52 episodes

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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    • Society & Culture
    • 4.1 • 564 Ratings

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.

    How climate change is changing sports

    How climate change is changing sports

    The Paris Olympics are forecast to be the hottest on record. As temperatures climb, so too do concerns about the impacts of climate change on sports – but the challenges go beyond heat. Wildfires and flooding are also forcing adaptations to how some sports are played. Meanwhile, the sports world must also navigate how to reduce its own emissions, lest it remain part of the problem. Sports ecologist Madeleine Orr joins Megan Williams to walk through how our changing planet is changing sports, as explored in her book Warming Up.

    • 26 min
    Vice-presidents, Anchovy history, Sports and climate change, Edward Burtynsky

    Vice-presidents, Anchovy history, Sports and climate change, Edward Burtynsky

    Guest host Megan Williams speaks with Elaina Plott Calabro, Simon van Zuylen-Wood, and Joel Goldenstein about how the vice-presidential picks are shaping the U.S. election, archaeologist Christopher Beckman explores the anchovy's slippery history in Western cultures, sports ecologist Madeleine Orr reveals how climate change is changing sports, and photographer Edward Burtynsky reflects on how his industry roots shape his perspective on art.

    Discover more at https://www.cbc.ca/sunday

    • 1 hr 39 min
    What do we do about Alice Munro?

    What do we do about Alice Munro?

    The revelation that Alice Munro knew that her husband had sexually abused her nine-year-old daughter – and concealed it, even after he was convicted years later for his crimes – has rocked the literary world. Canadian authors Heather O'Neill, Sarah Weinman, and Stephen Marche join Megan Williams to discuss what this means for readers of Munro's fiction, and those who might not have yet discovered her.

    • 24 min
    Trump attack, Colonizing space, Alice Munro revelations, Kent Monkman

    Trump attack, Colonizing space, Alice Munro revelations, Kent Monkman

    Guest host Megan Williams speaks with Tolu Olorunnipa, Molly Ball and Keith Boag about the attack at Donald Trump's campaign rally on Saturday, Kelly and Zach Weinersmith lay out the challenges that scientists and policy makers face when it comes to surviving on Mars, authors Heather O'Neill, Sarah Weinman, and Stephen Marche speak on how the literary world has been rocked by the revelation surrounding Alice Munro, and Kent Monkman and Gisele Gordon share their story of teaming up to write The Memoires of Miss Chief Eagle Testickle: A True and Exact Accounting of the History Turtle Island.

    Find more at at https://www.cbc.ca/sunday

    • 1 hr 29 min
    What Europe's political gambles signal for the region and world

    What Europe's political gambles signal for the region and world

    A new political era is underway in Europe in the face of two snap elections. People in France are casting ballots in a second round of voting that could chart a new course for the country’s future, while across the channel, a landslide victory for the United Kingdom's Labour Party ended 14 years of Conservative rule. While the places, players and people are different... voters in the U.K. and France seem to have one unifying message: change. The Globe and Mail's Europe correspondent Paul Waldie, The Economist's Paris bureau chief Sophie Pedder and University of Surrey politics professor Amelia Hadfield join Piya Chattopadhyay to break down the issues and broader global implications.

    • 27 min
    Europe's elections, Washington spin doctor, the Liberal Party's future, Dr. Jen Gunter

    Europe's elections, Washington spin doctor, the Liberal Party's future, Dr. Jen Gunter

    Host Piya Chattopadhyay speaks with Paul Waldie, Sophie Pedder, and Amelia Hadfield about what Europe's elections signal for the world, Phil Elwood talks about his career as a PR operative for dictators, tycoons and politicians, strategists Ashley Csanady and Andrew Perez discuss the current state of the federal Liberal Party, and Dr. Jen Gunter debunks menstruation myths.

    • 1 hr 33 min

Customer Reviews

4.1 out of 5
564 Ratings

564 Ratings

Ifivee ,

Fabulous host

This is a wonderful show ranging from serious consideration and discussion of current events to more whimsical segments. I always learn something, think anew about some topic, laugh, and wait eagerly for next Sunday!

finn🇨🇦 ,

The Sunday Magazine - Piya is the Best

Over the years, anytime Piya was covering for The Current, Q, As It Happens, any other CBC program or special event I immediately made a note of it and tuned in to listen.

A big fan of Out In The Open, I was thrilled when Piya took over the coveted Sunday morning time slot from Michael Enright (when he retired).

Piya’s professional journalistic aptitude, personable interview style, in depth topical subject matter, positive outlook and pleasant demeanour is refreshing especially in these challenging times.

I look forward to listening to her program LIVE on Sunday mornings and will often revisit highlighted interviews of interest again in the podcast format during the week when out walking, hiking or cycling.

Piya is a good human, sensitive, compassionate and kind, a warm hearted Sunday morning companion; I really look forward to her show.

Frances (Vancouver, BC)

Pkjgg ,

Bring back Enright

I’m sure I would have given this program a better chance if it wasn’t the replacement for Enright files. It’s too airy, it’s not thought-provoking, there is not enough in-depth discussion to fill Enright’s shoes. I don’t know what the producers were thinking. I wish CBC would at least make his show available as a podcast so we can relive the good old days

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