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.
1033 episodes transcribedIn the face of human-made climate change, philosopher Todd May asks whether we even deserve to inhabit this planet in his book, Should We Go Extinct?...
New Brunswick chose change, the Saskatchewan Party won a fifth straight majority, and the B.C. result was so close it took days to decide. Our nationa...
Ukraine says more than 19,000 children have been taken into Russia since the war began — and most have not returned. Guest host Susan Ormiston talks t...
When journalist Tanya Talaga's great uncle requested government documents about his mother, he was told she didn't exist. In her book The Knowing, Tal...
Historian Timothy Snyder says thinking about freedom as “me against the system” is actually a trap that stops people from being truly free. The best-s...
Canadian billionaire Frank Stronach is facing allegations of sexual assault from 13 women, spanning decades. The Fifth Estate’s Mark Kelley spoke to s...
Journalist Bob Woodward's new book, War, takes us inside the White House to explore how the presidencies of Joe Biden and Donald Trump tackled global...
Pauline Nickerson says it would be a miserable world without music. She and her husband Arnold, both in their 90s, host weekly kitchen parties in Nova...
Arab-American residents of Dearborn, Mich., have usually voted Democrat. But anger over the war in the Middle East is prompting many voters to turn aw...
Michigan has been called the state that put the world on wheels, but after weathering decades of decline the state’s auto industry is now reckoning wi...
The Blue Bird Inn on Detroit’s west side was the birthplace of bebop jazz and a hub for the city’s working-class Black community. Michelle Jahra McKin...
Abortion is top of mind for many U.S. voters following the overturning of Roe v. Wade. We talk to women in Michigan about what the issue means to them...
The Bank of Canada has slashed its key interest rate to 3.75 per cent, the biggest drop since the start of the pandemic. We look at how long it will t...
Elon Musk is giving away $1 million US every day to someone who signs his petition to support “freedom of speech and the right to bear arms,” as long...
Rumble may be a lesser-known social media site, but it’s been gaining momentum as a platform for content creators banned by bigger sites. Nora Young,...
The new documentary All Too Clear explores the darkest depths of the Great Lakes, and finds a vast carpet of invasive quagga mussels, numbering in the...
Céline Dion is having a moment. It’s not her first, and millions of fans are hoping it won’t be her last. While Céline’s international stardom seems o...
Google has signed a first-of-its-kind deal to fuel its AI data centres with nuclear power, from next-generation small modular reactors that are yet to...
Justin Trudeau could face calls to resign from his own “revolting caucus” Wednesday, while Pierre Poilievre is under increased scrutiny for refusing t...
We know music can soothe the soul, but neuroscientist Daniel Levitin says it could also help heal the body and brain. Last month, he spoke with Matt G...
