Podcast Episodes

Special Episode: Free Joan Little

As It Happens host Nil Köksal speaks with Yoruba Richen about her new documentary about the life of Joan Little, an unlikely civil rights figure who became the first woman in U.S. history to be acqui…

Published on 1 week, 5 days ago

Is it “That’s All Folks?” for movies in theatres?

The Netflix-Warner Brothers merger is a multi-billion dollar blockbuster -- a business journalist tells us what the deal might mean for where -- and what kind of blockbusters -- you'll be watching fr…

Published on 2 weeks ago

Is North American free trade on its last legs?

Donald Trump says he could let the Canada-US-Mexico trade deal expire -- but our guest, the president of the Business Council of Canada, argues the agreement is crucial to American and Canadian prosp…

Published on 2 weeks, 1 day ago

Trump rattles a Somali community, including his supporters

A Somali-American says his community is living in fear, after a series of ugly comments by U.S. President Donald Trump -- language he says need to be called out as racism, pure and simple.

The ICC's f…

Published on 2 weeks, 2 days ago

Mark Carney’s trouble building consensus on major projects

Before the Prime Minister even arrived at a Special Chiefs Meeting today, the Assembly of First Nations had already voted to oppose Ottawa's pipeline agreement with Alberta. 

After getting hundreds of…

Published on 2 weeks, 3 days ago

An alleged gunman’s roots in the secretive Zero Units

The man accused of killing a member of the National Guard served in a CIA-backed paramilitary group in Afghanistan called the "Zero Units"; we'll find out what that is, and what those who served with…

Published on 2 weeks, 4 days ago

As Denmark sleeps, the ‘night watch’ keeps tabs on Trump

After Donald Trump's threats to annex Greenland, Denmark's Foreign Affairs Ministry establishes a new "night watch" of bureaucrats -- who keep an eye on the U.S. President after hours. 

A B.C. Indigen…

Published on 3 weeks ago

How much agreement is there really about a new pipeline?

Alberta and Ottawa gleefully shake hands on an agreement that promises to fast-track a pipeline project. We'll ask Calgary's only Liberal MP if this newly chummy relationship between Mark Carney and …

Published on 3 weeks, 1 day ago

The questions raised by a shooting near the White House

The White House went into lockdown this afternoon after two members of the National Guard were shot in Washington; we'll get the latest from the U.S. capital.

A reporter in describes the catastrophic …

Published on 3 weeks, 2 days ago

What Thomas King’s revelation says about Canadian literature

Anishnaabe columnist Niigaan Sinclair says the news that renowned author Thomas King is not Indigenous is a painful breach of a trust -- and demands that Canada ask itself some serious questions.

Afte…

Published on 3 weeks, 3 days ago