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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...
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Canada's grocery sector has been plagued by in-fighting. Now it has a referee
Tensions between grocery suppliers and retailers came to a head during the pandemic. Karen Proud will oversee a new code of conduct meant to solve dis...
Lost at sea for 52 hours: How seven fishermen survived
When seven fishermen disappeared off Newfoundland’s coast last summer, everyone feared the worst. But as hours turned into days and hope dwindled, the...
Scott Galloway’s operating manual for being a man today
Podcaster, professor and entrepreneur Scott Galloway believes young men are struggling with feelings of alienation, loneliness, and failure. And that'...
What will AI look like in 2026?
Artificial Intelligence exploded in 2025. This year saw big promises -- that AI would usher in an age of unprecedented abundance, solve intractable pr...
How a grizzly on a B.C. island sent a community into crisis
It had been a century since Texada Island had seen a grizzly bear. So when one swam 5 kilometres from the mainland over to the community off the B.C....
Canada's food scene a story of immigration and community
CBC host of Locals Welcome Suresh Doss talks about the new show -- and why visiting diaspora establishment restaurants paint a vibrant picture of fami...
Searching for Fela Kuti
Jad Abumrad’s new podcast, Fela Kuti: Fear No Man, digs into Fela Kuti’s life, the good and the bad because he not only pioneered Afrobeat and pushed...
Jordan TooToo says life in North made him a better NHL player
Longtime Nashville Predator Jordin TooToo is the subject of a new documentary, highlighting life in the North, his struggle with substance abuse and h...
Are Canadians becoming less generous?
Fewer Canadians are donating and volunteering. The economy, the pandemic, age are all factors -- but longtime leaders in the charitable sector say we'...
How this conductor is bringing Powell River, B.C. together with music
Many small communities across the country are struggling to survive as people age and their children choose big city life. Powell River, B.C. is tryin...
The power of going ‘Against the Grain’ with Terry O’Reilly
Some of the biggest inventions in history started with someone being told they were wrong, and then not taking “no” for an answer. For Terry O’Reilly,...
One word to describe 2025 politics? Our National Affairs Panel weighs in
As 2025 comes to a close, Canadian politics looks very different than it did a year ago. Prime Minister Mark Carney wraps up his first year in office...
How are you feeling about the economy and politics?
Shachi Kurl, the President of the Angus Reid Institute, a polling firm, join us to give us an insight into how Canadians are feeling about the economy...
Margaret Atwood tells her own story
Writing has shaped Margaret Atwood’s life, from childhood poems about rhyming cats to watching The Handmaid’s Tale become “an approaching reality” in...
Jimmy Darts on the power of kindness
Jimmy Darts has become a social media star through his kindness videos. He has over 12 million followers and 400 million likes, just on his TikTok acc...
Arundhati Roy: My mother and I were like two nuclear powers
Her mother Mary's death left acclaimed Indian writer, author of The God of Small Things, Arundhati Roy feeling "unanchored in space with no coordinate...
Would you become a living donor to a stranger?
One Canadian dies every two days waiting for an organ. Stephanie Azzarello feared she'd be one of them. For people waiting for a liver, like Azzarello...
Is there still hope for the climate?
It was another year of devastating floods, fires and other extreme weather events. The Trump Administration also levelled dramatic cuts to climate sci...
Rick Mercer stands up for Canada
The great Newfoundland satirist has been touring the country this fall, selling out theatres with his latest standup show. He joins us to reflect on t...
Susan Orlean: Why being curious gives you a richer life
Susan Orlean is the best selling author of seven books including The Orchid Thief and The Library Book, and has been a staff writer at The New Yorker...
Some Canadian snowbirds ditch US holiday plans
Some Canadians are changing their travel plans and heading to international destinations outside of the United States. We speak with two Canadian snow...
The transformative power of cheese and mongering
Long-time CBC Radio host Michael Finnerty shares how training as an apprentice cheesemonger in London's Borough Market nourished his soul, gave him a...
Canada's soaring beef prices
An Alberta cattle producer has been steering his herd through years of drought and says it feels pretty good to have more 'jingle in his jeans' right...
The Best Albums of 2025
Musicians Shad and Talia Schlanger join Matt Galloway for their picks of the best Albums of 2025.
Meet the woman who climbed this enormous sheer cliff and made history
Sasha DiGiulian spent nine days trapped on a ledge in a storm before becoming the first female climber to make up the famously difficult Platinum rout...
Jimmy Lai’s son; “This is a man who knows what is right.”
Jimmy Lai is one of the most high-profile critics of Beijing and the CCP, the Chinese Communist Party. Sebastien Lai is Jimmy Lai's son He joins Mat...
Canadian MPs denied entry to West Bank
Liberal MP Sameer Zuberi says the process towards peace he hoped to hear about on the ground in the West Bank and Jerusalem appears to be stalled. In...
Orphaned polar bear cub finds new family to survive
A polar bear cub has defied the odds in Northern Manitoba after being adopted by another mother bear, leaving researchers excited about what it could...
The flu can turn deadly, get your shot, doctors warn
We speak with Dr. Jesse Papenburg at Montreal Children's Hospital about the high number of kids coming into the ER and having to be hospitalized with...
The best cookbooks of 2025
Our panel of experts give us their top picks for 2025. Food journalists Lucy Waverman, Jonathan Cheung, and Chris Nuttall-Smith name their top picks f...
Why Zadie Smith loves Billie Eilish, clubbing and third-rate novels
Zadie Smith wonders if she's weird. She pays attention to a lot in an age when our attention has been captured and her phone-free life can be lonely....
Winter surfing in Canada's oceans and Great Lakes
Winter surfing is a thing, and it's happening all over Canada — from the giant waves of Lake Superior to the Atlantic coast to Tofino, B.C. Three wint...
Jamaican resilience after category 5 storm
The CBC's David Common was in Jamaica more than a month after parts of the island were devastated by a category 5 hurricane. He takes us to a local ho...
What political chaos in Quebec means for Canada
There's been a lot going on in Quebec politics this year while many of us may have had our eye on the Canada-US relations. The Quebec government has...
She had anorexia as a teenager. She wants you to know it's more complicated than you might think
Eisha Marjara's documentary "Am I The Skinniest Person You've Ever Seen?" examines her desire to halt her transition into womanhood and the complex ti...
What we know about the Bondi Beach terror attack
Two gunmen attacked the Jewish holiday event, Hanukkah by the Sea on Bondi Beach, Australia on Sunday. Hundreds were there to celebrate the first day...
The brightness and beauty of being indigenous
10 years after the report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, three members of the family of the late Murray Sinclair, the chair of the commis...
Catch 22: A CBC documentary
A CBC investigation recently found there are thousands more people behind bars in Ontario jails than just a few years ago. But the number of jail beds...
Canada pushes for a “brain gain” amidst US turmoil
Doctors, scientists and tech experts are being courted by top Canadian hospitals and universities. And why some top Canadian scientists say it’s time...
Mark Bittman's $15 fine dining experiment
For the past three months, Mark Bittman has been running a curious experiment: a fine dining restaurant where patrons pay as little as $15 for a meal....