• As It Happens

  • Written by: CBC
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As It Happens

Written by: CBC
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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.
    Copyright © CBC 2025
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Episodes
  • A reporter on the ground for a tragedy in India

    A reporter on the ground for a tragedy in India
    Jan 29 2025

    Plus: The Danish scientists who thought they’d found some fossilized plants…which turned out to be something much more interesting: ancient vomit.


    Also: Casey Katims of the U.S. Climate Alliance on trying to forge a path ahead with states, after Trump pulls the U.S. out of a key international agreement.

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    58 mins
  • Canada’s Public Safety Minister on foreign interference

    Canada’s Public Safety Minister on foreign interference
    Jan 28 2025

    Plus: Receding alpine ice reveals a beautifully preserved forest of 6,000 year old trees, and its secrets are both thrilling and frightening.


    Also: We hear from Washington Post theatre critic Naveen Kumar who temporarily lost the ability to sit, and how standing changed his perspective on the medium he's spent so long covering.
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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • The sudden and chaotic arrival of DeepSeek

    The sudden and chaotic arrival of DeepSeek
    Jan 27 2025

    Plus: Beth Shapiro of the bioscience firm Colossal on the ultimate de-extinction project…bringing the dodo back from the dead.


    Also: Months after far-right rioters burst through its doors, Liverpool's Spellow Library is open to the public once again.
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    59 mins

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