The Sunday Magazine

This week on The Sunday Magazine with host Piya Chattopadhyay: • A reality check on COVID-19 vaccines and kids • Psychiatrists divided over Canada's new medical assistance in dying law • World Nature Photography Awards Grand Prize winner Thomas Vijayan • What the snap trials of Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor could mean • Elizabeth Kolbert on tech being used and talked about to fix messes we've made in the natural world • What our indoor spaces are doing to our health and well-being Find more at www.cbc.ca/sunday

This week on The Sunday Magazine with host Piya Chattopadhyay: • What a year of pandemic life is doing to our brains • Economist Noreena Hertz on how we got so lonely – and what we can do about it • Rising British singer/songwriter Arlo Parks on her debut album "Collapsed in Sunbeams" • What the hedgehog can teach us about empathy and care for our natural world • Listeners share the art and hobbies that are getting them through the pandemic

This week on The Sunday Magazine with host Piya Chattopadhyay: • How the pandemic has affected Canadian federalism • "Hooked" author Michael Moss on food addiction • Marty Baron retires from The Washington Post • Zoom fatigue, explained • The underappreciated 'she-anderthal'

This week on The Sunday Magazine with host Piya Chattopadhyay: • Should Canada boycott the Beijing Winter Games? • NDP MP Mumilaaq Qaqqaq on burnout and self-love • Charles M. Blow's case to reverse the Great Migration • Kim Echlin on "Speak, Silence" and the legacy of the Bosnian war • A brief history of scandals orbiting the Golden Globes

This week on The Sunday Magazine with host Piya Chattopadhyay: • Funerals in the age of COVID-19 • Word Processing: Email bugaboos • Buffy Sainte-Marie at 80 • An Anatomy of Pain

This week on The Sunday Magazine with host Piya Chattopadhyay: • Dr. Brian Goldman on COVID-19 in Newfoundland and Labrador • The value of touch, social encounters... and what happens when we're deprived of them • Former NHLer Brantt Myhres on addiction, recovery and life lessons from the ice • William Prince and the power of gospel (reprise) Find more at www.cbc.ca/1.5908376

This week on The Sunday Magazine with host Piya Chattopadhyay: • How social media is threatening democracy • Entrepreneur Ron Derrickson on the key to building robust Indigenous economies • Nanjala Nyabola on "Travelling While Black" • John Colapinto on the power and mystery of the human voice Find more at www.cbc.ca/1.5899081

This week on The Sunday Magazine with host Piya Chattopadhyay: • The challenges of the COVID-19 vaccine rollout • Lulu Miller on the value of chaos, the meaning of order and "Why Fish Don't Exist" • Author Harriet Alida Lye on her memoir "Natural Killer" • Andrew Burke on the legacy of "Hinterland Who's Who" Find more at www.cbc.ca/1.5891503

This week on The Sunday Magazine with guest host David Common: • The lab leak hypothesis • The death of the artist • Life lessons from the animal penis • The social life of the skating rink • Crime fiction comfort Find more at cbc.ca/1.5881992

This week on The Sunday Magazine with Piya Chattopadhyay: • Joe Biden's monumental task to 'build back better' • The lost science and art of breathing rediscovered • How the 1918 Flu Pandemic gave rise to radiator rage • Postcards from frontline healthcare workers

This week on The Sunday Magazine with Piya Chattopadhyay: • Tom Ginsburg on the future of U.S. democracy after this week's attack on the Capitol • Author Ashley Audrain on her debut novel "The Push" and the overlooked dark sides of motherhood • Remembering the downing of Flight PS752 with Javad Soleimani, Payam Akhavan and Golsa Golestaneh • Listeners share which objects they'll preserve to remember the COVID-19 pandemic Find more at cbc.ca/sunday

This week on The Sunday Magazine with guest host David Common: • Smithsonian Institution curator Alexandra Lord on collecting COVID-19 stories • Stephanie Elliott on her Very 2020 year • Kennedy Wong on migration to and from Hong Kong Plus, we revisit conversations from 2020 with regular host Piya Chattopadhyay: • Writer Eula Biss on immunity and vaccination skepticism • Beatriz Colomina on why beds have also become workspaces Find more at cbc.ca/Sunday

This week on The Sunday Magazine with guest host David Common: • Environmental historian Bathsehba Demuth on 'the new normal' • Canadian seniors talk about what it's been like to live through 2020 • We revisit Piya Chattopadhyay's conversation with memoirist Jessica J Lee • Toronto Raptors longtime chronicler Doug Smith Find more at cbc.ca/Sunday

