Mayor of South Yorkshire Oliver Coppard says he’s embarrassed and ashamed of an attempt to set fire to a hotel housing asylum seekers on Sunday, as well as the wider anti-immigration riots that have flared up across the U.K. We hear what happened, and how online hate and disinformation about a recent mass stabbing have fuelled the violence.

Kamala Harris has chosen Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate, three weeks after Donald Trump chose Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance. Guest host Susan Bonner discusses the pivotal role that these potential vice presidents will play in the race for the White House.

Ed Yong has “birder derangement syndrome,” a condition that’s entirely made up but may be familiar to other birding enthusiasts. In a conversation from May, the science writer tells Matt Galloway how the joy of birding saved him from pandemic burnout and radically changed how he interacts with nature.

Just over a week after a devastating wildfire tore through Jasper, Alta., the community is starting to rebuild — and residents are looking at how other communities have overcome similar devastation.

While Canadian athletes deal with the pressure of competing at the Olympic Games, their parents are just as nervous, or even more. Guest host Juanita Taylor talks to some of the parents who raised Olympic athletes and are now cheering them on in Paris.

In a conversation with Matt Galloway in March, TED curator Chris Anderson talks about how he sees generosity as inherent in all of us. In his new book Infectious Generosity: The Ultimate Idea Worth Spreading, he explores how we can use the internet to change lives for the better.

Storm chasing has seen a resurgence because of the success of the summer blockbuster Twisters. Meteorologist Sean Waugh was a consultant on the new film. He tells us about doing everything from designing props, advising on the science, and taking the cast on a storm chase.

With hundreds of wildfires burning across Western Canada, many communities are taking steps to become more fire resilient. In Yukon, authorities have built a fuel break around Whitehorse. And Bakerville, a historic B.C. town, is set to reopen after a sprinkler system was able to protect a majority of the buildings from wildfire. 

Top Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh is dead. Hamas says he was assassinated in Tehran and is blaming Israel for the attack. Israel has yet to officially comment on Haniyeh's death, but Egypt, Qatar and Turkey are warning this could incite further violence, and Iran's supreme leader is promising vengeance.

Protests have erupted across Venezuela over the results of the country’s recent presidential election. The country’s electoral authority declared President Nicolás Maduro won Sunday’s election, but the opposition says its candidate had more than twice as many votes as Maduro.