The Sunday Magazine for January 19, 2025

This week on The Sunday Magazine with Piya Chattopadhyay:

The latest on the Israel-Hamas ceasefire – and what may come next

After 15 months of brutal war, Israel and Hamas have reached a fragile ceasefire that's set to take effect on Sunday. CBC News foreign correspondent Chris Brown joins Chattopadhyay from Jerusalem to share the latest developments and describe the mood on the ground. Then, The Economist Middle East correspondent Gregg Carlstrom offers his analysis on what's at stake with this agreement and where the situation may go from here.

Israeli writer David Grossman reflects on peace in a region of war

David Grossman has known war all of his life. The Israeli writer, born and raised in Jerusalem, has long mined themes of grief and conflict in his novels and non-fiction. His latest book, The Thinking Heart, collects essays and speeches from the years leading up to and following the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas attack on Israel. Grossman joins Chattopadhyay to reflect on the aftershocks of that day, and what it will take to achieve lasting peace between Palestinians and Israelis.

How provinces are preparing for Trump's tariff threats

Donald Trump's threat of tariffs on Canadian exports is closer to becoming reality, with the president-elect set to be inaugurated on Monday. And it has premiers worried about how their provinces will contend with a major hit to their economies. The Canadian Press Alberta Legislature reporter Lisa Johnson, Toronto Star Queen's Park bureau chief Robert Benzie and Montreal Gazette National Assembly reporter Philip Authier join Chattopadhyay to discuss how the premiers of Alberta, Ontario and Quebec are navigating the situation, and the prospect of a national unity crisis if they can't align with the federal government on a response.

Lisa Genova questions why some conditions get branded as 'mental illness'

Lisa Genova scored a bestseller with her debut novel Still Alice, which depicted a woman living with early-onset Alzheimer's disease. In doing so, the neuroscientist carved out a niche for laying bare the realities of neurological conditions through fiction. Now, she's tackling bipolar disorder in her new novel, More or Less Maddy. Genova joins Chattopadhyay to talk about what we get wrong about bipolar and what we can do to break down the stigma around it.