Episodes

226: Falling in love with artificial intelligence. Context-aware computing and common ground. Soldiers and robots. The beauty of glitch art.

This week on Spark - getting emotional...about tech. As we move into a future of artificial intelligence designed to appeal...

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225: Autonomous cars and the future of cities. Always-on video communication. Ambient sound in the workplace.

This week on Spark - Everyone's breathlessly talking about autonomous cars. We get beyond the hype for a look at...

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224: Nourishing online community. Designing workplace culture. The NSA, surveillance, and you. Serendipity and global connection.

This week on Spark - Why it's still as important as ever to build and nourish community online. Designing workplace...

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223: Flipping the Classroom. The Digital Skills Divide. Inequality and Digital Engagement. Laptop Distractibility. Redefining Intelligence.

This week on Spark - Re-learning Learning. Flipping the classroom, bridging the digital divide, laptop distractibility in the classroom, and...

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222: Achieving work-life balance on vacation. Tech lessons from Hutterites and the Amish. Conflict minerals in our tech devices.

This week on Spark - bringing attention and intention to our tech. Tips for managing work-life balance this summer. Two...

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221: The Future of Work. Workplace Science. Rethinking Recruiting and the Resume. The Automated Workforce. Live/work Homestead Design. The Information Economy.

This week on Spark - a look at the future of work. We'll explore which careers may one day...

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220: Aphorism, Fragment and Tweet. Internet Linguistics. Service Design. Visual Effects and Perception. Tom Green Versus the Web.

This week on Spark - Has the internet ruined language? No! Brevity is the soul of wit, man! Also, how...

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219: Data Harvesting and Video Games, The Battle for Cyberspace, Cooking and Science, Employees Eating Together, Molecules and Wine

This week on Spark - The finer delights of food, wine, and chemistry. Why one scientist is ditching tradition...

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218: Big Data, Small Data, Datification, Corellation versus Causation, Stock Market Trading, Health Informatics, Open Knowledge

This week on Spark - "Big Data" is a huge buzzword right now. But how do you explain this technological...

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217: Estrangement Online, Unexpected Friend Suggestions, Communication Tech and Identity, 3D Scanning and Printing, Piracy and Copyright Law

This week on Spark - Social media is great for staying in touch, but what happens when you don't want...

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216: Texting, Over-the-top Messaging, Race and Online Dating, Preserving Virtual Worlds, Emulation and Preservation of Video Games

This week on Spark - Preserving the experience of video games. When online dating preferences tip over into racism....

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215: Limits of Crowdsourcing, E-Library Letdown, The Story of Noise, What Modern Noise Annoys You?

This week on Spark - The use of crowdsourcing in trying to find the perpetrators of the Boston bombings resulted...

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214: Listen, Touch, Command

This week on Spark: touch, voice, gesture, sound - bringing the senses back into tech. An online audio resurgence, the...

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213: Longevity, Integration, Disposal

This week on Spark - What happens to our digital stuff when web services shutdown? We take a look at...

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212: Get it, Keep it, Fix it

This week on Spark - Gadgets, and the endless cycle of upgrading to the latest shiny toy. How can we...

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211: Smart Elevators, Design Fiction, Internet Centrism

This week on Spark - Riding in smart, responsive elevators. Getting skeptical about the internet as a single, abstract force....

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210: Surveillance, Sharing, Colour

This week on Spark - We question the modern compulsion to share all the details of our lives with others....

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209: Distraction, Willpower, Creative Coding

This week on Spark - Getting things done! Can you outsource your willpower? Is there a way to make a...

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208: Collaboration, Crowdwork, Wearable Computing

This week on Spark - We look at the digital layer, between us and the world around us. The internet...

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Repeat - Spark 177 from March 2012

This week, a repeat of one of our favourite episodes from last March - Spark 177: Humans Hurting Robots, Loveable...

207: Implants, Cyborgs, Cellphones

This week on Spark - My Cyborg My Self. As implanted medical devices become more commonplace, they're bringing up...

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206: Dating in the 21st C

This week on Spark - We take a look at the changing nature of dating, courtship, and love today. Confounding...

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205: MOOCs, Crowdsourcing, Crisis Mapping

This week on Spark - Digging Deeper. A closer look at stories that had a lot of buzz when they...

