Day 6 from CBC Radio
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Podcast Description
Day 6 is a news magazine show that delivers a surprising take on the week.
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Day 6 Podcast - May 26, 2006 | Quebec's History of Protest, Egyptian Elections, Taliban Poetry, Joey Ramone Returns, SETI's Funding Crunch, Reagan's Blood, Temple Grandin on Autism and Employment | 5/24/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Day 6 Podcast - May 19, 2012 | Unmasking Quebec protesters; One share of Facebook; Pussy Riot Crackdown; Save our SIN; Pulling out of Greek banks; No bad jobs; and Rick Moody on Guilty Pleasures. | 5/17/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Day 6 - May 12, 2012 (Podcast) | Obama's evolving rhetoric on gay marriage; Art market madness; Sendak three ways; It Gets Better for dolphins; Mohawk smoke traders; House hunting guide for bubble buyers; Badinter on The Conflict Gaming the Real Estate Game | 5/10/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Day 6 Podcast - May 5, 2012 | Psych-ing out the Superheroes, ode to MCA, Occupy The SEC, Osama and the FBI Top Ten, Amazon Knockoffs and #bonusbooks, Heavyweight China, and Death 2 speling. | 5/4/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Day 6 Podcast - April 28, 2012 | Rethinking Post-Secondary; No Vaccine, No Healthcare; Slavoj Zizek on The Avengers; Republic of IKEA; Asteroid Mining; Revenge Porn and Hunter Moore; S**t Girls Say Book Deal | 4/26/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Day 6 - April 21, 2012 (Podcast) | Episode 73: Breivik's challenge, the birth of 420, charities and activism, Volkswagen's Touareg problem, Nic Cage's IRS period, Teller sues for magic, Pippa's gun-toting friends problem. | 4/20/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Day 6 - April 14, 2012 (Podcast) | Episode 73: The End of Money! Why the penny might not be the only coin to drop, The Bugle's Andy Zaltzman on Santorum quitting, A-list film directors on Rock and Roll's best movies, Leafs say sorry for sucking, legalizing drugs in the drug war, Tyson Vs. Tyson: The Play, starring Mike Tyson | 4/13/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Day 6 - April 7, 2012 (Podcast) | The F-35 dream goes nightmare; the sound of delicious; Bond wants beer, Heineken beer; pain in the gas; Titanic gone 3D; tornado warnings get serious; blame sanctions for Burma's democracy?, and William Gibson's Playlist. | 4/6/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Day 6 - March 31, 2012 Podcast | On this episode: the Trayvon Martin shooting and "Stand Your Ground" - does a Florida law distort self defence?; Spike Lee's Twitter disaster; Surviving self-immolation; the perils and profits of April Fools' marketing; Mark Critch takes on Trudeau vs. Brazeau; the rise of mommy porn; AND Game of Thrones in 90-seconds. | 3/29/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Day 6 - March 24, 2012 Podcast | How voices affect voters, Merah and the threat of lone wolf terrorism, John Carter and movie mega-flops, First Nations and Iran, a riotous guide to Canada, Taylor Branch sees exploitation in NCAA basketball, the return of Mad Men, and the Pope and human rights in Cuba. | 3/23/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Day 6 - March 17, 2012 - Podcast | On this episode: Mark Steyn on subbing for Dick Cheney; Emo Murders in Iraq; the Future of Cigarettes; Shalom Auslander on Anne Frank; OxyContin in Small Towns; Teen Dystopia and The Hunger Games; PLUS satire from Alan Park and Scott Faulconbridge. | 3/15/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Day 6 - March 12, 2012 - Podcast | This week on Day 6: Japan's Nuclear Power Industry and Organized Crime; the controversial viral video Kony 2012; PJ O'Rourke on Romney and Republicans; the eternal musician vs. politician battle over campaign songs; China's Death Row TV show; Putin's amazing landslide victory in Chechnya; and Saman Arbabi of Parazit on Internet censorship. | 3/8/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Day 6 - March 3, 2012 - Podcast | On this episode: Robo-calling the government; Boxie - the robot that leverages your emotions; Christopher Hedges on Super Tuesday; Gun culture on the rise in India; the movie that destroyed The Monkees; and creating an offshore high-tech incubator. | 3/1/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Day 6 - February 25, 2012 (Podcast) | If Oscar's broken, here's how you fix it?, Hacking the police and Vic Toews' private life, how a genetic test could end Down Syndrome babies, Oscar Attack Ads, Rhianna And Chris redux and the wild side of mexican prisons. | 2/24/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Day 6 - February 18, 2012 | On this episode: Has China gone "lin-sane" for Jeremy Lin?; Online surveillance in the US and UK; Greek protestors invoke Nazi imagery; Charles Murray on White America; Rights for models; Real Navy SEALs star in a Hollywood movie; and Kathleen Phillips on pet suffrage. | 2/16/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Day 6 - February 11, 2012 | Peter Armstrong guest-hosts. On this episode: The price tag of "Panda-diplomacy"; Boris Nemstov on opposing Putin; Yves Smith on what's wrong with the mortgage settlement deal; Ultimate Taser Ball; Making movies in Iran; AND fearing the franchise as a Schwartz's sale looms. | 2/9/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Day 6 - February 4, 2012 | On this episode of Day 6: Facebook billionaires and Sudden Wealth Syndrome; Should YOU buy Facebook shares?; John Oliver and Andy Zaltzman of The Bugle podcast on Royal news; Why a moon base is a good idea; How to enjoy the Super Bowl; Tracking Syria's martyrs; and a big prize for the winner of our Elmore Leonard contest. | 2/2/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Day 6 - January 28, 2012 | Michael Moore on Oscar rewriting the documentary rules; Eurocrash! The Musical! Jon Ronson on DSM-V; The Lifestyle of Kim Dotcom, Neighbour; Linden MacIntyre reads your bad writing; Julian Assange as Oprah; And arming Assad | 1/26/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Day 6 - January 21, 2012 | On this episode of Day 6: Legendary author Elmore Leonard; Sex-selection and abortion; "Merkozy" - A love story for our time; Taliban ringtones; Why the new edition of Dungeons and Dragons matters; AND a day without Wikipedia | 1/19/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Day 6 - January 14, 2012 | Iran, Video Games and CIA Propaganda; Stealing Picasso: behind the scenes with an art sleuth; How immigration woes and drug cartels infiltrated Mexican wrestling; A guide to Canadian political donations; Making file-sharing a religion; Pete Zedlacher on the Putin vs Harper hockey match-up; and Kathleen Phillips on the CES | 1/12/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Day 6 - January 7, 2012 | The Race for the White House: Matt Taibbi on why the Iowa caucuses mean nothing; Richard Dawkins on myths, magic and science; Astrophysicist Dick Henry proposes a new calendar; The Stooges' James Williamson on the journey from rock'n'roll to boardrooms (and back again); AND two takes on military intervention in Syria. | 1/5/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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D6B