As It Happens: Friday Edition
Part One
Turkish author released
In Turkey, a novelist is freed after months in jail for something she wrote — but an investigative journalist is arrested for a single tweet the government deemed "terrorist propaganda."
Nova Scotia water tests
After testing the water off Nova Scotia, the Department of Fisheries and Oceans says everything's fine — but the thousands of dead herring and sea creatures suggest it really isn't.
Jane Austen bills
It is a truth universally acknowledged that every single person in the U.K. is looking out for valuable five-pound notes adorned with a tiny picture of Jane Austen — and we speak with the artist who drew that tiny picture.
Part Two
Dementia paintings
After looking at hundreds of paintings, scientists believe they can detect early signs that an artist developed certain conditions — by carefully examining their brushstrokes.
Reading: Zlateh the Goat
You'll hug your own livestock a little closer tonight, after our presentation of "Zlateh the Goat" — written by Isaac Bashevis Singer, and read by our own "Fireside Al."
Part Three
End of Year Review: Music-related Stories
The first Joel. The inaugural academic conference on the work of William Martin Joel — who also goes by "Billy" — is just one of the stories in our look back at the year in music-related stories.
As It Happens was produced this week by:
Jeanne Armstrong
Imogen Birchard
Sam Colbert
Katie Geleff
Chris Harbord
Samantha Lui
Alexandra Kazia
and Kevin Robertson.
Our technician is Reynold Gonsalves. The show director this week is John McGill. 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:
Melissa Oakley in Halifax
Keith Hart at Radio Archives in Toronto
Jess Shane and Luke Williams — also in Toronto
Martha Troian in Winnipeg
and Anne Penman in Vancouver.
As It Happens will be back again on Monday. Goodnight, and Happy New Year.