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The Sunday Magazine

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  • The Sunday Magazine

    Canada's AI strategy, How tech has shaped the face, Sports betting, That’s Puzzling!

    2026-06-07 | 1h 33 mins.
    Host Piya Chattopadhyay speaks with University of Ottawa's Michael Geist, tech critic and journalist Paris Marx and Benjamin Bergen from the Canadian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association about whether Canada's new artificial intelligence strategy hits the mark.

    Fay Bound-Alberti, a historian and founder of King’s College London's Centre for Technology and the Body, explains how technology has long shaped our relationship with our face.

    Author, sociologist and former University of Toronto soccer team captain, Darragh McGee, lays out why he believes legal online betting is "hijacking" sports.

    Our monthly challenge That’s Puzzling! returns with Chris Glover, the new host of CBC Toronto's morning radio show Metro Morning, and Denman Island, B.C. listener Nairn Stewart.
  • The Sunday Magazine

    Trade wars may be the new normal. So what does winning mean?

    2026-06-03 | 27 mins.
    You've probably heard the phrase, "There are no winners in a trade war." But that doesn’t mean we don't all have to fight one these days. That’s according to Financial Times columnist Soumaya Keynes and former White House economic advisor Chad P. Bown. They join Piya Chattopadhyay to talk about their new guidebook to the new normal of economic battle, How to Win a Trade War, and offer advice to Canada on taking on the world – and Washington – especially as the CUSMA joint review approaches.
  • The Sunday Magazine

    Health risks and travel, Shoplifting, How to win a trade war, Crisis management

    2026-05-31 | 1h 33 mins.
    Host Piya Chattopadhyay speaks with Kelley Lee, Canada Research Chair in global health governance at Simon Fraser University, about Canada's travel restrictions amid the Ebola outbreak, and what past events can tell us about how and when to use travel measures to mitigate health risks

    Criminologist Michael Kempa unpacks what recent shoplifting data says about who's stealing and why, and culture critic Rachel Shteir explores the story that shoplifting has told about society over time

    Economists Soumaya Keynes and Chad P. Bown discuss their guidebook to the new normal of economic battle, How to Win a Trade War, and offer advice to Canada about taking on the world

    Navigator founder Jaime Watt sheds light on how crisis management works, and how it's changed in today's fast-paced and politically polarized information environment
  • The Sunday Magazine

    The world's game. The beautiful game. And in Iran, a game of political football

    2026-05-27 | 24 mins.
    Her brother was the captain of Iran's national soccer team. But being a woman meant she wasn't allowed to watch him play in their home country. Maryam Shojaei spent years fighting to overturn Iran's ban on women in soccer stadiums – and faced arrest and intimidation along the way. The Iranian-Canadian activist joins Piya Chattopadhyay to share her journey, and what it’s like to see Iran scheduled to play in the FIFA World Cup while at war with one of the host countries.
  • The Sunday Magazine

    Alberta referendum, Iran soccer activist, U.S.-Cuba tensions, AI data centres

    2026-05-24 | 1h 37 mins.
    Host Piya Chattopadhyay breaks down the politics and context of Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's separation referendum question with The Economist's Rob Russo and CBC's Kathleen Petty

    Activist Maryam Shojaei shares her fight to overturn Iran's ban on women in Iran's soccer stadiums

    The Guardian's Ruaridh Nicoll and Canada's former ambassador to Cuba, Mark Entwistle, discuss rising U.S.-Cuba tensions and the stakes for people in the country

    The Logic's Murad Hemmadi and Sustainable AI Group's Boris Gamazaychikov explore sustainability concerns around AI data centres
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About The Sunday Magazine
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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