As It Happens: Friday Edition

Part One

Remembering Leonard Cohen: Judy Collins
Cohen began as a reluctant performer. He was content to stay off stage. Then he met Judy Collins.

Remembering Leonard Cohen: Friend Robert Faggen
In the 1990s, Cohen took up residence at a Zen Buddhist monastery in California's San Gabriel Mountains. Living nearby on the mountain was literature professor Robert Faggen. They have been close friends for the last twenty years.

Remembering Leonard Cohen: Hallelujah Producer
When the song "Hallelujah" was released, Columbia Records heard it and told Mr. Cohen it wasn't good enough. John Lisshauer remembers those days. He produced Mr. Cohen's 1984 record Various Positions, which included "Hallelujah."

Part Two

Post-Trump Hate
Janae Cummings recounts a disturbing encounter she had in Bloomington, Indiana on Wednesday, one of several racially-charged incidents being reported post-Election Day in the United States.

Cross Country Wreath
Mike Ranta spent 200 days in his canoe, travelling across the country with his dog Spitzii, stopping at as many legions as he could along the way. And all along his journey, he collected leaves, branches, birch and reeds, which would eventually form the wreath he brought to Ottawa today.

Part Three

Roxane Gay
"Bad Feminist" author Roxane Gay argues that, despite the allegations of sexual misconduct surrounding him, many women voted for Donald Trump because they value their whiteness over their womanhood.

Leitch Professor Book
Prospective Conservative Party leader Kellie Leitch using a book to prove her point about immigration. Its author disagrees with her interpretation.