217 episodes

Three stories to expand your worldview, delivered daily. Matt Galloway cuts through a sea of choice to bring you stories that transcend the news cycle. Conversations with big thinkers, household names, and people living the news. An antidote to algorithms that cater to what you already know — and a meeting place for diverse perspectives. In its 20 years, the Current has become a go-to place for stories that shape and entertain us. Released daily, Monday to Friday.

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Three stories to expand your worldview, delivered daily. Matt Galloway cuts through a sea of choice to bring you stories that transcend the news cycle. Conversations with big thinkers, household names, and people living the news. An antidote to algorithms that cater to what you already know — and a meeting place for diverse perspectives. In its 20 years, the Current has become a go-to place for stories that shape and entertain us. Released daily, Monday to Friday.

    The Current Introduces: The Pornhub Empire: Understood

    The Current Introduces: The Pornhub Empire: Understood

    With about 100 million visits per day, Pornhub is one of the biggest websites on the planet. This four-part series pulls back the curtain on the scrappy, Montreal-based startup that revolutionized sex on the internet — and the massive scandal that exposed its dark side. The Pornhub Empire, season 2 of Understood, releases March 11. Hosted by journalist Samantha Cole (How Sex Changed the Internet and the Internet Changed Sex). About Understood: Know more, now. From the fall of Sam Bankman-Fried, to the rise of Pornhub, Understood is an anthology podcast that takes you out of the daily news cycle and inside the events, people, and cultural moments you want to know more about. Over a handful of episodes, each season unfolds as a story, hosted by a well-connected reporter, and rooted in journalism you can trust. Driven by insight and fueled by curiosity…The stories of our time: Understood. More episodes are available at: https://link.chtbl.com/Z6-BQXWc

    • 27 min
    Feeling invisible? You might be languishing

    Feeling invisible? You might be languishing

    To feel languishing is to not feel alive or present. Four years after a pandemic that upended many lives, it may be a familiar feeling. Sociologist Corey Keyes, author of Languishing: How To Feel Alive Again in a World that Wears Us Down, explains how we can “flourish” amid adversity.

    • 22 min
    Tennessee high schoolers say they’ve cracked a 1980s cold case

    Tennessee high schoolers say they’ve cracked a 1980s cold case

    A series of women in Tennessee were found dead in the 1980s, but police couldn’t crack the case. News of the women faded from headlines — until a Tennessee teacher launched a class project to investigate the cold case. Now, students believe they’ve linked several of the deaths to one killer. 

    • 26 min
    What’s behind Putin’s re-election as Russia’s president

    What’s behind Putin’s re-election as Russia’s president

    Vladimir Putin won the Russian election in a landslide on Sunday, though international observers quickly pointed out there was no real opposition to the incumbent president. We hear how Russians are feeling a day after the election and why Putin claims so much support in the country. 

    • 19 min
    Haitian-led solutions to the country’s political crisis

    Haitian-led solutions to the country’s political crisis

    Members of the Haitian diaspora are calling for a Haitian-led solution as the country’s political situation continues to deteriorate. What that would actually look like as gangs retain control of the capital. 

    • 24 min
    Helping Nunavut elders age in their own communities

    Helping Nunavut elders age in their own communities

    As elders in Nunavut age, many want to stay close to home and family. But few long-term care beds in the territory can mean moving south to facilities in Ottawa. The federal government recently announced more than $35 million in health-care funding. We hear what it means to ensure elders can age in their own communities and culture.

    • 20 min

Customer Reviews

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1.9K Ratings

1.9K Ratings

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Gets me out of my Internet bubble

The best thing about The Current is the range of stories, brought to me by a reliable journalist. With three drops a day there’s always at least one that catches my eye — and it tells me stuff I didn’t already know or couldn’t have guessed I would care about. The back catalog is full of gems.

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Matt Galloway is truly a wonderful interviewer- always asks pointed and interesting questions and gets really great conversations on the show. The Current has been around since I was a kid and I’m glad that the show continues to be relevant, informative and interesting

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