• The Current Weekly

  • By: CBC
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The Current Weekly

By: CBC
  • Summary

  • A weekly collection of the most insightful, in-depth interviews and audio documentaries from CBC Radio's flagship morning program, The Current.
    Copyright © CBC 2024
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  • The Current Weekly is on hiatus during the COVID-19 pandemic
    Apr 17 2020
    During the COVID-19 pandemic, we’ve decided to put the podcast on hiatus for the time being. In the meantime, you can find full episodes of The Current, and some of our most engaging conversations, over in our main podcast feed.
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    1 min
  • Meditate, ditch the news & call your friends: How to cope during the COVID-19 pandemic
    Mar 27 2020
    One of America's first COVID-19 patients, Christy Karras, shares her experience of the disease — and Canadians in the thick of self-isolation offer some tips for coping. And, as more of us hunker down at home, some believe it's the perfect time to start a new project, but others think maybe we should all just take a nap. We discuss whether an obsession with productivity is the real pandemic, according to one writer. Plus, Toronto ER doctor James Maskalyk is facing the outbreak at work. He shares how meditation has made him a more compassionate physician, and why he thinks it could help everyone.
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    38 mins
  • As COVID-19 upends Canadian lives, these helpers are lending a hand to those in need
    Mar 20 2020
    From coast to coast, Canadians are banding together in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. Facebook groups are popping up to organize grocery runs, and a group of med students are offering free babysitting to front-line health workers. We hear why. But while many Canadians are getting accustomed to working from home, others don't have that luxury. They share the challenges of working during a health crisis. And, when the board game Pandemic came out in 2008, it was based on the creator Matt Leacock's experiences during the SARS outbreak. But during the COVID-19 pandemic, the cooperative game is gaining traction once again. For more stories, visit: cbc.ca/thecurrent | Get in touch: thecurrent@cbc.ca or twitter.com/thecurrentcbc
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    25 mins

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