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While a lot remains unclear about Yevgeny Prigozhin and his Wagner Group mercenaries' abbreviated march on Moscow and the agreement that appeared to halt it, political observers believe the attempted rebellion has left Russian President Vladimir Putin more vulnerable.
When Michelle Good’s debut novel Five Little Indians was released, it was seen as a major pillar in our public conversations on reconciliation. The Cree writer is hoping to expand on the dialogue she helped start in a new book of essays called Truth Telling: Seven Conversations about Indigenous Life in Canada. In advance of National Indigenous Peoples Day, Good speaks with guest host David Common about how to translate public platitudes into meaningful change, and her own deeply personal stories that helped inspire her calls for action.
An advocacy group that wants the CRTC to ban Fox News says the network's "abusive content" extends beyond its divisive personalities such as recently fired host Tucker Carlson.
On Thursday the federal government provided an update on its plans to support provinces now in the midst of battling wildfires, while predicting the country will face an unprecedented wildfire season. Mike Flannigan, the Science Director of the Canadian Partnership for Wildland Fire Science joins David Common to respond to those measures and to talk about the challenges that lie ahead this fire season and beyond.
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny will mark his 47th birthday on June 4, in a maximum-security penal colony where he's serving an 11-and-a-half year sentence. Navalny's press secretary, Kira Yarmysh, joins David Common to discuss the new charges Navalny is to face in court next week, his health, and the current state of opposition to Putin's regime. Yarmysh also shares her own experience being detained in Russia, of being detained in Russia, which formed the basis for a novel she wrote, which was recently published in English.