• The Current

  • By: CBC
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The Current

By: CBC
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  • Summary

  • 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.
    Copyright © CBC 2024
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Episodes
  • Sitting down with a Jan. 6 protester

    Sitting down with a Jan. 6 protester
    Oct 15 2024

    The CBC’s Katie Nicholson was reporting live from the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot when she was swarmed by Trump supporters and forced off air. In her new documentary she tracks down one of the people who harassed her — a woman who still firmly believes the 2020 U.S. election was stolen, and is married to a lifelong Democrat who does not.
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    20 mins
  • How DeMar DeRozan changed mental health in sports

    How DeMar DeRozan changed mental health in sports
    Oct 15 2024

    DeMar DeRozan changed the conversation around mental health in basketball, starting with a single tweet about his own struggles with depression. In September, the former Toronto Raptor spoke to Matt Galloway about why he now sees vulnerability as a form of strength — and why he “couldn't stand” Kyle Lowry when they first met.
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    27 mins
  • The world’s humanity is ‘under the rubble’ in Gaza, says poet

    The world’s humanity is ‘under the rubble’ in Gaza, says poet
    Oct 15 2024

    Gaza has become a graveyard for the world’s humanity, says Palestinian poet Mosab Abu Toha. He fled the enclave with his wife and children when Israel invaded last year, in a military campaign that has since killed 31 members of his extended family. He talks to Matt Galloway about watching that violence from afar, and writing poetry amid unimaginable loss.
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    24 mins

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