The Sunday Magazine

by CBC

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.

That's Puzzling! for April 2025
Apr 9, 2025 – 00:28:00
Tariff fallout, Dog philosophy, Resistance to Trump 2.0, That's Puzzling!
Apr 6, 2025 – 01:39:53
Caroline Darian, daughter of Gisèle Pelicot, tells her own story
Apr 2, 2025 – 00:47:19
Sunday Election Panel, Gisèle Pelicot's daughter Caroline Darian, John McWhorter on pronouns
Mar 30, 2025 – 01:33:58
Defending human rights is a 'relentless struggle,' says former HRW head
Mar 26, 2025 – 00:22:53
Sunday Election Panel, Former HRW head Kenneth Roth, Tariffs and border communities, Cartoonist Barry Blitt, Canadian symbols
Mar 23, 2025 – 01:36:21
Oil Check: Decoding our complicated relationship with fossil fuels
Mar 19, 2025 – 00:23:50
Sunday Politics Panel, Oil and gas, Buying Canadian, Plant intelligence
Mar 16, 2025 – 01:40:17
Why the Israel-Hamas war provoked Omar El Akkad's 'breakup' with the West
Mar 12, 2025 – 00:31:33
Trade war turbulence, Spy thrillers in the Trump age, Pandemic lessons, Omar El Akkad
Mar 9, 2025 – 01:39:00
That's Puzzling! for March 2025
Mar 5, 2025 – 00:27:11
Trump/Zelensky tensions, Sunday Political Panel, Provincial trade borders, That's Puzzling!
Mar 2, 2025 – 01:38:04
Mother of murdered journalist tells what she learned by meeting his ISIS killer
Feb 26, 2025 – 00:27:40
U.S. - Russia relations, Attention spans in the digital age, Pope Francis, Diane Foley and Colum McCann honour James Foley
Feb 23, 2025 – 01:30:12
Gossiping about gossip: Kelsey McKinney on the origins and value of spreading juicy rumours
Feb 19, 2025 – 00:19:40
Trump's tariffs' effect on Canadian politics, Cancelling cancel culture, The latest development on the Gaza ceasefire deal, Gossiping about gossip with Kelsey McKinney
Feb 16, 2025 – 01:27:04
Inside the shadowy cyber espionage world that's threatening democracies
Feb 12, 2025 – 00:24:47
Trump's whirlwind week, Cyber espionage and democracy, Bill Gates, Canada's economic strategy
Feb 9, 2025 – 01:40:49
From awkward kid to tech titan: Bill Gates reflects on how growing pains, persistence shaped him
Feb 5, 2025 – 00:36:11
Trump's tariffs, Pico Iyer on silence, Aviation politics, Foreign interference, That's Puzzling!
Feb 2, 2025 – 01:35:54
Living with 'little monsters': Author David A. Robertson shares his mental health journey
Jan 29, 2025 – 00:30:30
Trump's executive orders, Arctic politics, Amazon's labour practices, Dispatch from Gaza, David A. Robertson
Jan 26, 2025 – 01:36:26
Israeli writer David Grossman reflects on peace in a region of war
Jan 22, 2025 – 00:31:57
Israel-Hamas ceasefire, David Grossman, Premiers and Trump's tariff threat, Lisa Genova
Jan 19, 2025 – 01:43:10
How the 21st century has changed us, 25 years in
Jan 15, 2025 – 00:23:28
Sunday Politics Panel, 21st century turning points, Joe Biden's legacy, That's Puzzling!
Jan 12, 2025 – 01:37:41
Want to thrive in 2025? Oliver Burkeman says embrace imperfection
Jan 8, 2025 – 00:24:04
Canada-U.S. relations, Embracing imperfection, Malcolm Gladwell
Jan 5, 2025 – 01:35:01
Big money, big tech: The new rules of the political playbook
Jan 1, 2025 – 00:30:36
2024's top tech stories, Words of the year, Connie Chung, Richard Powers
Dec 29, 2024 – 01:38:48
At 30, Comic Sans keeps curving its way into our hearts and onto our nerves
Dec 25, 2024 – 00:22:19
The wild week in Canadian politics, Indigenous astronomy, What makes Chrystia Freeland tick, Comic Sans at 30, True crime's real impacts
Dec 22, 2024 – 01:31:35
Katherine Rundell's case for cultivating wonder in a chaotic world
Dec 18, 2024 – 00:22:41
Highlights and lowlights of 2024, Our relationship with buttons, A turning point in Syria, Katherine Rundell
Dec 15, 2024 – 01:31:31
What's lost in a bad translation – and what it takes to craft a great one
Dec 11, 2024 – 00:25:05
Syria's government falls, First Nations police-related deaths, The art of translation, Notre-Dame Cathedral, Fran Lebowitz
Dec 8, 2024 – 01:35:16
That's Puzzling! for December 2024
Dec 4, 2024 – 00:22:57
Trump's tariff threat, Bookstore endurance, Housing fixes, That's Puzzling!
Dec 1, 2024 – 01:35:11
2024 Stanfield Conversation: The U.S. election and democracy's global fate
Nov 27, 2024 – 01:25:46
ICC arrest warrants, Russia-Ukraine escalation, Language and life, the U.S. election's impact on global democracy
Nov 24, 2024 – 02:11:54
Death lessons from the animal kingdom
Nov 20, 2024 – 00:25:26
Canada Post, Georges Erasmus, Meteorology and climate change, Grievance politics, How animals understand death
Nov 17, 2024 – 01:37:17
That’s Puzzling! for November 2024
Nov 13, 2024 – 00:27:13
What Donald Trump's victory means for the U.S. and beyond, Taylor Swift's cultural impact, That's Puzzling!
Nov 10, 2024 – 01:35:58
Malcolm Gladwell returns to The Tipping Point – this time, from a darker side
Nov 6, 2024 – 00:53:13
U.S. election, Male wellness culture, Malcolm Gladwell
Nov 3, 2024 – 01:40:11
Dr. Chika Stacy Oriuwa draws on adversity to advocate for racialized people in medicine
Oct 30, 2024 – 00:24:50
Liberal caucus revolt, Dr. Chika Stacy Oriuwa, Big Tech in U.S. politics, Review culture, World Series rivalry
Oct 27, 2024 – 01:32:00
How political and spiritual change have shaped Michael Coren
Oct 23, 2024 – 00:29:21
Sunday Politics Panel, Michael Coren, U.S election latest, BRICS summit
Oct 20, 2024 – 01:39:21

