Day 6with Brent Bambury

A video of young people performing haka in honour of the Christchurch shooting victims went viral on social media. Haka instructor Mihirangi explains the dance's origins and how it became a universal language shared by New Zealanders, Maori or not.

Four MacEwan University students built a drone they can steer with their brainwaves. It takes specific thoughts to make it move and lots of concentration to keep it up in the air.

This week, social network Myspace admitted that it lost a staggering 12 years' worth of music during a server migration last year. Music journalist Aaron Williams says that's a real loss for people who love hip hop.

In their new books, Radicalized and Infinite Detail, they have created near-future dystopias full of controlling technologies, social division and rebellions against elevators, toasters and the internet.

Riffed from the Headlines is our weekly quiz where we choose three riffs linked by one story in the news. Guess the story that links the riffs and you could win a Day 6 tote bag and a personalized note from our very own Brent Bambury.

A video and so-called manifesto by the person claiming responsibility for the attacks that killed 49 people at two mosques in New Zealand choreographed the attacks for internet engagement — and ‘memeability.’ New Republic's Jeet Heer says that while this might seem trivial, it's actually very important.

In 2011, Boeing was under pressure to match a competitor's newly released, fuel-efficient plane. It quickly updated its own bestseller, the 737, and sold airlines on the idea that pilots didn't need expensive and time-consuming training, New York Times investigative reporter Thomas Kaplan says.

South Wales Police have tested facial recognition technologies in public spaces since 2017, most recently at the Six Nations Rugby Championship. Meanwhile, Brexit has distracted politicians from debating key privacy legislation, says Annabelle Dickson.

Even though a crowd of thousands turned up to protest proposed changes to the Russian internet, University of Oxford master's student Lincoln Pigman says a trio of new laws are just another extension of Russian President Vladimir Putin's regime.

The final season of Game of Thrones is just one month away, and fans are already placing bets on which characters will still be standing when the credits roll. We invited diehard fans Rod and Karen Morrow to play a round of Russian roulette with their favourite characters.

Riffed from the Headlines is our weekly quiz where we choose three riffs linked by one story in the news. Guess the story that links the riffs and you could win a Day 6 tote bag and a personalized note from our very own Brent Bambury.

Brexit talks have sparked calls for a united Ireland, Captain Marvel fans celebrate the launch of the new movie, why no one should be surprised when diverse politicians express diverse opinions, why everyone's writing contemporaneous notes, a study suggests men are willing to pay a fortune for more hair, and the Michael Jackson jukebox musical lives on.

An unintended consequence Westminster's blundering over Brexit has raised the possibility — or at least chatter about — a united Ireland. BBC reporter Jayne McCormack looks at Northern Ireland's quandary ahead of the Brexit vote in U.K. Parliament.

Members of the Carol Corps have been waiting a long time for Captain Marvel to hit the big screen. But despite the excitement, some are worried that she won't be the superhero they know from comic book pages.

Gerald Butts, former principal secretary to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, was surprised when Jody Wilson-Raybould refused a cabinet post that doesn't align with her values. Vicky Mochama says Trudeau's government may not have been prepared for unprecedented pushback.

The news this week is full of politicians quoting from notes they've taken to cover themselves legally. Public relations expert David Scott says if you need to take detailed notes at work, you should get out of there.

A team of economists in the U.S. say men of a certain age are coping with a particularly hairy sort of stress — and they'll pay through the teeth to avoid facing it head on.

Though child sex abuse allegations released in the HBO documentary Leaving Neverland have dampened the star's legacy, a Broadway show on the singer's life is expected to premiere next summer.

Riffed from the Headlines is our weekly quiz where we choose three riffs linked by one story in the news. Guess the story that links the riffs and you could win a Day 6 tote bag and a personalized note from our very own Brent Bambury.