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CBC Radio’s The Sunday Magazine is a lively, wide-ranging mix of topical long-form conversations, engaging ideas and more. Each week, host Piya Chattopadhyay takes time for deep exploration, but also makes space for surprise, delight and fun.
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Energy has become a flashpoint in the U.S. trade war with Canada, and Canadians should expect to hear a lot more about oil and gas – including potential new pipelines – once the federal election gets underway. And it underscores the renewed relevance of fossil fuels around the world: Energy companies like BP have backed away from their pandemic-era pledges to decarbonize, Donald Trump is vowing to "drill baby drill," and countries from Canada to Kazakhstan are signing off on new fossil fuel projects. So what does it mean for a warming planet and the future of renewables? As The Sunday Magazine's Pete Mitton explores in his documentary Oil Check... it's complicated.
Guest host David Common speaks with political journalists Rob Benzie, Stephanie Levitz and David Sanger about the ongoing trade war with the U.S. and Mark Carney's first moves as prime minister, The Sunday Magazine's Pete Mitton explores what's behind renewed energy around oil and gas, historian Stephen Bown reflects on Hudson's Bay's legacy as it as it announces plans to liquidate if it can't secure financing, retail strategist David Ian Gray talks about how primed businesses are to meet the "buy Canadian" demand, and The Atlantic's Zoë Schlanger shares the latest science around plant intelligence.Discover more at https://www.cbc.ca/sunday
Acclaimed novelist Omar El Akkad grew up in Qatar, yearning for uncensored magazines and Hollywood movies, and believing in the Western project. But after moving to Canada as a teen, and a journalistic career covering the U.S. response to 9/11, El Akkad started seeing cracks in his conception of the West. Then, watching the response to the Israel-Hamas war changed everything for him. El Akkad speaks with Piya Chattopadhyay about taking stock of those fissures with his new book, One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This.
Host Piya Chattopadhyay speaks with Tonda McCharles, Toluse "Tolu" Olorunnipa and Megan Janetsky about how the trade war is playing out across North America, bestselling author Joseph Finder explains the history of spy thrillers and how they connect to the current geopolitical climate, we take stock of five years since the COVID-19 pandemic was declared with Dr. Zain Chagla, Helen Branswell and Dr. Peter Singer, and novelist Omar El Akkad talks about his "breakup" with the West and his new book One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This.Discover more at https://www.cbc.ca/sunday
n the latest edition of our monthly challenge That's Puzzling!, Piya Chattopadhyay competes against one familiar voice and one clever listener in a battle of brain games devised by puzzle master Peter Brown. Playing along this month are John Northcott, host of the CBC Radio’s World Report, and Justin and Rowan Wallace, a father-son duo from Whitehorse.
Host Piya Chattopadhyay speaks to the Sunday political panel about the state of federal and provincial politics in light of Trump's looming tariff threats, we revisit the case of Gerard Comeau, whose Quebec beer run more than a decade ago led to a Supreme Court Case, University of Ottawa professor of international affairs Roland Paris and Michael Bociurkiw discuss the recent confrontation between US President Trump and Ukrainian President Zelensky at the White House, and our monthly challenge That's Puzzling! returns.Discover more at https://www.cbc.ca/sunday
When Diane Foley meets the ISIS man who kept her son in 21 months of brutal captivity before beheading him, her family opposes the meeting. Diane Foley and bestselling author Colum McCann speak with Piya Chattopadhyay about the life and death of James Foley and the importance of listening to people you hate and who hate you.
Host Piya Chattopadhyay speaks to Retired Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman about the U.S.'s relationship with Russia as the third anniversary of the Russia-Ukraine war approaches, we learn about the "cognitive crisis" of shrinking attention spans with Marion Thain, Papal commentator and author Michael Higgins speaks to why Pope Francis' papacy has differed from others, and journalist James Foley's legacy is remembered by his mother, Diane Foley, and writer Colum McCann.Discover more at https://www.cbc.ca/sunday
As the pandemic forced us to socialize at a distance, journalist and writer Kelsey McKinney was suddenly unable to collect the juicy stories she’d usually get over drinks with friends, so she started the popular Normal Gossip podcast… and it became an instant hit. After years of gossiping on the airwaves, McKinney joins Piya Chattopadhyay to discuss her new book, You Didn’t Hear this From Me, to break down the origins of gossip, the reason people everywhere love to to do it and the risks that come with spreading rumours if you don’t know where they came from.
Host Piya Chattopadhyay speaks to Rob Russo and Tonda MacCharles about how Canadian politics are being affected by Donald Trump's promised tariff threats, social justice activist Loretta Ross discusses her new book Calling In and her alternative ideas to cancel culture, we get the latest on developments around the Gaza ceasefire deal from The Economist's Gregg Carlstrom, and podcaster and writer Kelsey McKinney breaks down the origins of gossip, and why people everywhere love to do it.
