As It Happens

As It Happens: The Monday Edition

Monday, Feb. 14, 2022

Episode Transcript

Part One

Emergencies Act
The Prime Minister has given his own government extra powers to deal with the anti-vaccine mandate protests -- so we'll ask what the Emergencies Act does, and whether this is the right time to use it. 

Ottawa Counter Protests 
Street spirit. People in Ottawa are fed up with the chaos in their city, and the police who don't seem able to stop it. We'll talk to one organizer who attempted his own grass roots solution. 

Old Drum Found
English beat.  Five thousand years ago, someone in Britain buried a small, chalk drum alongside the bodies of three children. Now that it's on display for the first time, the archaeologist who helped discover it taps into its mysteries. 


Part Two

PA Cold Case Solved 
Cold case closed. After 60 years, police may have solved the murder of a young girl in Pennsylvania -- thanks to the work of an 18-year-old with a passion for genealogy. . 

Wisconsin Voting Rights
The battle over American voting rights finds a new front in Wisconsin...this time over drop boxes often used by people with disabilities.  

February Sucks
Spirit-breaking news. While reporting on the dreadfulness of February isn't really much a scoop, a local journalist in St. Louis made it the premise of an entire story anyway -- and it's the height of excellence in the depths of winter.        


Part Three

US Pedestrian Deaths 
Fear Behind the Wheel. American drivers are striking and killing more pedestrians than ever, and a cognitive scientist thinks he knows why.  

Encore: Munger California Dorm
A Room with Absolutely No View. We revisit Carol's conversation with Charlie Munger, the 97 year old billionaire donor who's not an architect...but designed a new university dorm himself, full of windowless rooms.