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.
617 episodes transcribedAs you know, important news can happen on the weekend when we at The Current are not around. For breaking updates on big stories, like the one today,...
Jula inherited 10,000 vinyl records from her dad when he died. Now, she’s listening through them to make sense of her grief — and sharing that connect...
Vandals are targeting speed cameras across Canada — cutting them down, throwing them in duck ponds, or even shooting at them. As Alberta now moves to...
U.S. President Donald Trump wants to tap into Canada’s water, saying there’s a “very large faucet” that can be turned on to drain water from north to...
Economist Oren Cass has been pushing for a new economic strategy in Washington, and supports the sweeping tariffs that could be imposed on Canada this...
Montreal is removing fluoride from drinking water, while Calgary is putting it back after a pause of more than a decade. We look at what the science s...
American billionaire Frank McCourt wants to buy TikTok in the U.S., with a plan that would rewire the app’s addictive qualities and give users more co...
Justice Marie-Josée Hogue found no evidence of traitors in parliament, but her final report on foreign interference highlights several other threats t...
Marie-Philippe Bouchard has taken over as CBC/Radio-Canada’s new president and CEO at a time when Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and others are...
Hundreds of undocumented migrants were arrested in ICE workplace raids in Mississippi in 2019, resulting in deportations that split families apart. In...
DeepSeek, an AI chatbot from China, rattled the stock market this week when its sudden rise caught the tech industry off guard. Tech reporter Rashi Sh...
Hereditary chief Bill Wilson, who helped to reshape Indigenous rights in Canada, has died. Matt Galloway discusses his legacy with his daughters, Kory...
Joe Schwarcz has made it his life's work to debunk misinformation and snake oil salespeople in the scientific world. Now, the director of the McGill O...
Doctors struggling to care for all of their patients in Alberta have been advised to drop the healthy ones, to make sure they have time for those with...
In the Oscar-nominated movie The Substance, Demi Moore plays an aging star who takes a black market drug to unlock a younger version of self. We look...
A body is pulled from the ocean, and a race against time to capture one of the world's most wanted criminals begins.Uncover: Sea of LIes is the story...
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...
Crowdfunding 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...
Chef Keith Pears is leading Team Canada at the Bocuse d'Or, one of the world’s most prestigious culinary competitions. He says he can’t wait to get in...
Donald Trump says the U.S. doesn’t need Canadian exports — is he right? We look at how interconnected the two economies are, and what businesses on th...
