The Current from CBC Radio (Highlights)

Critics are calling out health-care provides who fat-shame obese patients, arguing it leads to inferior care compared to non-obese patients.

Ronan Farrow's new book argues that the U.S. State Department is being gutted to the point where American influence in the world is at risk.

Citing health concerns and gender discrimination, a U.S. mayor is trying to free workers from having to wear neckties at the office.

From debate about the relative safety of unmanned cockpits to concern about the technology's lift-off among passengers, the future of pilotless planes remains cloudy.

American chef James Briscione's new cookbook Flavor Matrix explores why the pairing of certain foods based on their chemical compounds taste so good, like tomato with coconut or coffee with carrot.

The public is "selective" about what it deems fake news, according to a veteran reporter covering the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump.

Rivers and lakes are cleaner since Kenya introduced a sweeping ban of single-use plastic bags, but thousands of jobs have been lost. Caro Rolando's documentary, From The Frontlines: The War on Plastics, examines the debate about whether the ban is doing more harm than good.

ER physician Brian Goldman makes the case for kindness in his medical memoir that includes research suggesting an empathetic bedside manner can benefit patients and doctors.

Two women who lived through mass shootings share their experiences of recovery and discuss what can be done to help those impacted by the shooting in Toronto's Danforth neighbourhood.

Parallels between the evidence of water on Mars and subglacial lakes in Nunavut has renewed optimism for life beyond Earth among researchers.

On Friday's we pass the mic in our feed to teenagers with a CBC original podcast about teens and their real-life struggles. The podcast gives teens privacy - using only their first names, or in some cases, pseudonyms, so they can really open up about their life. This is the last installment.

Baron Cohen uses his usual deceptive tactics in Who is America?, which critics warn may fuel distrust in a time of fake news and growing tensions.

Extreme heat is here to stay and we need to prepare for more of it to come, says a climate scientist who suggests rising temperatures could lead to eco-refugees making their way to Canada in the decades to come.

Hundreds of letters Nelson Mandela wrote while incarcerated under apartheid rule have been compiled into a new book. The Current discusses the compilation with its editor, Sahm Venter, and Mandela's granddaughter.

Ing Wong-Ward, a disability rights advocate, was diagnosed with colon cancer over a year ago. Now in palliative care, she is fighting to make her remaining time meaningful - and to help others to do the same.