EPISODE · Jun 26, 2026 · 43 MIN
A PM’s daughter remembers her time in 24 Sussex Drive
from As It Happens
Former resident of 24 Sussex Catherine Clark tells us she's cautiously optimistic that the vacant and crumbling official residence of the Prime Minister may be restored at last. The US Supreme Court gives Donald Trump the green light to end legal protections for hundreds of thousands of people from Haiti and Syria — panicking families who were building a life in the U.S. Record temperatures are killing people across Europe. And the UN's Global Chief Heat Officer Eleni Myrivili says it's time for leaders, and the voters who elect them, to start thinking past the heat of the moment.When Jill Tucker went to a World Cup watch party to cheer on Cape Verde, she didn't expect to run into one of her former students from Cape Verde — who, it turned out, had spent decades searching for her. The tickle finger of fate. It turns out, apes love to laugh — especially when they’re tickled. And so researchers got busy tickling them, to track the evolution of the chuckle. That's another fine Messi they've gotten us into. A huge new statue depicting soccer superstar Lionel Messi has one major problem: the phallic World Cup trophy the sculptor erected between his knees. As It Happens, the Friday Edition. Radio that's not sure who gave this thing the groin light.
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Former resident of 24 Sussex Catherine Clark tells us she's cautiously optimistic that the vacant and crumbling official residence of the Prime Minister may be restored at last. The US Supreme Court gives Donald Trump the green light to end legal protections for hundreds of thousands of people from Haiti and Syria — panicking families who were building a life in the U.S. Record temperatures are killing people across Europe. And the UN's Global Chief Heat Officer Eleni Myrivili says it's time for leaders, and the voters who elect them, to start thinking past the heat of the moment.When Jill Tucker went to a World Cup watch party to cheer on Cape Verde, she didn't expect to run into one of her former students from Cape Verde — who, it turned out, had spent decades searching for her. The tickle finger of fate. It turns out, apes love to laugh — especially when they’re tickled. And so researchers got busy tickling them, to track the evolution of the chuckle. That's another fine Messi they've gotten us into. A huge new statue depicting soccer superstar Lionel Messi has one major problem: the phallic World Cup trophy the sculptor erected between his knees. As It Happens, the Friday Edition. Radio that's not sure who gave this thing the groin light.
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