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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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00:21:59

These Calgary artists want a piece of your mind

The Current ·

2025/10/06

Caitlind Brown and Wayne Garrett don't just create public art. They involve people in its creation and invite them to interact with it. That might mean picking up a colourful phone in an Edmonton park and talking to a stranger on the other side. Or peering through a spyglass into a glass globe to see a scene from a book that meant something to one of their neighbours.

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00:19:36

Should Canada Make Young People Do a Year of Service?

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2025/10/03

There's a growing call for mandatory national service in Canada — asking 18- to 30-year-olds to spend a year in public health, the environment, youth services, civil protection, or the military. Esprit de Corps editor Scott Taylor says it could strengthen citizenship and even help the Armed Forces. Policy expert David McLaughlin argues it's a way to build unity but warns it won't come cheap. Seventeen-year-old Jaden Braves pushes back, saying young people need to shape the program themselves.

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00:11:20

The perfect picture took years, but it was worth the...

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2025/10/03

Liron Gertsman's award winning photo was years in the making. Then he got on a plane and took a boat to get it but it earned him the title of Bird Photographer of the Year out of 33 thousand other photos.

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00:12:35

These Blue Jays fans are all in for the win

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2025/10/03

Maddie Cholette, from Oakville, Ont. and Debbie Rafuse, from Chester, N.S, tell us how they're preparing to watch their team go for baseball glory this weekend, why this year's edition of the Jays was so darn lovable — and why both of them have a special soft spot for George Springer.

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00:24:29

Can the U.S. constitution survive Donald Trump?

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2025/10/03

The men who wrote the American constitution included its goals right there in the preamble: Establish justice. Ensure tranquility. Secure the blessings of liberty. Lately, there have been plenty of reasons to question whether that document is living up to those goals — and there's real talk of a constitutional crisis. At a moment like this, when the future looks uncertain, Harvard historian and law professor Jill Lepore is an expert at explaining why history matters. We talk to her about her latest

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00:09:55

Pick-Your-Own Apple farmers say theft is out of control

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2025/10/02

Farmer Paul Brooks is ringing the alarm over a surge in apple thefts on his farm in Uxbridge, Ontario. He is one of many other farmers across Ontario experiencing this and it's threatening the cultural-favourite activity of apple picking altogether.

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00:11:28

Comics face backlash for performing in Saudi Arabia

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2025/10/02

Comedians playing at a festival in Riyadh are being skewered by fellow comics for ignoring the country's human rights abuses. But former Canadian ambassador Dennis Horak says this isn't simply Saudi whitewashing. It's part of a move towards limited reforms — and that's good for both Saudis and regional stability.

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00:19:38

The fate of Marineland's beluga whales

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2025/10/02

Marineland wanted to ship their 30 captive beluga whales to an amusement park in China — but the federal government stopped them. And with the once iconic amusement park shutting its doors, the question of what to do with whales, and whose responsibility they should be, remains unclear. W

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00:23:41

Remembering Jane Goodall and her ground-breaking career

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2025/10/02

Jane Goodall’s research into chimpanzees changed our understanding of the natural world. She died yesterday at the age of 91. So we’re bringing back our conversation with Jane Gooddall from October 2023, where she told Matt Galloway how her youthful curiosity sparked a ground-breaking career — and why her hope for curbing climate change lied with young people

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00:16:12

What raising minimum wage can and can't do

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2025/10/01

The minimum wage is going up in some provinces today — for the second time this year in some cases. What does this actually mean for poverty in Canada? And is this meant to tackle the cost of living crisis?

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00:11:08

Why Gen Z loves subtitles

The Current ·

2025/10/01

A new survey shows that younger generations are watching TV with the subtitles way more than older people. Gen Z journalist Isabel Brooks says she gets why. Young people are watching in a noisy, distracted, TikTok-ified world. But that doesn't mean she likes it.

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00:19:42

What’s next for Alberta?

The Current ·

2025/10/01

For the last three months Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has been hosting “Alberta Next” town halls. On the agenda — how to get a better deal from Ottawa...and more autonomyThe final town hall happens online tonight. But separatist and pro-Canada groups are also criss-crossing the province with their campaigns. The CBC’s Allison Dempster speaks with host Matt Galloway about what’s next for the province.

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00:24:14

Dr. Mike vs anti-vaxxers: How Gen Z is changing debating

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2025/10/01

Gen Z is reshaping debate culture. Online, millions tune in to fiery clashes over politics, identity, and health. It’s raw, awkward, sometimes uncomfortable — and wildly popular.But is this about finding common ground, or just turning polarization into entertainment? We talk to Atlantic writer Spencer Kornhaber about why these debates resonate with Gen Z and what they reveal about how young people have discussions today. Then, physician and YouTube creator Dr. Mike Varshavski joins us to share why

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00:12:18

How a criminal gang from India made the Canadian...

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2025/09/30

Intimidation, extortion, and murder. After months of calls by political leaders, the Bishnoi Gang has been designated a terrorist organization by the federal government. But they're a group without a clear political ideology.

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00:25:21

The "Nouveau" Louvre: How can the museum improve?

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2025/09/30

The Louvre is the world's biggest, most visited museum in the world - about nine million visitors a year — and it's getting a makeover. Our conversation with the first woman to lead the Louvre, President-Director Laurence des Cars about the challenges of overtourism, their ambitious billion-dollar plan to modernize the venerable institution, the role of art and culture in 2025, and the future of museums.

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00:31:00

The brightness and beauty of being indigenous

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2025/09/30

10 years after the report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, three members of the family of the late Murray Sinclair, the chair of the commission, reflect on his legacy.Stephanie and Sara Sinclair are the co-editors of two new collections of writing, "A Steady Brightness of Being" and "You Were Made for this World." They talk about their own family history, and the importance of sharing stories, knowledge and culture — as a path to a better future. And Niigaan Sinclair, Murray's son, and

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00:19:47

More Canadians opting to leave ERs after long wait times

The Current ·

2025/09/29

How long is too long to wait? For some Canadians, long waits in emergency rooms are driving them to leave — causing more return visits, and additional strain on an already burdened healthcare system. What new research says about why and how often Canadians are opting out of the ER and one hospital's unique solution.

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00:20:29

How Costco became a cultural phenomenon

The Current ·

2025/09/29

Perhaps when you turned 16 you were most looking forward to getting your driver's license. Talk to young people today and many have their eyes on a different rite of passage: a Costco membership. As Canadian communities clamour for Costcos, we speak to Canada's 'Costco Queen' Tina Chow about Costco's exploding social media growth. Then, journalist Ben Ryder Howe breaks down the global retailer's business strategy — and why it's working.

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00:25:06

A custody battle that became a landmark case: Racine...

The Current ·

2025/09/29

It was a court battle that made headlines. In the early 1980's an Indigenous mother fought to get her child back from the foster family that had looked after her from the time she was an infant. Her birth mother went all the way to Ottawa, to the Supreme Court of Canada, and in a landmark decision, the judge ruled that it was in the best interest of the child to stay with the foster family. It was a decision that would change the life of the little girl at the centre of the battle, Leticia Racine,

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00:17:14

How these 76 and 105 year-old women became "soul...

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2025/09/26

Merilyn Simonds and Beth Robinson are two friends from Kingston, Ontario, who decided during the Covid pandemicto make it a priority to get together, once a week, for a walk.Since then they've faced the challenges of aging, and discovered the joys of deep connections. The Current producer Alison Masemann spent an afternoon with them, and found out about Beth's passion for sports cars, and how they handled the role reversal when Merilyn — the younger of the two — became ill.

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