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.
951 episodes transcribedJimmy Darts has become a social media star through his kindness videos. He has over 12 million followers and 400 million likes, just on his TikTok acc...
It was another year of devastating floods, fires and other extreme weather events. The Trump Administration also levelled dramatic cuts to climate sci...
Some Canadians are changing their travel plans and heading to international destinations outside of the United States. We speak with two Canadian snow...
The great Newfoundland satirist has been touring the country this fall, selling out theatres with his latest standup show. He joins us to reflect on t...
Musicians Shad and Talia Schlanger join Matt Galloway for their picks of the best Albums of 2025.
An Alberta cattle producer has been steering his herd through years of drought and says it feels pretty good to have more 'jingle in his jeans' right...
A polar bear cub has defied the odds in Northern Manitoba after being adopted by another mother bear, leaving researchers excited about what it could...
Liberal MP Sameer Zuberi says the process towards peace he hoped to hear about on the ground in the West Bank and Jerusalem appears to be stalled. In...
Sasha DiGiulian spent nine days trapped on a ledge in a storm before becoming the first female climber to make up the famously difficult Platinum rout...
Zadie Smith wonders if she's weird. She pays attention to a lot in an age when our attention has been captured and her phone-free life can be lonely....
Our panel of experts give us their top picks for 2025. Food journalists Lucy Waverman, Jonathan Cheung, and Chris Nuttall-Smith name their top picks f...
We speak with Dr. Jesse Papenburg at Montreal Children's Hospital about the high number of kids coming into the ER and having to be hospitalized with...
There's been a lot going on in Quebec politics this year while many of us may have had our eye on the Canada-US relations. The Quebec government has...
Eisha Marjara's documentary "Am I The Skinniest Person You've Ever Seen?" examines her desire to halt her transition into womanhood and the complex ti...
Winter surfing is a thing, and it's happening all over Canada — from the giant waves of Lake Superior to the Atlantic coast to Tofino, B.C. Three wint...
The CBC's David Common was in Jamaica more than a month after parts of the island were devastated by a category 5 hurricane. He takes us to a local ho...
A CBC investigation recently found there are thousands more people behind bars in Ontario jails than just a few years ago. But the number of jail beds...
Two gunmen attacked the Jewish holiday event, Hanukkah by the Sea on Bondi Beach, Australia on Sunday. Hundreds were there to celebrate the first day...
Jess Michaels and Liz Stein say their sisterhood of women harmed by Jeffrey Epstein are determined to keep up the pressure as the deadline for the Tru...
Doctors, scientists and tech experts are being courted by top Canadian hospitals and universities. And why some top Canadian scientists say it’s time...
