The Current (radio program)
| Genre | current affairs |
|---|---|
| Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country of origin | Canada |
| Language(s) | English |
| Home station | CBC Radio One |
| Hosted by | Anna Maria Tremonti |
| Original release | November 18, 2002 – present |
| Website | http://www.cbc.ca/thecurrent/ |
The Current is a Canadian current affairs radio program, hosted by investigative reporter Anna Maria Tremonti on CBC Radio One.
It airs weekdays starting at 8:37 a.m. local time and runs until 10 a.m. for most of the year, although during the summer the program airs until 9:30 a.m. and the remaining half hour is filled with a program from the network's schedule of short-run summer programs. The show includes interview sessions and radio documentaries that typically take up a half hour each. However, the final half hour of Thursday has listener correspondence along with short follow up items on various recent featured stories.
On Fridays during the regular season period, a guest host is used for the broadcast, who is introduced on the preceding Thursday to read listener correspondence with Tremonti. Guest hosts are usually CBC personalities such as Maureen Taylor, Adrienne Arsenault, Nancy Wilson, Erica Johnson, Ian Hanomansing, Piya Chattopadhyay and Anthony Germain, although other Canadian journalists, including Haroon Siddiqui, Jan Wong and David Frum, have also appeared. In 2005, the program also did a one-off joint broadcast with the American radio program Democracy Now!, with Amy Goodman acting as the guest host of The Current. During the summer months of July and August, Tremonti is replaced as host for the entire period with guests.
In recent years, the series has run a regular season-long arc of stories that deal with a particular theme. The themes that have been explored have included:
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