As It Happens

As It Happens: Friday Edition

June 4, 2021

Episode Transcript

Part One

No Tiananmen Square Commemoration
32 years after the Tiananmen Square massacre, authorities in Hong Kong cancel an annual candlelight vigil, and arrest its organizer -- but our guest will find her own way to commemorate the event. 

French Open Betting Arrest
We all have our faults. But a Russian tennis player has been detained by police over suspicions involving her double-faults -- and some very high-stakes betting.

Texas Storm Chaser 
A storm chaser who thought he'd seen it all tells us what it was like to capture a breathtaking quadruple thunderstorm on film.


Part Two

New Brunswick Doctor
A former New Brunswick doctor says he's owed an apology after being publicly blamed, and investigated, as the source of a COVID outbreak last year. 

New York Plant Art 
Roots music. A late artist's plan to fill an abandoned New York building with plant life, and record the plants' frequencies, has grown into a lush tribute.


Part Three

Australia Mystery Man 
National man of mystery. Australians have spent decades consumed by the case of a well-dressed man discovered dead on a  beach in 1948. And now his body's exhumation is yielding new clues. 

Argentina Illegal Fishing
When a fishing vessel turns off its tracking device, no one can say why, or what it's up to. A new study finds thousands of boats off the coast of Argentina doing just that -- and our guest says her money's on illegal fishing.