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479 episodes transcribedNew research suggests you can actually learn how to recognize a musical note just by hearing it, challenging the conventional wisdom that you either h...
Many Albertans say they don’t feel understood or appreciated by the rest of Canada, but as U.S. tensions deepen, so too do conversations about nationa...
In the wake of 9/11, anthrax-laced letters unleashed a new wave of terror across the nation. But who was behind the attacks — and why has America near...
Rachel Phan was three years old when her parents opened a restaurant in Kingsville, Ont., a venture that quickly ate up most of their time and energy....
Ann Marie Gaudon tried everything she could think of to treat debilitating back pain, but for a long time nothing worked. Now, a new study suggests ve...
U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Canada’s auto industry will lead to “mutually assured destruction,” says Brian Kingston, president and CEO of...
Rescue operations continue after the massive earthquake that hit Myanmar and Thailand last week. But journalist Dave Grunebaum says Myanmar’s civil wa...
U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to unveil the full scope of his tariffs plan Wednesday afternoon, a trade policy he says will liberate his cou...
The New York Yankees are off to a record-breaking start this season, but all eyes are on their new, torpedo-shaped bats. Baseball historian Gary Gille...
Our daily interactions with technology are looking more and more like a religious act, according to Greg Epstein, a humanist chaplain at Harvard Unive...
FBI undercover agent Scott Payne’s job was to infiltrate the most dangerous gangs of our times: outlaw bikers, drug cartels and the international neo-...
Three listeners make the case for their favourite vacation spots to be included in The Current’s travel bucket list. Ellie Poirier tells us why she lo...
Defence is now a key election issue, fuelled by questions over whether the U.S. is a reliable ally under President Donald Trump. We ask military exper...
Getting older isn’t always easy, but sometimes it can be hilarious. As part of our series As We Age, we talk to older comedians about finding humour i...
Recent polls show a stark generational divide this election, with the majority of young voters angry about the cost of living, while seniors are more...
FBI agent Scott Payne went undercover among neo-Nazis, biker gangs and white supremacists, putting his life on the line to expose their plans for mass...
We asked for your favourite Canadian vacation spots for The Current’s travel bucket list — and you certainly delivered, with more than 2,000 submissio...
Promises and policies will matter in this election — but in the face of threats from U.S. President Donald Trump, could a strongman persona be more im...
Claire Cameron has been obsessed with bears since hearing about a bear attack while she was working in Ontario’s Algonquin Park as a teenager. But whe...
Jason Stanley, a Yale University professor who studies fascism, is moving to Canada after seeing too many signs from his own work in the American poli...
