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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 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,

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00:11:36

Meet the 58-year-old who made his college football team

The Current ·

2025/10/20

Tom Cillo had never played football before this fall. But the retiree pushed himself to the limit to make the Lycoming College team. Oh, and he's also back to school for the first time in four decades.

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00:12:24

Move over pickleball: have you tried walking soccer?

The Current ·

2025/10/20

A different kind of soccer is here — a one, where running is not allowed. It's called Walking Soccer, and it's a relatively new sport on the block, designed to be played without all the impact on your body. It first came to Canada about a decade ago, and has taken off. This week four Canadian teams are in Spain for an international competition; the World Nations Cup. We talk to Kerrin Hands, a player and the coach of the Men's over 50 team, and his teammate Faisal Ahmed about what this team means to

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00:20:02

The Eyes of Gaza: Palestinian journalist Plestia Al Aqad

The Current ·

2025/10/17

In the early days of the war, Plestia Al Aqad's very popular Instagram account was one of the ways people outside Gaza learned about what was going on inside, and the harrowing impact on Palestinians, day to day. We talk to her about her new book, "The Eyes of Gaza: A Diary of Resilience," a collection of her diary entries from that time — and talks about her hopes for the future of Gaza in light of this week's fragile ceasefire.

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00:10:30

How Gen Z protests are toppling governments

The Current ·

2025/10/17

Around the world, young people are rising up and in some places, they're actually bringing down their governments. From Nepal to Madagascar, Gen Z protesters are fed up with corruption, inequality, and leaders who seem completely out of touch. They're organizing online, inspired by movements half a world away and somehow even united by a pirate flag from the anime One Piece. We talk to Meenakshi Ganguly, Deputy Asia Director at Human Rights Watch, about why this generation is taking to the streets,

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00:10:48

Why you should toss the teflon and grab a cast-iron pan

The Current ·

2025/10/17

TV personality, chef and author Andrew Zimmern is on a quest to convince North Americans to ditch their teflon pans for cast-iron skillets, amid growing scientific and public concern over the chemicals that make pans non-stick. PFAS, or forever chemicals have been linked to some cancers and health problems affecting the liver, kidney and immune-system. He says cast-iron pans are not only safer, but they're better to cook with.

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00:19:29

Will tougher laws make Canadians feel safer?

The Current ·

2025/10/17

Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government is rolling out sweeping new crime measures — tougher bail laws, longer sentences, and 1,000 new RCMP officers. British Columbia’s Attorney General Niki Sharma reacts to what she calls a long-awaited step toward safer streets. While Kent Roach, professor of law at The University of Toronto questions whether the forthcoming legislation will actually improve public safety.

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00:24:30

What does it mean to die well in Canada?

The Current ·

2025/10/16

When Dr. Balfour Mount — the physician who pioneered palliative care in Canada — passed away, it sparked a question: how far have we come in caring for patients with serious illness? We look at what a “good death” means today, why access to palliative care is still so uneven across the country, and how the rise of MAID has changed the conversation.

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00:19:37

Should Canada give up on the auto sector?

The Current ·

2025/10/16

Stellantis has announced plans to expand production in the U.S., while pulling back on production in Canada and the union representing the autoworkers is calling on the government to pressure the company to honour its commitments in this country. But, Christopher Worswick, an economics professor at Carleton University makes the case that Canada should consider following Australia's lead and phasing out the domestic car industry in the face of Trump’s tariffs, rather than spending billions on support

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00:23:54

Steven Pinker: When everyone knows that everyone knows

The Current ·

2025/10/16

The Harvard professor Steven Pinker is the author of "When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows," a new book on common knowledge. He believes that awareness of what others know, or lack of it, is key to figuring out how humans coordinate to form everything from personal relationships to our shared belief in money or power or national borders.

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00:19:14

NAP: Politics and pipelines

The Current ·

2025/10/15

Our national affairs panel weighs in on the biggest political stories of the day. We assess the fallout from Mark Carney's latest visit to Washington D.C., and why an abandoned pipeline project may be back on the table. Plus, by the Grey Cup weekend we are expecting a federal budget, and another round of "nation-building" projects. Will one of them be the pipeline Alberta is pushing for and that coastal First Nations say is a non-starter? And when was the last time the Grey Cup was such a big deal

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00:23:18

Would you become a living donor to a stranger?