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Repeat - Spark 174 from March 2012

This week, a repeat of a special episode from March 2012 - Spark 174 - Aboriginal Futures co-hosted by CBC...

204: Timekeeping, Testbeds, Speed

This week on Spark - Tried, Testbed and True. Why we should brand Canada a testbed for technology in order...

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203: Carnivals, Court Tweets, Supermechanical

This week on Spark - How mobile tech is changing the culture of carnies, what tech it takes to make...

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202: Selling, Thriving, Developing

For our first new Spark of the new year, we'd like to provide you with a little inspiration. What if...

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201: Eye Contact, Unboxing, Raspberry Pi

This week on Spark - Adventures in computational humour. Inside the culture and ritual of 'unboxing'. We find out if...

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200: Videogames, Cell Storage, Individualism

This week on Spark - Why networked individualism is the new social operating system. We see whether the neighbourhood video...

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199: Scouts, Apps, Maps

This week on Spark - Earn your orienteering badge! We look at the future of collaborative digital mapping. What maps...

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198: Brontobytes, Babysitters, Gamification

This week on Spark - The largest number in the world, finding a babysitter online, gamifying university, and a visit...

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197: Password, Capital, Heavy Metal

This week on Spark - Online heavy metal forums teach us about education, linking the afterlife with the internet, controlling...

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196: Sound, Security, Sleep

This week on Spark - Solutions for greater power security, tech solutions for getting a better night's rest and the...

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195: Pagination, Education, Participation

This week on Spark - new ways of learning, of reading, and of healing. Reinventing the classroom, writing for...

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194: Dyslexia, Documentia, Domains

This week on Spark: Easier-to-read fonts for dyslexics, AI sports commentators, domain names, a bad case of Documentia, and Crap...

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193: iCrime, Attention, Hitching

This week on Spark - Losing your phone, your attention, and your old ways of thinking. How the CRTC...

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Repeat week - Spark 159 from October 2011

This week, a repeat of one of our favourite episodes from last October - Spark 159: Programmers, Hybrids, and...

192: Strangers, Startups, Secrets of the mind

This week on Spark - Biomimicry, the startup kings, collaborative robots, reverse-engineered human brains, and online strangers. Just click...

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191: analytics, hoarding, forensics

This week on Spark - analyzing your office banter, building a cardboard bike, hoarding our digital devices, and photo...

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190: Rituals, Reality, Reading

This week - we take a look at the future of design. What is the key to getting design right...

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189: Interactions, Agreements, Suspicions

This week - pushing back against pushy Terms of Service agreements, reselling digital music, getting philosophical about computer music, and...

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188: Communication, Restoration, Gentrification

We are back with Season 6 of Spark, a show all about 21st Century life. This week - robot office...

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Spark Summer Plans 2012

The final episode of Spark's fifth season aired the last week of June. Thanks to everyone who listened and visited...

Spark 187- June 24 & 27, 2012

This week on Spark - we explore the humble automobile. Autonomous cars, rethinking parking lot design, and turning the dashboard...

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Spark 186 - June 17 & 20, 2012

This week on Spark - Attentive computing, digital fabrication, Good Products Bad Products, GIFs as art, and the physical internet....

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Spark 185 - June 10 & 13, 2012

On this episode of Spark: Robot Pebbles, the Loyalty Leap, and Online Hoaxes. Click below to listen to the whole...

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Spark 184 - June 3 & 6, 2012

On this episode of Spark: Robo-readers, Livehoods, and Pre-crime Screening. Click below to listen to the whole show, or download...

Repeat of Spark 157 - May 27 & 30, 2012

This week on Spark's regular, over-the-air radio broadcast, you'll hear Spark 157: Sensors, Predictors, Recognition Software - oh my!...

Spark 183 - May 20 & 23, 2012

On this episode of Spark: Phone Fonts, POV video, and Long-distance Love Tech. Click below to listen to the whole...

Spark 182 - May 13 & 16, 2012

On this episode of Spark: Descriptive Cameras, Bio-hacking, and Forgiving Bad Design. Click below to listen to the whole show,...

Spark 181 - May 6 & 9, 2012

On this episode of Spark: Robot Comedians, Safety Apps, and Social Learning. Click below to listen to the whole show,...

Spark 180 - April 29 & May 1, 2012

On this episode of Spark: Selfsurfing, Open Government, and Data Hunters. Click below to listen to the whole show, or...

