As It Happens: Thursday Edition
Part One
Electricity bills pastor
Hydro bills in rural Ontario have gotten so high that people are appealing to local churches because they can't make ends meet — and now, neither can the churches.
Dutch election follow
In the Netherlands, the centre-right VVD Party defeats the far-right party of Geert Wilders — but not before Wilders forced it to harden its positions on immigration and integration.
Memory study
Do you want to improve your ability to remember stuff? Did we ask you that already? Well, our guest is a memory athlete who will help you turn your brain — currently a memory hut — into what he calls a "memory palace."
Part Two
Czech zoo rhino
After a white rhino at a French zoo is brutally killed for its horns, a Czech zoo decides to dehorn all its rhinos before poachers can even try.
Dallas 911
Hundreds of residents of Dallas are affected by a glitch in the city's 911 service — including our guest, whose husband died while he waited on hold for 20 minutes.
Part Three
Border crossing video game
A video game with a lot of levels. A Mexican-American art student explains his new game, "Borders" — which draws on his own parents' border-crossing experience.
Homeland lawyer
He's hoping to steal the show. Or at least to change it. Because, for years, our guest was openly critical of "Homeland"'s depiction of Muslims — and now he's been hired as a consultant.