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.
479 episodes transcribedCrowdfunding campaigns have raised big money for the survivors of the L.A. fires and other disasters — but not everyone gets equal support. We look at...
Chrystia Freeland says she’s not the preferred candidate of the “Ottawa elites” in the race to replace Justin Trudeau — and argues that shows she repr...
Hundreds of families who lost their homes in Jasper’s wildfires are still waiting for temporary housing six months later, while various levels of gove...
Donald Trump signed executive orders on everything from immigration, to trade, to trans rights in his first week back in the Oval Office. We ask two p...
Some pet owners are abandoning their animals because they can’t keep up with the high cost of veterinary care and medications. A CBC/Radio-Canada inve...
Undocumented migrants in the U.S. are bracing for mass deportations threatened by President Donald Trump. Matt Galloway talks to a young man terrified...
Palestinian Akram Said says Gazans are slowly returning to their homes, to search the rubble for loved ones killed by Israel’s airstrikes. Said shares...
Ian Clements got himself an unusual 30th birthday present: a vasectomy. He’s among a growing number of young men going under the knife because they do...
Would you rather visit the expansive beauty of Canada’s Arctic, or watch humpbacks breach as you ramble along Newfoundland’s coast? Perhaps you’d be s...
Bonny Reichert grew up hearing her father’s stories of the Holocaust, and finding comfort in sharing traditional recipes with him. The Canadian journa...
After 13 years in exile, Alma Salem kissed the ground when she finally returned to Syria, after the fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime. Matt Galloway ta...
Winnipeg has a bold new plan to move people out of encampments and into housing, modelled on a strategy that reduced homelessness by 60 per cent in Ho...
Kaitlyn Braun, a pregnant young woman in crisis, takes dozens of birth workers through an escalating series of disasters – rape, baby loss, and even a...
The broadcaster Scott Oake lost his son Bruce to a drug overdose more than 10 years ago, and has worked tirelessly since to help other families avoid...
It’s been 50 years since two Canadian scientists solved a great mystery: where do monarch butterflies go during winter? But while they unlocked how th...
Kaitlyn Braun convinced dozens of birth doulas that she was pregnant, claiming she was suffering through an escalating series of disasters: rape, baby...
The baker Daniel Leader is a pioneer of artisanal breadmaking, but he says his early loaves were more like paperweights. In a conversation from last m...
Donald Trump is set to sign as many as 100 executive orders on his first day in office. We discuss the potential fallout if he enacts campaign pledges...
Matt Galloway talks to people who have travelled to Washington for Donald Trump’s inauguration, in celebration — or in protest — of his second term as...
Tik Tok could be banned in the U.S. this weekend, sparking panic among influencers who make their living from the social media app. Journalist Emily B...