Recent Reviews

N in PNW

My Favorite

Piya Chattopadhyay is a delight to listen to. Object and insightful, but always with a touch of kindness in her interviews.
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The worst of CBC

This podcast is the worst of CBC. A focus on woke topics, interviews with Empathetic non-questions. A waste of Sunday morning.
biotechpm

Insightful, eclectic, international

CBC Radio is the gem of Canadian culture. Sunday Magazine (replacing Sunday Edition), As It Happens, and The World At Six form the trifecta of current affairs broadcasting anywhere in the World. Love that I can get this as a podcast, as it is difficult to listen or live stream outside Canada. Do your brain a favour: subscribe. PS: Love that Piya has replaced Michael. I find the show much less “stuffy” now.
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Sunday Edition

Michael Enright is among the very few hosts of weekly podcasts who engages a listener’s spirit, intellect, and engagement. The geography of and the “lay of the land” of his interests are truly amazing! Not limited by his Province of residence, his mind reaches out to connect with people, places, events, and times very far from as well as nearby Toronto. Thank you, Michael, for the magic carpet ride each Sunday!
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CBC Sunday Edition

Michael Enright is one of the best interviewers of all time. He knows how to get the story out, but he is not intrusive. I still miss him dearly on "As it Happens"
Noble Judge

The Worst of Sunday Edition

The Sunday Edition does a great job in reporting on music and literature. The podcasts, however, consist of critical commentary on U.S. politics. I I would be more interested in what is happening in Canada, with an occassional comment on the U.S. Every week is TOO MUCH. I am unsubcribing because I have given up hope of hearing the best of the program.