The Current

Actor Ben McKenzie takes us through his new documentary about cryptocurrency. It looks at why so many people are invested, why President Donald Trump changed his tune, and what kind of regulations are needed so the average person is protected.

As Alberta prepares for its referendum on October 19th, new research shows that foreign players are paying attention and trying to affect the vote. Brian McQuinn with the Centre for Artificial Intelligence, Data and Conflict at the University of Regina tells us what his research has found. And Patrick Lennox, security consultant and a former director of intelligence with the RCMP and Liberal MP candidate, tells us why that's important.

The White House is days away from implementing 50 per cent tariffs on a range of Canadian goods. As Canadian and American negotiators have ramped up meetings, and as officials get closer to presenting President Trump and Prime Minister Carney with options, what do next steps look like? Former acting U.S. Trade Representative Stephen Vaughn and Laura Dawson of the Canada-U.S. Future Borders Coalition weigh in.

For 25 years, residents of St. Mary's, N.L., have lived with the smell of an abandoned fish sauce plant that never got cleaned up after it closed. Now, that could finally change, as plans are underway to haul the remaining waste to a landfill. CBC’s Mary-Catherine McIntosh looks into where those loads are headed, how the sauce came to be in her documentary: Fish Sauce.

UK Reform leader Nigel Farage beat an independent candidate who wears a garbage can on his head in a by-election. While it is a win for Farage, support for his party has been waning. We have a conversation with Adam Fleming, host of the BBC podcast Newscast, about the political future of one of the UK's most divisive figures.