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Q | Feb 28, 2013
Giorgi Gogia, from Human Rights Watch, on how a novel about a friendship between two Azerbaijani men and their Armenian neighbours made the author a target in his own country. Legendary Canadian comedian Martin Short on his life, career and unique role promoting Canadian talent. Writer Peter Frase on defending rude service.
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The Current | Feb 28, 2013
Head to YouTube and you can watch dozens of scenarios to a problem with older or elderly drivers. Statistically,drivers aged 80-plus almost have the accident rate of the most dangerous driving demographic ... the under 24s. And in Sudbury they are the target of a police tip-line urging other drivers to call in to report any seemingly erratic or dangerous elderly driver. Simple public safety in action? Or age discrimination?
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Mainstreet NS | Mar 1, 2013
A team led by our oceans guy, Boris Worm, has found that about 100 million sharks die every year, and the biggest preventable culprit is fishing. He explains the significance of his finding.
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And the Winner Is | Feb 26, 2013
As a boy in pre-war Austria, Georg Tintner played the piano, sang with the Vienna Boys Choir, and composed his own music. By the time World War Two broke out, he was also a conductor. But Georg Tintner was a conductor with Jewish roots. And so, after the Anschluss in 1938, he was fired. By 1942, Mr. Tintner made his way to New Zealand, and for the better part of the next forty-five years of his life, he served as a conductor across New Zealand, Australia and South Africa. But in 1987, he moved to Halifax, where he would leave his mark as the conductor of Symphony Nova Scotia. He died in Halifax on October 2, 1999.
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Tapestry | Feb 22, 2013
We take a look at how doubt and skepticism can be essential ingredients to faith. Mary meets Rabbi Rami Shapiro - a rabbi who says he isn't religious, but rather a curious, holy rascal. She also talks to Michael Shermer, the founder of Skeptic Magazine. He's held his own against Deepak Chopra in a go round on consciousness and quantum physics.
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Nov 19, 2012 | 23:5710 Years of Provocative Radio on The Current from CBC Radio 10th Anniversary Show: Maher Arar & Mary Walsh Audio10 Years of Provocative Radio on The Current from CBC Radio 10th Anniversary Show: Maher Arar & Mary Walsh Nov 19, 2012 | 23:57We also will look at the importance of speaking up and setting the record straight with Maher Arar. He says The Current helped after his imprisonment in Syria because it allowed him to tell his story publicly, Also in this segment, comedian Mary Walsh joins us to discuss changing the way we talk about and treat mental health and addiction problems. She says so many Canadians suffer in silence and we too often criminalize people who desperately need health care.
Sep 3, 2012 | 9:0610 Years of Provocative Radio on The Current from CBC Radio 10 Year Anniversary: Robert Croke Update Audio10 Years of Provocative Radio on The Current from CBC Radio 10 Year Anniversary: Robert Croke Update Sep 3, 2012 | 9:06Robert Croke's nightmare began when he was kidnapped from an oil rig off the shore of Nigeria. The kidnappers shot him and held him in captivity for 10 days. Shortly after Mr. Croke was released, he and his wife Gayle spoke with The Current in December of 2010. Since then, a lot has changed in Robert Croke's life. Despite the surgeries his wound hasn't healed very well and he suffers from post traumatic stress disorder. He has since filed a lawsuit against the company that hired him and the company that owned the oil rig. 10 Year Anniversary: Robert Croke update.
Aug 31, 2012 | 2:4610 Years of Provocative Radio on The Current from CBC Radio Shannon Moroney Update: 10 Years of Provocative Radio Audio10 Years of Provocative Radio on The Current from CBC Radio Shannon Moroney Update: 10 Years of Provocative Radio Aug 31, 2012 | 2:46Shannon Moroney came back to tell us what she has been up to since her book came out. Listen to her update here.
Aug 28, 2012 | 7:2710 Years of Provocative Radio on The Current from CBC Radio Timothy Young On Robert Croke: 10 Years of Provocative Radio Audio10 Years of Provocative Radio on The Current from CBC Radio Timothy Young On Robert Croke: 10 Years of Provocative Radio Aug 28, 2012 | 7:27Much has changed in Robert Croke's life since he did that interview. He is no longer able to work on off shore oil rigs and now works in the Canada's oil patch. He has also filed a lawsuit against the company that employed him to work in Nigeria and the company that operated the oil rig where he was kidnapped. We spoke to his lawyer Timothy Young to find out more.
Aug 27, 2012 | 1:1710 Years of Provocative Radio on The Current from CBC Radio Episode 1: 10 Years of Provocative Radio Audio10 Years of Provocative Radio on The Current from CBC Radio Episode 1: 10 Years of Provocative Radio Aug 27, 2012 | 1:17Anna Maria Tremonti's opening bills for the first episode of The Current - on Monday, November 18, 2002.
