As It Happens

As It Happens: Friday Edition

March 13, 2020

Episode Transcript

Part One

COVID-19: New rules
Amid self-quarantines for the Prime minister and his wife, Canada makes sweeping new rules to stem the spread of Coronavirus — and Justin Trudeau tells the nation that "we will get through this, together".

COVID-19: Vancouver resellers
A Vancouver couple is making a killing re-selling germ-killing cleaning wipes. The hustlers are confronted in a Costco parking lot.

Spaghetti with scissors
Dean Prince of Bonavista, Newfoundland, has discovered an essential new accompaniment for eating spaghetti. Scissors. We'll hear from the inventor himself about his cutting-edge technique.

Part Two

COVID-19: Italy singing
Across Italy tonight, quarantined residents opened their windows and sang in unison — a joyful sound that was nothing short of contagious. 

COVID-19 vaccine
Scientists are furiously working to create a vaccine for COVID-19. Our guest explains why despite their best efforts, it'll be a long time before their work finds its way to a needle near you. 

Part Three

Encore feature: author Barry Lopez on his book, Horizon
For half a century, Barry Lopez has travelled the world writing about the joy and the pain he encountered along the way. In this encore presentation, he tells Carol that seeing the effects of climate change first-hand — including the shrinking ice of the Canadian Arctic — led him to examine what it means to be human in these precarious times.