The Sunday Magazine

Host Piya Chattopadhyay speaks with The Economist's Rob Russo and The Globe and Mail's Shannon Proudfoot about the imminent CUSMA joint review, and other top stories in Canadian politics

Zoologist Jo Wimpenny explores the lesser-known merits of animals we often loathe

Montreal garbage collector and sociologist Simon Paré-Poupart reflects on what his career as a garbage collector has taught him about what and who we value

Diane Foley reflects on meeting one of the ISIS members who killed her journalist son, James Foley

Every year around this time, a new crop of graduates grapples with a familiar question: "How do I find my life’s work?" But with the work world being upended by AI and mounting economic uncertainties, answering it today may be harder than ever. The New York Times investigative journalist Jodi Kantor, best known for helping expose Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein's abuse of women, has been applying her tenacious mind to it lately. She joins Piya Chattopadhyay to share advice from her new book, How to Start.

Host Piya Chattopadhyay speaks with Aaron David Miller, from the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and national security analyst Joseph Cirincione about the initial agreement between the United States and Iran.

University of Alberta professor Crystal Gail Fraser and anthropologist Sara Komarnisky discuss the evolution of treaties and how they're playing into a range of issues today.

The Guardian's Brussels correspondent, Jennifer Rankin, unpacks the relationship between the EU and UK, 10 years post-Brexit. Then, former British Conservative MP Andrew Percy and political scientist Ian Cooper discuss the lessons Canada can take from the UK's experience as Alberta considers separation.

The New York Times investigative journalist Jodi Kantor shares advice for new grads and finding your life's work.

This week marks 60 years since the United States military first tested Agent Orange and other toxic herbicides at Canadian Forces Base Gagetown in New Brunswick. The base is an economic lifeline for the area, and the federal government is spending more than a billion dollars to modernize it. But some Canadian veterans say the chemicals sprayed there have contributed to long-lasting illnesses. The Sunday Magazine's Andrea Hoang explores how this legacy still touches lives today, and why some veterans feel the government is investing in the future without reckoning with the past.

Host Piya Chattopadhyay speaks with The Economist's Middle East correspondent Gregg Carlstrom about the latest in the United States and Israel-Iran war. Then, journalist and historian Linda Kinstler explores why this war and other enduring conflicts have become so difficult to end.

Journalist Katherine Dunn traces the evolution of GPS, why it's under threat today, and what lessons its adoption might hold as we face a future infused with AI.

Psychiatrist Dr. Shimi Kang and McGill University child development and technology expert Sara Grimes assess Ottawa's long-awaited online harms bill, and whether big tech will just scroll on by Canada’s threats.

Andrea Hoang looks back on the history of the United States military's testing of Agent Orange and other chemicals at Canadian Forces Base Gagetown, and how this legacy still touches lives today.