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Episode 744
The pulpy, paranoid and prescient Canadian novels that tapped into our collective fear of a US invasion
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.
Radio Day 6 February 28
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The paranoid Canadian novels that tapped into our collective fear of an American invasion
Radio Day 6 February 28
Why novelist Rebecca Makkai says she's done blurbing other people's books
Radio Day 6 February 28
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Renowned choreographer David Dawson brings a moving and reimagined Four Seasons to the National Ballet
Radio Day 6 February 28
Riffed from the Headlines 03/01/25
Radio Day 6 February 28
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The conclave is in need of serious reforms, says one Catholic leader
Radio Day 6 February 28

What to expect from an unusually unpredictable Oscar competition

Radio Day 6 February 28

It's not your imagination, the experience of job hunting really is getting worse

Radio Day 6 February 21

Where Connor McDavid's overtime game-winner ranks in the pantheon of great Canadian hockey moments

Radio Day 6 February 22

Why Putin sent a U.S. trained banker to negotiate with the Trump Administration

Radio Day 6 February 21

After a record amount of snow, Montreal works to clear it all away in record time

Radio Day 6 February 21

Alberta has a host of new policies restricting LGBTQ youth. These researchers are tracking the effects

Radio Day 6 February 21

How Germany's federal election is causing cracks in the country's firewall against far-right politics

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Riffed from the Headlines 02/22/25

Radio Day 6 February 21

Why Putin sent a U.S. trained banker to negotiate with the Trump administration

Radio Day 6 February 21

How the middle class got priced out of Canadian cities in one generation

Radio Day 6 February 14

Canadian John Kapelos played Carl the janitor in the Breakfast Club. 40 years on, he still feels its legacy

Radio Day 6 February 14

Canada's flag at 60: A look back at the highs and lows and people it's inspired

Radio Day 6 February 14

Paddington in Peru is the latest in the successful film franchise - a critic says it may be the best yet

Radio Day 6 February 14

Riffed from the Headlines 02/15/25

Radio Day 6 February 14

How the middle class got priced out of Canadian cities in one generation

Radio Day 6 February 14

Bill Gates looks back on his childhood influences in his new memoir Source Code. Should you read it?

Radio Day 6 February 14

Why a 2021 bestselling book on the Rockefellers is sounding alarm about publishing fraud

Radio Day 6 February 14

After the pandemic, Canadians' sense of national pride fell off a cliff. Now it's bouncing back

Radio Day 6 February 7

How WIRED magazine unveiled the true scope of Elon Musk's takeover of U.S. government departments

Radio Day 6 February 7

Why The Sims is still thriving, 25 years after its debut

Radio Day 6 February 7

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