The Current ·

2025/10/15

One Canadian dies every two days waiting for an organ. Stephanie Azzarello feared she'd be one of them. For people waiting for a liver, like Azzarello, there’s an option to find a living donor. Usually it comes from a family member or close friend… but not always. The woman who offered to help Azzarello after seeing her social media post was a stranger who lived in another country, had never met her. In her documentary, Because of Her, Liz Hoath brings us their story — and how their lives were

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00:24:35

Should there be two autism diagnoses?

The Current ·

2025/10/15

Should all autistic people share one diagnosis? Right now, there's only one diagnosis, Autism Spectrum Disorder, and some people want to change that. We speak with Alison Singer, the President of the Autism Science Foundation and the Autism Science Foundation of Canada. She says having one diagnosis hurts people like her daughter who is non-verbal and needs a lot of support — and that there should be a diagnosis of profound autism to help unlock research and support.

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00:19:26

What happens next in the Gaza ceasefire plan

The Current ·

2025/10/14

U.S. President Donald Trump has signed his Middle East peace deal, but the future for Palestinians and Israelis remains uncertain. Palestinian politician Mustafa Barghouti wants guarantees so there will be no backsliding into war and self-determination for Palestinians. Political expert Shira Efron explains the sands have shifted in Israel and that a new relationship with Palestinians will have to be forged, even though Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will resist it.

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00:20:08

The power of going ‘Against the Grain’ with Terry...

The Current ·

2025/10/14

Some of the most major changes and inventions in history started with someone being told they were wrong, and them not taking “no” for an answer. And for Terry O’Reilly, those are the most captivating stories. In his new book, Against the Grain: Defiant Giants Who Change the World, the host of CBC’s Under the Influence, explores what we can learn from these mavericks, including Taylor Swift — and why in a world where we always need new ideas to grow, our first instinct is to reject them?

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00:26:05

How Elon Musk helped shift Silicon Valley to the right

The Current ·

2025/10/14

He’s one of the world’s most influential entrepreneurs and is behind companies like X, Tesla and Space X. But what role is Elon Musk playing in the tech industry’s shift to the right, and how did growing up in apartheid South Africa shape his worldview? Jacob Silverman is the host of the new CBC podcast Understood: The Making of Musk and the author of “Gilded Rage: Elon Musk and the radicalization of Silicon Valley.”

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00:24:22

Brian Stewart on covering the world

The Current ·

2025/10/13

For decades, CBC’s foreign correspondent Brian Stewart covered events that changed the world, from the famine in Ethiopia to brutal regimes in Latin America, to the fall of the Berlin Wall. But it was his reports from Ethiopia that galvanized Canadians to send humanitarian aid to the region, and led to Live Aid, one of the biggest charity concerts in history. Brian Stewart reflects on his remarkable career on the front lines of history.

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00:19:43

A momentous day in the Middle East as the peace plan...

The Current ·

2025/10/13

All 20 remaining living hostages kidnapped on October 7, 2023 have now returned to Israel. 250 Palestinian prisoners and 1700 detainees are also freed today. After two years of war, a historic peace process is unfolding in the Middle East. We speak with CBC’s senior international correspondent Margaret Evans in Jerusalem, Amir Tibon, journalist for the Israeli newspaper, Ha'aretz and the author of "The Gates of Gaza: A Story of Betrayal and Hope in Israel's Borderlands,” and Omar Omar, the founder

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00:19:42

What's driving "The Denial Machine" at B.C. Interior...

The Current ·

2025/10/10

Imagine having your data stolen at your work, and your most sensitive information ending up for sale on the dark web. A Fifth Estate investigation reveals that's what happened to thousands of employees at B.C.'s Interior Health. A data breach has exposed the information of healthcare workers, leaving some to have their identity stolen repeatedly, while the agency denies the breach ever happened.

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00:24:18

Bioluminescence: The secret language of light

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2025/10/10

She was the first marine biologistto film a giant squid in its habitat. Edie Widder is a pioneering marine biologist who believes the light in the dark ocean may actually be a form of communication. She has dedicated her life to understanding the phenomenon known as bioluminescence. And she is one of the few people in the world who has been to the deepest 'twilight zone' of the ocean using tiny submersibles. We talk to Widder about her quest to capture the bioluminescence on video, along with Tasha

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00:24:40

Should Canada be building crude oil pipelines?

The Current ·

2025/10/10

This week, Prime Minister Mark Carney raised the prospect of reviving the Keystone XL pipeline with Donald Trump, while Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and BC Premier David Eby sparred over her proposal to build a new bitumen oil pipeline through B.C. to its northern coastline. We speak with a First Nations chief, a small town mayor on BC’s coast, and a retired pipeline executive in Calgary.

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