As It Happens

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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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A BC mayor on the “bomb cyclone” and climate change

Plus: A new study determines exactly where in the UK and Ireland a phoney accent is most likely to be found out. Also: Lloyd Axworthy helped lead the push to ban landmines. We reach him now that the US has given the go ahead for their use in Ukraine.

1 h 9 min
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A surgeon in Kyiv on 1000 days (or more) of war

Plus: A Kansas man tells us why he created a page to share terrifying and potentially deadly stairwells, and what makes for a “good” death stair. Also: New Brunswick Premier Susan Holt on why the province is now launching a scientific inquiry into the mysterious brain disease plaguing dozens – and possibly many more – in her province.

1 h 7 min
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How the Maori rights movement grabbed the world’s attention

Plus: What’s behind the string of cheese heists bubbling up pretty much everywhere. Also: The Verge’s David Pierce on Bluesky’s big week.

1 h
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A strike shows how much small business counts on the mail

Plus: LOL hell breaks loose. A new study suggests people who text using abbreviations are perceived as less sincere. Also: Tom Forrestall’s paintings may have a realistic approach, but a friend and curator tells us the late Canadian artist wasn’t afraid of bending the rules -- including using canvases of all shapes and sizes.

1 h 10 min
14 NOV.

An ex-prosecutor on the “absurd” choice of Matt Gaetz for AG

Plus: A Scottish town learns a marble head being used as a doorstop in a shed, is actually a bust of their founder that's worth millions. Also: Ottawa says a decades-old report about Second World War criminals who came to Canada is still too hot to release, but the founder of the Canadian Anti-Hate Network says we all deserve to see the Nazi secrets of decades past

53 min
13 NOV.

Catherine McKenna from COP29: “I’m not gonna sugarcoat it”

Plus: An enormous diamond necklace that may have played a role in the downfall of Marie Antoinette sells for a commensurately enormous price. Also: Médecins Sans Frontières says a recent attack against an ambulance and patients in Haiti raises serious questions about their ability to provide care in the country.

1 h 1 min
12 NOV.

Ontario gets in early on Trump-style trade rhetoric

Plus: Scientists reappraise a 1986 NASA flyby of Uranus…and come up with new theories about possible life there. Also: A month after warning Israel to increase aid to Gaza or risk losing military support, US officials say they won’t limit arms transfers because progress is being made. But a former state department official calls that decision shameless.

53 min
11 NOV.

A doctor in Beirut on the unfolding crisis in his hospital

Plus: Neuroscientist Michael Brecht’s fascinating findings about a Berlin Zoo elephant who loves to shower…and her roommate who has other ideas. Also: A high flying doctor from Yukon with a penchant for paragliding narrowly survives a storm in the Himalayas…and lives to tell us the tale.

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Haven’t missed it for 35 years

25 août

great movie but ...

Offering As It Happens as a podcast makes living abroad endurable. Of course the format hasn’t changed greatly since the days of Barbara From and Al Maitland and that’s partly what makes it such a delight every evening (or morning elsewhere on the planet). It strikes a special balance between the serious and the quirky, offering something that is both uplifting and a call to do better. Its hosts are brilliant and insightful.
Anglo auto correct

24 mai

ginnyginkins

I have a very Anglo-American name and it always auto corrects to something else .... look up the name Virginia
Fabulous

2023-11-29

VStarr

One of the best podcasts on the internet. I’m always seeking out the latest and even replay some older ones and share with friends😄
Takes too long for podcast to become available

11 avr.

kmiller420

This program airs from 1830-2000 central time, the podcast isn’t available until after 2300. It takes 3h+ for the podcast to appear. CBC is all over the place with their podcasts, they need to standardize things. I can listen to Your World Tonight BEFORE it airs in my timezone, and yet As It Happens isn’t available until 3h+ after it is aired. At least As It Happens and Quirks and Quarks are not cut up into 3 episodes, like The Current is every day (3 episode a day, who wants that kind of clutter in their podcast playlist!?), which is why I gave it 2 stars instead of 1. 5-star content!

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.