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.
1433 episodes transcribedAfter years of decline, the monarch butterfly population is bouncing back. We speak to The Atlantic's Vann R. Newkirk II, who travelled to Mexico's Mo...
AI insiders have increasingly been sounding the alarm on the risks of out-of-control superintelligence, with some claiming a non-zero chance that AI c...
A forest fire northwest of Summerland, British Columbia started around dinnertime on August 7th. It’s not unusual for the Okanagan to see fires spark...
Just 4 months after electing Kerry-Lynne Finlay as the new leader of the BC Conservatives, the party is in disarray. So far, 9 MLAs have left th...
Canada's relationship with the United States is rocky right now. Is it a glitch or a new feature? Former U.S. ambassador to Canada Bruce Heyman argues...
Actor Sydney Sweeney is once again facing backlash over an advertisement. Female athletes around the world are responding to a nude sports gambling ad...
Doug Kitchen was depressed and lonely after his wife left him. He says using a chatbot was key to his recovery. He's one of a growing number of Canadi...
We hear from Canadian Geographic's 2026 Wildlife Photographer of the Year, David Sturge, about a rare encounter with a seal pup on a melting ice sheet...
If you're pushing 80 and still walking as fast as your 50-year-old friends, you might be a supermover. New research on 'supermovers' - people 90+ who...
Five years after the Taliban retook control of Afghanistan, one young woman says she feels like her home has become her jail. She once went to school...
Jeanette Gutierrez and Kelly Sceviour would probably have never met if it weren't for the tragedy of 9/11. Jeanette was a survivor of the attacks that...
Canadian Ron di Francesco and New Yorker Wendy Lanski were both working in the World Trade Center towers on September 11, 2001 — when, out of the brig...
Dr. Danielle Ofri was working at Bellevue Hospital in New York as the 9/11 attacks unfolded. Stuart Inglis was a Canadian graphic designer working the...
For more than two years, Canadian Rick Hansen pushed his wheelchair around the world to raise money and awareness for people with disabilities. Now —...
Two diseases are ravaging PEI's oyster industry and farmers and fishers say government help hasn't been enough. We travel to Tyne Valley and go to the...
A sexy new romance novel has been drawing a new generation of fans to Prince Edward Island, and now it's about to become a Netflix series. We go on th...
There have been alarm bells ringing for some time about dropping math scores in this country In her documentary, “Are your kids learning math the...
We speak with the creators of the series North of North as they launch Season 2 after the show became an international hit. Stacey Aglok MacDonald and...
The White House responded to Canada's retaliatory counter-tariffs with a series of proclamations. We speak with two U.S.-based trade reporters, Gavin...
Former UN Ambassador Bob Rae and former Conservative cabinet minister Lisa Raitt reflect on what it means to be Canadian in the midst of a trade war w...
