Lina and Stephie, a pair of broke backpackers, get jobs at a bar in an Australian mining town. They soon find out they have to put up with more than just slinging drinks. Their experience is the subject of a documentary called "Hotel Coolgardie", which is screening at Hot Docs in Toronto. More read comments audio
All eyes will be on Rio de Janeiro this summer, as Brazil hosts the Olympic games. The country has been hard at work burnishing its image in advance. The Current looks at a new documentary about the costs of cleaning up Rio's favela's - a timely film. More
Our special Drake task force reacts to the Toronto rapper's VIEWS — a new record at least two years in the making. More read comments
Measures of Astonishment: Poets on Poetry is a collection of essays offering a fascinating array of perspectives into the art of poetry. Contributors include Margaret Atwood and Canada's parliamentary poet laureate (and 2016 CBC Poetry Prize juror!) George Elliott Clarke. More
What's the difference between radio and audio? For Paolo Pietropaolo it's "elemental." Like gold, audio is something you can mold and craft. Radio is different: it's ephemeral, it's there and then gone. Watch and learn the power of knowing where you fall on this spectrum. More read comments
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