Aug 22, 2012 | 42:2710 Years of Provocative Radio on The Current from CBC Radio Shannon Moroney: 10 Years of Provocative Radio Audio10 Years of Provocative Radio on The Current from CBC Radio Shannon Moroney: 10 Years of Provocative Radio Aug 22, 2012 | 42:27Shannon Moroney's life shattered when the man she had just married was arrested for the brutal sexual assault of two women. She recounts her journey to building a new life.
Aug 22, 2012 | 40:1010 Years of Provocative Radio on The Current from CBC Radio Robert Croke: 10 Years of Provocative Radio Audio10 Years of Provocative Radio on The Current from CBC Radio Robert Croke: 10 Years of Provocative Radio Aug 22, 2012 | 40:10Newfoundland native Robert Croke relives his kidnapping from a marine oil rig off the coast of Nigeria and how he survived to tell the tale.
Aug 22, 2012 | 21:4210 Years of Provocative Radio on The Current from CBC Radio Monique Lepine: 10 Years of Provocative Radio Audio10 Years of Provocative Radio on The Current from CBC Radio Monique Lepine: 10 Years of Provocative Radio Aug 22, 2012 | 21:42Monique Lepine opens up to Anna Maria about what it was like to be the mother of Marc Lepine - the man who killed 14 women at the Ecole Polytechnique in Montreal in 1989. She reveals her struggle to make sense of how the son she loved could be responsible for such a crime.
Aug 22, 2012 | 48:4810 Years of Provocative Radio on The Current from CBC Radio Dina Babbitt: 10 Years of Provocative Radio Audio10 Years of Provocative Radio on The Current from CBC Radio Dina Babbitt: 10 Years of Provocative Radio Aug 22, 2012 | 48:48An interview with animator and Holocaust survivor Dina Babbitt - about how Nazi chief Josef Mengele - the Angel of Death, forced her to paint portraits of Roma prisoners in the Aushwitz Concentration Camp. She describes her life long battle to retrieve the paintings from the Aushwitz-Birkenau State Museum.
Aug 22, 2012 | 24:5610 Years of Provocative Radio on The Current from CBC Radio Kurt Vonnegut: 10 Years of Provocative Radio Audio10 Years of Provocative Radio on The Current from CBC Radio Kurt Vonnegut: 10 Years of Provocative Radio Aug 22, 2012 | 24:56In one of his last interviews, the prolific author reflects on his prose, passions and politics. It's quite literally, the conversation of a lifetime. And maybe the only time someone has told Anna Maria to go jump in a lake.
Aug 22, 2012 | 16:0810 Years of Provocative Radio on The Current from CBC Radio Henry Kissinger: 10 Years of Provocative Radio Audio10 Years of Provocative Radio on The Current from CBC Radio Henry Kissinger: 10 Years of Provocative Radio Aug 22, 2012 | 16:08The former U.S. Secretary of State takes Anna Maria to task for asking whether he might be vulnerable to charges from the newly-formed International Criminal Court. This interview stands out for the surprising way it ends -- and the reaction it sparked south of the border.
Aug 22, 2012 | 24:2110 Years of Provocative Radio on The Current from CBC Radio SARS Patient: 10 Years of Provocative Radio Audio10 Years of Provocative Radio on The Current from CBC Radio SARS Patient: 10 Years of Provocative Radio Aug 22, 2012 | 24:21One of Canada's first SARS patients recalls a harrowing account of watching two family members die, contracting the disease herself and coming to the realization that her illness was no common pneumonia.
Aug 22, 2012 | 3:3110 Years of Provocative Radio on The Current from CBC Radio Chris Wodskou: 10 Years of Provocative Radio Audio10 Years of Provocative Radio on The Current from CBC Radio Chris Wodskou: 10 Years of Provocative Radio Aug 22, 2012 | 3:31Listen to Chris Wodskou, producer of this interview tell us how he pitched the interview with his literary hero.
Aug 22, 2012 | 22:1110 Years of Provocative Radio on The Current from CBC Radio Jean Chretien: 10 Years of Provocative Radio Audio10 Years of Provocative Radio on The Current from CBC Radio Jean Chretien: 10 Years of Provocative Radio Aug 22, 2012 | 22:11On the eve of stepping down as Canada's Prime Minister, Jean Chretien gets candid with Anna Maria Tremonti about why he stayed for a third term. This one stood out for its honesty - and for making news.
Aug 22, 2012 | 41:0310 Years of Provocative Radio on The Current from CBC Radio Shin Dong Hyuk: 10 Years of Provocative Radio Audio10 Years of Provocative Radio on The Current from CBC Radio Shin Dong Hyuk: 10 Years of Provocative Radio Aug 22, 2012 | 41:03He is the only person known to have been born in a North Korean prison camp and escape to tell the world about it. Shin Dong Hyuk shares his shocking story with Anna Maria.
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