As It Happens

As It Happens: Monday Edition

Aug. 17, 2020

Transcript

Part One

Beirut glass artist
A stained glass artist in Beirut lost two decades worth of her work in this month's blast. But she's determined to rebuild whatever she can as her country does the same.  

Traditional games manual
We talk to a young man enlisting the knowledge of Inuit elders to create a manual of traditional games. He says his community's fun is something he takes very seriously. 

Tongue-eating parasite
We hear from a researcher who observed a weird threat to fish. It's a parasite that eats the fish's tongue and then ... becomes a new tongue. 

Part Two

Melbourne library workers
Librarians in Melbourne, Australia knew their jobs would change when that city went into isolation. And it quickly became clear that meant setting down the books and picking up the phones. 

Fastest wheelbarrow 
When we last spoke to Kevin Nicks, he had just built  the world's fastest motorized shed. Fast forward and he's now barrelling around in a record-setting wheelbarrow. We catch up with him. Or we try our best.