Howdy!

[Update: Apparently this election thing is important. Her interview has been bumped to Wednesday eve, everything else remains the same]

I don’t know how many folk still listen to As it Happens ^[1] in the gazillion channel universe, especially since it is (gasp!) a radio program, on the CBC to boot. But I am immensely proud of my mother ^[2] as she is going to be interviewed by Carol Off ^[3] all about Gardasil, aka the HPV vaccination ^[4].

For those of you out of the loop (or too young to know) As it Happens is a 20+ year old radio program where they call out to newsmakers and informed folk (like my mom ^[2]) on headline stuff. Back when I was a youngster one of the cooler ones was when they interviewed the best friend ^[5] of a woman who had tried to assasinate president Ford ^[6] – as you might guess it was quite incendiary ^[7]. If I remember correctly it was listened to by as many as 1 million people, but I would guess many fewer these days.

If you care to hear my mom ^[2], the program starts at 6:30 pm, lasts an hour (although I do not know exactly what time my mom ^[2] is going to be interviewed) and CBC radio One is 88.5 or 104.7 ^[8] depending where on the island you live, or you can stream it from their website ^[9], or download their podcast after the fact ^[10].