May 17, 2013 | 3:02The Current Monday: Sarah Harmer hosts The Current AudioThe Current Monday: Sarah Harmer hosts The Current May 17, 2013 | 3:02Juno Award winning musician Sarah Harmer hosts a Victoria Day edition of The Current. Sarah investigates what's behind the low water levels on the Great Lakes and speaks with friend and collaborator Bruce Cockburn on mixing music and social activism.
May 17, 2013 | 22:00The Current Duffy-Gate: Senate Scandal AudioThe Current Duffy-Gate: Senate Scandal May 17, 2013 | 22:00With Mike Duffy’s spending and borrowing habits under scrutiny, he quit the conservative party to sit as an independent. We hear about the potential damage of “Duffy-Gate” to the govt and why the Senator is considered so valuable to the Conservatives.
May 16, 2013 | 27:29The Current Checking-In: Listener Response AudioThe Current Checking-In: Listener Response May 16, 2013 | 27:29We are catching up on and updating stories this week from vegan fury and grizzly bear worries … to a man who is literally drawing out the opposition in the upcoming Iranian elections with a fictional character from a popular graphic novel.
May 16, 2013 | 23:58The Current What does posing as "oppressed" accomplish? AudioThe Current What does posing as "oppressed" accomplish? May 16, 2013 | 23:58It's one of the oldest of journalistic angles, pretend to be a homeless person to write about poverty. This month, an Egyptian man dressed up as a woman to experience harassment in Cairo. He got attention alright -- some of it from other journalists.
May 16, 2013 | 22:00The Current The Power of Polls AudioThe Current The Power of Polls May 16, 2013 | 22:00Before we dismiss the ubiquitous election campaign polls after BC’s election results, maybe we need to look at this differently. The power of opinion polls may not reside in the ability to predict but rather in their ability to influence voter behaviour.
May 15, 2013 | 27:29The Current The ethics of academic boycotts AudioThe Current The ethics of academic boycotts May 15, 2013 | 27:29With Stephen Hawking's decision to pull out of a conference at Israel's Hebrew University, the action against Israeli Universities by professors in Canada and the world was back in the news. We look at the ethical dilemmas involving academic boycotts.
May 15, 2013 | 24:00The Current Alexandra Jamieson: I am not vegan anymore AudioThe Current Alexandra Jamieson: I am not vegan anymore May 15, 2013 | 24:00After 13 years as a high profile Vegan, a chef and holistic health counselor, Alexandra Jamieson made a very public confession … she had begun eating eggs and meat. She wasn't vegan anymore. We speak to Alexandra Jamieson about the politics of food.
May 14, 2013 | 24:00The Current My Mother, the Nazi Midwife and Me AudioThe Current My Mother, the Nazi Midwife and Me May 14, 2013 | 24:00Gina Roitman's mother had long hinted at the dangers that surrounded her birth in a displaced persons camp in Germany after the Second World War. But it was only when she travelled to Passau, Germany decades later that she learned of the Nazi midwife.
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May 18, 2013 | 14:47Day 6 Your day in court without a lawyer: why many Canadians have no choice Audio