First-time voters share what's on their minds ahead of Alberta's referendum
A student in Calgary, an electrician in Okotoks, and a new Canadian in Red Deer with a range of perspectives on the ballot questions talk ab...
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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 97 episodesSovereignty, cost-of-living and trade war shape Quebec election campaign
Quebecers will choose their next provincial government on Monday. Polls have consistently shown the Parti Québécois leading, with a potentia...
A very prairie That's Puzzling!
Laugh, cry, and play along as Piya squares off against Alberta country music star Brett Kissel and Redcliff, Alta. listener Gail Thompson in...
Division, questions and concern line the road to Alberta's referendum
Piya heads to the prairies in the run-up to October's referendum to hear how neighbors on either side of the separation question are bridgin...
'Carpe diem': Less seize, more savour (and other phrases you likely get wrong)
Our understanding of common phrases doesn’t always line up with what they originally meant. Writer and humourist Eli Burnstein helps us disc...
Parliament returns as Canada moves closer to the EU, further from the U.S.
MPs head back to the House of Commons on Monday, with Canada embroiled in a trade war with the U.S. and a curious bond forming between our c...
Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor sound alarm over 'end times fascism'
The 20th century fascism you know is over – and a decidedly modern version is taking its place. So say Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor . The wr...
In the fight for Canadian sovereignty, Bob Rae says don't forget Canadian values
It's been a big week in the trenches of the Canada-U.S. trade war. And Canada's former ambassador to the United Nations wants us to take a s...
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...
How 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...