How streaming is changing the way we listen to music
09/06/2026 | 26 mins.
Canadian musician and author Rollie Pemberton, aka Cadence Weapon, looks at how algorithms on platforms like Spotify and YouTube are changing the way we find and listen to music — and what that means for our taste and artists' creativity.
Countdown to the World Cup
09/06/2026 | 19 mins.
It's the largest soccer tournament in World Cup history, with 104 matches in 16 host cities in three countries, creating unprecedented security and logistical challenges. We speak with reporters on the ground in three host cities, Mexico City, Miami and Dallas, about how locals are feeling, security issues, the cost and the expectations ahead of kickoff.
Are you obsessed with checking the weather?
09/06/2026 | 8 mins.
You read the alerts about upcoming storms. You might pore over the radar maps to see if it'll be sunny for your school fun fair. These days, many of us are checking our weather apps multiple times a day. But how useful is the info we find there? And should we just go experience the weather instead of obsessing over it? We talk to Newfoundland meteorologist Eddie Sheerr about what happens when our phones make it even easier to indulge in our weather fixations.
On the frontlines of CTE
09/06/2026 | 15 mins.
CBC's Health reporter Lauren Pelley brings you the story of groundbreaking research into CTE, chronic traumatic encephalopathy — and hope for the future, and saving lives.
Meet the 'hit doctor,' assisting drug users across Vancouver
08/06/2026 | 24 mins.
For 10 years now, B.C.’s drug crisis has been a public health emergency. And over that time, we’ve brought you many stories, but this is one you will not have heard before. It’s rooted in the understanding that the vast majority of the drug-related deaths aren’t occurring in Vancouver’s notorious Downtown Eastside, but rather among men, alone at home. In his documentary, Radio-Canada’s Francis Plourde brings us on an unusual tour, meeting drug users trying to stay safe by relying on a man they’ve come to know as their “doctor.”
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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