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• How a tiny, tight-knit community is managing one of the worst mass shootings in Canadian history
• Canadian hockey fans find a warm reception at the Olympics in Italy
• What’s the endgame as the U.S. tightens the screws on Cuba?
• Derry Girls creator Lisa McGee returns with a new show
• Queen of Chess documentary tells the story of the teenage girl who changed chess forever
• Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.

Bots get a social media platform of their own and humans get a glimpse of what they'd talk about if left (mostly) unprompted.

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• Bad Bunny's very good week
• Can Quebec be a roadmap for Alberta’s independence movement?
• What delays in Ottawa mean for pending wrongful conviction cases
• Crystal Shawanda's challenging road to her latest Juno nomination
• Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.

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• Trump's actions are fueling a growing campaign to boycott this year's World Cup
• Why is ICE using neo-Nazi imagery in its recruiting ads?
• Three reasons history podcasts are having a moment
• Really Happy Someday captures a trans actor’s journey to rediscover his voice
• Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.

A former U.S. Ambassador says buckle up for the next three years.

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• America, What The Hell?
• Would Trump really use an Alberta referendum to try to take over Canada?
• A psychologist specializing in narcissism has some thoughts on negotiating with Trump
• The joy of watching straight dudes react to watching Heated Rivalry
• What can we expect from Canada's new AI strategy?
• Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.

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• A day in the life of the ICE crackdown in Minneapolis
• Lessons from B.C.'s three-year experiment in drug decriminalization
• The new autistic Barbie isn't everything, but is something to be celebrated says autistic writer
• The writer, director and star of All That’s Left Of You, a film about three generations of a Palestinian family
• Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.

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• What's happening with the neighbours downstairs?
• Greenland’s Long History of Resisting America
• Canada Post, cocaine, and zero control: It's never been easier to get illegal drugs
• Jonathan Haidt’s, The Amazing Generation, encourages kids to step away from their screens
• A former January 6th rioter returns to the capitol to apologize
• Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz

In his forthcoming book The Nerd Reich Gil Duran explains why tech billionaires have soured on democracy, how deeply they are rooted in contemporary politics and what that means for all of us.

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• Second City alumni Jayne Eastwood and Robin Duke reflect on 50 years of comedy and friendship
• Prescriptions for museums, galleries and concerts can tackle illness in ways healthcare providers can't
• Actor and activist George Takei talks about coming out at age 68 in his new memoir
• Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz

PLUS:

• Why everyone loved John Candy
• Documentary, The Eyes of Ghana, explores the lost films that helped inspire Africa’s liberation era
• An Ojibwe chef is re-writing the rules of fine dining
• As a radio DJ he helped popularize the song that made the Edmund Fitzgerald a legend