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EPISODE · Jul 24, 2026 · 50 MIN

Winner of ‘Nobel Prize for math’ on the threat posed by AI

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We hear from the first Canadian-based winner of the prestigious Fields Medal about why he's leaving academia to work for the safety department of OpenAI. With their new blockade, Houthi rebels add the Bab el-Mandeb Strait to the list of conflict-clogged waterways in the Middle East — and our guest warns that's increasing pressure on the region. Cuts to USAID left millions of people around the world without vital support — and an advocate in Nepal says that's forced many of her colleagues to turn to sex work just to survive. Five years after it was shut down, a beloved Los Angeles landmark will welcome moviegoers once again — thanks in part to our guest's campaign to save L.A.'s Cinerama Dome. Two of Spain's World Cup heroes make a triumphant return to their hometown to receive the traditional reward: their own weight in local tomatoes. As It Happens, the Friday Edition. Radio that has words of praise for any champ with a lot of tomatoes: arrabi-attaboy! 

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