Episódios

  • How big of a problem is extremism in the Canadian military?
    Jul 8 2025

    Members of the Canadian military are accused of being part of an extremist plot. An expert says the case should serve as a clear-wake up call to growing anti-government sentiment and radicalization in the ranks.


    Dozens of people are still missing in Texas. The Archbishop of San Antonio talks to us about the long process of healing ahead for the families and friends of the victims of the flash floods.


    An army veteran says she can't stop thinking about the children who died at Camp Mystic -- and how an outdoor siren alert system could have saved their lives. So she's doing everything she can to get one built.


    Early detection is key to reducing the destruction done by wildfires. A group of young inventors is hoping to help -- with a device that's shaped like a pine cone.


    A man falls into a deep crevasse in the Swiss Alps, and is rescued thanks to the immeasurable courage, and relentless yapping, of his tiny dog.


    A groundskeeper at an English football club goes viral for his recent artistic designs on the pitch, created using the most delicate of tools: a riding lawn mower.


    As It Happens, the Tuesday Edition. Radio that likes its lawns like it likes its pie: a la mowed.

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    47 minutos
  • Harrowing stories from an eyewitness to the Texas floods
    Jul 7 2025

    The owner of an RV park in Kerrville, TX tells us about trying to rescue campers after the deadly flash floods hit -- and her fears that so many victims are still unaccounted for.


    And a Texas rescue volunteer tells us about trekking through mud for hours in the hopes of finding flood survivors. She says that in all her years as a first responder, she's never seen anything like this.


    An unpresidented situation. His Canadian-born wife was at what she thought was her final green card interview when she was detained by ICE -- and now, a one-time Trump supporter says he wishes he could take his vote back.


    A new raid-zone d'etre. A Los Angeles website was once dedicated to covering the city's taco restaurants; now it's a crucial news source for anyone keeping track of ICE raids in the city.


    Seine bathing. We'll hear from a delighted Parisian -- who was among the first to take a dip in the newly cleaned up Seine River this weekend.


    And...For 100 years, Canadians have enjoyed the simple, not to say boring, pleasures of the Jersey Milk chocolate bar -- but now, the figurative chocolate udder has run dry.


    As It Happens, the Monday Edition. Radio that marks the end of a cocoa-dependent relationship.

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    49 minutos
  • As wildfire closes in a MB town packs its bags - again
    Jul 4 2025

    People in Lynn Lake, Manitoba are forced to leave their town because of an out-of-control wildfire -- just two weeks after they were allowed to return after fleeing another out-of-control wildfire.


    Our guest tells us what the passage of Donald Trump's "One Big Beautiful Bill" -- with its deep cuts to Medicaid -- is likely to mean for millions of Americans with disabilities, including him.


    A Palestinian student was accepted to a Canadian university master's program, on scholarship -- but she can't leave Gaza City until Ottawa comes through with her student visa. And she's hardly the only one.


    A community in Newfoundland and Labrador got some good news this week: for the first time in decades, part of the town now has clean water coming out of their faucets.


    Cowbirds skip the hassles of hatching and rearing their young by leaving their eggs in other birds' nests. Now, new research shows how the cowbird chicks find their way back to their own kind -- after flipping their foster parents the bird.

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    46 minutos
  • Decades after Jonestown, the massacre site opens to tourists
    Jul 3 2025

    Guyana is confronting the legacy of a deadly 1978 cult tragedy, where more than 900 people died. A private tour company has recently started taking visitors to see the site. A guide tells us he's proud of the work -- even if survivors are giving it mixed reviews.


    The legal director for the National Council of Canadian Muslims talks about opening her email to see a video of an attack on a Muslim woman at a pizza parlour in Oshawa, Ontario. A horrifying incident she tells us is, disturbingly, not rare.


    An inquiry finds British colonizers in Australia committed genocide against Indigenous people. A witness at the commission says reckoning with that past is the first step in moving forward.


    In response to a growing rat problem, Toronto considers taking a page out of New York City’s book -- and appointing a “rat czar" to get the vermin under control.


    Scientists catalogue the traits that give me -- I mean, someone -- the indefinable yet indisputable quality of “coolness.” And the results are surprisingly conclusive.

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    47 minutos
  • Sean Combs gets a split verdict from a New York jury
    Jul 2 2025

    We'll hear from a reporter who was there to capture the chaotic reaction outside the courthouse.


    The head of a French hotel and restaurant association reacts to the country's new limits on outdoor smoking -- by saying that if they come for his patios, it would be a drag.


    On the fourth anniversary of the deadly fire in Lytton, B.C., one first responder tells us he and his team have learned to be prepared to fight off new fires all the time -- as they had to do just this week.


    Remembering the late Jimmy Swaggart's appearance on this program in 1987, when he accused fellow televangelist Jim Bakker of immoral character -- just months before his own catastrophic fall from grace.


    A British musician explains how she created a haunting piece of music with an orchestra made up of more than 80 species of moths.


    And…Thousands of Norwegians were told they'd won millions in the lottery -- only for the lottery CEO to tell them they hadn't, and apologize for accidentally putting the decimal point in the wrong place.


    As It Happens, the Wednesday Edition. Radio that thinks that took a lotto nerve.

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    43 minutos
  • A US radio station parties on Canada Day, all day
    Jul 1 2025

    A volunteer at a radio station south of the border goes all in on Canada Day by programming twenty-four hours of exclusively Canadian music.


    In a bid to thwart talk of separation, a new petition is asking Albertans if they want to stay in Canada. The former politician behind that push tells us why he's confident the result will go his way.


    We'll revisit my interview with the CEO of Metis Crossing in Smokey River, Alberta -- when the wildlife park was celebrating the birth of 7 new bison calves, a century-and-a-half after the last wild bison were seen there.


    A cross-border rivalry between the top-ranking jogglers in Canada and the U.S. -- as in, joggers who juggle -- wasn't always a toss-up.


    From our archives, a conversation with the 9-year-old who found the largest maple leaf ever recorded -- which turns out to be a real rake-up call.


    And...the way she gives the cake really takes the cake. Every Canada Day, a baker in one Ontario community makes a cake big enough to feed thousands. We'll talk to her as her massive cake makes the high-stakes journey from the kitchen to the centre of town.


    As It Happens, the Tuesday Edition. Radio that knows the thing about a layer cake is it always ends in tiers.

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    54 minutos
  • Unanswered questions after Canadian dies in ICE custody
    Jun 27 2025

    There are a lot of questions about a Canadian citizen who died in immigration custody in Florida -- and his defence lawyer says his family deserves answers.


    After a shocking auditor general's report finds Newfoundland and Labrador overspent millions on agency nurses, the head of the provincial health authority tells us change is coming.


    The brand-new members of the CDC vaccine advisory committee meet for the first time since RFK Jr fired their predecessors. A CDC vaccine expert tells us why that drove her to resign.


    We remember the prolific composer Lalo Schifrin, who wrote the memorable music to all kinds of TV shows and movies -- including one piece that absolutely refuses to self-destruct.


    After nearly 40 years of striking fear in the hearts of computer users, Microsoft announces the death of the Blue Screen of Death -- to be replaced by a black as cold as a pitiless void.


    Researchers discover that orcas off the coast of B.C. use seaweed to scrub each other's skin -- a technique that could have both physical and social benefits.


    As It Happens, the Friday Edition. Radio that gets by with a little kelp from its friends.

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    45 minutos