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Three stories to expand your worldview, delivered daily. Matt Galloway cuts through a sea of choice to bring you stories that transcend the news cycle. Conversations with big thinkers, household names, and people living the news. An antidote to algorithms that cater to what you already know — and a meeting place for diverse perspectives. In its 20 years, the Current has become a go-to place for stories that shape and entertain us. Released daily, Monday to Friday.
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Journalist Will Doig says there’s reasons for hope in even the darkest topics. As editor of the online magazine Reasons to be Cheerful — launched by David Byrne of the Talking Heads — Doig searches for stories that embody change and remind us of what’s good in the world.
Julie Hosack’s son Cole is one of several people who have gone missing in Dawson Creek, a picturesque B.C. town that has become a hotbed for drugs and violent crime. The Fifth Estate went there to investigate the sudden spike in deadly crime, and found a community on edge and deeply frustrated with the RCMP.
Last month Matt Galloway visited the islands of Haida Gwaii, to hear about a historic agreement that recognizes the Haida Nation’s title over the land. We revisit his conversation with renowned Haida artist Christian White — about preserving and celebrating his nation’s ancient traditions — and hear about the return of sea otters to the archipelago’s ecosystem.
Canadian Shane Gross has just won the Wildlife Photo of the Year award, for a picture that might change how you think about tadpoles. He tells us about the time he spends underwater and what he wants people on dry land to know about the world below the surface.
Hurricane Milton tore through Florida overnight, ripping the roof off the Tampa Bay Rays’ home stadium and leaving millions without power and facing extensive flooding. The CBC's Katie Simpson brings us the latest from Orlando, where people are just stepping outside to assess the damage.
It takes 18 months for a foreign-trained doctor to be licensed to work in Canada, but a new plan in Nova Scotia aims to cut that time to just 12 weeks. Experts hope that getting these physicians to work faster can help the millions of Canadians who don’t have a family doctor.
Last week’s conversation about pension hikes and generational fairness sparked an avalanche of mail from listeners. We hear your thoughts, and reconvene our panel to discuss how to create policies that benefit all Canadians, without pitting generations against each other.
Chef Yotam Ottolenghi’s new cookbook, Ottolenghi Comfort, focuses on recipes that bring us warmth when we need it most, from curries and noodles to a simple chocolate mousse. He talks to Matt Galloway about how what we cook — and who we eat it with — can bring comfort in uncomfortable times.
Hurricane season has collided with an election campaign in the U.S., and politicians like Donald Trump are using the moment to spread disinformation about relief efforts. The CBC's Nora Young helps us disentangle the facts from the deepfakes.
U.S. marines killed 24 unarmed Iraqi men, women and children in 2005, in what became known as the Haditha Massacre. Investigative journalist Madeleine Baran, host of the podcast In the Dark, looks at what happened that day — and why no one was ever held accountable.
Hurricane Milton is bearing down on Florida, just weeks after the destruction of Hurricane Helene. Jaina Thatch has already been evacuated. She says facing two monster storms back-to-back is unimaginable, she just hopes she’ll have a home to go back to.
A Toronto hospital is using human placentas to treat complex burns and wounds. We look at how it works — and why doctors are urging women to donate rather than dump the organ.
What role will the “man-o-sphere” and “childless cat ladies” play in a tight U.S. presidential election? We look at how Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are campaigning along gender lines — and whether the result will come down to whether men will vote for a female president.
Fashion journalist Jeanne Beker pulls some wild stories out of her closet in her new book, Heart on My Sleeve, from chatting to famous musicians in the bath to walking out on an interview with Iggy Pop. She shows Matt Galloway how the items in her closet tell her story, from a yellow bikini top to a boxy Chanel dress.
Research shows teens in Canada are becoming less likely to use a condom. We look at how educators are taking a different approach to talking about sexual health — and what’s at stake.
The Oct. 7 Hamas-led attack on Israel unleashed a year of bloodshed and trauma, in the Middle East and beyond. Matt Galloway talks to two people about how their lives were turned upside down — and whether they have any hope for a lasting peace.
Israel intensified airstrikes in Lebanon this weekend and announced “a new phase” in its offensive in Gaza. Matt Galloway talks to the CBC’s Margaret Evans in Beirut; and discusses a year of conflict and political failure with policy experts Janice Stein and Khaled Elgindy.
Some Canadians deal with spells of dizziness that can last hours or even days. But experts say there’s a lack of understanding about the underlying causes — and millions aren’t getting the treatment they need.
The Bloc Québécois demand for a pension hike has sparked debate about generational fairness. While many seniors believe the increase is overdue, younger Canadians say they’re also struggling, and things that their parents took for granted — like affordable housing — are no longer within reach.
Ahmad Araji has been trying unsuccessfully to book a flight out of Beirut, and says it doesn’t make sense that flights are leaving for Canada with hundreds of empty seats. The Lebanese-Canadian man tells us what he’s seeing as Israel continues its airstrikes and ground invasion of Lebanon, displacing more than one million people and risking a humanitarian crisis.
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Matt, let people speak. Asking closed questions,interrupting...sounds like a bad lawyer badgering a witness. Relax.
Oh yeah sure, AI solves everything. 🤦♂️ well, the "Intelligence" of Canadian economists certainly wasn't enough. ~14:00.
Canada is doomed. Young Canadians can't even manage.
BS hahaha 😆 west jet is a bs artist. go ahead cbc, let him blow smoke up everyone's ass.
please help Iranian people. we are being killed easily. help us 😭💔
The questions asked in this interview are annoying. You soften her up with questions about the challenges women face to get to the top level, then you grill her about whether she feels bad about what she has been selling or that she makes 31MM vs a minimum wager??? What do you want from her? Who do you think you're talking to, some environmental, health and equity advocate? She's a capitalist, a successful one, and she did her job well. She wasn't being paid to change the world at PepsiCo, but she did make some improvements. Move on - annoying.
Read "The War on Normal People" by Andrew Yang. and, #HumanityFirst
"everyone's replaceable right?" The psychopathy of our modern Western culture runs deep.
So dissapointed to hear our Polticians lie like this. Prtoesters have been nice and peaceful and thats from someone who lives downtown Ottawa
A very naive appreciation for issues and the interpretation of those issues. My goodness while I appreciate the persistence of CBC to visit the area but an absolute misunderstanding of the history and realities of Eastern Ukraine.
Sweet ending.
This is a horrifically whiny interview.
YouTube "Roger Hallam" and "Facing Future". It gets worse.
no it's a tragic event. but the left wants to make every tragic event into Martyr
Things aren't looking good... YouTube "Roger Hallam"
this guy loved toxicity during the trump years. but under Biden we need to heal..🤣😆
The economists here continue to normalize psychopathy. Current economic thinking is an absolute joke. YOU HAVE NOTHING if you don't have a liveable climate you god damned fools. You CONTINUE to eat your young ITS SICK!!!!! $'s/ton Oh Booooo-hooooo. Go f*ck yourselves. You've ALREADY f*cked the rest of Humanity... and most of life on Earth for that matter!!!
Let's be very clear: we *remain* in a pandemic because of anti-vaxers and the hesitant. An election now is incredibly important. Let's hear what the people want to do next.
Where's all the money go?? The Early Childhood Educators are paid nowhere near enough. Business owners???
The female nurse has to hide her identity but the male nurse doesn't; not surprised.