Hosts Nil Köksal and Chris Howden take you on a trip around the world with CBC Radio's As It Happens. Hear from the people at the centre of the stories of the day — from the urgent to the utterly strange.
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 85 days 19 hours 17 minutes
Iran Protests, Imposter Bot, 2017 Reading: The Skater, Polar Bear Dip
Two way streets. As protests errupt across Iran we hear from a former activist who says the unrest is running in a completely different direction from oppostion movements of the past.
NYC Fire, Utah Rescue, New Year's Eve Cold and more
"Nothing but destruction." A Bronx city councilor describes the scene after an apartment fire blazes through a building leaving at least a dozen dead.
Kabul Attack, Inca Writing Study, Encore: Toilet Seat Museum, Encore: Optician of Lampedusa and more
Metres from the blast. A journalist in Kabul rushes to the scene of a deadly explosion, only to find himself filming survivors as they were hit by a follow-up explosion.
Syrian Ill Children, Johnny Bower Obit, TTC Art, German Mayor Stabbed, Healthcare Op-Ed and more
A desperately-needed start. A doctors group helps get 29 critically ill Syrians out of a besieged area but they say there are hundreds of thousands more who need help.
Mosque Victim Update, Rohingya Report, Amazon Interbreeding Bird, The Hockey Sweater and more
He took 7 bullets, and may have saved as many lives. A Quebec City is still struggling to recover after stepping forward to distract the shooter, in last year's deadly mosque attack.
The Shepherd
Strap on your goggles, grab your eggnog and climb into the cockpit with "Fireside Al" Maitland as he once again heads out over the North Sea in As It Happens' annual reading of Frederick Forsyth's short story, The Shepherd.
Jerusalem Vote, Gun Control: Op-ed, St. John's Swans, Memphis Statues and more
Somewhere between "naughty" and "nice". UN Ambassador Nikki Haley said the U.S. would be making a list of member states that voted to reject naming Jerusalem as the capital of Israel -- so where does Canada's abstention leave it?
Ethics Aga Khan, Rissia Domestic Violence, Rome Xmas Tree, Somali Deportation and more
Trip of the tongue. Prime Minister Trudeau struggles to answer questions after his vacation on the Aga Khan's private island is found to have violated Canada's ethics rules.
Amtrak Speed, Acid Attack Patient, Porch Pirates, Homeopathic Crackdown, Spikes on Trees, Montreal Construction Game and more.
A failsafe failure. Investigators confirm that the Amtrak train that derailed yesterday was going far too fast - and our guest says that, had its autopilot system been activated, it would never have gone off the tracks.
Sherman Deaths, Amtrak Derailment, Australian Town Anniversary, Parkinson's Smell, Dial-a-Carol and more
Suspect decisions. Police say they aren't looking for a suspect in the deaths of Toronto billionaire Barry Sherman and his wife Honey, but we hear from a friend who believes that someone else must have been involved.