[1] Its subject matter was wide ranging with current affairs, arts reporting, radio documentaries, and interviews.
[2] According to the CBC website for the program, "One of the most popular features ever aired" was a series first broadcast in 2009 called 20 Pieces of Music That Changed The World[3] which featured discussions with music journalist Robert Harris who asserted that the works he selected were not only popular or unique or important within their genres but that they also significantly impacted the wider culture and thus "changed the world".
Pieces of music discussed in the twenty episodes include works by Elvis Presley, Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Enrico Caruso, Bob Dylan, Ludwig van Beethoven, Louis Armstrong, Bob Marley, Public Enemy, Gloria Gaynor, Richard Wagner, The Beatles, Igor Stravinsky, The Carter Family, Charlie Parker and Camille Saint Saens.
Beginning in the fall of 2014, the program was cut from three hours in length to two, with the 11 am to noon slot being taken over by The 180, a current affairs show based in Western Canada.
[6] An abbreviated 75-minute version of The Sunday Edition aired through the summer, presented by guest hosts such as Kevin Sylvester, Laurie Brown, Anthony Germain and Elamin Abdelmahmoud, which featured repeats of earlier interviews and segments and some new material.