As It Happens

As It Happens: Friday Edition

Full episode audio will be posted at 8pm Eastern.

Part One

Boston bombing verdict
A jury sentences Dzokhar Tsarnaev to death for his role in the Boston Marathon bombing -- which feels like justice to our guest, a victim of the attack. 

B. B. King obit
With the death of B.B. King, the world loses the last of the great bluesmen -- and Canadian musician Colin James pays tribute to his friend and inspiration. 

Part Two

Moncton RCMP charges
A federal government agency charges the RCMP for failing to adequately train the officers who responded to the shootings in Moncton last year. 

Rohingya Muslim migrants follow-up
Hundreds of Rohingya Muslims are stranded in boats off the coasts of Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia -- and their supplies, and hopes, are dwindling.

Part Three

US Army psychiatrist resigns
Until today, Patrick Lillard was a psychiatrist with the U.S. Army. Now he's resigned. But he's not going quietly: he's blaming the Army's substance-abuse program for failing to help a soldier who killed a sheriff's deputy and himself. 

Macedonia "lipstick" protester
A woman protesting against the government in Macedonia becomes a symbol with a simple act: applying lipstick, and then smooching a riot cop's shield. 

Jackson Pollock recipe book
A new book details the culinary adventures -- and pie recipes -- of an American chef named Jackson Pollock, who apparently also dabbled in art. 

Show Credits

As it Happens was produced this week by: 

Laurie Allan
Robert Ballantyne
Annie Bender
John Chipman
Sarah Cooper
Dawna Dingwall
Katie Geleff
Chris Harbord
Kevin Robertson

Pedro Sanchez and 
Kate Swoger.  

Our technicians this week were Reynold Gonsalves, Jennifer Rowley, and Paul Hodge.  

The show director is Kevin Ball. Chris Howden is the show writer.

John Perry is the Senior Producer, and the Executive Producer of As It Happens is Robin Smythe.  

Our intern is John McGill.

We'd also like to thank some other people who helped out this week:  

Stephen Puddicombe in Halifax
Tom Jokinen in Ottawa
Kathryn Lee and Davorin Cikovic at Radio Archives in Toronto
Suzanne Dufresne in Winnipeg
Michael O'Halloran in Calgary and
Anne Penman in Vancouver. 

As It Happens will be back again on Monday. Have a great weekend, and good night.