Carol Off says she loves to channel her “inner 10-year-old” at work.
The veteran CBC broadcaster is stepping down as host of As It Happens, CBC Radio’s flagship evening current affairs show, after 16 years.
During that time, she’s gone toe-to-toe with world leaders, interviewed brilliant scientists and artists, and shared intimate conversations with people in crisis.
But some of her favourite interviews, she says, are the silly ones — the ones that make listeners laugh, which she believes are at the heart of As It Happens.
“I just see this as part of the grand sweep of humanity: all these things, all these little
