Laura Lynch to take over The Current through the federal election on CBC Radio One

We have a new permanent host of one CBC News radio program and a temporary host for another CBC News radio program.

Laura Lynch will serve as the interim host of The Current, airing weekdays for 90 minutes at 8:30 am local time on CBC Radio One. Lynch will anchor the show starting today on Labour Day through the federal election season.

Lynch (above) has served as CBC's Europe correspondent as well as being based in Ottawa and the U.S. capital in Washington, DC.

NBC News picked an interim host in Tom Brokaw for Meet the Press after the June 2008 death of Tim Russert. An interim host takes the pressure of a new host jumping right into the federal election.

Lynch is an excellent pick. She will do a way better job as an interim host than Tom Brokaw did in that role in 2008.

Lynch replaces Anna Maria Tremonti, the original host of the show. Lynch was the first guest host of the program in the summer of 2003.

Anna Maria Tremonti to leave The Current this week

Veteran foreign correspondent Nahlah Ayed is the new host of Ideas, exploring contemporary ideas from culture and the arts to science and technology and social issues. Ayed took over for Paul Kennedy, who retired from the show.

Ayed has been based in London for the last 7 years. She has covered major world events over nearly two decades in Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East.

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People outside Canada can listen to CBC Radio One programs via the CBC Radio app. Individual programs are also available in podcast form.

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Comments

[Diane Kennedy]

I am very disappointed that the IDEAS programme has been moved forward an hour and that ‘q’ has been put into the 2100 space.
I do not own a TV. CBC radio broadcasts are turned on before my feet touch the floor in the morn and have, up till now, been turned off when the IDEAS program was finished. My CBC broadcasts are of paramount importance to me. I, on occasion, do listen to q in the morning, but will most often change it to a podcast on CBC, Stitcher or to a NYTimes program which provides educational material or current events for the listener. I don’t find that Mr Power has much to add in either of these departments and rarely has programs that are of interest to me. I’m extremely disappointed he and his program have been given 2 prime spots on a daily basis. As stated, I do not own a TV. I so looked forward to Paul Kennedy on Ideas every night, broadcast at a reasonable hour. I will NOT be listening to ‘q’ at 9:00 pm/2100. I guess I’ll be getting an extra hour of sleep. But when to listen to Ideas?

Diane Kennedy

[Chad]

You can listen to Ideas or any other CBC radio show on podcasts wherever you get your podcasts.