As It Happens

As It Happens: Monday Edition

Monday, Nov. 19, 2018

Full Episode Transcript

Part One

St. Michael's College
After allegations of a sexually abusive hazing, six teenagers from a Toronto private school are charged — and an alumnus who suffered a similar assault at university reflects on what's changed, and what hasn't. 

Holocaust lawsuit
Polish nationalists accuse an Ottawa Holocaust scholar of libelling their country — and he fights back by taking them  to court for libelling him. 

Wombat poop
If you're wondering why wombat poop takes the form of small cubes — and you are now — one scientist can finally answer your questions fair and square.

Part Two

'Sexsomnia' trial
After Ontario judge rules a man was fully conscious when he sexually assaulted a woman — not suffering from "sexsomnia" — the woman shares her relief at the ruling.

Fart-hearing lesson
The rip was a student breaking wind, the roaring was the rest of the class — and the good time came when a sign-language interpreter explained to the deaf student that flatulence sometimes makes noise.

Part Three

Nunavut premier
A lot of experts say there's a deficit. He says there's a surplus. Premier Joe Savikataaq defends his government's controversial polar bear management plan. 

Picasso hoax
An artwork discovered by a writer in the woods in Romania renewed hope a stolen work by Picasso had been recovered. But it appears to be part of a prank by a theatre company. 

Restaurant returns Michelin Star
Years after their restaurant in England was granted a coveted Michelin star, the proprietors politely return it — and change the menu.