As It Happens

As It Happens: Monday Edition

Monday, August 23, 2021

Episode Transcript

Part One

Kabul airport
Thousands of Afghans are still at the airport in Kabul, trying to get out before the final withdrawal of US troops — and a BBC reporter says the situation is desperate.

Tennessee flooding
After deadly floods in his community, a Tennessee man tells us that every time he thinks he has a handle on what's happened, there's more devastating news to digest.

Reading: Kim Senklip Harvey
Governor General's Literary Award winner Kim Senklip Harvey reads from an original essay on the theme of "Moving Forward" and leaves us with all kinds of questions about where we're headed.

Part Two

Ontario COVID numbers
A member of Ontario's COVID advisory panel quits, saying the modelling that shows a "grim" fall to come is being withheld from the public. But the scientific head of that panel tells us he's not holding anything back.

Pro-Afghanistan withdrawal 
A US army veteran who lost his legs in Afghanistan says he supports his country's withdrawal, despite all that he and his fellow soldiers have sacrificed in an effort to win what he now sees as an unwinnable war.