The Sunday Magazine

Slate's Dahlia Lithwick projects what the end of Roe v. Wade could mean for future legal protections, David Sedaris tells tales from his new book Happy-Go-Lucky, philosopher Emily Thomas ruminates on our post-pandemic desire to travel, and writers Robyn Maynard and Leanne Betasamosake Simpson share their pandemic letters. Tell us what you think of our podcast by filling out this short survey: https://www.cbc.ca/1.6498021.

This week on The Sunday Magazine with Piya Chattopadhyay: • Political commentator David Frum on the importance of the Jan. 6 hearings • Tennis star Bianca Andreescu serves up life advice for kids (and adults) • Pulitzer Prize-winning science journalist Ed Yong reveals the wild world of animal sense • How sleep has become political • Writer Pik-Shuen Fung shares her journey to saying 'I love you, dad' Discover more at https://www.cbc.ca/sunday

This week on The Sunday Magazine with host Piya Chattopadhyay: • Economist Armine Yalnizyan explores what the rising cost of living means for Canadians • Fariha Róisín takes a critical look at who wellness culture is for, and who it leaves behind • Shang-Chi star Simu Liu shares his real-life immigrant superhero origin story • Zoologist Lucy Cooke challenges common narratives about female animals Discover more at http://www.cbc.ca/sunday

This week on The Sunday Magazine with guest host Helen Mann: • Our political panel discusses the Ontario election, guns and British Columbia's new drug legislation • The future potential and ethical questions of wastewater surveillance • We discover the role of wolves in nation building • Broadcaster Ray Suarez examines the forces driving financial struggle Discover more at http://www.cbc.ca/sunday

This week on The Sunday Magazine with Piya Chattopadhyay: • Investigative journalist and author Frank Smyth explains how the National Rifle Association shaped American gun policy • Ertharin Cousin, former executive director of the United Nations' World Food Programme, discusses the looming crisis of food insecurity • Canada Research Chair in the Radical Imagination Max Haiven on his new book, Palm Oil: The Grease of Empire • Author Georgia Toews discusses her debut novel, Hey, Good Luck Out...

This week on The Sunday Magazine with Piya Chattopadhyay: • Washington Post reporters Robert Samuels and Toluse Olorunnipa on their new book, His Name Is George Floyd • Rock icon Joan Jett on her new acoustic album, Changeup • Calgary writer Chris Turner explains how he became a Climate Optimist • Author Tsering Yangzom Lama on her debut novel, We Measure the Earth with Our Bodies PLUS — We revisit a nugget from our 2020 conversation with U-S soccer superstar and Olympic gold medalist Megan...

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...