On this episode of Spark: Tracking trash, the real value of stories, and social media for businesses.

• Nora mentions her interview with Vancouver city councillor Andrea Reimer on open cities
• David Eaves explains VanTrash
• Jennifer Dunnam tracks trash with MIT's Sensible City Lab's Trash | Track
  • Sentient City Exhibit
• Sheila Heti reads from her short story "Cape Cod Shoe" (full story)
• Rob Walker co-curates the Significant Objects Project (full interview)
• Derek K. Miller thinks people should remember geography
• Grammar Girl Mignon Fogarty gives advice about email subject lines
• Members of the Spark community read their most useless email subject lines
• Rick Fogarty uses Skype for hairstyle consultations
• Bernd Boesemeyer deals with a negative review of his B&B on TripAdvisor
• Mitch Joel explains why businesses should embrace online conversations
• Nora mentions her full interview with Alain de Botton on the beauty of work

• "Window like" by echoed
• "Wadidyusay?" by Zap Mama
• "The Light" by spliffvalley
• "Cash For Your Trash" by Fats Waller (1941)
• "Summer" by General Fuzz
• "Curious Process" by Chad Crouch
• "Music for Tree Climbing" by Podington Bear
• "I Can Read Between The Lines" by Mildred Bailey & Her Orchestra (1939)
• "Barbers"

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