Part One:

* St. Thomas Plant Closure. Once a hub for car manufacturing, the southwestern Ontario town takes another blow when Timken announces it's closing its plant.
* TB+Email: EI Changes. As It Happens listeners weigh in on the federal government's planned changes to Employment Insurance.

Part Two:

* Scottish Independence. Scottish independence supporters launch their campaign to win Scotland's 2014 referendum.
* SETI Astronomer Retires. After 35 years of searching for extraterrestrial life, the director of SETI Research is stepping down.

Part Three:

* FTR: John Baird. The Foreign Affairs Minister uses a speech about religious freedom to address issues with Canadian foreign policy.
* Oldest Instruments. A German archeologist has uncovered the earliest musical instruments ever -- flutes that date back more than 40-thousand years.

Part One:

* EI Changes Part 1: Nellie Baker Stevens says her fishing family, and other seasonal workers, are worried about today's changes to the unemployement system.
* EI Changes Part 2: Human Resources Minister Diane Finley explains why making it more difficult to collect employment insurance is fair.

Part Two:

* Quebec Kettling. We speak to a woman who was arrested last night when Montreal police used the controversial technique of kettling during a student demonstration.
* Tel Aviv Migrant Attacks. A rally against migrants in South Tel Aviv turned violent last night, when mobs swarmed African shops.

Part Three:

* Chen Guangcheng's Brother. The Chinese dissident's brother Chen Guangfu escapes from authorities.
* Killer Mice. An ornithologist wants the mice of Gough Island to be eradicated, because they are vicious bird eaters that are harming the unique ecosystem.

Part One:

* CP Strike. Close to 5,000 workers are now on strike. We hear from George Smith, a former VP of industrial relations at Canadian Pacific.
* Outhouse Bear. Daniel Alexander's friend was being attacked by bear, and Mr. Alexander shot into action.

Part Two:

* Egypt Election. Activist Nour Nour explains why, unlike his father, opposition leader Ayman Nour, he's boycotting today's presidential vote.
* Hacienda Club Anniversary. Celebrating what should have been the 30th anniversary of a musical icon. We review the history and the music of The Hacienda.

Part Three:

* Mexico Sex Trafficking. How many women are brought into sexual slavery in NYC from Mexico? Lori Cohen has worked with dozens and says there may be hundreds more.
* Bin Laden Doctor. The Pakistani doctor that helped the CIA find Osama Bin Laden gets 33 years in prison for treason. We get analysis from Islamabad.

There are plenty speaking out against any new freedoms for Mr. Li -- the man found not criminally responsible for killing Tim McLean on a Greyhound bus. Mr. McLean's mother, Carol De Delley, says he should never be allowed out on the streets again.

But Chris Summerville is one of the few people advocating on Mr. Li's behalf. He works at the Schizophrenia Society of Canada. And he's been visiting Mr. Li regularly at the Selkirk Mental Health Centre since the killing four years ago.

Part One:

* Pro Bill 78. Liberal MNA, Geoff Kelley, responds to criticism that the Charest government has effectively broken off communications with students.
*Labour Minister on CP. Lisa Raitt says commuters will not be inconvenienced by any labour dispute. We reach her as she emerges from a meeting with union and management.
* Gay Superhero Marriage. Marvel superhero Northstar is set to marry his long time partner Kyle, in the first ever comic book same-sex marriage.

Part Two:

*Deconstructionism. The long-awaited Charbonneau Commission into possible corruption in Quebec's construction industry finally gets started.
* Tiananmen Square Letter. Six exiled protesters wrote an open letter to Chinese authorities, asking Beijing to let them come home. Xiang Xiao Ji is one of them.

Part Three:

* Vince Li Interviewer. An advocate for people with schizophrenia says Vince Li, who killed a man on a Greyhound bus four years ago, says the public should not fear Mr. Li.
* Mali Update. It's not clear who is in control in Mali, as the latest uprising sends the interim civilian president to hospital.

Part One:

* Yemen Attack. Hakim Almasmaru, Yemen Post editor, on the suicide attack today in Sana.
* Paul the Octopus Doc. We hear from the director of a new film about Paul the Octopus, who correctly predicted the outcomes 2010 World Cup games.

Part Two:

* American Gothic House. Beth Howard lives inside a work of art -- the house depicted in the painting "American Gothic" by Grant Wood.
* Taliban Poetry. Ballads of the bad guys. The co-editor of a compilation of Taliban poems responds to charges that his artistic endeavour is just a clever form of treason.

Part Three:

* Whale Skirmish. Clever, empathetic, courageous. That's how marine biologist, Alisa Schulman-Janiger, describes the whales she studies.
* Obituary: Robin Gibb. The music world loses the unmistakable voice of the BeeGees singer. We'll play a song with an iconic sound.

Part One:

* Tripoli Violence. Observers warn the conflict in Syria may be spreading over its borders as sectarian clashes erupt in Lebanon.
* Stephen Harper Nude. A portrait of the PM is causing a stir at the Kingston Public Library because of the artist's liberal use of flesh-coloured paint.
* TB: Fist Pumping Champ. AIH listeners were pumped by our conversation with world champion Ray Slater.

Part Two:

* Wage Scales Gone. NDP MP Pat Martin says the budget bill includes a clause that would harm Canada's construction industry. Then reaction from industy.
* Iceland Elf Boulder. MP Arni Johnsen moves a boulder he believes houses a family elves to his yard.

Part Three:

* SOD: Edmonton Transit. A tour of the unique and mundane items in the Edmonton Transit lost and found office.
* Slave Lake Report. The Alberta government released a report on the response to the fires. Committee chair, Bill Sweeney, shares the findings.

Which he did -- for a record-breaking seventeen hours and fifteen minutes.

We reached Mr. Slater, presumably just before a drooling horde of reality-TV producers showed up, at The Bobby Bones Show studio in Austin.

Part One:

* Quebec Student. University Student Association president, Martine Desjardins, is concerned emergency legislation may spark more violence.
* Fist Pumper Record. Ray Slater has achieved ultimate glory, by setting a world record for fist-pumping for 17 hours straight.

Part Two:

* G20 Questions. Lawyer Howard Morton says 2 reports on the G20 Summit don't answer key questions, including who was responsible for the human rights violations.
* Donna Summer Obituary. She was the Hot Stuff that Loved to Love You. The Queen of Disco died today at the age of 63.

Part Three:

* Gulf Shipwreck Found. While mapping a poorly-explored region of the Gulf of Mexico seafloor, oceanographers find a sunken ship and 200-year-old artifacts.
* Mike McGrady Obituary: Remembering an excellent writer whose most enduring legacy is a truly terrible book. We'll review the highs and low of the U.S. newspaperman.

Listen to Olivier De Schutter's explanation of his report.

Part One:

* Ratko Mladic Trial. The leader of the Serbian army stood today in the prisoner's box. We hear from a lawyer representing victims' families of the 1995 massacre of Srebrenica.
* Irish Pound. Rejecting the Euro, a small town in Ireland has brought back the Irish pound - or punt - as its currency.

Part Two:

* NRTEE Scrapped. David McLaughlin, CEO of the National Round Table on the Enivronment and Economy, responds to Ottawa's funding cut.
* Field of nightmares. A Human Rights Watch report finds women working as immigrant farm workers in the U.S. face harassment and sexual violence.

 Part Three:

* Euro and Greece. Political instability is raising fears that Greece could leave the Eurozone. Herman Von Rompuy, special advisor to European Council President, is our guest.
* Pros and Conservatory. It's the hundred-and-twenty-fifth anniversary of the Royal Conservatory of Music -- and things are going south, in a good way.