As It Happens: The Tuesday Edition
Part One
BC drug exemption
The federal government has granted B.C.'s request to decriminalize some illicit drugs. But our guest says the new policy doesn't quite measure up.
Ukraine: Donetsk battleground
Russian advances bring Vladimir Putin closer to claiming victory in eastern Ukraine. But the former deputy minister of Ukraine's defence department says her country's forces won't give up the fight.
Bird song album
The man behind some of your favourite film soundtracks looks to birds for inspiration. And he tells us his approach has artists from Beck to Elvis Costello flocking to join him.
Part Two
Black Olympian tree threatened
In 1936, a Black gold medallist planted an oak sapling he brought home from the Berlin Olympics. Now, Cornelius Johnson's tree is under threat -- and our guest is doing what she can to save it.
Dinosaurs cold/warm-blooded
Paleontologists have long wrestled with the question of whether dinosaurs had warm blood, like birds, or cold blood, like reptiles. And now it turns out they may somehow have been both.
Part Three
Egyptian mummies
An excavation in Egypt has uncovered some 250 sarcophagi-sealed mummies. And our guest is one of the lucky few who's had a chance to look through the new finds.
Reaper chili record
Achieving the world record for fastest consumption of Carolina Reaper peppers isn't for the faint of heart. But our guest managed to break the record without breaking a sweat.