Spark 179 - April 22 & 25, 2012

On this episode of Spark: Meditation, Willpower, and the Algorithmic Economy. Click below to listen to the whole show, or...

Repeat of Spark 153 - April 15 & 18, 2012

This week on Spark's regular, over-the-air radio broadcast, you'll hear Spark 153: DIY Living, Context-Aware Computing, and The Internet of...

Repeat of Spark 152 - April 8 & 11, 2012

This week on Spark's regular, over-the-air radio broadcast, you'll hear Spark 152: Post-Privacy, Facebook Psychology, and Open Data which first...

Spark 178 - April 1 & 4, 2012

On this episode of Spark: Early Info Overload, Prince Songs as Proto-texts, and Ham Radio as the Original Social Media....

Spark 177 - March 25, 2012

On this episode of Spark: Humans Hurting Robots, Loveable User Interfaces, and the Robot Social Network. Click below to listen...

Spark 176 - March 18 & 21, 2012

On this episode of Spark: HR Algorithms, Hospital Surveillance, and Anonymous. Click below to listen to the whole show, or...

Spark 175 - March 11 & 14, 2012

On this episode of Spark: Nature Hacks, Cyber Magic, and Body Interfaces. Click below to listen to the whole show,...

Spark 174 - March 4 & 7, 2012

On this episode of Spark: Electric Powwows, Speaking Indigenously, and Claiming Cyberspace. It's part of CBC's special programming called 8th...

Repeat of Spark 151 - February 26 & 29, 2012

This week on Spark's regular, over-the-air radio broadcast, you'll hear Spark 151: Bee Furniture, Fan Subbing and The Smartphone Wallet which...

Spark 173 - February 19 & 22, 2012

On this episode of Spark: Open Source Objects, Visual Language, and Beautiful Information. Click below to listen to the whole...

Spark 172 - February 12 & 15, 2012

On this episode of Spark: Smart Cities, Rural Tech, and the Beauty of Binary. Click below to listen to the...

Spark 171 - February 5 & 8, 2012

On this episode of Spark: Transparency, Crowdsourcing, and Consent. Click below to listen to the whole show, or download the...

Spark 170 - January 29 & February 1, 2012

On this episode of Spark: Argonauts, Creative Hubs, and The War On Computing . Click below to listen to the...

Spark 169 - January 22 & 25, 2012

On this episode of Spark: Accelerated Innovation, Education, and Employment. Click below to listen to the whole show, or...

Spark 168 - January 15 & 18, 2012

On this episode of Spark: Eye Tracking, Virtual Work, and Total Capture. Click below to listen to the whole...

Spark 167 - January 8 & 11, 2012

On this episode of Spark: The Internet, Information and Revolution. Click below to listen to the whole show, or...

Repeat: Work, Solitude, and Joy - January 1 & 4, 2012

On this episode of Spark, a few of our favourite interviews from the past year, all about rebooting your life....

Repeat of Spark 132 - December 24 & 28

This week on Spark, it's a re-broadcast of Spark 132, our innovation special with Steven Johnson and Barbara van Schewick....

Spark 166 - December 18 & 21, 2011

On this episode of Spark: Library Hacking, Niche Publications, and Enlisting Online Influencers. Click below to listen to the whole...

Spark 165 - December 11 & 14, 2011

On this episode of Spark: Data, Design, and Open Science. Click below to listen to the whole show, or...

Spark 164 - December 4 & 7, 2011

On this episode of Spark: Hackers in Space, Unoriginal Genius, and The Polyglot Web. Click below to listen to the...

Spark 163 - November 27 & 30, 2011

On this episode of Spark: Hypnotizing Computers, Online Ethics, and Your Friend the Social Bot. Click below to listen to...

Repeat of Spark 138 - November 20 & 23, 2011

This week on Spark's regular, over-the-air radio broadcast, you'll hear Spark 138: Rap Metrics, Machine Poets, and The Breakup...

Spark 162 - November 13 & 16, 2011

On this episode of Spark: Solar Gadgets, Tactile Telepresence, and Social TV. Click below to listen to the whole show,...

Spark 161 - November 6 & 9, 2011

On this episode of Spark: Skype Sleeping, Lonely Blogging, and Personal 3D Viewing. Click below to listen to the whole...

Spark 159 - October 23 & 26, 2011

On this episode of Spark: Programmers, Hybrids, and Cyborgs - oh my! Click below to listen to the whole show,...

