The Current from CBC Radio (Highlights)

From wildlife potentially set to decline by two-thirds by 2020, to "preppers" bracing themselves for the worst after the U.S. election in their American Redoubt, to digging into the reality of the shipping world...This is The Current with Dave Seglins.

Cheap clothes, electronics, food — all of it travels the globe by ship. And the true cost of shipping is higher than you may think. The Current looks into an eye-opening investigation into the murky world of shipping with the director of Freightened.

"Preppers" are the latest incarnation of the U.S. survivalist movement. They're moving into remote, rural areas to set up safe havens against global warming and some are convinced that after the U.S. election this year, society will come unglued.

The planet's biodiversity is under attack. New numbers tracking wildlife species over the past half-century reveal a dire prediction — two-thirds of wildlife will disappear by 2020. Is there anything that can be done to reverse the trend?

Halifax has elected its first black councillor in 16 years. The people in Canada's oldest black community in Halifax — District 8 — hope that 26-year-old Lindell Smith will bring change. He shares his thoughts on the historic win.

Loneliness is an epidemic in Canada and author Kio Stark argues the lost art of talking to strangers can help address the feeling of being alone. It can help the lonely, the person reaching out and may even alter political views.

From Trump's "alt-right" supporters launching attacks against journalists online, to psychiatrist Norman Doidge on new ways of thinking about how the brain works, to Halifax's first black councillor in 16 years... This is The Current.

The Anti-Defamation League has identified 2.6 million tweets containing anti-Semitic language by alt-right Trump supporters in the past year. Hundreds of journalists have been targeted, and the ADL says it won't disappear after the election.

Traumatic brain injuries once considered permanent can now be treated with non-invasive techniques such as light and sound therapy to help re-align brain signals. It's all thanks to discovering that the brain is plastic or pliable rather than mechanical.

Eight elderly victims allegedly murdered by a nurse in a long-term care home has triggered concerns far beyond the communities involved. How could these deaths go undetected for years? The Current looks into the oversights in nursing homes.

Werner Herzog has spent close to five decades making films and just as long breaking the rules. The legendary, documentary filmmaker shows no sign of slowing down with three films coming out this year, including Into the Inferno, about active volcanoes.

For nine days, the CBC's Nahlah Ayed chronicled the desperation of asylum seekers and the efforts of rescue workers, filming it all for a documentary for the CBC's Fifth Estate. Ayed shares the stories of what she saw and who she met.

From the alleged murder of eight nursing home residents and long-term care facility oversights, to filmmaker Werner Herzog on his new documentary and what inspires him, to CBC's Nahlah Ayed witnessing the rescue of asylum seekers,,, This is The Current.

From protesters calling on the government to halt the Muskrat Falls hydroelectric project, to billionaire former Seagram co-chair Charles Bronfman on his new memoir, to Canada's finance minister on precarious work as the new normal... This is The Current.

You've heard it before — that there's no such thing anymore as a job for life. Now even the minister of finance says contract to contract — short-term work — is the new reality. Others call the state of affairs, precarious. Does it have to be this way?