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Carol Off talks about her most memorable As It Happens interviews of the season

From the war in Syria to the random Swede, Carol Off looks back on her tenth season co-hosting As It Happens.
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As It Happens co-host Carol Off looks back on the 2015/2016 season. (CBC; Tom Grotting)

As Carol Off's tenth season co-hosting As It Happens comes to a close, we put her on the other side of the microphone for our first podcast extra. Beginning July 1st, the As It Happens podcast will include a little something extra on Fridays. 

Here are some of the interviews from the 2015/2016 season that stood out for Carol: 

1) 'We lost a pioneer': one of Aleppo's last pediatricians dead after airstrikes on hospital. 
Burnt vehicles are pictured in front of the damaged Doctors Without Borders-backed al-Quds hospital after it was hit by airstrikes, in a rebel-held area of the Syrian city of Aleppo on April 28, 2016. (Abdalrhman Ismail/Reuters)

"It broke my heart to hear what he had to say, as he talked about the loss of friends and five years of just horrible, exasperating war."  
2) Margaret Trudeau on Justin's win: 'A golden moment in my life' 
Liberal leader Justin Trudeau is embraced by his mother Margaret Trudeau (R) as he arrives to give his victory speech after Canada's federal election in Montreal, Quebec, October 19, 2015. REUTERS/Jim Young - RTS56NZ (Jim Young/Reuters)

"...To speak with this woman who was dismissed as a flake, or kind of an embarrassment so many years ago, but someone who I had always wondered about... and she gave the most generous interview."   
3) Reigning champ defends his title at Germany's World Nose Championship 
"The man describing... how he was able to get his nose to grow larger, which I will spare people the details of." 
4) Frozen pants: Minnesota man starts winter's latest trend 
"People were sending us photos and their stories of imitating this frozen pants thing, and so everywhere in this cold winter that we had, people were freezing their pants and putting them on lawns, and it was just so delightful." 
5) Want to talk to a random Swede? Swedish tourism group has a hotline 
dial +46 771 SWEDEN from anywhere in the world and you'll be connected to a random Swede. The service honours the 250th anniversary of the country abolishing censorship. (cbc)

"Calling a random Swede was probably one of the most fun conventions we've had on the show." 

To hear Carol talk about these interviews with producer Imogen Birchard, check out our podcast feed. Beginning July 1st, we'll be adding a podcast extra every Friday.

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