As It Happens

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.
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  • Premier Susan Holt on Trump, tariffs and 2025

    Premier Susan Holt on Trump, tariffs and 2025
    Jan 10 2025

    Plus: Zora Neale Hurston's last novel was almost destroyed in a fire. But the well-timed instincts of a friend helped save it for a new generation.


    Also: We'll hear from the co-owner of a Los Angeles theatre – Public Displays of Altadena – destroyed in the Eaton fire about the livelihoods lost and the fine art of rebuilding.
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    1 hr and 2 mins
  • Racing to save a home in the burning Pacific Palisades

    Racing to save a home in the burning Pacific Palisades
    Jan 9 2025

    Plus: That’ll do, donkey. We bid farewell to the beast of burden who served as a model for Shrek’s two-dimensional donkey sidekick.


    Also: After our story about a mysterious pile of bananas in England, listeners tipped us off to an equally unexplained phenomenon in Whitehorse.
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    58 mins
  • Escaping the worst fire in modern L.A. history

    Escaping the worst fire in modern L.A. history
    Jan 8 2025

    Plus: We reach a volunteer in Finland who’s getting out his shovel to build the snow drifts seals need to build their next generation.


    Also: Survival of the fittest is a phrase we all learn in biology class. But new research suggests something else might also shape evolution in the animal kingdom: sheer luck.
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    57 mins

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No pun intended. ;)

I listen to this when walking. I love the silly puns along with the news.

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