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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.
The Current is produced in Toronto, Ontario, Canada — and has recently recorded live shows about the Canadian election in Surrey and Burnaby BC. And shows to come in Oshawa and the 905, Red Deer, Alberta, Quebec City and Halifax.
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The civil war in Sudan has been raging for more than 2 years now and the violence is only escalating. The paramilitary faction called the Rapid Support Forces pushed out the Sudanese army from most of Darfur, and have been accused of ongoing civilian massacres. It has become so bad, the results can be seen from space. Denise Brown is the United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator in Sudan who explains without intervention, the violence will continue unabated.
Lecanemab is a new drug that’s being made available in Canada to slow the early stage of Alzheimer’s disease. We speak to Linda McMaster, who is on the waitlist to receive it. And Drs Sandra Cohen and Samir Sinha about the efficacy, cost and reality of how this new drug fits in with the wider Alzheimer’s care environment in Canada today.
Canada has held its measles elimination status since 1998 — but medical experts say that could change in the coming weeks. We speak with Dawn Bowdish, an immunologist, and professor of medicine at McMaster University, about what's driving the spread of measles in Canada, what it means for public health, and why she thinks Canada desperately needs a National Vaccination Registry.
A new podcast, Furball Confidential, dives into one of our most intimate relationships — the ones we have with our pets. Veteran podcaster, Jen Moroz, interviews prominent actors, authors, musicians and influencers about living with their beloved animals, and speaks about what those relationships reveal about them and how they made them better humans.
Jamaicans on the island and in diasporas across Canada are taking stock of the damage after Hurricane Melissa made landfall on the Caribbean island Tuesday.
The 2026 Winter Olympics are around the corner. This time the NHL is back, climate change could make snow scarce, and political spats are bound to make the podium. Hockey Night in Canada host and Olympic broadcaster Ron MacLean and Canada's Chef de Mission, Jennifer Heil talk all things Milano Cortina 2026.
Internal documents suggest Amazon is planning to replace more than half a million workers with robots — and automate 75% of its operations. We speak to Karen Weise, the technology correspondent for The New York Times. Karen spells out what she learned about Amazon's plan — and how they're talking about selling that plan. Hint: A 'cobot' is a collaborative robot.
In a Canadian first, Toronto doctors have carried out a groundbreaking transplant with a heart that previously stopped beating. We talk to Dr. Ali Rabi, a member of the transplant team at Toronto's University Health Network about what was involved — and what this breakthrough means for the people on heart transplant wait lists.
Jamaica is preparing for Hurricane Melissa. The category 5 hurricane is the strongest storm on the planet this year — and it could become the strongest storm ever to hit Jamaica. The country has issued mandatory evacuation orders for people living in coastal areas, but there are concerns that not enough people have left their homes. We speak with two people who are getting ready for when the storm hits — and working on relief efforts for their communities, as officials are warning the storm will bring “catastrophic” damages to communities and infrastructure.
The Alberta government passed a new law forcing striking teachers back to work.It’s been three weeks since the strike began and more than 750-thousand students have been out of class. Danielle Smith has now invoked the notwithstanding clause and teachers are expected back in the classroom this week. We speak with a teacher and a parent about what’s at stake for teachers and students across the province.
Tim Cook was the chief historian and researcher at the Canadian War Museum, known for his passion for Canadian military history. He was recognized with many awards, including the Governor General's History Award and the Order of Canada. He died on Sunday at the age of 54. We hear Matt Galloway’s conversation with Tim Cook from 2022 about his book "Life Savers and Body Snatchers: Medical Care and The Struggle for Survival in the Great War," where he he explored how Canadian doctors took part in a British program that harvested organs from dead First World War soldiers without consent.
Our national affairs panel weighs in on the biggest political stories of the day. We’re about a week away from getting Prime Minister Mark Carney’s hotly anticipated first federal budget that the Prime Minister says will be all about taking “big bold risks,” while warning that there will be sacrifices ahead for Canadians. Over the weekend, we’ve seen the fallout from the U.S. President Donald Trump calling off trade negotiations over an anti-tariff advert put out by the Ontario government. All this comes as the P.M. is on his first diplomatic trip to Asia, looking to shore up new trade alliances. We break it all down with CBC's Chief Political Correspondent Rosemary Barton, Stephanie Levitz of the Globe and Mail, and Ryan Tumilty of the Toronto Star.
Gen Z workers are rethinking what success looks like, and they’re doing it through career minimalism. Instead of engaging in the traditional corporate hustle culture or climbing the corporate ladder, many are seeking work boundaries and self fulfillment. Gen Z worker Jane Tsang shares how lazy girl jobs and multiple income streams fit into this approach. And, Glassdoor’s chief economist Daniel Zhao explains what it could mean for the future of work.
We've all heard the saying, diamonds are forever. That’s meant for the natural stone, but turns out lab-grown diamonds are also forever — and that is pushing the industry into a crisis, causing significant price drops in natural diamonds. So, what’s the future of the diamond industry in Canada and beyond — and what this shift to lab-grown diamonds mean for countries like Botswana where the health of the economy is tied to the health of the industry: We talk to Casey Hetman, a geologist, and a corporate consultant at SRK, an international mining consultancy firm, and Timothy Puko, Commodities Director at the Eurasia Group, covering metals and mining for the firm's Energy, Climate & Resources team.
The U.S. President Donald Trump announced it in all caps on Truth Social last night. "All trade negotiations with Canada are hereby terminated." Why? He says it’s the result of a television ad from Ontario's provincial government featuring the former president Ronald Reagan in 1987, speaking out against tariffs in an address on free trade. We talk to CBC’s Washington correspondent Mike Crawley about what this means for Canada — and the future of trade talks.
Will history repeat itself? The Toronto Blue Jays have made it to Game 1 of the World Series. Fans are hopeful as they face one of the best teams in the league: The Los Angeles Dodgers. Superfans Maddie Cholette and Tyler Carpentier share their excitement over Game 1.
Long-time CBC Radio host Michael Finnerty shares how training as an apprentice cheesemonger in London's Borough Market nourished his soul, gave him a sense of purpose and helped him rediscover the power of community. He talks about his new book "The Cheese Cure" while taking Matt Galloway on a tasting journey through the sampling of four Canadian cheeses.
There are growing concerns from economists, tech industry insiders and investors that artificial intelligence might be a bubble about to burst. Data centres are a rapidly growing part of the U.S. so big that some observers like MIT fellow Paul Kedrosky believe it's warping the North American economy. Murad Hemmadi, a reporter with the Logic, argues that we only know about bubbles in hindsight, and until it bursts, we're going to be waiting to find out.
People who read the fiction of Miriam Toews might think they know a fair bit about her life story. She's written about sister relationships, suicide, and her conservative Mennonite upbringing. Now her highly anticipated new memoir does away with the mirror of fiction — shining a light on why she writes, and the power of family.
With Canada's tech sector growing, employers are looking for recent grads ready to pursue careers in STEM. But when it comes to getting those math and science courses completed, many students aren't making the grade. We hear from teachers about where we're going wrong, and what needs to change to keep kids excited about STEM.
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Carney should include both the NDP and PQ into his govt and form a true unity and mandate to govern Canada
Would live to share, Matt. Please share Bluesky link. FB/Twitter not reliable. Thanks.
less then $22 an hour. and your focusing on businesses. you try surviving on $22 an hour.
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..🤣😆