Karin Marley

The U.S. says the killing of top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani in Baghdad was to prevent further attacks on U.S. personnel abroad. But it’s triggered a global alarm about escalating tensions between the two countries. We discuss what happens next.

The Current headed to Milton, Ont., one of the most closely-watched ridings in the federal election, to speak to four decided voters about who they’re casting their ballots for.

Playwright Eve Ensler’s new book is an apology, written as a letter to herself, from her abusive father. Find out why she chose to write from her deceased father’s perspective and how it helped her cope with the trauma of the past.

Susan Doherty has been volunteering to help people with severe mental illness for more than a decade. She’s written about what she’s learned in her new book The Ghost Garden: Inside the Lives of Schizophrenia’s Feared and Forgotten.

Reading to children out loud isn’t just a source of warm feelings and lovely memories; research shows it can also help developing brains. Journalist Meghan Cox Gurdon, the children’s book critic for the Wall Street Journal, tells us about the miraculous power of story time.

Author Marq de Villiers speaks about how different cultures and different religions have approached the idea of damnation, and why he wanted to write a sinner’s guide to eternal torment.

Author and journalist Ann Hui sampled the food and culture of Canadian-Chinese restaurants across the country, and wrote about what she found in Chop Suey Nation: The Legion Cafe and Other Stories from Canada’s Chinese Restaurants.