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Your cat's DNA could help treat human cancer
11/03/2026 | 9 mins.
A new international research study on cat cancer says yes, they can! The study - which was the largest of its kind - looked at similarities in genetic mutations across human and cat cancer cells. We speak with Geoffrey Wood, a professor at the University of Guelph and the co-seniour author of the study, about the study, his team's findings, and how they could help make advancements in cancer treatment for both our favourite feline friends and humans.
Liberals flip flop on TikTok ban
11/03/2026 | 15 mins.
After a 2024 decision to ban TikTok in Canada — shutting down the company's operations but not the app itself — the federal government is now doing a 180. Laura Osman, correspondent for the Logic, explains the timing of the decision, and whether the company's commitments on security and privacy will be enough to satisfy critics of the Chinese-owned social media company.
On the ground in Lebanon
11/03/2026 | 19 mins.
Israel has responded to Hezbollah rocket fire with days of bombing, displacing hundreds of thousands of people. We hear fromTasnim Chaaban, journalist with L’Orient-Today in Beirut about what's happening to more than half a million people displaced in the conflict. Followed by Middle East scholar Hussein Ibish, who says most Lebanese people are fed up with Hezbollah, creating an opening for the government to disarm it, but it will be difficult.
Author of “Drunk Mom,” on addiction, recovery, and relapse
11/03/2026 | 24 mins.
Toronto author Jowita Bydlowska made waves with her 2013 memoir, “Drunk Mom.” Now she’s back telling the next chapter in the story of her relationship with alcohol, and with her son, in “Unshaming: A Memoir of Recovery, Relapse, and What Comes After.”
Do you have a “hassler” in your life?
10/03/2026 | 18 mins.
Is there someone in your life who is a constant hassle, stressing you out? Researchers who study "hasslers" say there are a lot of them, and having a lot of them in our life can actually affect our health, and how quickly we age. We speak to Brea Perry, a Professor of Sociology, and Associate Director of the Irsay Institute at Indiana University about the health impacts of having a hassler in our life and how we can navigate these relationships.

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About 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, 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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