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.
604 episodes transcribedA new state-of-the-art recycling centre in Montreal aims to make the process easier, and hopefully greener. We look at how effective recycling actuall...
Parents may pleasantly puzzle over the “goos” and “gahs” that their babies make, but now researchers say that baby talk shares patterns with the songs...
Israel’s bombardment has left much of Gaza in rubble, and now President Donald Trump is proposing the U.S. should take over the enclave — with no righ...
Google’s parent company Alphabet has reversed a longstanding promise against using AI to develop weapons and surveillance tools. As world leaders gath...
Tariffs on steel and aluminum will impact steelworkers in Sault Ste. Marie, but the city’s Mayor Matthew Shoemaker says they’re also a surefire way of...
Doctors should prescribe exercise to elderly patients more often in order to stave off chronic conditions and mortality, according to a recent study....
Interprovincial trade barriers on products from beer to toilet seats are getting a rethink in the wake of Trump’s tariff threats. But what would it re...
The New Yorker magazine is 100 years old this week — no small feat in a struggling news industry. The magazine’s editor, David Remnick, tells Matt Gal...
Bodybuilder Greg Doucette says he regrets taking anabolic steroids for a decade, but at the time he felt his goals weren’t achievable without them. He...
A small town in Alberta is split over budget cuts to a public library, with some residents saying those cuts are motivated by opposition to a Gay-Stra...
There's a growing backlash against Elon Musk’s sweeping cuts to U.S. government agencies, from dismissing civil servants to threats to shut down the D...
When Sonja Krawesky found a pair of bright and beautiful sculptures in a bargain bin at a Hamilton, Ont. store, she knew there had to be a story behin...
Donald Trump’s threats have left many Canadians angry at the U.S., but things are more complicated in Windsor, a city full of people deeply connected...
Thousands of Windsor’s autoworkers have been rattled by U.S. President Donald Trump's claim that America doesn't need Canadian cars. Matt Galloway spe...
Rick Steves had his first puff of a joint in Afghanistan while he was travelling the Hippie Trail in 1978, the overland route from Istanbul to Kathman...
An asteroid the size of a football field is hurtling towards our planet, with a roughly 1.6 per cent chance of impact in 2032. Those may seem like goo...
Liberal leadership candidate Karina Gould says her government was out of touch with Canadians who were struggling in the aftermath of the pandemic. Sh...
The threat of tariffs and Donald Trump’s jibes about Canada becoming "the 51st state” have sparked a surge of unity and patriotism in this country. Au...
Picking up a camera taught Eldred Allen to look at his home in Labrador differently, from its dramatic coastlines to the shimmering northern lights. T...
“Buy Canadian!” became a rallying cry under the threat of Trump’s punishing tariffs, but how easy is it to find Canadian products on supermarket shelv...
