• The Current

  • By: CBC
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The Current

By: CBC
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  • 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
  • These U.S. voters were undecided. What made up their minds?

    These U.S. voters were undecided. What made up their minds?
    Nov 5 2024

    As election day finally arrives in the U.S., we check back in with three undecided voters in crucial swing states that could decide whether Donald Trump or Kamala Harris become the country’s next president. What helped them make up their minds?
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    24 mins
  • What we can learn from the late Murray Sinclair

    What we can learn from the late Murray Sinclair
    Nov 5 2024

    Anishinaabe senator and renowned lawyer Murray Sinclair died Monday, aged 73. Matt Galloway talks to Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew and Indigenous advocate Cindy Blackstock about the man they knew, and his legacy.
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    23 mins
  • UN Security Council ‘not fit for purpose,’ says refugees chief

    UN Security Council ‘not fit for purpose,’ says refugees chief
    Nov 5 2024

    The world has “become incapable of making peace,” says UN refugee chief Filippo Grandi, allowing escalating conflicts to force more than 120 million people from their homes in places like Gaza, Lebanon, Sudan and Mexico. Grandi talks to Matt Galloway about the plight of those refugees and why he thinks the United Nations is failing to protect the victims of war.

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    23 mins

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