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The Sunday Magazine

The Sunday Magazine

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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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Episodes
  • U.S. strategy and stakes for Iran, World Cup politics, Carney's first year as PM, Coding and AI
    Mar 15 2026
    • Guest host Nora Young speaks with Reuters national security reporter Phillip Stewart about Washington's military objectives as the United States and Israel-Iran war intensifies, and Iranian-Canadian journalist Maziar Bahari discusses the situation inside Iran


    • Financial Times columnist and author Simon Kuper discusses how the World Cup reflects global politics, culture and power


    • Toronto Star national columnist Susan Delacourt and The Economist's Canada correspondent Rob Russo take stock of Mark Carney's first year as prime minister


    • University of Waterloo associate professor Troy Vasiga and New York Times technology reporter Natasha Singer look back on "learn to code" campaigns and whether they delivered on their promise as AI disrupts tech
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    1 hr and 37 mins
  • In a sea of misinformation, Wikipedia wants to shore up trust
    Mar 11 2026

    It used to be the source of great skepticism. But now, many consider Wikipedia a public good… and even, the last best place on the internet. As the crowdsourced encyclopedia marks its 25th anniversary, Nora Young speaks with co-founder Jimmy Wales about Wikipedia's early days, criticisms and controversies it's faced around bias, and why it continues to endure in today's digital age of misinformation, disinformation and artificial intelligence.

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    30 mins
  • U.S. and Israel-Iran war, How wind shapes us, Economic cost of Middle East conflict, Wikipedia's past and future
    Mar 8 2026
    • Guest host Nora Young speaks with University of Ottawa public and international affairs professor Thomas Juneau, and Jasmine El-Gamal, a Middle East policy analyst and former Pentagon advisor, about how the latest developments in the U.S. and Israel-Iran war


    • Author and journalist Simon Winchester explores how wind carries the story of our history and future


    • The New York Times global economy reporter Peter S. Goodman explains the global cost of conflict in the Middle East


    • Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales reflects on the site's early days, criticisms and controversies it's faced, and why it continues to endure in today's digital age
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    1 hr and 36 mins
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