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The Current
Hosted by CBC · EN
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.
The Current is produced in Toronto, Ontario, Canada — and has recently recorded live shows about the Canadian election in Surrey and Burnaby BC. And shows to come in Oshawa and the 905, Red Deer, Alberta, Quebec City and Halifax.
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How worried should you be about hantavirus?
5d ago00:19:50Tap to summarizeDr Kamran Khan was warning clients in December 2025 that the epidemiology of hantavirus was changing. It was showing up in places it had never been seen before, and fatality rates were higher too. Khan's company, Blue Dot, tracks and analyzes infectious disease data from around the world. Plus, Steven Taylor, professor of psychiatry at the University of British Columbia about how COVID and other public health emergencies are influencing how people are reacting to hantavirus.
Transcribe →Unpacking the hype around peptides
5d ago00:13:48Tap to summarizeHealth influencers are selling peptides as a cure-all for everything from building muscle to losing weight and even boosting your libido. While Health Canada warns consumers they pose serious risks, in the U.S., government regulators are talking about loosening restrictions. Jonathan Jarry with McGill's Office for Science and Society on the potential risks and why they've become so popular in spite of a lack of evidence-based research.
Transcribe →A horseback journey the length of the Americas
5d ago00:22:04Tap to summarize30 year-old Olivia Cazes, from the small town of Armagh, Quebec, started her 26,000 journey from the southern tip of Argentina, to Alaska. She is traveling along the Pan-American highway with her four horses; Caciqué. Bonsaï, Milo and Bigoté. Olivia shares her experience so far, traveling from the "Fin del Mundo", the southern tip of South America, to Buenos Aires.
Transcribe →President Trump goes to China
5d ago00:10:42Tap to summarizeCanada will be watching the U.S.-China summit closely, as it re-thinks and re-works its relationship with the two largest economies in the face of rising inflation and energy costs, the ongoing war in Iran and imperceptibility out of the Whitehouse. Phelim Kine is a Washington-based China correspondent for Politico on what could come from the summit and why more countries are happy to do business with China.
Transcribe →Unemployment is up: who is hiring, firing and how to find work
6d ago00:19:48Tap to summarizeCanadian unemployment has reached a six month high, 18,000 jobs were lost in April alone. A look at the realities of trying to find work in the face of economic uncertainty, upcoming CUSMA negotiations, and the war in Iran.
Transcribe →Vaping is taking over school washrooms
6d ago00:23:59Tap to summarizeWith more students vaping, high school administrators are rethinking the role of the washroom, from completely redesigning the space to implementing tools like vape sensors to curb the addictive habit, and help students feel safer at school.
Transcribe →Could solar power from space actually work?
6d ago00:24:03Tap to summarizeIt sounds like something straight out of science fiction: giant solar panels floating in space, beaming energy back down to Earth. Companies like Meta and space agencies in Japan are taking the idea seriously, hoping it could help power growing energy demands. Supporters say space-based solar could deliver constant, around-the-clock clean energy because the sun never stops shining. Critics say the technology is wildly expensive and still far from reality. Matt Galloway speaks with former NASA physicist John C. Mankins and former NASA technology policy chief Charity Weeden about whether this is the future of energy or a very expensive fantasy.
Transcribe →What drives people towards impossible goals
1w ago00:20:06Tap to summarizeFrom hunting for a mythical treasure to solving the mystery of life in the universe -- why some people are driven to dedicate their lives to unachievable goals, and what that commitment to optimism means to the rest of us.
Transcribe →Can Mark Carney keep the provinces happy?
1w ago00:19:53Tap to summarizeIt's a busy time for the Prime Minister. Alberta and Ottawa are inching closer to a pipeline deal, and the federal government wants to speed up the review process for major projects. Is it possible to keep everyone happy? Our national affairs panel weighs in.
Transcribe →The Iran war: a “high-stakes game of chicken.”
1w ago00:21:20Tap to summarizeThe Iran war has shifted power to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, creating a much more militarized state. Ali Vaez, the Iran Project Director for the Crisis Group, who was part of the negotiating team for the 2015 Iran Nuclear Deal, explains how this, coupled with US President Donald Trump's rhetoric, is complicating this “high-stakes game of chicken.”
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