What was that podcast I heard on The Current?
All summer long, The Current is bringing you some of CBC Podcasts' top series
If you heard part of a podcast on The Current and you're looking for more information, this is where to find it.
Over the next couple of months, we'll be airing several critically acclaimed CBC podcasts. If you'd like a primer on podcasts and how to access them, start here.
Find and follow the podcasts played on The Current this summer below:
The Con: Kaitlyn's Baby
Kaitlyn Braun, a pregnant young woman in crisis, takes dozens of birth workers through an escalating series of disasters – rape, baby loss, and even a coma. One by one, the doulas struggle to support her and grieve with her, and even save her life as they're led down a distressing path. And then the truth comes out. Hosted by journalist Sarah Treleaven.
Understood: Who Broke the Internet?
Cory Doctorow coined the word "enshittification" to describe the state of the modern internet: a broken down, decaying place, once full of promise, now overrun with intrusive ads, hateful trolls, aggressive algorithms, zero privacy, and AI-generated slop. It can feel like it was inevitable—but it didn't have to be this way. The modern internet is the result of decisions made by powerful people, at key moments in history, despite repeated warnings about where it would lead. Now, Doctorow traces the downward spiral from the heady days of '90s tech-utopianism through to today's rotten "enshitternet."
Understood: Céline
Céline Dion is having a moment. It's not her first. And millions of fans are hoping it won't be her last. While Céline's international stardom seems obvious now, it was all so unlikely.
This four-part series hosted by Céline expert Thomas Leblanc explores the surprising cultural, political and business alchemy that created one of the most enduring superstars the planet has ever seen.
Uncover: Sea of Lies
A body is pulled from the ocean, and a race against time to capture one of the world's most wanted criminals begins.
This is the story of a con man who couldn't stop lying. A tale of murder, stolen identities, fine art, a diaper stuffed with gold bars, and a crime solved by a Rolex watch. From rural Canada to coastal England, he lied and deceived at every turn. Award-winning podcaster Sam Mullins takes you inside the world of a devious scammer whose trail of destruction crosses continents and decades. So who is he? And how did this ruthless villain finally get unmasked?
On Drugs
On Drugs returns for its third season, and this time, it's really personal. Season 3 digs deeper than ever into the stories we tell about drugs — and the ones we rarely confront. This season challenges the typical narratives about addiction, exploring what substances reveal not only about our bodies but our understanding of consciousness, our motivations, and our very sense of self. Host Geoff Turner makes it personal, examining his own casual relationship with alcohol as he unpacks the ways drugs illuminate what it means to be human.
White Hot Hate (S2): Agent Pale Horse
FBI undercover agent Scott Payne's job was to infiltrate the most dangerous gangs of our times: outlaw bikers, drug cartels and the international neo-Nazi networks hellbent on inciting a race war. In the second season of White Hot Hate, host Michelle Shephard gives you an unvarnished view of a life undercover. Because after a 28-year-long career pretending to be somebody else, Agent Payne is ready to tell his side of the story.
- Listen to the podcast here.
