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EPISODE · Apr 7, 2026 · 53 MIN

Will a last minute reprieve in Iran lead to lasting peace?

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Donald Trump has agreed to suspend promised attacks on civilian infrastructure in Iran for two weeks. A former State Department official tells us what likely happened behind the scenes today. And we hear from an Iranian-Canadian professor about her conversations with loved ones in the leadup to today's now-extended deadline -- and about the anxieties Iranians around the world are experiencing, day in and day out. With polls suggesting he might be headed for electoral defeat, Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orbán phones a friend: U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance. When our minds wander, our bodies are affected. A researcher explains the phenomenon of "body-wandering," and how it can affect our mental health.A senior in Washington State tells us how he managed to survive a crocodile attack -- and why the experience renewed his faith in humanity. A British Airways plane on its way to Houston, Texas is forced to land in St. John's -- and from the headlines, you'd think the passengers had been abandoned in a frozen wasteland.As It Happens, the Tuesday Edition. Radio that guarantees they got tundra loving care. 

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