Layton's Song | Before dying, Jack Layton wrote a letter to all Canadians. Day 6 contributor Allison Goertz put some of those words to song. | 1/1/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Day 6 - December 31, 2011 (The Big 6) | The Big 6 revealed: the 6 biggest stories of the year as chosen by you. Find out who you picked as Newsmaker, Feelgood, Flameout, Heartbreak, Winning and Overhyped stories for 2011. | 12/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Day 6 - December 24, 2011 | The Day 6 2011 News Quiz: test your wits against our panel of news junkies; how a kidnapped filmmaker made movies for Kim Jong Il; 11th hour gift-buying with Becky Toyne; Neil Pasricha on keeping the holidays awesome; and will there ever be a decent 9/11 movie? | 12/22/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Day 6 - December 17, 2011 | Week three of The Big 6 year-end series: Walter Isaacson on Steve Jobs... ALSO Chris Hedges and Paul Wolfowitz on the late Christopher Hitchens; David Javerbaum with a holiday message from God; Understanding "The God Particle"; A creepy online cartoon and the Russian political awakening; AND Luke Harding on what Putin's worth | 12/15/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Day 6 - December 10, 2011 | Week Two of our year-end Big 6 series: Is The End of the World the Over-hyped story of the year? Does Ryan Gosling have the "Winning-est" tale of 2011?... ALSO: Rand Paul on the threat of indefinite detention; Lawrence Weschler on the uncanny valley; Sugar Sammy on bizarre news of the week; and Pete Zedlacher on performing for troops in Kandahar...PLUS: alien life on Kepler 22-b? AND Kyoto on life support. | 12/8/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Day 6 - December 3, 2011 | Launch of the Big 6 2011 edition. You're vote decides our end of year program. Is Wikileaks Flameout of the Year? Also, Egyptians vexed with the vote; are Brit cops listening to your calls; Rethink 3: the value of collaboration in business; Kathleen Phillips and the Queen of Vegas; Buy Nothing creator scolds Occupy Xmas; Ron James on that CFL septuagenarian fist fight, and the Shame movie embraces its R/NC 17 rating. | 12/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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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. | 4/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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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 | 4/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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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. | 4/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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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. | 4/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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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. | 4/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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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. | 4/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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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. | 4/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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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? | 4/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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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. | 4/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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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. | 4/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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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. | 4/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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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? | 4/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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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." | 4/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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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. | 4/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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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 | 4/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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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 | 4/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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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? | 4/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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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... | 4/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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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. | 4/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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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... | 4/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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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. | 4/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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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. | 4/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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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. | 4/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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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. | 4/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Day 6 - Midweek Podcast - March 2, 2011 | This week we feature an extended interview with author Salman Rushdie. | 4/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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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. | 4/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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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. | 4/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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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. | 4/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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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? | 4/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Customer Reviews
My thought on day 6
Day 6 is a great way of keeping informed. It's fun fast and captivating.
Good stuff here.
Good show.
I always run outif podcasts to listen to, and Day 6 is always there for me. I really like CBC Radio.
Informative and fun
Worth the time, good summary of the weeks news.
