CBC Radio - Shows

CBC Radio's As It Happens' listening experience is like taking a trip around the world. From the complex headlines of the day to the weird and wacky, As It Happens brings you the story behind the story!

Host Gavin Crawford and a hilarious panel of smart alecks parody the news of the week, discussing the breaking stories Canadians cared about, and the ones they didn't —- but probably should have.

The Cost of Living loves money — how we make it, spend it, waste it and grow it. Come along with our host Paul Haavardsrud to discover how innocuous everyday decisions connect with the larger economy in ways big, small, good, bad, obvious and unseen.

Cross Country Checkup is Canada's only weekly national open-line radio program. It is broadcast live across Canada every Sunday afternoon on CBC Radio One and SiriusXM. Each week Canadians from coast to coast join in a lively discussion on an issue of national interest that impacts their daily lives.

CBC Radio's The Current is a meeting place of perspectives with a fresh take on issues that affect Canadians today.

Day 6 is a news magazine show that delivers a surprising take on the news.

The Debaters is the hit CBC Radio show that features Canada’s hottest comedians going toe to toe, debating topics in the news and on the minds of Canadians.

Our original documentaries are Canadian in focus, universal in scope. Every week, we bring you high-stakes storytelling at its most artful and human — stories that dive deeper, revealing our shared humanity beneath the surface.

CBC Radio's The House takes you behind the scenes in the world of Canadian politics. Parliament may take a summer recess but the business of national politics never stops, nor does The House.

Ideas is CBC Radio's program of contemporary thought.

People are curious, and that’s great. But there are some questions that just shouldn’t be asked (or at least, not like that). Inappropriate Questions is a podcast and webcomic that explores and deconstructs invasive questions often asked to different communities.

CBC Radio's Laugh out Loud is Canada's home for comedy. Every week the show features the best and funniest comics in the business. Recorded at festivals and comedy clubs across the country, LOL is the show to hear to stay on top of the Canadian comedy scene. From the famous to the found, LOL will bring you the funny every week.

CBC Radio's Shelagh Rogers travels the country, conversing with authors and readers of all kinds. A new episode every Monday.

Hosts Ify Chiwetelu and Trevor Dineen leap into the action with Canadians who are making things happen. Sometimes things go right. Sometimes they go off the rails. Either way, Now or Never nudges you to make a change, big or small.

A self-improvement show that helps you be your best you. As best we can. Given the constraints.

Fresh, new, provocative programs from the digital realm, Radio One's Podcast Playlist kicks it off on terrestrial with a sampling of some of the most intriguing of what the internet has to offer.

CBC Radio's q is Canada's liveliest arts, culture and entertainment magazine. q covers pop culture and high arts alike, with forays into the most provocative and compelling cultural trends. q brings you big names, big ideas, and those paving the way in Canada's cultural community. q is your cultural intervention!

CBC Radio's Quirks & Quarks covers the quicks of the expanding universe to the quarks within a single atom... and everything in between.

Someone Knows Something is a true crime investigative podcast. Each season, host David Ridgen investigates a single cold case, joining victims' family members on their search for answers.

On CBC Radio One's Spark, Nora Young helps you navigate your digital life by connecting you to fresh ideas in surprising ways.

The Story From Here is a weekly cross country tour tapping into story telling from CBC Radio One locations from every region.

CBC Radio's The Sunday Edition is a lively three-hour program of conversation, documentaries and music. Michael Enright, an accomplished journalist and broadcaster, is the host and tackles everything from politics to pop culture, in Canada and around the world.

CBC Radio's Tapestry is a weekly exploration of spirituality, religion and the search for meaning, hosted by Mary Hynes.

Uncover is an investigative series from CBC Podcasts. Season 1 explores one woman's escape from Keith Raniere’s NXIVM. Season 2 examines the unsolved bombing of a commercial passenger plane.

The first 50 years of modern advertising was hard-sell. The next 50 years was persuasion through creativity and media tonnage. But advertising is no longer a loud one-way conversation. It's a delicate dialogue now. The goal is no longer to triumph by weight, but to win by influence. Welcome to Under the Influence. An exploration of that critical shift.

Unreserved host Rosanna Deerchild, and reporter Connie Walker, take you behind the headlines of the top trending stories from Indigenous Canada.

There are a lot of questions, ideas and emotions about climate change. Whether you feel scared, excluded, curious, or overwhelmed, What On Earth hears you. Host Laura Lynch understands we’re at a pivotal time for shaping our future. Tune in as she explores your experiences, grapples with the challenges and examines the potential solutions.

CBC Radio's Dr. Brian Goldman takes listeners through the swinging doors of hospitals and doctors' offices, behind the curtain where the gurney lies.

CBC Radio's Writers and Company offers an opportunity to explore in depth the lives, thoughts and works of remarkable writers from around the world. Hosted by Eleanor Wachtel.