Repeat of Spark 126 - October 16 & 19, 2011

This week on Spark's regular, over-the-air radio broadcast, you'll hear Spark 126: Games, Games, Games! which first aired in November...

Spark 157 - October 2 & 5, 2011

On this episode of Spark: Sensors, Predictors, Recognition Software - oh my! Click below to listen to the whole show,...

Spark 156 - September 25 & 28, 2011

On this episode of Spark: Election Collection, Lawful Access, and Ready Player One! Click below to listen to the whole...

Spark 155 - September 18 & 21, 2011

On this episode of Spark: Nymwars, Opting Out, and the Wiki Gender Gap. Click below to listen to the whole...

Spark 154 - September 11 & 14, 2011

On this episode of Spark: The Future of Education, The Myth of the Digital Native, and Designing Memorials for 9/11....

Spark Special - Tomorrow Is Our Permanent Address

Spark presents a special hour of Marshall McLuhan-inspired programming called, Tomorrow Is Our Permanent Address, named after one of McLuhan's...

Spark 153 - June 26 & 29, 2011

On this episode of Spark: DIY Living, Context-Aware Computing, and The Internet of Elsewhere. Click below to listen to the...

Spark 152 - June 19 & 22, 2011

On this episode of Spark: Post-Privacy, Facebook Psychology, and Open Data. Click below to listen to the whole show, or...

Spark 151 - June 12 & 15, 2011

On this episode of Spark: Bee Furniture, Fan Subbing, and The Smartphone Wallet. Click below to listen to the whole...

Repeat of Spark 133 - June 5 & 8, 2011

This week on Spark's regular, over-the-air radio broadcast, you'll hear Spark 133: News Games, Super Angels, and The Master Switch...

Spark 150 - May 29 & June 1, 2011

On this episode of Spark: Web Consciousness, Unitasking, and Transmedia Trickery. Click below to listen to the whole show, or...

Spark 149 - May 22 & 25, 2011

On this episode of Spark: Credibility Hubs, FOMO, and Retrieval. Click below to listen to the whole show, or download...

Spark 148 - May 15 & 18, 2011

On this episode of Spark: Stealth Social Marketing, Haptics, and Obsolescence. Click below to listen to the whole show, or...

Spark 147 - May 8 & 11, 2011

On this episode of Spark: Digital Impermanence, Pervasive Computing, and McLuhan Today. Click below to listen to the whole show,...

Repeat of Spark 125 - May 1 & 4, 2011

This week on Spark's regular, over-the-air radio broadcast, you'll hear Spark 125: Brain Tweets, Better Buses, and Paper which first...

Spark 146 - April 24 & 27, 2011

On this episode of Spark: Joy, Enchantment, and Work. Click below to listen to the whole show, or download the...

Spark 145 - April 17 & 20, 2011

On this episode of Spark: Data Trails, Tracking, and Hacktivism. Click below to listen to the whole show, or download...

Spark 144 - April 10 & 13, 2011

On this episode of Spark: Humans, Bots, and Robonauts. Click below to listen to the whole show, or download the...

Spark 143 - April 3 & 6, 2011

On this episode of Spark: Coupons, Dynamic Deals, and Bubbles. Click below to listen to the whole show, or download...

Spark 142 - March 27 & 30, 2011

On this episode of Spark: Dialects, Devices, and Distraction. Click below to listen to the whole show, or download the...

Spark Repeat Broadcast - March 20 & 23, 2011

This week on Spark's regular, over-the-air radio broadcast, you'll hear an "encore presentation" of Spark 123: Personalization, Perfect Playlists, and Privacy. If...

Spark 141 - March 13 & 16, 2011

On this episode of Spark: Police, Perps and Social Media. Click below to listen to the whole show, or download...

Spark 140 - March 6 & 9, 2011

On this episode of Spark: WiFi Art, Digital Legacy, and C is for Computer. Click below to listen to the...

Spark 139 - February 27 & March 2, 2011

On this episode of Spark: 3D Food Printers, DIY Toasters, and Digital Currency. Click below to listen to the whole...

Spark 138 - February 20 & 23, 2011

On this episode of Spark: Rap Metrics, Machine Poets, and The Breakup 2.0. Click below to listen to the whole...

