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  • How ‘surveillance pricing’ uses our personal data to charge us more
    2026/04/17

    As we buy more and more things online, companies are using personal data to offer different prices to different people with the goal of finding the maximum price you will pay at that moment.


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    • What’s behind the Trump administration’s feud with the Pope?
    • The case for putting Mariah Carey in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
    • Can community ownership decommodify real estate?
    • Canadian actor Sugith Varughese's one-man play about how he came to play a doctor 26 times
    • Remembering the Kroftt brothers’ weird, trippy vision for kids TV
    • Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.
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    54 分
  • For All Mankind's alternate space race reality and our collective fascination with the moon
    2026/04/10

    As the crew of Artemis II readjust to Earth's orbit, two of For All Mankind's creators reflect on the excitement of the moment and the parallels to their hit show.

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    Why one writer thinks most journalists are taking too soft an approach to the U.S. president's hard rhetoric.

    The star of Netflix hit 'XO, Kitty' talks about growing up alongside her character.

    AI companies want us to believe their systems are making ethical decisions when they're not, reminds a philosopher of technology.

    Tanya Tagaq's new album takes aim at war, colonialism, and environmental destruction.

    Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.

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    54 分
  • Why pre-internet conspiracy theories about the moon landing are so hard to shake
    2026/04/03

    Moon landing conspiracy theories pre-date AI slop by half-a-century. The curator of the Smithsonian's Apollo Collection explains why they endure.


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    • After five weeks of war, Trump might be further from victory with Iran than when he started
    • A new documentary reveals the harrowing lives of independent Russian journalists in the lead up to the war in Ukraine
    • How countertenor Iestyn Davies uncovered a rare vocal talent and found his calling
    • Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.
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    54 分
  • If AI music isn’t human, can it still count as Canadian content?
    2026/03/27

    How AI music threatens CanCon regulations.


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    • Mass displacement in Lebanon
    • RCMP spying on Indigenous groups
    • Freshwater fish species at risk
    • No Kings protests in Minnesota
    • Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly news quiz.
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    54 分
  • KPop Demon Hunters creator Maggie Kang celebrates her recent Oscars win
    2026/03/20

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    • Jared Kushner negotiates with Iran while making billions from Iran’s enemies
    • Amidst tariff fears, the Port of Saint John emerges as a gateway for shipping Canadian goods
    • Pioneering music of overlooked gay porn composers gets new life on Dark Entries Records
    • After 16 years in power, Hungary’s Viktor Orbán faces a challenge to his authoritarian rule
    • Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.
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    54 分
  • How strikes on Tehran's oil facilities sparked an environmental disaster that could last for years
    2026/03/13

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    • The co-writer of KPop Demon Hunters' smash hit Golden
    • The case for nationalized, public AI in Canada
    • NFB documentary My Knitting Circle shows how the craft can create a community
    • Oscar-nominated doc pays tribute to a journalist who spent his life to covering conflict
    • Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz
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    54 分
  • As Iran exploits cheap drones, the U.S. turns to Ukraine for help
    2026/03/06

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    • Prediction markets spawn allegations of insider trading on global conflicts
    • The strange, confusing history of Daylight Saving Time
    • Generation Gilmore Girls celebrates the enduring appeal of a feel-good TV favourite
    • Ariel Dorfman explains how a Pinochet admirer became Chile’s next president
    • Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.
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    54 分
  • How the Jalisco New Generation Cartel became the biggest criminal organization in Mexican history
    2026/02/27

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    • What's happening with the neighbours downstairs?
    • How AI is transforming dating apps
    • Resident Evil marks its 30th anniversary with a new game
    • Inside the lawless world of crypto romance scammers
    • A Ukrainian composer marks four years of war with a suite called Perseverantia
    • Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.
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    54 分