As it Happens - Friday Edition

Part One

Uzbekistan President obit
Since Uzbekistan became independent in 1991, it's had one controlling, despotic leader — and now that President Islam Karimov is dead, no one knows what happens next. 

Bees sprayed
To combat Zika virus, authorities fog a county in South Carolina with a pesticide to kill mosquitoes — but, to the horror of beekeepers, it kills millions of pollinating insects as well. 

Rudy Van Gelder obit
You could split the history of jazz recordings into BRVG and ARVG — because the albums the late audio engineer Rudy Van Gelder helped make just sounded better than anything had before. 

Part Two

Chicago crime
It's just September, and Chicago has already had more homicides this year than in all of 2015 — and tonight, we'll speak with a man whose job it is to clean up crime scenes. 

Mars simulation
Men are from Mars, women are also from Mars. Although all six of the men and women are really from Earth — it's just that they spent the past year in a geodesic dome in Hawaii, simulating a Mars mission. 

As it Happens was produced this week by: 

Jeanne Armstrong
Imogen Birchard 
Sam Colbert 
Chris Harbord
Sean Laughlin
John McGill
Kevin Robertson
Pedro Sanchez 
and Kate Swoger. 
    
Our technician is Reynold Gonsalves. The show director is Kevin Ball. Chris Howden is our writer.  

John Perry is the Senior Producer. And the Executive Producer of As It Happens is Robin Smythe.

We'd also like to thank some other people who helped us out this week: 

Susan McKenzie in Montreal
Kristin Nelson in Ottawa
Davorin Cikovic, John Corcelli and Michael D'Souza in Toronto
Michael O'Halloran in Calgary
and Anne Penman in Vancouver. 

As It Happens will be back again on Monday.  Goodnight, and good weekend.