Weekdays at 6:30 p.m. (7:00 NT)Wednesday, June 19, 2013 | Categories: Features |
Michael Hastings gained international recognition as a journalist after his Rolling Stone article, "The Runaway General," resulted in the resignation of U.S. General Stanley McChrystal.
Michael Hastings was killed in a car accident on Tuesday morning, aged 33.
Listen to Carol's interview with Eric Bates, Mr. Hasting's former editor at Rolling Stone magazine.
Wednesday, June 19, 2013 | Categories: Episodes |
Tuesday, June 18, 2013 | Categories: Features |
Tuesday, June 18, 2013 | Categories: Episodes |
Monday, June 17, 2013 | Categories: Features |
Monday, June 17, 2013 | Categories: Episodes |
Unmoored, enmired, and un-mayored. Montreal awoke this morning to the news that Mayor Michael Applebaum -- who'd sworn to sweep the city clean of corruption -- had himself by swept up by police.
The Applebaum dumping gang. We'll hear from a journalist who's been tracking corruption in Quebec -- and a city councillor who'll tell us what the mayor's arrest means to Montreal's municipal government.
Moderately surprising. Cleric Hasan Rowhani wins the Iranian election with more than fifty per cent of the vote -- and reformists are cautiously optimistic about what his leadership could mean.
Wondering where the yellow went. If scientists from a Newfoundland university can't find their brightly-coloured marine robot, we'll all live without a yellow submarine.
Now nobody's resting in peace. A Sarnia, Ontario couple just wanted to build a fence -- but when they dig up human remains, the future of the project remains to be seen.
And...tripping the light dad-tastic. The Oxford English Dictionary announces a slate of new definitions -- including entries for "tweet", and "geekery", and a phrase that will make you wince if you've ever seen it: "dad dancing".
As It Happens, the Monday edition. Radio that knows dad dancing can leave both the dancer and his children badly shaken.Monday, June 17, 2013 | Categories: |
Click 'Listen' to hear an excerpt of Mr. Sahlin's commencement address. Below you will find his full commencement speech....It is the artist's privilege to help man endure, by reminding him of the courage, the honor, the hope, the pride, the compassion... that has been the glory of us, past.
Friday, June 14, 2013 | Categories: |
Friday, June 14, 2013 | Categories: Features |
Friday, June 14, 2013 | Categories: Features |
Friday, June 14, 2013 | Categories: Features |