As It Happens

As It Happens: The Monday Edition

April 11, 2022

Episode Transcripts

Part One

Antiviral access
An Ontario man tells us about his days-long hunt for a COVID antiviral for his father. He says opaque pandemic procedures risk becoming as dangerous as the disease itself. 

Whitmer kidnapping update
U.S. prosecutors charged a group of men with conspiring to kidnap Michigan's governor — but now a jury has acquitted two — and failed to reach a verdict for two others. 

Robot touch
Researchers in the UK unveil a robotic fingertip capable of sensing textures and shapes nearly as effectively as our own — and our guest has seen it in action firsthand. 

Part Two 

Buffalo police victim
A police arbitrator in Buffalo rules that two officers who pushed a 75-year-old activist to the ground, fracturing his skull, had "no other option." So his lawyer says he has no option but to keep fighting. 

Australia Aboriginal people reburied
Australia's government has unveiled plans to rebury the remains of the 42-thousand year old Mungo Man, but some Indigenous groups say tradition demands a different approach. 

Part Three

French election: Macron MP
After right-wing candidate Marine Le Pen raked in record support in the first round of France's presidential elections, an MP from President Emmanuel Macron's party says he's not about to start pandering now. 

Florida migrant increase 
As conditions in Haiti deteriorate, a growing number of migrants are risking their lives to head to Florida on overcrowded boats. Our guest says history's repeating itself.