Spark Repeat Broadcast - February 13 & 16, 2011

This week on Spark's regular, over-the-air radio broadcast, you'll hear an "encore presentation" of Spark 122: Bits, Tools, and Digital...

Spark 137 - February 6 & 9, 2011

On this episode of Spark: Broken Realities, Net Delusions and The Kill Switch. Click below to listen to the whole...

Spark 136 - January 30 & February 2, 2011

On this episode of Spark: Online Introverts, Designing for Solitude, and The Drama of Usage Based Billing. Click below to...

Spark 135 - January 23 & 26, 2011

On this episode of Spark: Online Curating, World Music 2.0, and Tweeting Cavemen. Click below to listen to the whole...

Spark 134 - January 16 & 19, 2011

On this episode of Spark: Tractor Beams, Domain Names, and Wireless Power. Click below to listen to the whole show,...

Spark 133 - January 9 & 12, 2011

On this episode of Spark: News Games, Super Angels, and The Master Switch. Click below to listen to the whole...

Spark 132 - January 2 & 5, 2011

On this episode of Spark, it's our innovation special. Click below to listen to the whole show, or download the...

Spark 131 - December 19 & 22, 2010

On this episode of Spark: Digi-minimalism, Telepresence, and Twinfluence. Download the MP3 (runs 54:00). Numbers & Influence on Twitter (Twinfluence!)...

Repeat Episode - December 12 & 15, 2010

This week we're going to look back at some of our favourite items from 2010 on Spark. A digital potpourri!...

Spark 130 - December 5 & 8, 2010

On this episode of Spark: The Web Turns 20, African e-Commerce, and Libellous Linking. Download the MP3 (runs 54:00). A...

Spark 129 - November 28 & December 1, 2010

On this episode of Spark: Female start-ups, family trees, and copyright. Download the MP3 (runs 54:00). A Brief History of...

Spark 128 - November 21 & 24, 2010

On this episode of Spark: Noise, Filters, and Birdsong. Download the MP3 (runs 54:00). You can also listen to individual...

Spark 127 - November 14 & 17, 2010

On this episode of Spark: William Gibson, Lumberjack Chic, and The Last IP Address. To listen to the whole show,...

Spark 126 - November 7 & 10, 2010

On this episode of Spark: Games, Games, Games! We take a look at how games affect our culture, our time,...

Show Notes: Episode 125 - October 31 & November 3, 2010

On this episode of Spark: Brain Tweets, Better Buses, and Paper. To listen to the whole show, download the MP3...

Spark 124 - October 24 & 27, 2010

On this episode of Spark: Farm Bots, Shifting Reality, and Life Logging. To listen to the whole show, download...

An "encore presentation" of Spark 117

This week on Spark's regular, over-the-air radio broadcast, you'll hear an "encore presentation" of Spark 117: Virtual Street Corners, responsive...

Spark 123 - October 10 & 13, 2010

On this episode of Spark: Personalization, Perfect Playlists, and Privacy. To listen to the whole show,  download the MP3 (Runs...

Spark 122 - October 3 & 6, 2010

On this episode of Spark: Bits, Tools, and Digital TV. To listen to the whole show, download the MP3...

Spark 121 - September 26 & 29, 2010

On this episode of Spark: Blooks, Co-creation, and Twitter Strangers. To listen to the whole show, download the MP3 (runs...

Spark 120 - September 19 & 22, 2010

On this episode of Spark: Cyborgs, Digital Sabbaths, and Super Sad True Love. To listen to the whole show, download...

Spark 119 - September 12 & 15, 2010

On this episode of Spark: Big Books, Micro-volunteering, and Search Engine Misnomers. To listen to the whole show, download the...

Spark 118 - June 27 & 29, 2010

On this episode of Spark: Bursts, Shallows, and Game Changers. Download the MP3 (runs 54:00). You can also listen to...

Spark 117 - June 20 & 22, 2010

On this episode of Spark: Virtual Street Corners, responsive architecture, and the future of public libraries. To listen to the...

An "encore presentation" of Spark 87

This week on Spark's regular, over-the-air radio broadcast, you'll hear an "encore presentation" of Spark 87:  Open science, general knowledge,...

Spark 116 - June 6 & 8, 2010

On this episode of Spark: Copyright reform, responsive architecture, and India's unsung inventors. Download the MP3 (runs 54:00). Fair Comment...

