The Current from CBC Radio (Highlights)

Between his speeches and claims he asked a foreign policy expert about the use of nuclear weapons three times, could Donald Trump put national security "at risk"?

From the billionaires of Brazil and what they stand to gain from the Rio Olympics, to a new study that shows a third of the world's population can't see the Milky Way... This is The Current with Connie Walker

As stars disappear for many, a look at light pollution's implications, the push for dark sky preservation zones and what humanity loses without the Milky Way.

With the games underway, journalist Alex Cuadros explains why Brazil's ultrarich, or "Brazillionaires," will be the real winners of this Olympiad.

It's a diamond the size of a tennis ball that some believed would fetch a record breaking multi-million dollar price at auction, but it didn't — the story behind its failure to sell.

From the 1,109 carat diamond that failed to sell at auction in a story laced with intrigue, to the Zika virus in Brazil, a special report from the front lines of a medical and scientific struggle... This is The Current with Laura Lynch

The CBC's Dr. Brian Goldman travels to the front lines to meet the families affected by the Zika virus, the doctors trying to help and those trying to stop it.

From the national inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls and what the process may look like going forward, to former chief spymaster on terrorism, torture and Donald Trump... This is The Current with Laura Lynch

The former chief spymaster — a leader in America's intelligence through 9/11, the Iraq war and criticism over torture methods — on "Playing to the Edge."

The national inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls was just launched with the hope that it's a step towards justice for victims and their families, but also concern about police accountability.

From John Nuttall and Amanda Korody's overturned conviction and how the case will impact future terrorism investigations, to how the ancients learned Latin and what it reveals about Roman civilization...This is The Current with Laura Lynch.

A classics scholar is the the first to investigate centuries-old manuals on how to learn Latin, what she reveals about life in the ancient world may surprise you.

A B.C. Supreme Court judge ruled that John Nuttall and Amanda Korody could not have carried out a bomb plot without help from the RCMP, but how will their overturned conviction impact future terrorism investigations?

From "White Trash" author Nancy Isenberg on the issue of class in this year's presidential election, to one woman's search to uncover the truth about her biological mother... This is The Current with Laura Lynch.

Phyllis Whitsell's birth mother was incapable of giving her answers so Whitsell embarked on a journey where only one of them knew the other's identity.