Why some people are refusing to mask up during COVID-19, China's new security laws and the future of Hong Kong's protest movement, the longstanding problems with Canada's migrant worker program, how going crowdless changes the game for professional sports teams, Canadian Clayton Theriault raises disability awareness and more.

Challenging systemic racism in Canada's mental health institutions, K-pop fans get political, Bill Browder on Putin's push for permanent power, Becky Toyne's Summer Reads list for 2020, how COVID-19 sparked a bike industry boom and more.

John Bolton's scathing new book about Donald Trump, excitement and worry as visitors return to Ontario long-term care homes, re-thinking Gone With The Wind, how drive-in theatres are coping with COVID-19, Wind of Change asks if the CIA wrote a power ballad to help end the Cold War, Aimee Stephens's victory for LGBTQ rights and more.

This is Not a Drake Podcast is a new series that uses seminal moments in Drake’s career to explore the history and evolution of hip-hop, R&B, and Black culture. It’s about the rapper who’s blurred genres and dominated the world stage, and the larger hip-hop movement that made him.The podcast dives deep into the evolution of gender dynamics in hip-hop, especially its relationship with Black women. More episodes are available at http://smarturl.it/notadrakepodcast

Cops gets cancelled after 31 years, the case for better race-based data in policing, what the reckoning at Bon Appetit says about racism in mainstream food culture, why LGBTQ Harry Potter fans feel betrayed by J.K. Rowling, Be Water reframes Bruce Lee as an immigrant outsider, Mark Hamilton's journey from professional baseball to COVID-19 frontlines and more.

The Little Rock Nine's Terrence Roberts keeps up the fight, a black university dean finds hope after sharing his anger and grief with his students, Somali-Canadian poet Ifrah Hussein responds to weeks of police violence with verse, why the Boogaloo movement prepares for a second U.S. civil war, business is booming at an Afrocentric bookstore, celebrating Pride during a pandemic in rural and remote Canada, Edoardo Ballerini the audiobooks rockstar, and more.

The case for regulating PSWs to fix long-term care, the meaning of Karen in a week of racial violence, why even the Montreal Canadiens would make this year's NHL playoffs, Hong Kong political cartoonist Zunzi, a CRISPR-based at-home COVID-19 test is coming, bidding farewell to Baroness von Sketch and more.

Terrorism charges in an allegedly incel-motivated killing, a DIY robot dog you can make at home, why so many people fasting for Ramadan gain weight, isolating on an icebreaker in the Arctic Ocean, Sally Rooney's Normal People is now a TV show, Finding Sally reveals a family's hidden history and Ethiopia's complicated past, and more.

Using cellphone location data to rank the businesses most likely to spread the coronavirus, why air travel will get worse after the pandemic, the Day 6 music panel shares their must-listen isolation jams, Dan Akroyd's real life love of the paranormal, John Moe's Hilarious World of Depression and more.

Wastewater as an early warning system for COVID-19 outbreaks, how a statistician conquered Roll Up The Rim, the Canadian-born former Green Beret behind a failed plot in Venezuela, Nintendo's Animal Crossing brings calm to self-isolation, how zookeepers are coping with the pandemic, the return of Fraggle Rock and more.