As It Happens

As It Happens: Friday Edition

Nov. 12, 2021

Episode Transcript

Part One

Flint Water Settlement 
A mother in Flint, Michigan says she's relieved that settlement money is on the way -- but nothing can make up for the poisonous lead in the water her children drank for years.

John Artis Obit
Unsung hero. The investigator who helped free Rubin "Hurricane" Carter helps us remember John Artis, the OTHER man the authorities came to blame for somethin' that he never done.

Dune Lego Trailer
Blocksbuster. A Quebec teenager's reinterpretation of the trailer for Dune is an impressive shot-for-shot remake -- made all the more mind-blowing because he made it using Lego.


Part Two

Fenster Myanmar Prison
Captivity of the press.  An American journalist in Myanmar is sentenced to over a decade behind bars, with hard labour. A human rights campaigner tells us what he thinks is really behind Danny Fenster's case.

10 Fruit Trees Record
His work is really bearing fruits. A gardener in Australia tells us how he sees his world reflected in a hand-grafted tree that produces 10 different kinds of fruit.


Part Three

Feature: Myriam Chancy
New ground. When a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti in 2010, hundreds of thousands of people died and millions had their lives forever changed. Now, a new novel from Haitian-Canadian writer Myriam Chancy imagines a few of their stories like never before. We have Carol's feature conversation with Myriam Chancy about her new book -- "What Storm, What Thunder".