Day 6 with Brent Bambury

Russia's bombing in Ukraine has threatened the country's food production, as well as its national seed bank, where the genetic code for nearly 2,000 crops is held in vaults. Sofia Monsalve says there needs to be a greater emphasis on protecting and preserving food systems globally.

The audio production, released this week for National Indigenous Peoples Day, is designed to be played alongside the Disney film.

Day 6 books columnist Becky Toyne is back with her annual list of summer reads. This year, Becky has five novels for your reading pleasure. Every book will take you to another country and several travel through time.

Canadians paid 9.7 per cent more for groceries in April compared to a year earlier, the highest rate of food inflation in Canada in 41 years. Phoebe Stephens explains why she thinks the high levels of corporate concentration in Canada's food supply chain are a significant part of the problem.

On June 17, 1972, a break in at the Democratic National Committee headquarters in Washington, D.C. started the now-infamous Watergate scandal. In the 50 years since, there have been many films about Watergate. But as Chelsea Steiner tells us, one of those films is totally underrated – the 1999 fictional comedy Dick, in which two teenage girls are outed as Deep Throat.

If and when the U.S. Supreme Court overturns the landmark case, Roe. v Wade, the city of Austin, Texas, plans to effectively decriminalize abortion in the city, telling local police not to enforce the state law.

Global Witness is a not-for-profit group that has been tracking the killings of land defenders for the past 10 years. Marina Comandulli, a campaigner for the group, says the attacks and killings are happening regularly all over the world.

A former city mayor, Rodolfo Hernández was relatively unknown to much of the country when he placed second in the first round of presidential voting. He’s brash, has little experience and openly admits he lacks knowledge of his country. But thanks in large part to a well-run TikTok campaign, he could win the presidency.

As an essential ingredient in the batteries that power electric vehicle, nickel is set to play an important role in the transition to clean energy. Environment journalist Maddie Stone tells us how Europe’s demand for nickel conflicts with calls to cut ties with Russia.

Canadian actor Bruce Horak has spent most of his acting career on the theatre stage. Now, his first starring television role is as Lieutenant Hemmer in the new series, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.

Jurassic World Dominion, the sixth film in the Jurassic Park series, came out this week. But before the latest entry came along, plenty of scripts were tossed in the bin. Norm Wilner, host of the podcast Someone Else’s Movie, runs down his favourite (read: worst).