PLUS: Reforming the Conclave; this year's unpredictable Oscars; why novelist Rebecca Makkai is done blurbing other people's books; renowned choreographer David Dawson brings a reimagined Four Seasons to the National Ballet; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.

PLUS: Ranking Connor McDavid's overtime game-winner in the pantheon of great Canadian hockey moments; after a record amount of snow, Montreal aims to clear it in record time; it's not your imagination, job hunting really is getting worse; tracking the effects of Alberta's policies restricting LGBTQ youth; how Germany's federal election is causing cracks in the country's firewall against far-right politics; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.

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CLARIFICATION: In this episode, we said that "some of the changes [being brought in by the Alberta government] mirror similar policies in New Brunswick and Saskatchewan."

Day 6 wishes to clarify that the current New Brunswick government has reversed the policy restricting youth who wish to change their names and/or identifying pronouns in school and no longer has similar policies to Alberta or Saskatchewan.

PLUS: A bestselling book of JD Rockefeller's letters sparks alarm over publishing fraud; the Canadian flag at 60; Becky Toyne reviews Bill Gates autobiography, Source Code; Paddington in Peru and the meaning of home; the Canadian actor who played Carl the janitor in The Breakfast Club; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.

PLUS: How WIRED unveiled the scope of Elon Musk's government takeover; why The Sims is thriving, 25 years after its debut; the songwriter who penned Anybody But The Chiefs; the Oscar-nominated documentary Soundtrack to a Coup d'Etat; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.

PLUS: How DeepSeek has upended assumptions about AI; meet Gary Topp, the man who brought punk to Toronto; Canadian opera tenor Isaiah Berlin is stunning audiences with his queer-centred performances; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.

PLUS: Why Trump's embrace of crypto and deregulation could spell disaster; two trans women reckon with an executive order designed to negate their existence; a Stranger Things parody musical; remembering Garth Hudson; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.

PLUS: Why self-described TikTok refugees are flooding to RedNote; the Oscar-short-listed collection of short films made by Palestinians in Gaza; how a social media post about cherry tomatoes on a bridge in Dublin sparked memories of Web 2.0; the quest for a magic trick that doesn't rely on sight; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.

PLUS: How cars became a privacy nightmare; content creators brace for a future without TikTok; the coming crisis for Canadian universities and colleges; The Brutalist's growing Oscar buzz; Schoolhouse Rocks!; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz. 

PLUS: Nearly 20 years after Jimmy Carter was criticized for using the word apartheid to describe Israel's actions, some of his critics say he was right; how Canada could secure it's Arctic interests in the face of climate change, foreign adversaries and unreliable allies; one woman's quest to unlearn a century's worth of bad ideas about how to be a good mom; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.

PLUS: Sugith Varughese on 40 years in Canadian TV and film; and Cameron sinkʷə Fraser-Monroe on his groundbreaking ballet, šɛgatəm.