The Sunday Magazine

Host Piya Chattopadhyay sets up the federal election with The Economist's Rob Russo, Le Devoir's Emilie Nicolas and The Hub's Sean Speer, Kenneth Roth looks back on nearly three decades at the helm of Human Rights Watch, The Sunday Magazine's Levi Garber explores how tariff uncertainty is affecting border communities, Barry Blitt reflects on the art of political cartooning, and we consider what Canada's symbols say about us.Discover more at cbc.ca/sunday

Energy has become a flashpoint in the U.S. trade war with Canada, and Canadians should expect to hear a lot more about oil and gas – including potential new pipelines – once the federal election gets underway. And it underscores the renewed relevance of fossil fuels around the world: Energy companies like BP have backed away from their pandemic-era pledges to decarbonize, Donald Trump is vowing to "drill baby drill," and countries from Canada to Kazakhstan are signing off on new fossil fuel projects. So what does it mean for a warming planet and the future of renewables? As The Sunday Magazine's Pete Mitton explores in his documentary Oil Check... it's complicated.

Guest host David Common speaks with political journalists Rob Benzie, Stephanie Levitz and David Sanger about the ongoing trade war with the U.S. and Mark Carney's first moves as prime minister, The Sunday Magazine's Pete Mitton explores what's behind renewed energy around oil and gas, historian Stephen Bown reflects on Hudson's Bay's legacy as it as it announces plans to liquidate if it can't secure financing, retail strategist David Ian Gray talks about how primed businesses are to meet the "buy Canadian" demand, and The Atlantic's Zoë Schlanger shares the latest science around plant intelligence.Discover more at https://www.cbc.ca/sunday

Acclaimed novelist Omar El Akkad grew up in Qatar, yearning for uncensored magazines and Hollywood movies, and believing in the Western project. But after moving to Canada as a teen, and a journalistic career covering the U.S. response to 9/11, El Akkad started seeing cracks in his conception of the West. Then, watching the response to the Israel-Hamas war changed everything for him. El Akkad speaks with Piya Chattopadhyay about taking stock of those fissures with his new book, One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This.

Host Piya Chattopadhyay speaks with Tonda McCharles, Toluse "Tolu" Olorunnipa and Megan Janetsky about how the trade war is playing out across North America, bestselling author Joseph Finder explains the history of spy thrillers and how they connect to the current geopolitical climate, we take stock of five years since the COVID-19 pandemic was declared with Dr. Zain Chagla, Helen Branswell and Dr. Peter Singer, and novelist Omar El Akkad talks about his "breakup" with the West and his new book One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This.Discover more at https://www.cbc.ca/sunday

n the latest edition of 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 along this month are John Northcott, host of the CBC Radio’s World Report, and Justin and Rowan Wallace, a father-son duo from Whitehorse.

Host Piya Chattopadhyay speaks to the Sunday political panel about the state of federal and provincial politics in light of Trump's looming tariff threats, we revisit the case of Gerard Comeau, whose Quebec beer run more than a decade ago led to a Supreme Court Case, University of Ottawa professor of international affairs Roland Paris and Michael Bociurkiw discuss the recent confrontation between US President Trump and Ukrainian President Zelensky at the White House, and our monthly challenge That's Puzzling! returns.Discover more at https://www.cbc.ca/sunday

When Diane Foley meets the ISIS man who kept her son in 21 months of brutal captivity before beheading him, her family opposes the meeting. Diane Foley and bestselling author Colum McCann speak with Piya Chattopadhyay about the life and death of James Foley and the importance of listening to people you hate and who hate you.

Host Piya Chattopadhyay speaks to Retired Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman about the U.S.'s relationship with Russia as the third anniversary of the Russia-Ukraine war approaches, we learn about the "cognitive crisis" of shrinking attention spans with Marion Thain, Papal commentator and author Michael Higgins speaks to why Pope Francis' papacy has differed from others, and journalist James Foley's legacy is remembered by his mother, Diane Foley, and writer Colum McCann.Discover more at https://www.cbc.ca/sunday

As the pandemic forced us to socialize at a distance, journalist and writer Kelsey McKinney was suddenly unable to collect the juicy stories she’d usually get over drinks with friends, so she started the popular Normal Gossip podcast… and it became an instant hit. After years of gossiping on the airwaves, McKinney joins Piya Chattopadhyay to discuss her new book, You Didn’t Hear this From Me, to break down the origins of gossip, the reason people everywhere love to to do it and the risks that come with spreading rumours if you don’t know where they came from.