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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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00:26:05

How Elon Musk helped shift Silicon Valley to the right

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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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00:19:26

What happens next in the Gaza ceasefire plan

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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...

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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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00:19:43

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

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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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00:24:22

Brian Stewart on covering the world

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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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00:24:40

Should Canada be building crude oil pipelines?

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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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00:19:42

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

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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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00:24:37

The new AI video app Sora is here: Can you tell...

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2025/10/09

Whether it's your best friend riding a unicorn, Michael Jackson teaching math, or Martin Luther King Junior dreaming about selling vacation packages — it's now easier and faster to turn those ideas into realistic videos, using the new AI app, Sora. The company behind it, OpenAI, promises guardrails to prevent against violence, and fraud — but many critics worry that the app could push misinformation into overdrive… and pollute society with even more "AI slop."

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00:19:18

'First phase' of Trump's Israel-Hamas peace deal

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2025/10/09

U.S. president Donald Trump announced Israel and Hamas have agreed to the first phase of a Gaza peace deal. The details of the full peace agreement are still to be sorted out in the next phases of the deal — but this phase would mean the release of Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners, a ceasefire, and aid entry into Gaza. We talk to Gregg Carlstrom, the Middle East correspondent for The Economist, CBC’s Adrienne Arsenault who was in Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, and Zaha Hassan, a human rights

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00:24:31

Where do you draw the line on gentle parenting?

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2025/10/09

Once hailed as the more empathetic approach to raising children, gentle parenting is now facing pushback from exhausted parents who say the expectations are unrealistic. We're joined by Kayla Huszar, a mother who says gentle parenting “broke” her. Then, child psychiatrist Dr. Ashley Miller explores the potential benefits and drawbacks of gentle parenting and how to find a balanced approach that supports both a child's development and a parent's well-being.

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00:11:27

No deal for Canada after Carney and Trump meeting

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2025/10/08

Donald Trump met with Prime Minister Mark Carney in Washington — and called the Canada-U.S. trade relationship a “natural conflict.” From cars and steel to the future of the USMCA, we break down what was said, what wasn’t, and what it means for Canada going forward. CBC’s Washington correspondent Katie Simpson joins us to explain.

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00:20:08

Why are Alberta's teachers on strike?

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2025/10/08

51,000 teachers in Alberta are on strike, demanding solutions to what they say is an overcrowded and underfunded education system. We hear from teachers and experts on the state of education in Alberta today, and what needs to happen to give students the best learning environment possible.

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00:12:36

How the Vancouver Canadians helped build this Blue...

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2025/10/08

The Toronto Blue Jays are leading the playoffs 2-1, but did this road to the World Series start in Vancouver? The Jays' minor league team, The Vancouver Canadians have a lot of alumni on this current roster. The team's broadcaster, Tyler Zickel tells us about stars like Davis Schneider and Trey Yesavage and why don't get it twisted, Vancouver is indeed a baseball town.

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00:24:45

What the Fogo Island Inn can teach us about ‘Made in...

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2025/10/08

After making a fortune in tech, Zita Cobb went home to her home community in Newfoundland hoping to revive its economy. She believes the success she's had could be a model for other Canadian communities — especially ones that are threatened by Donald Trump's trade war. We talk to her about how leaning into Canadian values, and the things that make local communities special, is the key to global success as part of our ongoing series Taking Care of Business.If you liked this interview, you might also

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00:20:11

Why Prime Minister Carney needs a win with President...

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2025/10/07

Mark Carney heads to the Oval Office to meet the U.S. president today. Almost six months after he was elected to fix Canada's Trump problem, there's still no relief on tariffs. Former Conservative leader Erin O'Toole says Canada can get a deal with the Americans by finding a way to give the president a win on defence or energy.

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00:24:45

“Maple Motors” could an all Canadian car hit the roads?

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2025/10/07

A domestic car brand is an idea that's been kicking around, especially in this time of uncertainty in the Canadian automotive sector. Flavio Volpe, the president of Canada's Automotive Parts Manufacturers' Association believes the answer is to take back control of its car manufacturing sector and launch a local brand, but some experts say it's not that easy.

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00:23:23

What's it like to be a new grad and apply to 1000+ jobs

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2025/10/07

Youth unemployment in Canada is at its highest rate in over a decade, over 14%. How a weakening Canadian economy and fewer entry-level job jobs have left Canadian young people at loose ends. We hear from two young grads on their frustrating job hunt — and Mikal Skuterud, professor of economics at the University of Waterloo about what it will take to turn it around.

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00:19:51

Is this the beginning of the end of the war in Gaza?

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2025/10/06

Hamas and Israel have agreed to some parts of the 20-point US peace plan and talks continue today in Egypt. We talk to Janice Stein, the founding director of the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, and Zaha Hassan, human rights lawyer and a Senior Fellow in the Middle East program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace about what this peace plan means for the region — and what happens next.

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00:24:29

Should we protect kids from violent content online?

The Current ·

2025/10/06

When Charlie Kirk was killed, graphic videos of his death went viral. Many kids opened up their social media and saw the gruesome footage. Experts estimate that by the time children reach middle school they've watched as many as 8,000 murders and 100,000 other acts of virtual violence online. What impact does this have on kids? And what does the exposure to these violent acts mean for their worldview? We're joined by New Yorker staff writer, and father, Jay Kang, who wrote an article titled "What

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