As founder and director of the University of Toronto's Citizen Lab, Ron Deibert has spent his career tracking down and uncovering some of the world’s most clandestine cyber espionage operations. Now, the cybersecurity expert is pulling back the curtain on this shadowy world in his new book, Chasing Shadows. Deibert tells David Common how our democracies have become vulnerable to these threats as we become more reliant on technology – and what we need to do to protect them.
Guest host David Common speaks with The Washington Post's Toluse "Tolu" Olorunnipa and Semafor's Kadia Goba about Donald Trump's flurry of controversial actions this past week, The Citizen Lab's Ron Deibert takes us inside the shadowy world of cyber espionage, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates reflects on how his early years shaped him, and political economist Mark Manger and Mathew Holmes from the Canadian Chamber of Commerce consider strategies to bolster Canada's economy amid Trump's tariff pause.Discover more at https://www.cbc.ca/sunday
As the co-founder and former CEO of Microsoft, Bill Gates made his name as one of the most influential people in modern tech. Now, in his new memoir Source Code: My Beginnings, he's looking back on the forces that made him. In a wide-ranging Canadian broadcast exclusive interview, Piya Chattopadhyay speaks with Gates about navigating childhood social challenges, how his passion for computers blossomed, what drove his confidence to take on tech giants as a teen, and his candid belief that he'd be diagnosed with autism if he was growing up today.
Guest host David Common speaks with CBC News senior business reporter Peter Armstrong and The Globe and Mail's Marieke Walsh about the economic implications of – and political response to – Donald Trump's tariffs on Canadian goods, writer Pico Iyer reflects on what embracing silence has taught him about life and loss, aviation journalist Kerry Lynch discusses recent changes in aviation and politics, former CSIS national security analyst Stephanie Carvin unpacks key takeaways from the foreign interference report, and we play another round of our monthly challenge, That's Puzzling!.Discover more at https://www.cbc.ca/sunday
David A. Robertson is an award-winning author, editor and sought-after speaker on Canadian arts and Indigenous issues. But he says his interior life is filled with "little monsters" – chronic, often-debilitating anxiety and depression. Robertson joins Piya Chattopadhyay to talk about why it's important for him to share his mental health struggles with his new book, All the Little Monsters, and what pillars of support have helped him along the way.
Host Piya Chattopadhyay speaks with Slate's Mark Joseph Stern about how well Donald Trump's executive orders may stand up to legal scrutiny, Arctic experts Marc Lanteigne and Andrea Charron unpack the wide world of Arctic politics, Union filmmaker Brett Story talks about organizing efforts at Amazon, teacher Farida Algoul shares what life's been like in Gaza since the Israel-Hamas ceasefire began, and author David A. Robertson reflects on his mental health journey.Discover more at https://www.cbc.ca/sunday
David Grossman has known war all of his life. The Israeli writer, born and raised in Jerusalem, has long mined themes of grief and conflict in his novels and non-fiction. His latest book, The Thinking Heart, collects essays and speeches from the years leading up to and following the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas attack on Israel. Grossman joins Piya Chattopadhyay to reflect on the aftershocks of that day, and what it will take to achieve lasting peace between Palestinians and Israelis.
Host Piya Chattopadhyay speaks with correspondents Chris Brown and Gregg Carlstrom about the Israel-Hamas ceasefire and what may happen next, Israeli writer David Grossman reflects on peace in a region of war, political reporters Lisa Johnson, Robert Benzie and Philip Authier discuss how premiers in their regions are navigating Donald Trump's tariff threat, and neuroscientist and novelist Lisa Genova talks about her new novel about life with bipolar disorder.Discover more at https://www.cbc.ca/sunday
As the 21st century enters its 25th year, The Sunday Magazine's Pete Mitton speaks with a range of big thinkers about what they see as the defining features of the 2000s so far. Historians Margaret MacMillan and Anne Applebaum, political scientist Francis Fukuyama, global affairs expert Janice Stein, and more share their reflections on the century's first quarter to this point, and explore what lessons this period may hold for the next 25 years.
1Host Piya Chattopadhyay speaks with The Economist's Rob Russo, Le Devoir's Emilie Nicolas and Ian Austen from The New York Times about the Liberal leadership race and Donald Trump's growing threats to Canada, we explore the defining moments of the 21st century as it hits the quarter-way mark, The Washington Post's Toluse "Tolu" Olorunnipa and author Chris Whipple look back on Joe Biden's legacy as he exits the White House, Canadian Raymond Francis talks about losing his home in the California wildfires, and our monthly challenge That's Puzzling! returns.Discover more at cbc.ca/sunday
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Where is the Sept 13 edition?
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The interview with Romeo Dallaire was gripping and heart wrenching. Excellent job, I very much enjoyed it, thank you for your work
hi - where is the May 27 show?
Why is this week's edition (Oct. 22) late? It's available on other apps...