What a tense U.S. election means for the country's future, a hard look at anti-Black racism after the vote, how Oregon's move to decriminalize drugs could make the state's criminal justice system more equitable, Should I Read It? tackles Douglas Stuart’s debut novel Shuggie Bain, the International Space Station turns 20 and more. This episode was updated Nov. 7, 2020 at 12:45 p.m. ET to reflect that CBC News projects Joe Biden has won the U.S. presidential election.

What a 1981 campaign of voter suppression could portend for the upcoming U.S. election, Canadians get creative to celebrate a COVID-19 Halloween, Rubik's cube inventor Erno Rubik on its lasting legacy, Should I Play It? columnist Jonathan Ore tackles Watch Dog: Legion, a new book explores Dolly Parton's rise and more.

An election supervisor in Florida prepares for voting day, what quirky election merchandise reveals about campaigns, Google faces a historic antitrust lawsuit, Canadian actor Dan Chameroy's campy one-man soap opera Leer Estates, filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin looks back on four decades of documenting Mi'kmaq fishing rights, digging into the world of Hollywood collectibles in the podcast The Stuff Dreams Are Made Of and more.

The death of an Ottawa man prompts criticism of no-knock police raids, why the Carter Center is watching the upcoming U.S. election, how AI pollsters could improve political predictions, what a West Wing reunion means for voters, buying stock in the company behind K-pop band BTS, an impassioned defence of iceberg lettuce and more

Behind the scenes of the Republican-led anti-Trump PAC The Lincoln Project, how COVID-19 is reviving community cookbooks for Thanksgiving, what Hollywood blockbuster delays mean for movie theatres, the return of the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, how Canadian hip hop complements the Black Lives Matter movement, Justin Ling on his new book Missing from the Village and more.

Unpacking Quebec's anti-mask protests amid rising COVID-19 cases, how Donald Trump could wield his presidential emergency powers during the U.S. election, why filmmaker Kirsten Johnson repeatedly faked her own dad's death, LeVar Burton on his beloved literary podcast, career diplomat Linda Thomas-Greenfield on the lasting impact of the killing of George Floyd and more.

A former Kentucky judge says the Breonna Taylor grand jury should have done more, how video games could be the next frontier for political disinformation, the photographers documenting California's wildfires, Christa Couture on her new memoir How to Lose Everything, Indigenous actor Grace Dove on her starring role in Monkey Beach, how the COVID-19 pandemic toppled a century-old business and more.

Remembering U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, far right extremism in the Canadian military, photographing the wildfires scorching the U.S. west coast, Super Mario 3D All Stars unlocks the Nintendo vault, how the New IRA is using Brexit uncertainty as a recruitment tool and more.

Elamin Abdelmahmoud and the Pop Chat round-table invite you in to the group chat to help make sense of the cultural drama blowing up the internet. Bringing their hottest takes to the table, join them every week as they debate, discuss and work through the pop culture discourse. The Pop Chat panel consists of: Shireen Ahmed, Angelina Chapin, Kevin Fallon, Sarah Hagi, Hussein Kesvani, Stacy Lee Kong, Kathleen Newman-Bremang, Amil Niazi and Andrea Warner. More episodes are available at http://smarturl.it/popchat

Why advocates say naming heatwaves could save lives, custodians grapple with new back-to-school routines during the COVID-19 pandemic, meet the man behind the NBA bubble's barbershops, how online moderators are coping in 2020, Jesse Owens' granddaughter, comedians tackle the news in a new BBC podcast and more.