The Sunday Magazine

This week on The Sunday Magazine with Piya Chattopadhyay: • Our political panel returns to parse the race to lead the Conservative Party of Canada, and the Ontario provincial election campaign • Elamin Abdelmahmoud talks about his new memoir, Son of Elsewhere • Retired Canadian diplomat Gary J. Smith takes us inside The Summit Series • Sharon Hampson and Bram Morrison of the beloved children's group Sharon, Lois and Bram. Plus — We head to Montreal, where one man's mission to end junk mail...

This week on The Sunday Magazine with Piya Chattopadhyay: • Activist and writer Robin Marty on what abortion access could look like in a post-Roe v. Wade U.S. • Retired U.S. lieutenant colonel Alexander Vindman discusses NATO's obligations to Ukraine • The battle to keep Mother's Day free of politics and profits • From medieval monks internet search engines, we dig into the history of book indexes Plus: Listeners share their answers to A.J. Jacobs' movie themed riddle Discover more at...

Bill Gates shares advices for preventing the next pandemic, a librarian takes us inside the effort to preserve Ukrainian rare books, A.J. Jacobs pieces together why we're so drawn to puzzles, and Dylan Marron explains what online haters taught him about empathy.

This week on The Sunday Magazine Podcast with Piya Chattopadhyay • Conservation biologist Thor Hanson explains how war wounds extend to the environment • Ukrainian NGO Ecoaction tracks the environmental toll of Russia's invasion • Pulitzer-prize winning novelist Jennifer Egan takes us on a visit to The Candy House • Best-selling author Susan Cain on the upside of feeling down • What decades of observing primates taught Frans de Waal about gender Discover more at https://www.cbc.ca/sunday

This week on The Sunday Magazine with guest host David Common: • Peace studies professor Paul Rogers argues we need a more accurate narrative of the war in Ukraine • Iceland's Canadian first lady Eliza Reid on why her country leads the world in gender equality • Star physicist and BBC host Brian Cox celebrates the imperfection of science • Why Anglican priest Michael Coren thinks Christianity needs to return to its roots Discover more at https://www.cbc.ca/sunday

This week on The Sunday Magazine with Piya Chattopadhyay • We explore how allegations of Russian war crimes in Ukraine could stack up at the International Criminal Court • Entertainer Lilly Singh talks about recovering from personal and professional setback • Singer/songwriter Martha Wainwright performs and reflects on growing up in a famous musical family, then going into the family business herself • Station Eleven author Emily St. John Mandel returns with her visionary new novel Sea of...

This week on The Sunday Magazine with Piya Chattopadhyay • Assembly of First Nations national chief RoseAnne Archibald on the road ahead after this week's papal apology over residential schools • Historical documentary master Ken Burns turns his lens on American founding father Benjamin Franklin • Political philosopher Francis Fukuyama on how the war in Ukraine could revitalize democracy around the world • Azar Nafisi extolls the power of literature in troubled times • Jennifer Moore...

This week on The Sunday Magazine with Piya Chattopadhyay • Former AFN national chief Phil Fontaine and Regina Archbishop Donald Bolen look ahead to this week's Indigenous delegation to the Vatican to meet with Pope Francis • Columnists Susan Delacourt, Niigaan Sinclair and Jason Markusoff unpack the new Liberal-NDP agreement, and size up Canada's response to the war in Ukraine • Hollywood dialect coach Samara Bay urges you to embrace your "true voice" Discover more at...

This week on The Sunday Magazine with Piya Chattopadhyay • Ukrainian novelist Andrey Kurkov tells his country's story of resistance • How music helped Willie Thrasher reconnect with his Inuit roots • Ask Polly columnist Heather Havrilesky challenges the notion of "happily ever after" • Plus: Listeners share their memories of Canada's lost buildings Discover more at https://www.cbc.ca/sunday

This week on The Sunday Magazine with guest host Helen Mann: • How the war in Ukraine is affecting human rights in Russia and beyond • What Canada's lost buildings can teach us about history • Broadcaster Sheila North's story of strength, survival and making history in Canada • Press freedom advocate leaves Russia as it cracks down on independent media • How a team of underdogs from Yukon made a run for the Stanley Cup Discover more at https://www.cbc.ca/sunday

