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The Current
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...
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Jane Darville reflects on making a difference for those who were dying
Jane Darville helped create the hospice Casey House and then went on to be its Executive Director. She was there when Princess Diane visited and made...
Lisa Banfield tells her story of surviving violent abuse, and Canada's worst mass shooting
Lisa Banfield was the common-law wife of the Nova Scotia shooter. She has now released a book; The First Survivor: Life With Canada's Deadliest Mass S...
Running 7 marathons on 7 continents in 7 days
Could you run seven marathons in seven days? What if those marathons were in drastically different climates, say running in Antarctica, and the next d...
Rassi Nashalik is still a rock star in the north
Rassi Nashalik was the first person to ever host the Inuktituk news program Igalaaq. As she receives the Order of Canada, she still works to educate...
Aquakultre explores his own roots on new album 1783
Nova Scotia's Aquakultre is exploring his own family history and the history of Black Nova Scotians in his new album 1783. We talk to him about how th...
CBC Documentary, Not On My Watch
Autoimmune encephalitis is a condition that causes a person's immune system to mistakenly attack the brain. It’s rare, hard to diagnose and the conseq...
Ukrainians who fled war, living in limbo
We'll hear from Oleh Zadoretskyy who came to Canada in 2023 after the war broke out in Ukraine. We'll also hear from Halifax immigration lawyer Elizab...
What will the China-Canada trade deal mean for Atlantic Canadians?
Fishing is at the heart of our east coast provinces — but Atlantic Canadians have been struggling for months amidst a global trade war and high tariff...
Can NATO survive Trump's threats against Greenland?
The defence alliance's most powerful member is threatening the sovereignty of another. Whether or not the United States actually invades Greenland, th...
Why Attawapiskat will always be home for Adrian Sutherland
Life in Attawapiskat is undeniably hard. But it's where Juno-nominated Cree musician Adrian Sutherland chooses to live and raise his family, even thou...
Can Co-op housing help Canada's housing crisis?
A new co-op development in Toronto will provide more than 600 new units. It's the first major new co-op built in the city for decades. Across the coun...
Could ‘America First’ mean Canada’s next? Analysis from CBC Washington
There’s a new CBC podcast we think you’ll enjoy. Two Blocks from the White House takes a clear-eyed look at what’s happening in the U.S. right now and...
Missing in Mont-Tremblant
Last February, Liam Toman went missing in the resort town of Mont-Tremblant, Quebec, while on a weekend ski trip with two friends. The 22 year-old fro...
What Trump’s phase two plan means for Gaza and Palestinians
As the U.S. moves into phase two of its plan for Gaza, many Palestinians say little has changed. Aid workers and doctors report that food, medicine, a...
What faces tell us about places: building a National Portrait Gallery
After nearly 2 decades of advocating for a National Portrait Gallery, Sarah Lazarovic decided to take things into her own hands and build one herself....
Grok Under Fire Over Sexual Deepfakes
Elon Musk and his platform X announced they are reigning in Grok after public outrage over the spread of sexualized deepfakes on his social media plat...
How these 76 and 105 year-old women became 'soul friends'
Merilyn Simonds and Beth Robinson are two friends from Kingston, Ontario, who decided during the COVID-19 pandemic to make it a priority to get togeth...
What are the stakes of Mark Carney's trip to Beijing?
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney is in China to talk trade, but the US warns it could hurt relationships back in North America. From EVs to canola...
The end of the François Legault era
After two successive majority governments in Quebec, leading the party he founded, Premier François Legault is resigning. Émilie Nicolas, columnist at...
How a lost Beatles tape led to meeting Paul McCartney
Rob Frith assumed the old reel-to-reel Beatles tape sitting in his Vancouver record store was just a bootleg. It stayed behind the counter for years u...
Mandy Rennehan on her Order of Canada
Mandy Rennehan started her construction company Freshco as a teenager in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. At the time, she couldn't imagine it would grow into t...
Country star Terri Clark's biggest honour yet
She's a member of the Grand Ole Opry and the Canadian Music Hall of Fame, but for Terri Clark, being inducted into the Order of Canada is extra specia...
Climbing Canada’s melting glaciers
New research has found the amount of glacier ice lost in western Canada just in 2025 was 30 gigatonnes. That loss of ice isn’t just changing what the...
1.4 million work permits expire in 2026. What’s next?
We speak with 25-year-old Abhishek Parmar, who has his work permit expiring in March, and is working hard to ensure he can stay in Canada. We also spe...
Why is non-alcoholic wine so bad?
While it's easy to find a hops-forward IPA or a crisp lager that fools even the best beer connoisseur… de-alcoholized wines leave something to be desi...
How GEEZER magazine is reclaiming aging
We speak to Laura LeBleu, the founding editor of GEEZER. It is a print-only magazine focused on the Gen X aging experience. LeBleu reflects on reachin...
Quebec Premier François Legault resigns. What happens now?
Provincial politics in Quebec have been in turmoil for months. Now the premier Francois Legault has announced that he is resigning, as soon as his par...
Margaret MacMillan on the shifting international order
Canadian historian Margaret MacMillan talks about what’s at stake when power rules. As the US intervenes in foreign states, and starts alienating long...
What drives people to pursue impossible goals
From hunting for a mythical treasure, to solving the mystery of life in the universe -- why some people are driven to dedicate their lives to unachiev...
What's next for Iran?
Amid reports of a bloody crackdown on protests in Iran, the White House says many options are on the table -- from air strikes to diplomacy. An Irania...
Mr Carney goes to Beijing
We check in with the National Affairs Panel on the eve of the Prime Minister's visit to China. After a dramatic week when the U.S. captured the leader...
Learning in secret: An Afghan teacher’s quiet resistance
When the Taliban banned girls from attending school beyond Grade 6, Hazrat Wahriz knew what was coming and quietly began preparing. A former Afghan di...
Why is it so hard to stick to a New Year's resolution?
Research shows most people give up on their resolution four months into the year -- but experts say, it doesn't have to be like that. We speak with tw...
Why grip strength matters more than you think
Grip strength might seem like a small thing, but researchers say it can reveal a lot about how we age. Health and fitness journalist Alyssa Ages expl...
Should school boards be a thing of the past?
With Ontario considering getting rid of elected trustees and school boards, questions are being raised about the role of boards. Across Canada, there...
Size matters. Meet the owners of some of Canada's micro restaurants and bars
A cocktail bar with what must be the world's smallest dance floor. A locavore restaurant inside the proprietors' farmhouse. An experimental Chinese di...
Trump wants to take Greenland by sale or by force. Can he?
Amid threats to take over Greenland by force, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio plans to meet with Danish officials next week. He says President Trump...
Xanadu CEO on Canada's quantum future
Christian Weedbrook's company Xanadu has announced major breakthroughs in quantum computing and just received $23 million in funding from the federal...
Heated Rivalry is a hit, but can it change hockey culture?
The hit Canadian TV show that follows the secret relationship between hockey players Shane Hollander and Ilya Rosanov is everywhere right now. It's pr...
Pipe nightmare in Calgary
Calgary is dealing with a busted water main… again. One of the city's major water lines recently burst for the second time in 18 months. Crews are scr...