The Canadian conversation covered every conceivable topic this year: political polarization, our crumbling health-care system, the dangers of climate change, Indigenous reconciliation. Maclean’s managing editor and chief interviewer Katie Underwood was there to help readers make sense of it all. This year, Underwood had intimate, enlightening and always entertaining conversations with some of Canada’s biggest personalities about the issues that affect us all. She spoke to former Calgary mayor and current Alberta NDP leader Naheed Nenshi about his plan to oust Premier Danielle Smith. She and former federal health minister Jane Philpott considered how to fix the family-doctor shortage. She even interrogated Metropolitan Opera music director Yannick Nézet-Séguin on how he taught Bradley Cooper to conduct an orchestra. Here, our top 10 interviews of 2024.