The Sunday Magazine Folgen

Over the past several years, followers of QAnon – a conspiracy theory suggesting Donald Trump is the leader of a secret war against the "deep state" – have gained political influence in the United States and beyond. Several of them were part of the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Now, investigative reporter Jesselyn Cook is looking into the human impact of believing in such conspiracies – both on followers, and their loved ones. She joins Piya Chattopadhyay to discuss her book The Quiet Damage, which explores the social fallout of QAnon and challenges our ideas about truth and reality.

Host Piya Chattopadhyay speaks with environmental writer Ed Struzik about what lessons the Jasper, Alta. wildfire may hold for our future, Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Anne Applebaum discusses how autocrats are uniting to undermine liberal democracy, Olympics expert Jules Boykoff surveys the politics on display at the Paris Summer Games, and investigative reporter Jesselyn Cook explores how conspiracy theories affect families.Discover more at https://cbc.ca/sunday

The Paris Olympics are forecast to be the hottest on record. As temperatures climb, so too do concerns about the impacts of climate change on sports – but the challenges go beyond heat. Wildfires and flooding are also forcing adaptations to how some sports are played. Meanwhile, the sports world must also navigate how to reduce its own emissions, lest it remain part of the problem. Sports ecologist Madeleine Orr joins Megan Williams to walk through how our changing planet is changing sports, as explored in her book Warming Up.