Spark 115 - May 30 & June 1, 2010

On this episode of Spark: Text 2.0, reputation management, and Facebook privacy. To listen to the whole show,  download the...

Spark 114 - May 23 & 25, 2010

On this episode of Spark: Facebook privacy, video game localization, and universal translators. To listen to the whole show, download...

Spark 113 - May 16 & 18, 2010

On this episode of Spark: Vocoders, microfluidics, and hybrid leaders. To listen to the whole show, download the MP3 (runs...

Repeat Episode: May 9 & 11, 2010

This week, we've prepared a collection of stories that originally aired in the fall of 2009. But never fear, we...

Spark 112 - May 2 & 4, 2010

On this episode of Spark: Sex ed, floppy disks, and cellies in the classroom. To listen to the whole show,...

Spark 111 - April 25 & 27, 2010

On this episode of Spark: Virtual choirs, virtual mourning, and the story of stuff. To listen to the whole show,...

Spark 110 - April 18 & 20, 2010

 On this episode of Spark: Computers that write music, play chess, and listen to cocktail parties. To listen, download...

Spark 109 - April 11 & 13, 2010

On this episode of Spark: Extreme crowdsourcing, the slow web, and motivation 3.0. To listen, download the MP3 (runs...

Spark 108 - April 4 & 6, 2010

Original image by broma On this episode of Spark: Games, play, and technology with Jesse Schell and Kevin Kelly....

Spark 107 - March 28 & 30, 2010

Original image by Dan Phiffer On this episode of Spark: Bamboo bicycles, pig spleen weather forecasts, and sermon stealing....

Spark 106 - March 21 & 23, 2010

Original image by Meryl Swiatek On this episode of Spark: Dematerialization, illegal cassette dubs, and intangible cultural heritage. To...

An "encore presentation" of Spark 88

This week on Spark's regular, over-the-air radio broadcast, you'll hear an "encore presentation" of Spark 88: Tracking trash, the real...

Spark 104 - February 28 & March 2, 2010

Original image by josephsardin On this episode of Spark: Online friendship, personal branding, and geoweb privacy. To listen download...

Spark 103 - February 21 & 23, 2010

On this episode of Spark: Personalized email scams, anti-human software design, and living Craigslist. Download the MP3 (runs 51:00)....

Spark 102 - February 14 & 16, 2010

Original image by CarbonNYC On this episode of Spark: The mathematics of love, password sharing, and Enterprise 2.0. Download...

An "encore presentation" of Spark 86

This week on Spark's regular, over-the-air radio broadcast, you'll hear an "encore presentation" of Spark 86: Digital forgetting, email salutations,...

Spark 101 - January 31 & February 2, 2010

Original image by Matti Mattila On this episode of Spark: iPads, fantasy user interfaces, and workplace surveillance. To listen,...

Spark 100 - January 24 & 26, 2010

Original image by chaosinjune On this episode of Spark: Distracting clowns, earbud etiquette, and the dark side of the...

Spark 99 - January 17 & 19, 2010

Original image by Jim Sneddon On this episode of Spark: Pirates, protecting children, and Web 2.0 suicide. To listen...

Spark 98 - January 10 & 12, 2010

Original image by Rodrigo_Soldon On this episode of Spark: Traffic lights, digital companions, and Swiss Army knives. Download the...

Spark 97 - January 3 & 5, 2010

On this episode of Spark: two different looks at how to reclaim meaning in your work life. Click below...

Holiday Repeat - December 27 & 29, 2009

Original image by Mykl Roventine It's a special holiday edition of Spark, filled to the brim with some of...

Spark 96 - December 20 & 22, 2009

Original image from the CBC Archives On this episode of Spark: Aspirational technology, the future of search, and dinner with...

Spark 95 - December 13 & 15, 2009

Original image by frozenchipmunk On this episode of Spark: Spam, scams, and holiday sentiments. download this episode as an...

Spark 94 - December 6 & 8, 2009

Original image by hypatiadotca On this episode of Spark: Magic technology, glove hackers, and the age of metrics. Gus...

Spark 93 - November 29 & December 1, 2009

Original image by jblyberg On this episode of Spark: Too much information, digital pack rats, and Wikipedia's digital blind...

Spark 92 - November 22 & 24, 2009

Original image by AMagill On this episode of Spark: FloH club, new media literacy, and getting the old age...