This week on The Sunday Magazine with Piya Chattopadhyay • Historian Margaret MacMillan unpacks how the war in Ukraine threatens the global order • Disaster psychologist Dr. Sarb Johal on how COVID-19 sent us into a collective existential crisis • Epidemiologist Dan Werb traces the underestimated history of coronaviruses • Maude Barlow reflects on a lifetime of activism and the keys to not giving up Discover more at https://www.cbc.ca/sunday

This week on The Sunday Magazine with Piya Chattopadhyay: • Ukrainian journalist Oleksiy Sorokin joins us from Kyiv and Canadian journalist Fin DePencier joins us from Kharkiv, Ukraine. • Analysis on Ukraine from @KingsCollegeLon Peace & Security prof. Natasha Kuhrt • Margaret Atwood on her new collection of essays Burning Questions: Essays and Occasional Pieces, 2004 -2021 • Comedian @ChrisGethard on his new essay, "Dad on Pills: Fatherhood and Mental Illness" PLUS — an ode to cartoon...

This week on The Sunday Magazine with guest host David Common: • Ottawa resident Zexi Li who is leading the class action against the protesters, to give her reaction to the events over the past two days, and to talk about the questions she has going forward • Three experts weigh in on the role of extremist groups in recent protests, and what needs to happen to fight extremism in Canada going forward • Former Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz projects uncertainty as our "new normal" • New...

This week on The Sunday Magazine with Piya Chattopadhyay • Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino talks about how the federal government plans to bring the pandemic protests under control. Then, political observers Daniel Dale, Susan Delacourt, Erica Ifill and Ryan Jespersen share their perspectives on the forces driving the unrest, the government response, and what it all means for Canadians • Renowned primatologist Jane Goodall appeals for hope in trying times • Actor David Pevsner...

World news, local voices. Nothing is Foreign is a weekly trip to where the story is unfolding. Hosted by Tamara Khandaker. This episode takes you inside El Salvador to hear from locals to see how the promise of a cryptocurrency paradise by a self-professed 'world's coolest dictator' is running up against the reality of regular people just trying to survive. More episodes are available at: http://hyperurl.co/nothingisforeign

This week on The Sunday Magazine with Piya Chattopadhyay • Canadian soccer player Farkhunda Muhtaj on her effort to help hundreds of young athletes and their families flee Afghanistan • Writer Johann Hari examines why our focus has been stolen – and how to get it back • Montreal neo-classical pianist Jean-Michel Blais turns pandemic depths into defiantly uplifting ensemble album Aubades • An elegy for Red Cross swimming lessons, which are taking their final lap after 75 years Discover more...

This week on The Sunday Magazine with Piya Chattopadhyay • Columnists Susan Delacourt, Matt Gurney and Murray Mandryk unpack what happened in Ottawa this weekend in the run-up to Parliament's return • How 'negative optimism' could help us carry on in this stage of the pandemic • Charlie Angus on what a silver boom in the 1900s shows us about Canada today • Pamela Paul eulogizes technologies, habits and feelings we've lost to the internet Discover more at https://www.cbc.ca/sunday

This week on The Sunday Magazine with guest host Helen Mann: • Political science associate professor Maria Popova unpacks the simmering diplomatic standoff over Ukraine • Trailblazing foreign correspondent Hilary Brown tells her own story • Former Olympians Jean-Luc Brassard and Angela Schneider weigh in on the political tensions surrounding the Winter Games in Beijing • Veteran broadcaster Ray Suarez examines the forces driving financial struggle Discover more at https://www.cbc.ca/sunday

This week on The Sunday Magazine with Piya Chattopadhyay • Bioethicist Maxwell Smith considers the rising ethical stakes of a prolonged pandemic • Monia Mazigh and Megan Leslie remember Alexa Mcdonough's life, career, and legacy. • Dr. Roberta Bondar reflects on 30 years since her landmark spaceflight • Naben Ruthnum interrogates workplace diversity initiatives with his novel A Hero of Our Time • Listeners share their invented words to define the strange start to 2022 Discover more at...

This week on The Sunday Magazine with Piya Chattopadhyay • Writer Stephen Marche projects perilous future scenarios for the United States • John Koenig shares invented words for universal feelings with his Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows • Dr. Madhukar Pai urges taking a global approach to ending the COVID-19 pandemic • Acclaimed novelist Hanya Yanagihara returns with her new book To Paradise Discover more at https://www.cbc.ca/sunday