The Current

CBC

CBC Radio's The Current is a meeting place of perspectives with a fresh take on issues that affect Canadians today.

  • 23 minutes 48 seconds
    Lesley Chesterman on how to cook like a Montrealer

    Montreal is the gourmet capital of Canada, and the cookbook author and former restaurant critic Lesley Chesterman is an evangelist for the food culture of her hometown. For decades, she has been writing about what makes Montreal food great, from the bagels and smoked meat to the restaurants, markets, patisseries and cheese shops. Now, she wants you to cook like a local.

    We talk to her about her new book, A Montreal Cookbook: Recipes and Reflections From My Kitchen.


    25 March 2026, 4:10 am
  • 19 minutes 42 seconds
    The Future of Sport in Canada

    Justice Lise Maisonneuve weighs on what needs to change in sports in Canada so that athletes can feel safe. Plus, Adam van Koeverden, the federal Secretary of State for Sport on the government’s role.


    25 March 2026, 4:10 am
  • 24 minutes 49 seconds
    How the Mounties spied on Indigenous activists

    A CBC investigation reveals how RCMP spies surveilled, infiltrated and wiretapped legitimate political Indigenous organizations in the 1970s. "It just never leaves you," says Dene leader and former NWT premier Stephen Kakfwi. CBC reporter Brett Forester walks us through the story.

    25 March 2026, 4:10 am
  • 10 minutes 45 seconds
    A conversation with Canada's Auditor General

    Canada's Auditor General Karen Hogan lays out her latest report findings, which detail lags in RCMP recruitment and gaps in sharing information around international students who have been flagged for potentially not complying with study permits.


    24 March 2026, 4:10 am
  • 19 minutes 11 seconds
    Women are being secretly filmed with Meta glasses

    Kassy Zanjani in Vancouver found out she had been secretly recorded on a stranger's Meta smart glasses after seeing a video of herself on social media. It's a growing trend that's seeing men approaching women in public and recording their encounters for viral content. New York Times tech reporter Mike Isaac talks about his reporting that Meta is considering integrating facial recognition technology into the glasses. University of Ottawa law professor Teresa Scassa talks about concerns around privacy in public spaces and whether our privacy laws are doing enough to protect Canadians.


    24 March 2026, 4:10 am
  • 13 minutes 46 seconds
    What may have caused the Air Canada crash at La Guardia

    Two pilots died when an Air Canada Express jet crashed into a fire truck. Former air traffic controller Michael McCormick says more than one thing likely went wrong and investigators will look at everything from the weather to control tower staffing to communication.


    24 March 2026, 4:10 am
  • 24 minutes 42 seconds
    What we can learn from the resilience of trees

    For the past four decades, world renowned biologist Nalini Nadkarni has risked her life studying trees. In 2015, she fell from a 50-foot bigleaf maple tree in the Olympic Peninsula. She tells The Current host Matt Galloway what her recovery from that catastrophic fall taught her about resilience and trees.


    24 March 2026, 4:10 am
  • 25 minutes 45 seconds
    Why are more young Canadians self-harming?

    A new study shows the number of young Canadians treated for self-harm has more than doubled in the last 25 years. Montreal filmmaker Alex Anna talks about her own experience with self-harming and how it shaped how she saw herself as a teen.


    23 March 2026, 4:10 am
  • 24 minutes 11 seconds
    When it comes to sports betting, does everyone lose?

    With the legalization of sports betting in Canada, and much of the United States, watching your favourite team has changed. If you don't partake, you're bombarded with ads, and if you do, it's likely changed the way you view and cheer on your team. But it's changed the game for players, officials, and sports journalists too. Author Danny Funt on his new book Everyone Loses, The Tumultuous Rise of American Sports Gambling.

    23 March 2026, 4:10 am
  • 19 minutes 39 seconds
    How war in the Middle East is upending the global economy

    Stuck ships, wrong ports, and higher costs: war in the Middle East is causing headaches for worldwide supply chains. New York Times reporter Peter S. Goodman explores the mounting impacts on supply chains that remain highly integrated.


    23 March 2026, 4:10 am
  • 15 minutes 58 seconds
    A Canadian company is helping white supremacists fundraise

    CBC’s investigative program, the fifth estate--has spent months looking into two Canadian platforms and the role they play in monetizing hate--under the banner of free speech. Rumble and Entropy both promote themselves as cancel-free spaces and have attracted extremist voices--that many say spew harmful content that may lead to real world harm.

    20 March 2026, 4:10 am
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