The Rundown

Why are millions of people flocking to hi-tech immersive shows like Van Gogh Alive, Frida Kahlo, King Tut, and Shakespeare's The Tempest? Or cultural monoliths like The Office and Stranger Things? Does this form of art lessen the value of classic art, or does its popularity and Instgram-ability help introduce new generations? And what's going on when best-loved Hollywood shows are codified this way? We ask art critics for their take.

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The Thunder Bay Police has given credit where credit is due: they say Jamie Kastner's TVO documentary "There Are No Fakes" was an "inspiration" to breaking apart the criminal ring responsible for flooding the international art market with fake Norval Morrisseau art. But they also want all of Kastner's cutting-room-floor footage and anything else that can bolster their case. Jamie Kastner discussed why filmmakers should not be involved in police work.

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More than 50,000 Canadians died of COVID-19. That was a lot of misery for a lot of families, and for some families, reminded us that child and adolescent grief can be quite different from that experienced by adults. We got another reminder of that in the Duke of Sussex, Prince Harry's book ,Spare,, in which he describes the aftermath of his mother, Princess Diana's tragic and senseless death. For insights on this topic, we welcome Cheryl-Anne Cait, associate professor in the Faculty of Social Work at Wilfrid Laurier University and expert in understanding child and adolescent grief.

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Almost 10 years ago, news broke that the terrorist group Boko Haram had kidnapped 300 schoolgirls in Nigeria. They were neither the first nor last taken, and for many, the whereabouts of these young women remains unknown. Journalist and filmmaker Mellissa Fung could not look away from their stories. She told them in her 2021 documentary, "Captive." And goes deeper still in her new book, "Between Good and Evil: The Stolen Girls of Boko Haram."

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For the first time ever, a Canadian is going to the moon. It's part of the four-person NASA mission called Artemis II, that will return humans to lunar orbit for the first time in more than 50 years. We welcome Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen to talk about the mission.

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With over 64 per cent of Canadians playing video games on a regular basis, it'd be safe to say that Canada is a nation of gamers. But video games are more than just a form of entertainment and escape, they can serve as great learning tool to motivate, engage, and inspire. We speak to three experts to find out more about game-based learning, responsible gaming as well digital parenting.

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The cases of femicide in Canada have increased each year since 2020, reaching nearly 200 in 2022. Advocates are demanding the government to recognize femicide as a distinct crime. What are the most common femicide threats? How did the pandemic worsen the crisis? Is enough being done to prevent women and girls from being killed? We take a closer look at the latest findings and learn more from experts working in this field.

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The Agenda's week in review begins examining why some big time drug cases collapse.Then, Canadian Academy Award-winning filmmaker Daniel Roher on his documentary, "Navalny;" Nobel Prize-winning journalist Maria Ressa on standing up to dictators; and the influence of China's in the Middle East.

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The majority of COVID-19 restrictions and safety measures have been lifted in Ontario. The temporary paid sick days program expired at the end of March. Data shows COVID and flu vaccine uptake is low. Local public health units are calling on the provincial government to provide sufficient, predictable and timely funding in the face of inflationary pressures and service backlogs. Restrictions have loosened across the province's long-term-care homes. Is Ontario prepared to handle the next viral surge of COVID-19? How about the next pandemic?

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Over a thousand people signed a letter, including Elon Musk and Steve Wozniak, calling for a pause on AI development. But a number of recent scientific breakthroughs, especially in medicine, have been led by AI. What is the promise of AI in advancing science and medicine? Will it help usher in a new era of science? Will it replace human scientists? And could AI, in the future, produce a scientific breakthrough or theory that no human can understand?

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