are forced to learn complicated law and procedure just to have their day in court. Why is this happening, and how are the courts adjusting?
May 18, 2013 | 2:48Day 6 COMMENT: Rename Victoria Day for a new Canadian Royal AudioDay 6 COMMENT: Rename Victoria Day for a new Canadian Royal May 18, 2013 | 2:48Day 6 contributor Kathleen Phillips wonders if perhaps it's time rethink exactly why we celebrate this coming May long weekend. Why Queen Victoria? Does a new figure of Canadian royalty better deserve the honour?
May 18, 2013 | 1:06Day 6 Riffed from the headlines 05/18/13 AudioDay 6 Riffed from the headlines 05/18/13 May 18, 2013 | 1:06Riffed from the Headlines is our weekly music-meets-the-news quiz. Can you guess the story that connects the three riffs? Listen below. Email us at daysix @ cbc dot ca with your answer. Don't forget to include your mailing address!
May 18, 2013 | 16:05Day 6 Angelina Jolie, breast cancer, and patenting genes AudioDay 6 Angelina Jolie, breast cancer, and patenting genes May 18, 2013 | 16:05The gene that told Angelina Jolie she would likely develop breast cancer is patented. But can someone patent a gene that everyone has in their body? Brent discusses the ethics of gene patenting with Andrew Coen and Richard Gold.
May 18, 2013 | 15:55Day 6 Angelina Jolie, Genes and Patents AudioDay 6 Angelina Jolie, Genes and Patents May 18, 2013 | 15:55The gene that told Angelina Jolie she would likely develop breast cancer is patented. But can someone patent a gene that everyone has in their body? Brent discusses the ethics of gene patenting with Andrew Coen and Richard Gold.
May 18, 2013 | 55:00Day 6 5/18/13 Rob Ford | Jolie + Gene Patents | Dan Brown | No Lawyers | Victoria Day AudioDay 6 5/18/13 Rob Ford | Jolie + Gene Patents | Dan Brown | No Lawyers | Victoria Day May 18, 2013 | 55:00Drug Allegations and Rob Ford | Gene Patents and Ethics | Should I Read It: Dan Brown's Inferno | Canadians Who Self-Represent | Victoria Day 2.0
May 18, 2013 | 9:47Day 6 Robyn Doolittle on Alleged Rob Ford Crack tape AudioDay 6 Robyn Doolittle on Alleged Rob Ford Crack tape May 18, 2013 | 9:47Toronto Star city hall reporter Robyn Doolittle on the alleged Rob Ford crack tape: the holders of the tape have "gone underground" , but she is still in contact with her source. CBC has not been seen or verified the tape, and Mayor Ford called the story