How Jamaica is preparing for Hurricane Melissa

A Jamaican living in the path of what could be the worst hurricane in the country's history says he is preparing as best he can -- and thinking a lot about what he endured thirty-seven years ago, when Hurricane Gilbert hit.

We'll talk to a Wisconsin mom who's started a one-woman food bank to help families who, in just days, could lose their federal food benefits because of the U.S. government shutdown.

Police in France make two arrests in connection with robbery at the Louvre -- and our guest is among museum officials from around the world speaking up to defend the honour of their French colleagues.

Chicago's mayor shuts down a reporter who asked about so-called "illegal aliens" by objecting to the use of that term -- and by reminding Americans of some other offensive descriptors that were once commonplace. 

Maligned and reduced to a footnote for centuries, our guest reveals the real story of First Daughter Eliza Monroe Hay -- and helps get her remains back to the United States -- 185 years after she died, destitute, in France.

We'll talk to a diehard Blue Jays fan in the UK -- who, along with dozens of others -- has been taking over pubs in the early hours of the morning to watch the team's historic run.

As It Happens, the Monday edition. Radio that senses now's the time to give in to our base instincts.