Day 6

PLUS: What the latest U.S. Supreme Court ruling on presidential immunity says about the court and the country; Battling health misinformation on social media; Behind the anger on the Reddit Canada site; Canadian music legend Ron Sexsmith looks back on a remarkable career with a 60th birthday concert at Massey Hall.

PLUS: Artists and record labels are pushing back against AI music tools — but how good is the music they make?; How loon calls became a staple of pop music, from 808 State to Doja Cat; Volunteers for a BC-based search and rescue team are the stars of this documentary series; Amrit Kaur lands her first leading film role in the queer, Bollywood-inspired The Queen of My Dreams.

PLUS: A new documentary tells the origin story of the first Black Barbie; the son of the original Catan creator explains why he decided to tackle climate change in the game's newest edition; a photographer is developing an artist-friendly platform to fight back against AI scraping; Day 6 books columnist Becky Toyne shares her annual list of best summer reads; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.

PLUS: The hockey songs that pump up Oilers fans; an opera's quest to reclaim the legacy of Portia White; the Titan submersible warning signs that were ignored for years; the true crime podcast She Has A Name; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.

PLUS: A photojournalist comes face-to-face with a great white shark off the coast of Nova Scotia; how smart tech is being used to facilitate intimate partner violence; coming out as trans at age 66; an Iraqi musician invents a new instrument after ISIS destroyed his collection; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.

PLUS: a Palestinian journalist describes life in Gaza after fleeing Rafah; why clear red lines get fuzzy during a conflict; farewell to Angel Hernandez, baseball's most hated umpire; the heavily-armed environmentalists trying to save the Amazon; legendary British filmmaker Ken Loach caps a celebrated career with his final movie, The Old Oak; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.

PLUS: A trauma surgeon on what he witnessed at a hospital in Gaza; the lives altered by the overturning of Roe v Wade; a scientist trying to stop bird flu in its tracks; Andy Kim on 50 years of Rock Me Gently; an Indigenous community's plan to build homes, and a self-sustaining economy, out of hemp; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.

PLUS: Toronto's WNBA expansion signals a larger movement in women's pro sports; reviewing John Krasinski’s new star-studded movie IF; Logan Holladay, the stunt-driver who set a world record for cannon rolls in The Fall Guy; what we might learn about Banksy from his latest court case; and a Palestinian architect who curated an exhibit based on what his family lost in the Nakba.

PLUS: The history of rap diss tracks; the stars of Dog Man The Musical; the life and legacy of pioneering Asian-American photographer Corky Lee; 2SLGBTQ+ activists aim for the largest rallies in a generation; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.

PLUS: Poet Gary Geddes on the anniversary of Kent State; how a Chinese restaurant in Toronto is benefitting from the Kendrick-Drake beef; how Baby Reindeer unleashed an online sleuthing nightmare; an exiled journalist explains why the Taliban's social media strategy is key to its rule; five pioneering Black ballerinas from a Harlem ballet school are reclaiming the spotlight more than 50 years later; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.