As It Happens

Plus: A surprising discovery about how shockingly vicious hummingbirds seem to be learning to get along. 

Also: We reach a woman in the hardest hit part of Eastern Kentucky who says despite her small business flooding, she's most worried for those who just recovered from the deadly 2022 floods.

Plus: We speak with a researcher who’s discovered that different groups of chimps use different gestures to request what she calls "sneaky copulation".

Also: As Donald Trump reshapes the Kennedy Center, Michael Kooman says a tour of his musical has been cancelled out of the blue. And he suspects the president's aversion to drag performance had something to do with it.

Nil Köksal in conversation with Shiori Ito, director, producer and subject of the Oscar-nominated documentary. 

Black Box Diaries begins with a trigger warning: "Close your eyes and take a deep breath if you need to," Ms. Ito tells viewers. "That has helped me many times." It goes on to detail her story of sexual assault and the pursuit of justice in Japan.

Plus: TikTok helps drain global Guinness supplies. We reach a St. John’s pub owner who’s got problems ahead of Saint Patrick’s Day.  

Also: This week, only six of the 46 people who attempted an especially treacherous Yukon Arctic Ultra race crossed the finish line. Our guest tells us how she managed to stick it out, and why she's already gearing up for her next trek.

Plus: A superfan makes a sprint through Manhattan to snag a coveted ticket to Paul McCartney’s ultra rare club show.   

Also: We reach Ahmad Muna, whose decades-old bookshop was raided by Israeli police in Jerusalem.

Plus: Christie’s goes all in on AI art. We reach a (human) artist who’s part of the first auction of its kind.    

Also: A town in northern England finds hundreds of Second World War bombs under a children's playground.

Plus: How one Canadian distillery is trying to create a liqueur similar to chartreuse because of a shortage of the green alcohol.

Also: After Sweden’s deadliest mass shooting last week, we speak to a family member of one of the survivors.

Nil Köksal speaks with Molly O’Brien, producer and director of the Oscar-nominated documentary, and with the film’s subject: her aunt Orin O’Brien.

We speak to Liberal MP and leadership candidate Karina Gould and Goldy Hyder of the Business Council of Canada.

Also: A film history student tells us about the moment he discovered a silent film about Lincoln...believed to be lost to time...in the final hours of his internship with a historic film archive.

Plus: Jeff Douglas on the meaning of “I Am Canadian” then…and now. 

Also: Scientist David Kring on what we can learn from massive canyons on the moon.