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Romance novels are hotter and more Canadian than ever

102

Ontario's crackdown on ticket reselling, and a new U.K. comedy takes aim at the World Cup

103

A tradwife influencer time travels to 1855 in Yesteryear, and Charli XCX says the dance floor is dead

104

How 'Michael' broke the box office but flattened his legacy

105

Drake’s Iceman sculpture, and why hip hop still needs him

106

Why we're emotional about Celine Dion's comeback

107

Is Beef season 2 cooked? And, a tribute to Nevon Sinclair

108

Memes are the propaganda of the U.S.-Iran war

109

Do people really like Geese or is it just marketing? And, Bollywood loses a giant, Asha Bhosle

110

How 'Mile End Kicks' got 2010s Montreal right!

111

'Famesick' and Lena Dunham's polarizing pop legacy.

112

And the winner of Canada Reads 2026 is...

113

Afrika Bambaataa's problematic hip-hop legacy + What's driving Canada's current box office boom?

114

What DTF St. Louis says about male bonding + How K-pop's Plave are taking the virtual band to new levels!

115

Euphoria is back! + Justin Bieber returns to Coachella

116

Artemis II is a vision of humanity we need right now

117

The Summer House scandal, and a bittersweet K-Pop shakeup

118

How Epstein became a meme, and Dan Levy's series Big Mistakes

119

The big twist in The Drama, and should theatres get rid of age-based ratings?

120

The Ben Johnson story arrives on TV, and Canadian music history you won't find on the internet

121

Who gets to write working class stories in Canada?

122

Tomson Highway's Rose, and the Goo Goo Dolls become the epitome of 90s nostalgia

123

Broadway play Giant explores Roald Dahl and his antisemitism, and Riz Ahmed in Bait

124

How Black & Jewish-America shaped pop music as we know it

125

Who showed up at this year's Junos and what it tells you about this moment

126

Weekly Wrap: Robyn, Jack Harlow & Raye

127

Why did the Bachelorette cast Taylor Frankie Paul? And Dhurandhar 2

128

The Hannah Montana special, and the Lindy West fiasco

129

Hamilton is hosting a big awards show amid a crisis. Plus, the Peaky Blinders movie

130

At last, the return of BTS. Does Arirang deliver?

131

Weekly wrap: Project Hail Mary, The Things You Kill & AI Val Kilmer

132

Do we care that 'Love Story' blurs fact with fiction? And, the country musical 'Shucked'

133

Did we need to know Banksy's real name? And, the heist game 'Relooted'

134

Louis Theroux's 'Inside the Manosphere,' and the Canadian horror film 'Undertone'

135

The Oscars were last night!

136

Weekly wrap: Oscar predictions!

137

Will Ticketmaster face accountability for the 'broken' concert industry? And, The President's Cake

138

Why are we seeing more book bans? And, Timothée Chalamet's Oscar campaign

139

Spotify is cracking down on AI streams, and the unexpected joy of Angine de poitrine

140

Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers returns her Toronto film critics award, and Maggie Gyllenhaal's The Bride!

141

Weekly Wrap: Harry Styles’ ‘Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally’ and BLACKPINK’s ‘Deadline’

142

How 'Rap Essentials' changed Canadian hip hop, and why we can't stop watching Friends Keep Secrets

143

Nova Scotia's proposed arts cuts hit deep, and Scream 7

144

A new Bruno Mars album, and F1's Drive to Survive is back

145

Industry S4 finale, and why are Canadian films struggling in theatres?

146

50 seasons of Survivor

147

Will the courts agree that social media is addictive? And, Stan Douglas's 'Tales of Empire' exhibit

148

Eric Dane's powerful final message on Famous Last Words, and A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms finale

149

In the wake of the BAFTA's controversy, what does accountability look like?

150

Olympics wrap + Space Cadets review

151

Weekly Wrap: women's hockey, American vs Canadian Olympic ads, and the Wasserman fallout

152

How Rev. Jesse Jackson shaped culture, and new music from Jill Scott and J. Cole

153

Does Tyra take enough accountability in the ANTM docuseries?

154

Ben Bankas and why outrage comedy sells, and Is Fanfiction about real people ethical?

155

Feist and Wolf Parade are capturing the hearts of younger fans, and how Quebec rap group Muzion changed hip-hop

156

Weekly Wrap: Wuthering Heights, Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie and James Van Der Beek

157

The fake immigration prank going viral + the legacy of Steve's Music

158

Queer romance Montreal, Ma Belle shows the city like never before, and the red carpet belongs to Chappell Roan

159

Springsteen, Jesse Welles, and protest songs that connect us to this moment

160

Bad Bunny's historic Super Bowl Halftime show, and Aquakultre's album and why it's important to know your history

161

Weekly Wrap: Charli XCX's The Moment, the Safdie brothers controversy, and Tate McRae's Olympic ad

162

The Muppets are back, and the symphony and pro-wrestling are the perfect marriage

163

Why so many people are obsessed with the Heated Rivalry fleece, and podcasts arrive on Netflix

164

What Nike got wrong about its MLK tribute shoe

165

Bad Bunny wins big and brings politics to the Grammys

166

How Catherine O’Hara made the whole world laugh

167

Friday Wrap: Send Help, Kanye West's apology, and Juno nominations

168

Bridgerton S4, and how Star Trek and Game of Thrones are trying to land new audiences

169

How dystopian art helps us understand Minnesota

170

The rise of stylists, and why we need jazz-pop right now

171

The streamer iShowSpeed toured across Africa. How did it land?

172

Friday Wrap: Canada Shore, Oscar noms and the Beckham family drama

173

Revealing the 2026 Canada Reads books and champions

174

Why are we yearning for 2016? and Hilary Duff's comeback

175

The rise of Penske Media Corporation, and The Testament of Ann Lee

176

The Pitt is back, and A$AP Rocky too

177

Friday Wrap: The Bone Temple, The Traitors, Dragon's Den patty controversy

178

How betting has infiltrated entertainment, and the tumultuous revamping of CBS

179

The Giller jury will be booksellers this year, and remembering Grateful Dead's Bob Weir

180

Why this Canadian orchestra is ditching NDAs in cases of sexual misconduct

181

All the tea on this year's Golden Globes, and S4 of Industry

182

The Heated Rivalry Obsession

183

Are TV writers dumbing down the dialogue we hear on TV? And the CFNY radio doc

184

Nicki Minaj's turn towards Trump, and Adin Ross comes after Doechii

185

The memeification of the Venezuela crisis, and Jim Henson's Labyrinth turns 40

186

Are we in for an AI cultural reset this year?

187

What's new in music in 2026?

188

What we're watching in 2026: The Pitt S2, lots of Canadian movies and more

189

Fashion wins and misses in 2025

190

The biggest pop culture moments of 2025

191

How riot grrls were replaced with girl power you could buy [2025 HIGHLIGHTS]

192

What our shrinking attention span means for arts and entertainment [2025 HIGHLIGHTS]

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Mariah Carey's new album, and why she's still one of the most iconic singers of our time [2025 HIGHLIGHTS]

194

How NPR's Tiny Desk Concerts became a hub for Black pop [2025 HIGHLIGHTS]

195

How Kent Monkman creates new conversations about art and Canada's past [2025 HIGHLIGHTS]

196

Friday wrap on: Avatar 3 and new Disney/OpenAI deal

197

The Geese divide + best new Xmas albums!

198

Remembering Rob Reiner, and the 2025 shows and films you might've missed

199

What Rogers V. Rogers play tells us about Canada in this moment

200

Has parodying the Toronto accent gone too far, and the cultural impact of the Shopaholic series