The last episode of Spark’s second season will air on June 24 & 27, 2009. Thanks to everyone who listened and visited us at here at the blog. Thanks to your support, Spark will be back with new episodes, a new length, and a new timeslot at the beginning of September. In the meantime, Spark production is on hiatus.
So here’s our plan for the summer:
Over the air on CBC Radio One, we’ll air “encore presentations” of our favourite episodes from the past season. You can hear Spark Tuesdays at 3:00pm (in some parts of the country), and Saturdays at 4:00/4:30 NT. A full list of repeat airdates is below.
If you subscribe to the Spark podcast, please stay subscribed. Each week we’ll feature a different, long-form interview or panel. They’ll come out on Wednesdays, as usual. For a full list, see below.
And the blog? Much as we love the blog, there are no resources available for maintaining it while we’re on hiatus. If you’d like to leave a story idea for next season, we’d love to read what you have to say. Leave a comment below, or contact us by phone, Twitter, or email. We’ll be back to blogging as soon as we get production underway in mid-August.
Thanks again for listening!
On the radio
June 30 and July 4: Spark 56: Boot-up Times and Iconoclasts
July 7 and 11: Spark 67: Twittering Grandma, Digital Family Histories, and Ageism in Design
July 14 & 18: Spark 59: Clay Shirky
July 21 & 25: Spark 65: Laptops in the Kitchen, Games for Grownups, and ChangeCamp
July 28 & August 1: Spark 68: Greener gadgets, the end of solitude, and becoming the master of your domain
August 4 & 8, 2009: Spark 71: Music and technology
August 11 & 15, 2009: Spark 73: Copyright, the public domain, and remix culture
August 18 & 22: Spark 74: Religion in a digital age, WiFi t-shirts, and curating the web
August 25 & 29: Spark 76: Online activism, lurking, mashups, and APIs
September 1 & 5: Spark 74: QWERTY, Objectified, and Last Year’s Model
On the Podcast
July 1: Ed Burtynsky on 10,000 year old photos
July 8: Jane McGonigal on gaming for the greater good
July 15: Seth Godin on Tribes
July 22: Carl Wilson on MP3s and the Sound of (Pop) Music
July 29: Glen Hougan on designing for seniors
August 5: Rachel Wagner on digital culture and religion
August 12: William Deresiewicz on “The End of Solitude”
August 19: Gary Hustwit on Objectified
August 26: Anil Dash and Gina Trapani on keeping last year’s model
[Original image by kwerfeldein]
June 26th, 2009 at 10:39 pm
I love your show, and I just caught up on the last several episodes as I weeded the garden. I was so excited to hear that it will be an hour show that I had to comment to let you know that I think that's a fantastic development.
Also, I know Elizabeth's mom. I work for APSEA, as she did, with students who are visually impaired, so any of the adaptive technology stories are of particular interest to me. I'm very excited about some of the technologies being developed that could potentially make thing much easier for some of my students!
Have a great summer!
June 29th, 2009 at 2:13 pm
We're really excited about the hour-long format, too. We've just started mulling over what we might like it to sound like, and we're always up for hearing what people want in a newly imagined Spark
July 21st, 2009 at 3:03 pm
Nora – Excited that your team will be on for an hour come September. Not too excited that we'll be "almost" Sparkless until then.
Would love to give suggestions, but I'm not sure (and maybe others aren't as well) in what direction you want to go.
There is that book that just came out that is causing quite a buzz thee days. I think the author's name is Chris Anderson. The book is called "Free".
France also passed a law recently about outlawing digital piracy (something like this – not sure of the proper terminology) Paul McGuiness (of U2 fame) and others have commented positively on this.
Wonder if there's anything in the above 2 cases that might be a basis for an episode or two.
Cheers and enjoy your summer vacation!
kk
July 25th, 2009 at 11:13 pm
I just saw this on Cabinet of Wonders and reminded me of the sewing spot on episode 58. Perhaps you'd find this sewing-related story interesting too:
http://cabinet-of-wonders.blogspot.com/2009/07/so...