The Sunday Magazine

Host Piya Chattopadhyay speaks with The Globe and Mail's Stephanie Levitz and Joël-Denis Bellavance from La Presse about the politics of Canada's new trade deal with ChinaIranian-Canadian historian Arash Azizi and The Economist's Middle East correspondent Gregg Carlstrom unpack the anti-government protests in Iran, and the deadly ensuing crackdownFormer Irish President and United Nations human rights commissioner Mary Robinson shares her vision for preserving human rights in a fractured worldCrossword constructor Natan Last explores the puzzle's history, and how culture and creators are pushing it forward

In our monthly challenge That's Puzzling!, Piya Chattopadhyay competes against one familiar voice and one clever listener in a battle of brain games devised by puzzle master Peter Brown. Playing this week are Andi Petrillo, host of CBC's daytime coverage of the Milan-Cortina Olympics, and Annapolis Royal, N.S. listener Jennifer Goddard.

Host Piya Chattopadhyay speaks with Canada's former NATO ambassador Kerry Buck and international politics professor Mark Webber about the future of NATOReporter Jacob Soboroff explores what last year's L.A. fires reveal about the politics of disasterCanadian Nobel Prize laureate Peter Howitt unpacks the economic theory of "creative destruction"Our monthly challenge That’s Puzzling! returns with special guest Andi Petrillo

To kick off a new year of Word Processing, our ongoing look at language, Piya Chattopadhyay speaks with lexicographer Susie Dent about the old words you didn't know you needed to sum up our modern times, and her pitch to get "recombobulation" – the opposite of discombobulation – properly in the dictionary.So, nevermind the "snollygosters," just gather round your "copemates" and head on a "coddiwomple" with us as we ring in 2026.

Host Piya Chattopadhyay speaks with reporter Ana Vanessa Herrero, Lulu Garcia-Navarro from The New York Times, and University of Ottawa's Roland Paris about the bigger implications of U.S. strikes on Venezuela and the capture of President Nicolás MaduroLexicographer Susie Dent resurfaces old words you didn't know you needed to sum up our modern timesActor, author and director Stephen Fry reimagines ancient Greek mythsPsychology professor Dacher Keltner and workplace culture strategist Jennifer Moss discuss the benefits of cultivating awe