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Bolivia’s President Evo Morales stepped down Sunday following weeks of protests around allegations of electoral fraud in the Oct. 20 election, which he claimed to have won. Now he’s in Mexico accepting asylum, saying that he’s the victim of a coup.

Host Tamara Khandaker speaks to Christina Ewig, a professor at the University of Minnesota whose research focuses on the politics of gender and race in Latin America. They discuss what’s happened in Bolivia so far, and try to place what’s going on there into the wider context of the unrest seen across Latin America right now.

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Over the weekend, in one of his signature Coach’s Corner rants, Don Cherry seemed to single out immigrants for not wearing poppies, referring to them as “you people.” On Monday he was fired from his long-standing Hockey Night in Canada segment by Sportsnet, and continued to defend his comments today, but says he would have “used different words.”

Host Tamara Khandaker walks through the story with Yahoo sports writer Arun Srinivasan. They discuss Don Cherry’s legacy, what he represents, and what his departure means for the state of hockey in Canada.

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This week, a number of groups are taking the federal government to court over the Safe Third Country Agreement, an agreement that prohibits people from entering Canada from the U.S. — and vice versa — at official border crossings and asking for asylum.

Those challenging the deal are arguing that it should be totally scrapped. And they’re asking the courts to decide: Is the U.S. a safe country for refugees? 

Host Tamara Khandaker speaks to Alex Neve, the secretary general of Amnesty International Canada, one of the organizations involved in the court challenge. He recently went to the U.S.-Mexico border, and takes us through what he saw.

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Starting on Wednesday, we're going to get to watch as current and former Trump administration officials testify about what they know related to the allegations against Trump. The public hearings will move the impeachment inquiry from behind closed doors, transforming it into a public spectacle to be viewed on television sets and computer screens around the world.

Host Tamara Khandaker is joined by Global’s Washington bureau chief Jackson Proskow. If you haven’t been keeping up, they’ll walk you through the ongoing proceedings and everything you need to know in preparation for what to watch for next week.

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On Monday, nine people —  three women and six children — were gunned down by suspected drug cartel members in northern Mexico. The victims were American citizens, members of a Mormon family that’s been living in Mexico for generations. The incident has placed an international spotlight on the Mexican government’s struggle with cartels.

Host Tamara Khandaker talks to Gladys McCormick, an associate professor at Syracuse University, who specializes in Mexico organized crime, drug trafficking, political violence, and corruption.

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On Monday, Elizabeth May stepped down as leader of the Green Party. May had served as the leader of the party since 2006, but said she promised her daughter three years ago that the 2019 election would be her last as party leader.

Host Tamara Khandaker talks to Elizabeth May about why she’s stepping down, the challenges faced by the Greens this past election . . . and what’s next.

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A new investigation by over a hundred journalists from across the country has found that Canadians could be consuming tap water laced with high levels of lead leaching from aging infrastructure and plumbing.

Host Tamara Khandaker is back and she’s talking to Global News reporter Mike De Souza, one of the journalists who’s spent the past year working on this investigation. How much lead is in our water? How is it only now becoming clear how serious a problem this is? And how do we go about fixing it?

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Six years ago, Natalia Jiménez was a refugee claimant being abused by her partner. Her claim was denied just before he tried to kill her. Her experience speaks to that of a unique subset of the population that faces extra barriers to accessing help.

Guest host Jane Gerster returns with this special feature story. To hear more from Jane, and her reporting on Sonya Cywink, scroll back in your feed to August 30.

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Just last week, the U.S. nearly lost its measles-elimination status due to an outbreak in New York. And even here at home, we’re experiencing an uptick in the vaccine-preventable disease. So far this year, there have been 112 cases of measles, according to the latest Health Canada report, compared to only 29 cases in 2018.

Guest host Jane Gerster talks to Dr. Sohail Gandhi, president of the Ontario Medical Association, who recently embarked on a campaign to combat vaccine hesitancy. They discuss the implications of disinformation around vaccines, and how these difficult conversations need to be handled with facts — but also compassion.

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In honour of Halloween, we’re taking things in a different direction. Because it’s the time of year for horror films, we’re delving into one of the most iconic ones: Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining. There’s also a new film coming out in November called Doctor Sleep, based on the sequel to Stephen King’s original novel.

Guest host Rachel Browne connects with Kubrick-expert Nathan Abrams, a film professor at Bangor University in Bangor, Wales, and author of the book Stanley Kubrick: New York Jewish Intellectual. They delve into the legacy of the iconic horror film The Shining and why it’s still terrifying 40 years later.

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