As It Happens

As It Happens: The Thursday Edition

May 14, 2020

Episode Transcript

Part One

Trump/Flynn
It was good news for Donald Trump when the Department of Justice moved to drop its case against Michael Flynn. We reach a former federal prosecutor who says the U-S president shouldn't celebrate quite yet. 

Legault Blames Journo
Quebec's Premier blames a reporter for raising concerns about Montreal being a global hotspot for covid-19. But the reporter says the premier's problem is just the facts.

Pub on Wheels
Making his pint -- and delivering it too -- A London brewer finds a way to help customers stuck at home experience pub culture -- after he turns his van into a pub on wheels.

Part Two 

Italy Travelling Medics
After weeks winning and losing battles against the virus in Italy's worst hit region, charity workers can finally pack up their battlefield-like field hospital...which the Canadian team-leader says is a hopeful sign in the war against coronavirus. 

Amazing Chickens 
We return from a free-range wander through the archives with tales of chickens: one guest who knitted sweaters for them, and another who hypnotized them.

Part Three

Twitter Working From Home 
For some, working from home during the pandemic has been an impossibility. For some it's been a headache. But there are those for whom it's been a dream come true. And Twitter says it never wants to wake up.  

Bulgaria Remains
Researchers have discovered 45-thousand year old human remains in a Bulgarian cave and one of them tells us the find will change how archaeologists understand ancient Europe.