<p>After a crushing defeat in last year's elections, the NDP are about to choose a new leader; a party strategist tells us each of the apparent front-runners offers New Democrats a different path forward.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Because of a partial government shutdown, American airport security workers haven't been paid since mid-February. Now politicians say paycheques are on the way. Our guest says she'll believe it when she sees it.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>A new bill threatens to roll back transgender rights in India. The founder of an LGBTQ+ organization there tells us her community isn't about to let that happen without a fight.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Scientists capture rare video footage of a sperm whale giving birth -- and discover that the whale's family and friends were there to help out.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>A resident of Annapolis, Maryland, tells us her community's unusual way of celebrating spring will really knock your socks off -- and then set them on fire.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>The mayor of Ottawa posted a photo of a city park on the brink of spring -- but critics, of whom there are many, think it looks more like a hellscape on the brink of the apocalypse.</p><p><br></p><p>As It Happens, the Friday Edition. Radio that guesses he thought "Ottawa" -- but they thought he ought not-awa.&nbsp;</p>