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Friday February 03, 2017
Porn-o-nomics: Drawing back the curtain on the online porn industry
Online pornography is ubiquitous, instantly available and often free. There's a lot of anxiety about the social consequences of that, but not much understanding of how this multi-billion-dollar industry actually works. This week, Day 6 kicks off a four-part series on the economic forces driving online pornography.
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Five Canadian communities threatened by climate change now
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CBC Radio's Day 6 kicks off its fall season with Facing the Change, a special series profiling five communities in Canada facing serious threats from climate change right now.
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Friday February 24, 2017
Listen to Full Episode 54:00 Listen 9:55Canadian cities are failing to deliver on the promise of being sanctuary cities
This week, Montreal declared itself a sanctuary city. It's the fifth city in Canada to do so. But according to Ryerson University Criminologist Graham Hudson, many of those cities aren't actually delivering on the promise, and an influx of asylum seekers from the United States could make it even tougher. More
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Why some music critics aren't so jazzed about La La Land
The whimsical jazz-musical "La La Land" earned a historic fourteen Oscar nominations, tying it with 'Titanic' and 'All About Eve' for the most nominations ever. But former New York Times jazz critic Ben Ratliff says the movie's take on the genre is so confused, he can only deal with the movie by telling himself it's not about jazz at all. More
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Hollywood, Made in China: How Chinese influence is reshaping the dream factory
'The Great Wall' is the most expensive movie ever made in China and a pioneering co-production with Hollywood. The movie market in China is exploding and according to Aynne Kokas, author of the new book "Hollywood: Made in China," China is reshaping the dream factory in ways that will have a profound effect on what movies get made. More
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Porn-o-nomics: How one director is making a fortune by defying conventional wisdom
Online pornography is ubiquitous, instantly available and often free. There's a lack of understanding about how the industry works and why it's having so much trouble turning a profit. In our final episode of this series, filmmaker, producer and brand creator Greg Lansky explains how he’s been able to start new, successful production companies by doing the opposite of what everyone else is doing. More
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This journalist built an algorithm that can spot serial killers police missed
In 2010, former data journalist Thomas Hargrove developed an algorithm that he hoped could help hunt serial killers by spotting patterns police can't see. He's already put it to use in Cleveland, Ohio and Gary, Indiana, and now, he's making it available for free to anyone who wants to use it, as part of the Murder Accountability Project (MAP), an effort to crowd-source the hunt for killers. More
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Riffed from the headlines 25/02/2017
Riffed from the headlines is our weekly news quiz where we choose three riffs linked by one story in the news. Guess the story that links the riffs and you could win a Day 6 tote bag. More
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