As It Happens: Thursday Edition
Part One
Ontario Testing Folo
Justin Trudeau told Canadians that life as we knew it won't be coming back any time soon. We'll ask our guest how to improve that prognosis.
Eden Robinson: Hydroxychloroquine
As debate rages over the use of a largely untested drug to fight Covid-19 symptoms, author Eden Robinson is sharing some hard-earned knowledge: that drug can have some harrowing side effects.
Resto Dollar Bills
For years, customers at a Georgia restaurant have been taping dollar bills to the walls. Now, the restaurant's owner has painstakingly removed each one and donated the money to her out-of-work staff.
Part Two
Covid Dynamic Distancing Study
As the pandemic stretches on, there may come a time when we need to distance a little differently. Our guest proposes a way to do that.
Honku
Many of us get angry when we're subjected to constantly blaring car horns. But the guest in tonight's story from the archives decided to turn his rage into poetry -- and, in the process, he invented the "honku".
Part Three
Delhi Air Pollution
We speak to a chest surgeon in Delhi who says his patients are breathing more easily than they have in years. He suspects it's because of the improved air-quality that's come from India's nation-wide lockdown.
Pandemic Home Sounds
From empty plazas to expressions of gratitude, a global project aims to capture what the world sounds like, living under lockdown.