The Sunday Magazine

By CBC

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Category: Society & Culture

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Subscribers: 592
Reviews: 2
Episodes: 52

mike h.
 Jun 29, 2019
Thoughtful, long form storytelling. Takes the time to let timely, timeless subject matter breathe. Sublime.

James Dyer
 Jan 26, 2019
Awesome contributors. Varied topics but always quality insight

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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.


Episode Date
Incarcerated journalist explores the value of telling crime stories from the inside
Sep 24, 2025
UN General Assembly, Traveling Nanas, U.S. speech, Incarcerated journalist
Sep 21, 2025
'Why not me?': How champion skip Jennifer Jones built community and confidence through curling
Sep 17, 2025
Energy projects, Jennifer Jones, Haaretz editor, Arctic security
Sep 14, 2025
Amid climate and political instability, Jane Goodall keeps her hope for our planet alive
Sep 10, 2025
Carney's plan to transform our economy, Math's life lessons, Jane Goodall, That's Puzzling!
Sep 07, 2025
How our personal devices became 'needy' for our touch and attention
Sep 03, 2025
Donald Trump's whirlwind summer, Device design and dependence, Carbon dioxide, Loretta Ross
Aug 31, 2025
The long tail of the forces that drove Canada's federal election
Aug 27, 2025
Russia-Ukraine peace talks, Famine in Gaza, Trump's impact on Canadian politics, Dr. Chika Stacy Oriuwa, Stadium shows
Aug 24, 2025
The case for throwing shade in cities where sun reigns
Aug 20, 2025
Trump-Putin meeting, The case for shade, Air Canada contract dispute, Canadian parks, Vietnam War legacy
Aug 17, 2025
Why we can't stop saying 'like' – whether you like it or not
Aug 13, 2025
Mark Carney's first 100 days, Why we can't stop saying 'like,' Israel's plans for Gaza City, Tariffs and the developing world, Notebooks
Aug 10, 2025
What lessons the atomic bombings of Japan hold for today's nuclear world
Aug 06, 2025
Canada-U.S. trade, Legacy of the atomic bombings of Japan, Palestinian statehood, Trans-Canada Highway
Aug 03, 2025
Is private life disappearing before our eyes?
Jul 30, 2025
Hockey culture, Private life, Canadian politics, Nathan Law
Jul 27, 2025
Are we 'cooked'? How social platforms are shaping the evolution of language
Jul 23, 2025
Indigenous consultation, Social media and language, Jasper wildfire legacy, Animals and death
Jul 20, 2025
How disability prepared one woman for parenthood
Jul 16, 2025
NDP leadership, disability and parenthood, Canadian housing, Vince Carter documentary
Jul 13, 2025
Stephen Fry says Odysseus is a hero for our times
Jul 09, 2025
Canada's trade relationships, Wither the signature?, Stephen Fry, Canadian symbols
Jul 06, 2025
Rolling the dice on human nature: How tabletop games reveal ancient secrets
Jul 02, 2025
Canada-U.S. trade, Iran's future, Board games, Barbra Streisand
Jun 29, 2025
Actor Ed Helms finds laughs and lessons in history's greatest 'screw-ups'
Jun 25, 2025
U.S. strikes on Iran, Tech leaders' future visions, Sunday Politics Panel, Ed Helms
Jun 22, 2025
Jake Tapper defends his case that Joe Biden's decline was covered up
Jun 18, 2025
Israel-Iran tensions and the G7 summit, Fatherhood history, Jake Tapper, Menu culture
Jun 15, 2025
Molly Jong-Fast, daughter of Erica Jong, on the fraught family stories we tell
Jun 11, 2025
Global defence, Customs brokers, Project 2025, Molly Jong-Fast
Jun 08, 2025
That's Puzzling! for June 2025
Jun 04, 2025
Wildfire season, River rights, TRC's calls to action, That's Puzzling!, 2SLGBTQ+ slang
Jun 01, 2025
Five years after Floyd murder, racial justice faces rollbacks
May 28, 2025
Sunday Politics Panel, Rape kit history, George Floyd's legacy, Niigaan Sinclair on Winnipeg
May 25, 2025
Uncovering the stories that paved the Trans-Canada Highway
May 21, 2025
Trump's Middle East tour, Translation tech, Russia-Ukraine talks, Trans-Canada Highway history
May 18, 2025
How China made Apple, and Apple made China
May 14, 2025
Pope Leo XIV, Apple and China, Sunday Politics Panel, Digital parenting
May 11, 2025
That’s Puzzling! For May 2025
May 07, 2025
Canadian Election Panel, Ancient language, Andrew Coyne, That's Puzzling!
May 04, 2025
Memories of Vietnam, 50 years after the war
Apr 30, 2025
Canadian Election Panel, Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, Papal politics, Vinh Nguyen, Election lingo
Apr 27, 2025
Finding the funny in news satire when real life is no joke
Apr 23, 2025
Sunday Election Panel, Political satire, First and last words, Cambodian genocide legacy
Apr 20, 2025
National pride is riding high. But what does it really mean to be Canadian?
Apr 16, 2025
Global trade turmoil, Uncertainty science, Voters weigh in on the election, Canadian identity and pride
Apr 13, 2025
That's Puzzling! for April 2025
Apr 09, 2025
Tariff fallout, Dog philosophy, Resistance to Trump 2.0, That's Puzzling!
Apr 06, 2025
Caroline Darian, daughter of Gisèle Pelicot, tells her own story
Apr 02, 2025
Sunday Election Panel, Gisèle Pelicot's daughter Caroline Darian, John McWhorter on pronouns
Mar 30, 2025