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Dr. Jitender Sareen explains why the heads of psychiatry departments at Canada's medical schools are concerned that the upcoming MAID expansion to people whose sole condition is a mental disorder is happening without sufficient guidelines and safeguards.

In The Sunday Magazine's monthly challenge That's Puzzling!, host Piya Chattopadhyay competes against one familiar voice and one clever listener in a battle of brain games devised by puzzle master Peter Brown.

Fifty years after the original Pong arcade game console appeared, tech journalist and author David Kushner explores how Pong changed the world of video gaming.

In her new book Butts: A Backstory, Heather Radke examines the politics of the backside through the lens of race, gender and power. She joins Piya Chattopadhyay to make the case that our complicated relationship with the beloved body part reveals a bigger story about ourselves.

Columnists Susan Delacourt and Matt Gurney talk about the big takeaways from the public hearing phase of the Public Order Emergency Commission's inquiry into the federal government's use of the Emergencies Act, and what might change when Commissioner Paul Rouleau presents his final report in February.

Dr. Baijayanta Mukhopadhyay talks about his book, Country of Poxes: Three Germs and the Taking of Territory, how Canada can move to a more equitable future in health and healing, and why he hopes his job as a fly-in doctor to remote Indigenous communities doesn't exist in the future.

When Bilal Baig's television series Sort Of debuted last fall, they had no idea what lay in store. As season two launches, Baig joins Piya Chattopadhyay to talk about the surprise success of the show and how their life and their mission as an artist have changed as a result.

Jules Boykoff has been writing about the phenomenon of "sportswashing" for years. The politics professor says countries vie to host major sports events like the World Cup because it's proven to legitimize their spot on the world stage. He joins Piya Chattopadhyay to talk about what Qatar stands to gain from hosting the 2022 tournament.

With children's hospitals across the country operating at full capacity, and a severe shortage of family doctors in rural communities, Canada's public health-care system looks to be on the brink of disaster. Dr. Danielle Martin joins Piya Chattopadhyay to talk about what's behind the crisis and the best way out of it.

Her name may not be as familiar as foodie writers like Eric Schlosser and Michael Pollan. But author, academic and activist Marion Nestle arguably made the idea of "food politics" possible. She joins Piya Chattopadhyay to talk about her life, and where she thinks we need to focus our energy when it comes to pushing for better food.

In a new anthology called What We Talk About When We Talk About Dumplings, Canadian writers are unwrapping their family secrets stuffed into the ubiquitous dish. Their essays show us how dumplings contain the world's histories and why they are so much more than the sum of their parts.

Poet, professor and activist El Jones believes there is a clear way to improve incarceration in Canada: Get rid of prisons altogether. In her new book, she offers a nuanced portrait of her experience in the prison abolition movement and makes the case for creating a new vision of community and care.

Amid the uncertainty surrounding the U.S. midterm elections, voters delivered a show of support for abortion rights. Canadian-American lawyer and journalist Dahlia Lithwick shares analysis on how the issue shaped the election results, and what the future make-up of congress might mean for Americans.

Historian Robert C. Engen tells the story of George Brock Chisholm, a soldier from Oakville, Ont., whose military experience informed his decision to become a psychiatrist and eventually the first director-general of the World Health Organization.

Author and activist Cory Doctorow believes the recent layoffs are just the latest example of workers bearing the brunt of poor decision-making by tech billionaires. He speaks with Piya Chattopadhyay about his new book, Chokepoint Capitalism, which explores the fight for better labour standards in Big Tech.