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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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Feb 22, 2013 | 22:00The Current Reddit 's Erik Martin on managing the 'Front Page of the Internet' AudioThe Current Reddit 's Erik Martin on managing the 'Front Page of the Internet' Feb 22, 2013 | 22:00One of the internet's main viral-enablers: A website where user-democracy votes up, and down, pictures, comments, and videos. Today meet the man who oversees Reddit, the hugely popular, widely influential and highly controversial online community that is often called "The Front Page of the Internet." Erik Martin tells us about his desire for a free and open internet and what - if anything - should be out of bounds.
Feb 22, 2013 | 24:00The Current Food fraud & the security of our global food supply AudioThe Current Food fraud & the security of our global food supply Feb 22, 2013 | 24:00What's that you're eating? The appearance of horsemeat in products labeled as beef in Europe is raising some uncomfortable questions about the security of our global food supply. And according to some who work in the field ... that's not the half of it. We're looking into the global problem of food fraud today.
Feb 22, 2013 | 27:30The Current The world's first corporate city to be built in Honduras AudioThe Current The world's first corporate city to be built in Honduras Feb 22, 2013 | 27:30The Government of Honduras has signed a deal that would see a private company build a city from scratch ... a city with its own government, laws, courts, police and tax system. The hope is that it could become a shining example to inspire the rest of the country. Could it mean a return to colonialism in the country that helped coin the phrase "Banana Republic"? Could it turn a profit for Canada?
Feb 21, 2013 | 27:29The Current Checking-In: Behind rebel lines in Syria, muzzled scientists and your feedback AudioThe Current Checking-In: Behind rebel lines in Syria, muzzled scientists and your feedback Feb 21, 2013 | 27:29We check in with listeners and talk to the woman who took on the Bush Administration for what she saw as muzzling government scientists and misusing their work. Now, she's got a bone to pick with Ottawa over the same issues. We also hear from veteran journalist Rania Abouzeid about going behind the lines with the people fighting Syrian government forces.
Feb 21, 2013 | 23:59The Current Is the shortage of male teachers a crisis? AudioThe Current Is the shortage of male teachers a crisis? Feb 21, 2013 | 23:59You wouldn't normally pick teacher as a profession it takes great courage for a man to enter. But we hear from a male teacher in Guelph who says it can sometimes be tough to be one of the few men in the profession. And he speaks about a dark side to the change in social attitudes in Canada about male teachers. Changes that have left their numbers dwindling and educators worried for boy role models. About 80 per cent of all primary school teachers in Canada are women. Now, the biggest school board in the country wants to change that... by giving preference to men in their hiring.
Feb 21, 2013 | 21:46The Current Parti Quebecois 'Anglo Man' standing up for English speaking Quebecers AudioThe Current Parti Quebecois 'Anglo Man' standing up for English speaking Quebecers Feb 21, 2013 | 21:46From snowy Montreal, we begin with a Parti Quebecois government minister who is a French Quebec nationalist and a self-professed anglophile. A man who is standing up for Anglophone Quebecers... even after the former premier and PQ stalwart Jacques Parizeau told him to sit back down. Jean-François Lisée is Quebec's Minister of International Relations and he has now been tasked with building bridges between his government and Anglophone Quebecers.
Feb 21, 2013 | 21:46The Current Parti Quebecois 'Anglo Man' standing up for English speaking Quebecers AudioThe Current Parti Quebecois 'Anglo Man' standing up for English speaking Quebecers Feb 21, 2013 | 21:46From snowy Montreal, we begin with a Parti Quebecois government minister who is a French Quebec nationalist and a self-professed anglophile. A man who is standing up for Anglophone Quebecers... even after the former premier and PQ stalwart Jacques Parizeau told him to sit back down. Jean-François Lisée is Quebec's Minister of International Relations and he has now been tasked with building bridges between his government and Anglophone Quebecers.
Feb 20, 2013 | 22:00The Current Should alleged rapists get anonymity until convicted? AudioThe Current Should alleged rapists get anonymity until convicted? Feb 20, 2013 | 22:00In courtrooms around the world today there are trials underway regarding sexual assault. And in Britain there is a fevered debate about identifying those charged with the crime. The argument is those falsely accused are named and shamed unjustly. The other side says real justice demands public transparency. We bring that debate home to Canada.
