An Afghan-born athlete's complicated journey to the Olympic refugee team; Kamala Harris is brat, but can she turn a social media wave into a win in November?; Girls5Eva creator Meredith Scardino parodies the 90s in song; Palestinian American stand-up comic Sammy Obeid confronts Israel's siege on Gaza with comedy; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.

PLUS: The woman who pioneered serial killer profiling and laid the groundwork for the #MeToo movement; the Exploding Kittens empire expands to include a batty new animated series; translating Mavis Staples' music and activism into a children's book; and a repeat of Brent Bambury's 2016 conversation with Bob Newhart, about his beloved Chicago Cubs.

PLUS: 13 years. Six prime ministers. One cat. Larry’s term at 10 Downing; Tourists not welcome. The backlash against visitors at top travel spots; The US Justice department vs the Russian propaganda machine; How a pop-up kitchen in Vancouver became a popular restaurant — and a life-line for its Syrian refugee chefs; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.

PLUS: What the latest U.S. Supreme Court ruling on presidential immunity says about the court and the country; Battling health misinformation on social media; Behind the anger on the Reddit Canada site; Canadian music legend Ron Sexsmith looks back on a remarkable career with a 60th birthday concert at Massey Hall.

PLUS: Artists and record labels are pushing back against AI music tools — but how good is the music they make?; How loon calls became a staple of pop music, from 808 State to Doja Cat; Volunteers for a BC-based search and rescue team are the stars of this documentary series; Amrit Kaur lands her first leading film role in the queer, Bollywood-inspired The Queen of My Dreams.

PLUS: A new documentary tells the origin story of the first Black Barbie; the son of the original Catan creator explains why he decided to tackle climate change in the game's newest edition; a photographer is developing an artist-friendly platform to fight back against AI scraping; Day 6 books columnist Becky Toyne shares her annual list of best summer reads; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.

PLUS: The hockey songs that pump up Oilers fans; an opera's quest to reclaim the legacy of Portia White; the Titan submersible warning signs that were ignored for years; the true crime podcast She Has A Name; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.

PLUS: A photojournalist comes face-to-face with a great white shark off the coast of Nova Scotia; how smart tech is being used to facilitate intimate partner violence; coming out as trans at age 66; an Iraqi musician invents a new instrument after ISIS destroyed his collection; and Riffed from the Headlines, our weekly musical news quiz.