As It Happens

Oct 07 2024 6.9k

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Nightly news that’s not afraid of fun. Every weeknight hosts Nil Köksal and Chris Howden bring you the people at the centre of the day’s most hard-hitting, hilarious and heartbreaking stories: powerful leaders, proud eccentrics and ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances. And plenty of puns too. Find out why As It Happens is one of Canada’s longest-running and most beloved shows.

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Tampa stares down the barrel of a historic hurricane

Oct 07 2024 63 mins

Plus: Geoffrey Hinton – “The Godfather of AI” – on his Nobel win and the irony of being celebrated for a creation he warns could destroy the world.Also: A lawyer representing First Nations tells us clean water should be considered a fundamental right in Canada, not a luxury; and two massive pumpkins, one giant mystery in West Kelowna, BC.

Canada’s ambassador to the UN on a year since October 7

Oct 06 2024 58 mins

Plus: We speak with an Israeli and a Palestinian whose lives changed forever one year ago.

A conversation with Canada’s Ambassador to Lebanon

Oct 03 2024 62 mins

Plus: "The most famous bar you've never heard of" hosted gangsters in Goodfellas and Mae West on stage. We check in as it celebrates 195 years.Also: The prospect of a generic version or the Gilead’s PrEP treatment raises hopes and causes controversy; and at the San Diego Zoo two male flamingos make ideal foster parents.

An exoneration for a 1973 murder he didn’t commit

Oct 02 2024 63 mins

Plus: Fat Bear Week in Alaska’s Katmai National Park & Preserve gets off to a grizzly – and grisly – start. Also: Why vulnerable children with complex needs in Ontario’s state care are living in hotels, airBnBs, offices, and trailers; and an exhibit in Vienna’s central library reveals the random stuff people have left in books over the decades.

A family from Lebanon, in limbo in Paris

Oct 01 2024 56 mins

Plus: We meet an entomologist studying the tiny rove beetle who just – much to his own surprise – got an $800K MacArthur Fellowship.Also: How people in Asheville, North Carolina are grappling with a new reality: their city is not as safe as they once believed.

Inside Tel Aviv during Iran’s missile strike

Sep 30 2024 47 mins

Plus: A look at Iran’s strategy and what comes next in the region with Ali Vaez, Iran Project Director with the International Crisis Group. Also: A former friend of JD Vance tells us what to expect as he squares off with Tim Walz; and three Senators say they have a plan to put a dent in Canada’s doctor shortage.

A Canadian returns to Lebanon as an invasion looms

Sep 29 2024 48 mins

Plus: “A swagger nine miles wide.” Singer-songwriter Rodney Crowell on the influence and charisma of country music legend Kris Kristofferson.Also: We hear from a resident of Yiftah, Israel near the border with Lebanon; and what a win for the far-right in Austria says about Europe’s shifting politics.

Special Episode: Solomon Ratt

Sep 29 2024 29 mins

For the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation Nil Köksal speaks with the Cree writer about residential school and preserving his language.

A Florida family had “one minute” to swim to safety

Sep 26 2024 49 mins

Plus: We reach the person responsible for correcting an 85 year old typo on a memorial to Anne, Charlotte and Emily Brontë. And: Despite a federal indictment, New York mayor Eric Adams says he's staying on the job. We hear from a city councillor from his own party who says it's time for him to go.

Special Episode: Mishal Husain

Sep 26 2024 33 mins

Nil Köksal’s conversation with the BBC journalist about her book Broken Threads: My Family from Empire to Independence