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.
Plus: Scientists make a surprisingly small discovery that may explain what puts the world’s strongest humans over the top. Also: Cryptocurrency invades the U.S. election; back-to-school is on hold in fire-stricken Jasper, Alberta; advocates say it’s still too easy for abusers to access firearms; and we remember Phil Lewis, whose life in 1980s London during the AIDS crisis helped inspire the TV show It’s A Sin.
Plus: “That’s where the problem is for us”. A descendant of Gustave Eiffel has thoughts about a plan to keep the Olympic rings on the tower, forever. Also: We remember legendary investigative journalist Stevie Cameron; and a local biker gang steps in after a thief makes off with $40 from a Virginia family’s lemonade stand.
Plus: “Just trying to get a head in this world”. Investigating a statue decapitation mystery in Manitoba. Also: Catastrophic flooding in Bangladesh; Ben Smith from Semafor and the Mixed Signals podcast breaks down a bonkers summer in Presidential politics and looks ahead to the fall.
Plus: Carbonara in a can. We ask Michelin-starred “Carbonara King” Alessandro Pipero about the latest offering from Heinz. Also: A woman from Florida books a “live at sea” cruise and ends up stranded in Belfast for months; a decades-long effort finally clears the last dam from the Klamath River, letting local salmon swim freely; and a guilty verdict in murder of journalist Jeff German.
Plus: With notes of dried apricot, lychee and pineapple, Swiss researchers say they’ve developed a more sustainable chocolate…that’s tastier too. Also: Australian auto writer Riz Akhtar makes the case for Chinese EVs; international students in Brampton demand more pathways to residency; and educators in Jasper, Alberta prepare to welcome students back to school after a summer of fire.
Plus: “It's been an absolutely mad day.” Oasis Podcast founder James Corcoran is still catching his breath Also: 500 days of conflict in Sudan; Natalia Krapiva of Access Now brings us the latest on Telegram founder Pavel Durov and what his detention signals; and we’ll remember journalist Peter Dykstra, whose work helped drag climate science into mainstream media.
Plus: Journalist Mike Wilner explains how Danny Jansen just made baseball history in the strangest way at Fenway Park. Also: “It’s the not knowing.” Kyiv-based journalist Tim Mak says renewed strikes on the capital threaten to undo recent boosts to Ukrainian morale; and the documentary ‘Family Tree’ shows how Black landowners are managing forests for the next generation.
Plus: “It has a 5,000 year old culture. It’s very scenic.” North Korea appears set to reopen to tourists and Rowan Beard has been one — many times. Also: An Anishinaabe doctor on why life expectancy for First Nations people in B.C. has plummeted; a crossword lover on crafting clues specifically for Black puzzlers like her; and a viral Tik Tok trend leads to a shortage of cucumbers in Iceland.
Plus: “Long may your big jib draw!” Newfoundlander Myrle Vokey popularized the screech-in ceremony. And his daughter says it was about uniting people. Also: Kamala Harris makes history at the DNC tonight while Dr. Tanya Haj-Hassan tells delegates there about her time in Gaza; and a researcher shares his team’s findings on the mysterious sea walnut and its reverse-ageing abilities.
Plus: “It’s something that someone really cared about.” A 121-year-old postcard arrives in Wales, delivering a local mystery. Also: At the Democratic National Convention, Dean Phillips resists the urge to say “I told you so”; people on a Toronto street have their homes seized over a transit development; and a sudden shift puts Ontario’s safe consumption sites at risk.
Plus: “Romance will tell you they’ll stay forever.” A British bridge is losing its love locks, but our guest helped find them a new, permanent home. Also: Investigating the mysterious numbered graves at a Nova Scotia cemetery; Chicago chews over an innovative solution to food insecurity; and remembering therapeutic psilocybin advocate Thomas Hartle.
A DNC delegate on the Democrats’ mood in Chicago Plus: “He believed he was filling the gap.” A former producer on the approach that made Phil Donahue a talk show innovator. Also: How to keep swimming at 100; a tribute to cookie impresario Wally Amos and giant sea scorpions!
Also: “It’s really universal.” Research suggests humans experience two periods of rapid aging: around 44 and 60 years old. Plus: A Saskatchewan town offers would-be residents $30,000 to build new homes; pressing pause — even for a few seconds — can help defuse an argument; and a teenager walks from Texas to Washington, D.C. to raise awareness on behalf of Social Security beneficiaries like his grandmother.
Also: “You definitely feel small.” A European Space Agency scientist tells us about the effort required to get the ESA’s Juice explorer to Jupiter. Plus: A town councillor in Ontario calls on the province to declare intimate partner violence an epidemic; former MP Monte Solberg mourns longtime Conservative politician Chuck Strahl; and Lucky the lobster is hitchhiking from PEI to Alberta, with a trap in tow.
Also: “I wasn’t finished yet!” Five-time paralympian and two-time medalist Katarina Roxon on representing Canada in the pool at yet another games. Plus: The sister of a Nova Scotia firefighter who died after a training exercise tells us what would help keep first responders safe; a rival-turned-friend pays tribute to the late Marlene Catterall, Canada’s first female chief government whip; and 12-year-old Lucy Moore nets herself a Master Angler award in Maryland.
Also: “I knew it was something special.” A Florida woman collecting trash in the wake of Hurricane Debby discovers a WWII-era message in a bottle. Plus: Economist editor Shashank Joshi on Ukraine’s incursion into Russia’s Kursk region; an Indigenous man in northern Manitoba walks 100 kilometres after yet another train is cancelled; and a friend pays tribute to the late activist Eddie Canales, whose efforts helped save the lives of migrants along the U.S. border.
Also: “I’ve room in the car!” We hear from the Irish fan who drove Olympic gold medal rowers Paul O'Donovan and Fintan McCarthy home from the airport. Plus: A human rights advocate in Israel weighs in on the alleged abuse of a Palestinian man at the Sde Teiman detention camp; a young climate change activist says she feels tokenized by Nova Scotia’s government; and Scotland’s Una Cameron tells us about shearing 517 sheep in a row.
Plus: “They are incredible at what they do.” Canadian B-girl Mary Fogarty on watching Japan’s Ami claim breaking gold in the sport’s first Olympics. Also: A tribute to Russian pianist and anti-war activist Pavel Kushnir, who died after a hunger strike in a Russian jail; and planetary scientist Edwin Kite on the prospect of terraforming Mars using a glitter-like substance.
Plus: A cybersquatter’s early bet on the Dems’ Presidential ticket just paid off. And Kamala Harris & Tim Walz aren’t the first pair he’s picked. Also: Exiled Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont appears in Spain, then promptly vanishes; and a friend and colleague pays tribute to Sheila Kussner, founder of the groundbreaking cancer support network Hope & Cope.
Plus: “I really felt like I was a pigeon.” The creator of a statue soon to occupy a prime spot on New York’s High Line lets us in on his process. Also: French drag queen Nicky Doll on why she’s suing a prominent British pundit; a progressive Thai political party is forced to disband; and Shreyas Royal, the 15 year old who just became Britain’s youngest ever chess Grandmaster.
Plus: A startling fossil discovery offers new clues about what snakes were getting up to millions of years ago. Also: A Canadian visiting family in Lebanon decides to stay despite Canada’s warning to citizens; and now that Google has been ruled an illegal monopoly, Vanderbilt law professor Rebecca Haw Allensworth weighs in on whether the search giant could be broken up into smaller companies.
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