The Current
“A hydroelectric power plant underway in Nunavut is on Prime Minister Carney’s nation-building project list. We speak to people living in Iqaluit about how this will transform the community and why there can be no Arctic security without Inuit sovereignty.
The former CEO of Doctors Without Borders, Avril Benoit, reflects on her twenty years at the medical humanitarian organization, and what it was like to work in some of the most dangerous places in the world. She talks to Matt Galloway about the challenges of leading the organization during a time of great turmoil, and the future of foreign humanitarian aid amid cuts to funding.
A conversation with Dave Zirin, sports editor at The Nation, about how the Clase/Ortiz pitch-fixing scandal exposes the explosive rise of prop betting — and why it threatens the integrity of sports from baseball to hockey, basketball, and football.
As COP30 plays out in Belém, Brazil is trying to present itself as a climate leader while also moving ahead with a new offshore oil project. CBC’s Susan Ormiston has been on the ground in the Amazon and inside the conference halls. She tells us why this decision has hit such a nerve, what she heard from Indigenous leaders who fear what’s coming, and why others in the region see the project as a long-overdue opportunity.”
ITK President Natan Obed was on CBC’s The Current with host Matt Galloway discussing Arctic Sovereignty, climate change, Canada’s major projects and other topics along with guests Curtis Mesher and Heather Shilton.
You can listen here: Nation-building project in Nunavut; Avril Benoit steps down as the CEO of MSF; impacts of prop bets in sports; and COP30 | The Current | On Demand | CBC Listen (00:00 – 21:10)
Or read the transcript here: Tuesday, November 18, 2025 Episode Transcript | CBC Radio
Publication Date
November 18, 2025
