In From the Cold

After travelling the globe to cover hard news—from bitter chocolate to the Rwandan genocide — Carol Off came home to take over As It Happens. But, people wondered, could she possibly enjoy the show’s trademark soft interviews? They should have heard her on the pelican that swallowed a pigeon

Late one morning last October, Carol Off, the new host of CBC Radio One’s evening flagship As It Happens, prepares to interview Zemedkun Teckle, spokesperson for the Ethiopia Ministry of Information. Ensconced in a recording studio in the Canadian Broadcasting Centre in downtown Toronto, she dons her headset. The wall behind her features a groovy […]