The Current from CBC Radio (Highlights)

Undeniably, we're living in an age of disruption. From breakneck advances in technology; to staggering wealth inequality, and global terrorism. Author Chris Kutarna says it's the best time in history to be alive in what he calls a new renaissance.

Follow The Current's Anna Maria on the road to Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains as she meets voters and asks them which U.S. president candidate should occupy the White House.

From concern over how to resolve Canada's faltering economy to Ethiopian marathoner Feyisa Lilesa's political protest at the finish line to anxious students heading back to school in Fort McMurray... This is The Current.

The first day of school has been looming on the calendar, all summer long. Tomorrow is a hard day for some kids. The Current checks in on Syrian refugees starting a new grade and Fort McMurray students who had to flee before the end of the school year.

His marathon run in the Rio Olympic games won him the silver medal. But his defiant protest at the finish line, he says, has earned him the enmity of the Ethiopian government. Feyisa Lilesa explains why he says he can't go home again.

Canada's GDP numbers reveal a faltering economy and critics argue more needs to be done to fix our economic situation. With key members of the Liberal's economic team at the G20, it's time to ask what fiscal forensics mean to Canada's financial future.

From research that shows how the benefits of vacations are short-lived, to Aboriginal painter Roy Henry Vickers on how art helped him beat a life-threatening addiction... This is The Current with Robyn Bresnahan.

The B.C. artist, carver, designer and storyteller, Roy Henry Vickers, explains how art helped him beat a life-threatening addiction, and says he's now eager to create and share Aboriginal stories.

As summer comes to a close, The Current examines the latest research on the long-term benefits of taking time off. What is the ideal length of a holiday? Does a staycation have the same effect as a vacation abroad?

From skyrocketing home energy costs in Ontario causing energy poverty to a powerful pig named Esther changing lives around the world... This is The Current with Robyn Bresnahan.

Esther is a powerful pig. Her parents, Steve Jenkins and Derek Walter quit their jobs, stopped eating meat and bought a farm thanks to Esther the Wonder Pig. And she's been changing lives ever since.

Ontario's energy minister may not be calling energy prices a crisis, but many in the province would beg to disagree. With skyrocketing hydro bills forcing many into 'energy poverty,' Ontarians are calling on the government to lower rates.

From revelations that tens of millions of dollars in UN aid is going to Syrian president Bashar al-Assad to why First Nations students in Northern Ontario travelling to Thunder Bay for high school are dying... This is The Current with Robyn Bresnahan.

Seven First Nations students, each dead under bewildering circumstances over the period of a decade, found in Thunder Bay where they'd moved for school. The Current's Marc Apollonio speaks with the families hoping for answers with the inquest.

An investigation by the Guardian newspaper has revealed the United Nations has paid tens of millions of dollars in aid money to the Assad regime and businesses close to it. Critics are calling the UN "morally bankrupt" but the UN says it's complicated.