The Sunday Magazine

Jan 04 2025 52 ep. 62 mins 2.4k
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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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Canada-U.S. relations, Embracing imperfection, Malcolm Gladwell

Jan 04 2025 95 mins  
Host Piya Chattopadhyay speaks with St. Francis Xavier University Research Chair in Canada-U.S. Relations Asa McKercher about what history can teach us about contending with Donald Trump's tariff threat, writer Oliver Burkeman makes his case for embracing imperfection as we embark on a new year, and author Malcolm Gladwell explores the darker sides of social epidemics.Discover more

Big money, big tech: The new rules of the political playbook

Jan 01 2025 30 mins  
As tech giants end the year by cozying up to Donald Trump, and TikTok faces the possibility of demise - 2024's biggest tech stories expose growing power alliances and global rivals in our digital and geopolitical landscapes. Tech journalists Louise Matsakis, Paris Marx and Nitasha Tiku join Piya Chattopadhyay to explore how the year's top tech developments are transforming relation

2024's top tech stories, Words of the year, Connie Chung, Richard Powers

Dec 28 2024 98 mins  
Host Piya Chattopadhyay speaks with tech journalists Louise Matsakis, Paris Marx and Nitasha Tiku about the top tech stories of 2024, linguist Adam Aleksic breaks down what the words of the year reveal about us, veteran broadcaster Connie Chung looks back on her trailblazing career, and Richard Powers talks about his latest novel Playground, which ruminates on climate change, techn

At 30, Comic Sans keeps curving its way into our hearts and onto our nerves

Dec 25 2024 22 mins  
Do you have a type, when it comes to fonts? This year marks the 30th anniversary of what’s widely seen as both the most recognizable and most reviled typeface: Comic Sans. In the latest instalment of Word Processing, our ongoing look at language, Piya Chattopadhyay speaks with author Simon Garfield about how Comic Sans evolved from a playful, curved diversion from stern-looking s

The wild week in Canadian politics, Indigenous astronomy, What makes Chrystia Freeland tick, Comic Sans at 30, True crime's real impacts

Dec 21 2024 91 mins  
Host Piya Chattopadhay speaks with the Toronto Star's Susan Delacourt and former Liberal strategist David Herle about the wild week in Canadian politics, "star guy" Wilfred Buck shares his mission to reclaim Indigenous perspectives in science, journalist Catherine Tsalikis talks about her new biography of Chrystia Freeland, author Simon Garfield traces the curved legacy of Comic Sa

Katherine Rundell's case for cultivating wonder in a chaotic world

Dec 18 2024 22 mins  
It's a time of year when many of us try to recapture some of the wonder at the world we felt as kids... and Katherine Rundell has a special gift for doing just that. The British author and Oxford University fellow has drawn comparisons to J.R.R. Tolkein for her fantasy books beloved by younger and older readers alike. She joins Piya Chattopadhyay to talk about two of her latest –

Highlights and lowlights of 2024, Our relationship with buttons, A turning point in Syria, Katherine Rundell

Dec 14 2024 91 mins  
Host Piya Chattopadhyay speaks with Rob Russo, Stephanie Levitz and David Staples about the highlights and lowlights of the year in Canadian politics, researcher Rachel Plotnick explores what the rise, fall and return of buttons can teach us about the human-machine relationship, Bessma Momani and Kareem Shaheen discuss Syria's future after the Assad regime, and author Katherine Run

What's lost in a bad translation – and what it takes to craft a great one

Dec 11 2024 25 mins  
Whether your holiday book wish list includes classics like The Nutcracker or works by contemporary authors like Jon Fosse and Elena Ferrante... if you want to read them in English, then you’ll have to thank a translator. But Damion Searls says that the work of translating is more complicated than simply converting words from one language to another. In the latest instalment of Wo

Syria's government falls, First Nations police-related deaths, The art of translation, Notre-Dame Cathedral, Fran Lebowitz

Dec 07 2024 95 mins  
Guest host David Common speaks with The Economist's Gregg Carlstrom about the latest developments in Syria following the collapse of President Bashar al-Assad’s regime, law professor Kent Roach offers his take on police reform after 10 First Nations people died following officer encounters since August, president of the Friends of Notre-Dame de Paris charity Michel Picaud outline

That's Puzzling! for December 2024

Dec 04 2024 22 mins  
In 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 Mark Connolly, the host of CBC Radio's Edmonton AM, and Winnipeg listener Debbie Hamlin.