As It Happens: Tuesday Edition

Part One

Landon Webb update
A Nova Scotia judge restores Landon Webb's freedom of speech, pending a challenge of the province's Incompetent Persons Act -- and tonight, Mr. Webb speaks freely with us. 

UK floods canoe
With the powerful Storm Frank set to hit, parts of the U.K. are already underwater -- and we'll reach a man who paddled the streets of York in a canoe to help. 

Hyperbole study
A spectacularly pioneering new study shows that the use of spectacularly overblown language in scientific papers has risen in a spectacularly noticeable way over the past few spectacular decades. 

Motö​rhead's Lemmy Kilmister obit
With great power came great responsibility. But the late frontman for Motörhead, Lemmy, rejected all responsibilities except one: the self-imposed obligation to live and rock as hard as possible. 

Part Two

Encore feature interview with cartoonist Kate Beaton
An encore presentation of Carol's conversation with comics artist Kate Beaton, who makes present-day punchlines out of the ponderous publications of the past. 

Part Three

As it Happened, The Archive Edition: Challengers 
We love a challenge on this program. And recently, we faced one challenge in particular: to gather up stories of people facing challenges. Well, challenge accepted: we happily present the "Challengers" episode of As It Happened.