This week on The Sunday Magazine with host Piya Chattopadhyay: • Legendary children's singer Raffi on 40 years of "Baby Beluga" and finding hope in this tough time • Linguist Lynne Murphy talks about the year in language, from the new words we coined, to the old and specialized words that formed our pandemic vocabulary • Karina Vernon on "The Black Prairie Archives", her anthology of forgotten Black history and culture • Sociologist Juliet Schor on salvaging the gig economy's broken promises Find more at cbc.ca/Sunday

This week on The Sunday Magazine with host Piya Chattopadhyay: • Craig Plain on rethinking the role of pharmacists in the opioid crisis • Conservationist Neil Kigutaq and environmental philosopher Glenn A. Albrecht on "solastalgia" • Writer Maaza Mengiste on Ethiopia's turbulent history and how it relates to now • Writer and journalist Patrik Svensson on what eels can tell us about how humans construct knowledge Find more at cbc.ca/Sunday

This week on The Sunday Magazine with host Piya Chattopadhyay: • Lawyer Pamela Cross on the unique challenges for women experiencing violence in rural communities • Travel writer Horatio Clare on seasonal affective disorder and a pandemic winter • Fashion and textiles curator Alexandra Palmer on the anti-establishment history of cardigans • Culinary historian Samantha George on how World War II recipes can help us understand the pandemic Find more at cbc.ca/Sunday

This week on The Sunday Magazine with host Piya Chattopadhyay: • Health law expert Lorian Hardcastle examines the role of chief medical officers of health • Philosopher Mark Kingwell on how the pandemic is reshaping our understanding of risk • Word Processing: How "zozobra" captures our current mood • Soccer star Megan Rapinoe on the duty and responsibility of pro athletes • Renowned scientist Rattan Lal argues for the rights of soil Find more at cbc.ca/Sunday

This week on The Sunday Magazine with host Piya Chattopadhyay: • Doctor warns COVID-19 crisis exacerbating physician burnout • 'Psychedelic renaissance' and Canada's psychedelic roots • How the Ku Klux Klan expanded into Canada • Author Danielle Evans on truths and American history

• Medical assistance in dying in Canadian prisons • Peter Mansbridge on extraordinary Canadians • The future of the U.S. with or without Trump at the helm • William Prince on the clashing comfort of gospel music

This week on The Sunday Magazine with host Piya Chattopadhyay: • The divided states of America: Chattopadhyay speaks with three people who've studied voters and division • First trust, then treatment: Dr. Saadia Sediqzadah on building trust with her patients • Discoveries from a 10-year "sniffing expedition" with Harold McGee

This week on The Sunday Magazine with host Piya Chattopadhyay: • The battle between democracy and oligarchy in the 2020 U.S. election: Robert Reich • Embracing unguilty pleasures without fear: Chilly Gonzales • How pandemic resiliency plays out in different communities and generations: Michael Ungar • The comfort of stories in long-term care homes: Sally Armour Wotton

This week on The Sunday Magazine with host Piya Chattopadhyay: • Maria Hinojosa shares the nuances that inform the Latino vote in the U.S. 2020 election • Yuval Noah Harari on his graphic adaptation of Sapiens and humanity's biggest challenges today • Exploring the power and peril of hope with Katie Stockdale

This week on The Sunday Magazine with host Piya Chattopadhyay: • The U.S. 2020 election, according to Facebook • The Toronto Raptors turn 25 • Word Processing: The election edition • A 'viral' birdsong makes new revelations about animal culture • Canada's unsung healthcare heroes: Minnie Akparook For more, visit: www.cbc.ca/1.5764900

This week on The Sunday Magazine with host Piya Chattopadhyay: • Matthew Herder on why Canadians deserve greater transparency from the federal government • Samuel Veissière explains why we gather • Ibram X. Kendi on race and racism in the U.S. under the Trump presidency • Marilynne Robinson explores the legacy of segregation in the U.S. For more, visit: www.cbc.ca/1.5753558

This week on The Sunday Magazine with host Piya Chattopadhyay: • Brenda Austin-Smith on the cracks in Canada's higher education revealed by the pandemic • Peter Toohey on boredom and waiting — a pandemic state of mind • Margaret MacMillan explores the paradoxes of war • Yiyun Li on aging, memory and the roles we play in each other's lives For more, visit: www.cbc.ca/1.5744749