Why Quebec fans and actors fought to save their own version of The Simpsons
For more than 30 years, the show has been an unlikely cultural institution in the province. Its unique dubbed version, featuring local diale...
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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,...
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20 of 89 episodesHow big of a deal is the U.S.-Venezuela oil deal for Canada?
Harvard Kennedy School political economy professor Ricardo Hausmann discusses the potential and pitfalls of Venezuela's oil reserves, and th...
Victim. Survivor. Icon. Gisèle Pelicot heard it all. But in her words? ‘An optimist'
This week marks two years since Gisèle Pelicot became known as the victim in one of the most notorious rape trials in France's history. Her...
How the world is seeing the Canada-U.S. trade war
Prime Minister Mark Carney has received praise globally for walking away from trade talks with the United States. Will the world follow his...
He says 70 is the beginning of the end – but writer Ian Brown isn't lying down
His hobby list is long. His social calendar’s full. And while his mind and body aren’t immune to the effects of aging, the veteran journalis...
The fallout from failed Canada-U.S. trade talks
Canada-U.S. trade negotiations fell apart on Friday night, leading to new American tariffs being imposed on tens of billions of dollars wort...
Can liberal democracy be saved?
Nobel Prize-winning economist Daron Acemoglu argues liberalism has lost touch with the working people it once championed. He makes the case...
Inside the fight for the future of the Democratic Party
The narrow defeat of democratic socialist Francesca Hong in the primary for Wisconsin governor is the latest flashpoint in a divisive electi...
Dispatches from Nigeria's romance scammers
Carlos Barragán 's mother fell victim to a fraudster she met on a dating app. So he set off to find the truth behind the fake persona. The S...
Burning British Columbia declares State of Emergency
BC has declared a state of emergency as more than 21 thousand residents flee ferocious wildfires. Forest ecologist Lori Daniels explains how...
Data has always dictated power. Who has yours?
Roopika Risam says human history has been a story of data. And in today’s world, where states partner with tech giants, she says it’s less c...
Why Europe's wildfires have been so devastating
The Guardian's Europe environment correspondent Ajit Niranjan explains how a wet winter and extremely hot summer have turned much of the reg...
You've seen The Odyssey. Now meet the woman whose translation inspired it
Emily Wilson is the first woman to translate the epic Greek poem into English. She takes us inside her approach to bringing modern clarity t...
How should Canada respond to Trump's latest tariff threat?
The opening of the Gordie Howe International Bridge was meant to celebrate Canada-U.S. trade, but it comes as tensions between the two count...
Animals are increasingly adapting to cities. How can we coexist?
We tend to think of cities as places where nature has been pushed aside. But Dan Werb says wildlife is thriving alongside us. The epidemiolo...
Contending with Canada's intensifying wildfires
Wildfire season is back, prompting evacuations and compromised air quality in several parts of Canada. Forest ecologist and Koerner Chair in...
How do you save a dying language?
From war and nationalism to emigration patterns – there are many reasons languages go extinct. Author and journalist Sophia Smith Galer expl...
With Russia on the ropes, some fear what a desperate Putin may do
Fresh off a NATO summit that saw U.S. President Donald Trump offering assistance to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ukraine’s allie...
As America turns 250, this historian says there are limits to looking back
Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Jill Lepore says the United States is out of step with its history. She discusses how the country's tendenc...
How Donald Trump's second term is totally different than his first
He's reshaped the United States federal government, executive power and foreign policy... and that's just in his first year-and-a-half back...