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Meditate, ditch the news & call your friends: How to cope during the COVID-19 pandemic from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
One of America's first COVID-19 patients, Christy Karras, shares her experience of the disease — and Canadians in the thick of self-isolation offer some tips for coping. And, as more of us hunker ...
ListenAs COVID-19 upends Canadian lives, these helpers are lending a hand to those in need from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
From coast to coast, Canadians are banding together in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. Facebook groups are popping up to organize grocery runs, and a group of med students are offering free b...
ListenWhy you should embrace the 'neighbourhood of animals' all around you from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Author Richard Louv wants people to explore their relationship to animals in nature, and has some eye-opening stories about encounters in the wild. Plus, being a woman in the restaurant business ...
ListenNo sick days: How coronavirus could hit some Canadians' paycheques from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Concern over the coronavirus is growing and Canadians are being told to stay home if they're under the weather. But that's left some workers without paid sick leave feeling stuck. Plus, the Netfli...
ListenL'Arche volunteer responds to Jean Vanier revelations, debating plant-based meats, hearing loss, mental health & assisted dying from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A long-time L'Arche volunteer and a resident share their response to an independent investigation that found the organization's founder, a religious leader, Jean Vanier sexually abused six women ov...
ListenThe pros and cons of solidarity protests; The incredible power of walking; A gift from the sea from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
We hear from two members of the Wet'suwet'en Nation with differing opinions on the country-wide solidarity protests, and from Mohawk policy analyst Russ Diabo on why this story has struck such a ne...
ListenWet'suwet'en protests, Vancouver's wrestling scene, campus mental health from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Matt is in Vancouver this week bringing you stories from BC, starting with one of the biggest stories in the country: the fight over the Coastal Gaslink Pipeline. Then, some pro wrestlers in Vancou...
ListenIntroducing More with Anna Maria Tremonti from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
More with Anna Maria Tremonti takes you deep into conversation — and to some unexpected places — with high-profile guests and rising stars. Each episode will leave you feeling like you've spent an ...
ListenOne month after Flight 752, families are left with grief and lingering questions from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It’s been one month since an Iranian missile brought down Ukrainian Airlines Flight 752, killing 176 people and plunging scores more into shock and grief. Hamed Esmaeilion lost his 9-year-old daugh...
ListenDesmond Cole; locusts; the secret life of second-hand stuff; caught on a cruise ship; using AI to track the coronavirus from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Activist and writer Desmond Cole talks to us about his his new book The Skin We’re In: A Year of Black Resistance and Power. We check in with a Kenyan helping lead the fight against the near-unprec...
ListenJohn Mighton on math; a new approach to fighting cancer; Clearview A.I., Gus from Fogo Island from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Canadian mathematician John Mighton believes anyone can become good at math, and that if we understood numbers better, we could solve big problems in the world. Oncologist and author Azra Raza thin...
ListenSwitched at birth; Peggy Orenstein on boys & sex; getting plastic out of the ocean from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
The incredible story of Craig Avery and Clarence Hynes, two men who believe they were switched at birth; author and journalist Peggy Orenstein says you should talk to your sons about sex the way yo...
ListenBonus episode: Thunder Bay's opioid crisis from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Most of what you hear about Canada's opioid epidemic tends to come from big cities. But Thunder Bay — with just over 100,000 residents, has the highest rate of opioid-related deaths per capita in O...
ListenA Ukrainian plane crash, a Canadian tragedy from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week we're focusing on a Canadian tragedy: Ukraine International Airlines flight 752, which crashed outside Tehran moments after takeoff. We speak to some of the Iranian Canadians across the c...
ListenIndia's citizenship law; our changing relationship with the phone; Boeing halts 737 Max production from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
We check in on the fallout of a new law in India that fast-tracks citizenship for migrants, unless they're Muslim; how scammers, texting and the demise of landlines are changing our relationship to...
ListenThe Afghanistan Papers; the power of Dolly Parton; converting golf courses to housing; dumpster diving perfectly good products from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
We get the view from Afghanistan on a trove of documents that reveal that top U.S. officials always knew the war there was doomed; a new podcast sheds light on why Dolly Parton is a unifying force ...
ListenÉcole Polytechnique; Canada-China prisoner swap?; altering painful memories; change for women in Sudan; the sounds of coral from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
A survivor of the École Polytechnique massacre on why it matters to call the attack "antifemnist"; former deputy prime minister John Manley makes the case for a prisoner swap with China; research f...
ListenSusan Rice on Benghazi; the power of soup; 1st female lobster crew; China's Uighur detention centres; from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Former top Obama aide Susan Rice reflects on the Benghazi attacks, Huawei, and Barbara Frum; Scientists study the health benefits of soup; Nova Scotia was its first all-female lobster crew; and a C...
ListenRumana Manzur and "Untying the Knot"; State of Legal Pot 1 year on; Sasquatch; Iran Protests; Wild Skating from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
New documentary "Untying the Knot" tells Rumana Manzur's story and examines intimate partner abuse; It's been more than a year since pot went legal in Canada, but it's been anything but a smooth ri...
Listen"I went in for a C-section and they left a sponge inside of me!"; Modern-day slavery on the high seas; Sesame Street turns 50; Australia fires; 20-hour non-stop flights from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Medical mishaps in Canada are on the rise; NY Times reporter Ian Urbina on his new book The Outlaw Ocean; An educational icon celebrates a milestone; a pregnant volunteer fights fires on the frontl...
ListenBill Bryson; The legacy of Auschwitz; Life undercover in the CIA; Winnipeg liquor thefts; 'OK boomer' from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week we’ve got a moving conversation between the granddaughter of Auschwitz survivors, and the grandson of the camp’s most notorious Nazi commandant. Bill Bryson explains how much it would cos...
ListenThe rise of eating roadkill; the benefits of being scatterbrained; Boeing boss comes clean; the problems with gender reveal parties and the Internet turns 50 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
California just made it legal to eat roadkill, joining almost half the US and several provinces that say it's fine to eat animals you find on the side of the road. Neuroscientist Henning Beck expla...
ListenThe Current Weekly - Voting while homeless, Andrew Scheer, Justin Trudeau from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This week, we're bringing you three election-themed documentaries. First, the CBC's Rafferty Baker speaks to homeless residents of Vancouver's Downtown Eastside about the challenges of voting with ...
ListenThe Current Weekly - Chef Shane Chartrand, the case for robot politicians, affordability town hall, Sugar Sammy from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Host Laura Lynch talks to Chef Shane Chartrand about finding his indigenous heritage and repping it in the kitchen; speaks to a transhumanist about why robot politicians would do a better job than ...
ListenThe Current Weekly - Jonathan Safran Foer, election town hall, other Khashoggis, track star Harry Jerome from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Host Laura Lynch talks to author Jonathan Safran Foer about turning words into action in the climate fight, hosts The Current's first federal election town hall with q's Tom Power, hears about oth...
ListenThe Current Weekly - Edward Snowden, Beverley McLauchlin, Robin Doolittle from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Laura Lynch talks to former Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin about her new memoir, NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden about coming home, and journalist Robin Doolittle about her new book on sexual as...
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ListenThe Current Weekly - Edward Snowden, Beverley McLauchlin, Robin Doolittle from 2019-09-27T12:00
Laura Lynch talks to former Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin about her new memoir, NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden about coming home, and journalist Robin Doolittle about her new book on sexual as...
ListenThe Current Weekly - Edward Snowden, Beverley McLauchlin, Robin Doolittle from 2019-09-27T12:00
Laura Lynch talks to former Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin about her new memoir, NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden about coming home, and journalist Robin Doolittle about her new book on sexual as...
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