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During the COVID-19 pandemic, we’ve decided to put the podcast on hiatus for the time being. In the meantime, you can find full episodes of The Current, and some of our most engaging conversations, over in our main podcast feed.
One of America's first COVID-19 patients, Christy Karras, shares her experience of the disease — and Canadians in the thick of self-isolation offer some tips for coping.And, as more of us hunker down at home, some believe it's the perfect tim
From coast to coast, Canadians are banding together in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. Facebook groups are popping up to organize grocery runs, and a group of med students are offering free babysitting to front-line health workers. We hea
Author Richard Louv wants people to explore their relationship to animals in nature, and has some eye-opening stories about encounters in the wild. Plus, being a woman in the restaurant business can be challenging, even for America's youngest
Concern over the coronavirus is growing and Canadians are being told to stay home if they're under the weather. But that's left some workers without paid sick leave feeling stuck.Plus, the Netflix dating show Love Is Blind has viewers glued t
A long-time L'Arche volunteer and a resident share their response to an independent investigation that found the organization's founder, a religious leader, Jean Vanier sexually abused six women over three decades. Future of food, or flash in t
We hear from two members of the Wet'suwet'en Nation with differing opinions on the country-wide solidarity protests, and from Mohawk policy analyst Russ Diabo on why this story has struck such a nerve. Erling Kagge, who has walked to both the N
Matt is in Vancouver this week bringing you stories from BC, starting with one of the biggest stories in the country: the fight over the Coastal Gaslink Pipeline. Then, some pro wrestlers in Vancouver's growing scene teach Matt the ropes. And h
More with Anna Maria Tremonti takes you deep into conversation — and to some unexpected places — with high-profile guests and rising stars. Each episode will leave you feeling like you've spent an evening with smart friends who make you think d
It’s been one month since an Iranian missile brought down Ukrainian Airlines Flight 752, killing 176 people and plunging scores more into shock and grief. Hamed Esmaeilion lost his 9-year-old daughter Reera, and his wife Parisa. Rehana Dhirani
Activist and writer Desmond Cole talks to us about his his new book The Skin We’re In: A Year of Black Resistance and Power. We check in with a Kenyan helping lead the fight against the near-unprecedented swarms of locusts in eastern Africa. Ad
On the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, Torontonian Edith Grosman tells us her incredible story of survival at the Nazi death camp. Journalist Andrea Pitzer talks about how concentration camps persist around the world today. Ric
Canadian mathematician John Mighton believes anyone can become good at math, and that if we understood numbers better, we could solve big problems in the world. Oncologist and author Azra Raza thinks our approach to fighting cancer is putting m
The incredible story of Craig Avery and Clarence Hynes, two men who believe they were switched at birth; author and journalist Peggy Orenstein says you should talk to your sons about sex the way you would about table manners — often; and we mee
Most of what you hear about Canada's opioid epidemic tends to come from big cities. But Thunder Bay — with just over 100,000 residents, has the highest rate of opioid-related deaths per capita in Ontario. So Matt headed up there to hear from pe
This week we're focusing on a Canadian tragedy: Ukraine International Airlines flight 752, which crashed outside Tehran moments after takeoff. We speak to some of the Iranian Canadians across the country who lost loved ones, and ask whether hav
We check in on the fallout of a new law in India that fast-tracks citizenship for migrants, unless they're Muslim; how scammers, texting and the demise of landlines are changing our relationship to the phone — and maybe to our loved ones; a Tor
We get the view from Afghanistan on a trove of documents that reveal that top U.S. officials always knew the war there was doomed; a new podcast sheds light on why Dolly Parton is a unifying force in divided times; growing calls in Canada and t
A survivor of the École Polytechnique massacre on why it matters to call the attack "antifemnist"; former deputy prime minister John Manley makes the case for a prisoner swap with China; research finds it may be possible to alter memories of he
Former top Obama aide Susan Rice reflects on the Benghazi attacks, Huawei, and Barbara Frum; Scientists study the health benefits of soup; Nova Scotia was its first all-female lobster crew; and a Canadian Uighur worries about his family in Chin
New documentary "Untying the Knot" tells Rumana Manzur's story and examines intimate partner abuse; It's been more than a year since pot went legal in Canada, but it's been anything but a smooth ride for some hopeful pot shop owners, especially
Medical mishaps in Canada are on the rise; NY Times reporter Ian Urbina on his new book The Outlaw Ocean; An educational icon celebrates a milestone; a pregnant volunteer fights fires on the frontlines in Australia; Qantas is testing the limits
This week we’ve got a moving conversation between the granddaughter of Auschwitz survivors, and the grandson of the camp’s most notorious Nazi commandant. Bill Bryson explains how much it would cost to build your own Benedict Cumberbatch, chemi
California just made it legal to eat roadkill, joining almost half the US and several provinces that say it's fine to eat animals you find on the side of the road. Neuroscientist Henning Beck explains the benefits of being scatterbrained. Boein
This week, we're bringing you three election-themed documentaries. First, the CBC's Rafferty Baker speaks to homeless residents of Vancouver's Downtown Eastside about the challenges of voting with no fixed address; then, our producer Julie Crys
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