Feb 20, 2013 | 27:29The Current High profile cases highlight the ugly truth about violence against women in South Africa AudioThe Current High profile cases highlight the ugly truth about violence against women in South Africa Feb 20, 2013 | 27:29The charge of murder against South African sprinter Oscar Pistorius has cast a spotlight on a national problem. The murder rate among South African women is five times the global average. And more than 150 woman are raped every day. In 2009, a survey of South African men revealed that one in four of those asked said they had raped a woman. We ask why violence against women is so common in South Africa.
Feb 20, 2013 | 23:27The Current Russian meteorite crash sparks treasure seeking frenzy AudioThe Current Russian meteorite crash sparks treasure seeking frenzy Feb 20, 2013 | 23:27The meteorite that exploded over Russia last Friday has treasure-seekers scouring the Siberian landscape, looking for space-rocks that could be worth more than 40 times the price of gold. Oh, and if there's anything left over, it'll be a once-in-a-lifetime chance for scientists too. Today, we look at the Indiana Jones of Meteorite Hunters and the economic upside of those fragments from the firmament.
Feb 19, 2013 | 21:59The Current Canada's Economic Action Plan ad campaign: Prosperity or propaganda? AudioThe Current Canada's Economic Action Plan ad campaign: Prosperity or propaganda? Feb 19, 2013 | 21:59The federal government has unveiled a new round of Economic Action Plan advertising to give Canadians the tools to improve their own finances and to boost consumer confidence. However, a recent focus group shows most Canadians think the ads are propaganda and misleading. Is this Prosperity or Propaganda?
Feb 19, 2013 | 23:59The Current Why did 'Michelangelo Models' cost Canadians millions of dollars in tax credits? AudioThe Current Why did 'Michelangelo Models' cost Canadians millions of dollars in tax credits? Feb 19, 2013 | 23:59It was a time of intrigue and high stakes when the art historian and the curator were asked to examine some exquisite pieces of art, terracotta models of sculptures, the expectation being ... they'd been created by Michelangelo himself. They ended up in the Vancouver Museum but if they come with a History ... they also carry the burden of greed, betrayal, warring brothers, questionable accounting and perhaps mistaken identity. Today, CBC's Jason Proctor brings us a story of great expectations and possible artistic inflation.
Feb 19, 2013 | 27:28The Current Phiona Mutesi: Teen Ugandan Chess Prodigy AudioThe Current Phiona Mutesi: Teen Ugandan Chess Prodigy Feb 19, 2013 | 27:28She was nine years old when she stumbled upon the game ...
dirty, smelly, hungry and transformed ... mesmerized by the tiny smooth pieces - the Knight, the Rook, the Pawn. And so a girl from one of the most destitute places on the planet became a chess champion and found something few kids in the Ugandan slum of Katwe can even recognize … A Dream. Today we bring you the story of how a 16-year-old girl from one of the worst slums in all of East Africa changed her life by mastering a game that doesn't even have a name in her native language.
Feb 18, 2013 | 21:59The Current Thousands of untested rape kits lying in storage in Detroit AudioThe Current Thousands of untested rape kits lying in storage in Detroit Feb 18, 2013 | 21:59A disturbing story about law and order today. In the city of Detroit, the woman who holds the job of Chief Prosecutor discovered that thousands of sexual assault cases have been in limbo for decades because evidence from so-called rape kits is languishing on forgotten shelves. It is not a problem unique to Detroit, but it is one that has seen serial rapists, and even murderers, exist undetected for years.
Feb 18, 2013 | 24:00The Current Should we save polar bears from starvation by feeding them ourselves? AudioThe Current Should we save polar bears from starvation by feeding them ourselves? Feb 18, 2013 | 24:00You've seen those oh-so-cute pictures of polar bears with their cubs. Fact is, they are wild, dangerous and now they are at the centre of a debate over whether to protect them from starvation in a habitat so affected by climate change. As the sea ice shrinks around them, polar bears are finding it harder and harder to hunt. Now, some of the world's leading authorities on conservation say it may be time for drastic measures... including the possibility of feeding the bears ourselves.