Spark 91 - November 15 & 17, 2009

Original image by D Sharon Pruitt On this episode of Spark: CAPTCHAs, data visualization and romancing the phone. Luis...

Spark 84 (repeat broadcast)

This week on the radio, a repeat broadcast of Spark. For more information, and to listen to this episode, go...

Spark 90 - November 1 & 3, 2009

Original image from George Eastman House On this episode of Spark: The pleasures and sorrows of work, continuous partial...

Spark 89 - October 25 & 27, 2009

Original image by chaps1 On this episode of Spark: Traditional knowledge, instant film, and online borders. Nora leads a...

Spark 88 - October 18 & 20, 2009

Original image by D'arcy Norman On this episode of Spark: Tracking trash, the real value of stories, and social...

Spark 87 - October 4 & 6, 2009

Original image by Marcin Wichary On this episode of Spark: Open science, general knowledge, and doctors before the internet...

Spark 86 - September 27 & 29, 2009

Original image by Dano On this episode of Spark: Digital forgetting, email salutations, and food pills Andrew Feldmar is...

Spark 85 - September 20 & 22, 2009

Original image by In Veritas Lux On this episode of Spark: Augmented reality, chiptune jazz, and a world without...

Spark 84 - September 13 & 15, 2009

Original image by pheezy On this episode of Spark: Regrettable videos, Open Textbooks, and Twittering Taco Trucks Timothy Tackett...

Episode 83 - June 24 & 27, 2009

Original image by loyaldefender2004 On this episode of Spark: Corrupted files, what I wore, and email sabbaticals Lauren explains...

Episode 82 - June 17 & 20, 2009

On this episode of Spark: Teen texting tales, accessible technology, and viral culture Terrifying teen texting tales Spark listeners...

Episode 81 - June 10 & 13, 2009

Original image by Justin Marty On this episode of Spark: Canadian broadband, Twaiku poetry, Cigarette vending machines, and Bookcamp...

Episode 80 - June 3 & 6, 2009

 On this episode of Spark: Social Translation, Mapmaking 2.0, Drunk Dialing, and Open Cities Ethan Zuckerman explains social translation...

Episode 79 - May 27 & 30, 2009

Original image by the Frankfurt School On this episode of Spark: Digital preservation, Exclamation Marks (!!!) and SPIN Farming...

Episode 78 - May 20 & 23, 2009

Original image by independentman On this episode of Spark: Soaking dishes, driving tech innovation with porn, and cultural laziness...

Episode 77 - May 13 & 16, 2009

Original image by aprillynn77 On this episode of Spark: QWERTY, Objectified, and Last Year's Model Nora delves into the...

Episode 76 - May 6 & 9, 2009

Original image by maltesen On this episode of Spark: Online activism, lurking, mashups, and APIs Anders Colding-Jørgensen created a...

This week on the radio: Spark 44 (repeat)

Original image by cote This week on the radio program (yes, the honest-to-goodness, over-the-air radio program), a repeat of...

Episode 75 - April 22 & 25, 2009

On this episode of Spark: Self-monitoring, interactive magazines, and a Twittering cat door: Nora mentions Letters from a Stoic...

Episode 74 - April 15 & 18, 2009

Original image by foxypar4 On this episode of Spark: Religion in a digital age, WiFi t-shirts, and curating the...

Hour-long Spark Special - April 10, 2009

Original image by aloshbennett As part of CBC's special programming on April 10, we put together a one hour-long...

Episode 73 - April 8 & 11, 2009

On this episode of Spark: Copyright, the public domain, and remix culture Kutiman remixes YouTube on THRU YOU (full...

Episode 72 - April 1 & 4, 2009

Original image by Eirik Newth On this episode of Spark:  Roombas, Goodbye Emails and Facebook Mea Culpas University of...

Episode 71 - March 25 & 28, 2009

Original image by Timothy Lloyd On this episode of Spark: Music and technology. Pat and Patrick Costello organize The...

Episode 70 - March 18 & 21, 2009

Original image by {meagen} On this episode of Spark: e-Fidgeting, road trip mixtapes, LIFT, and aspic Dan Misener fidgets...

Episode 69 - March 11 & 14, 2009

Photo credit: MIT Museum On this episode of Spark: Springboard, Metropath(ologies), and CRTC hearings Cristina Matei designs Springboard, a...

Episode 68 - March 4 & 7, 2009

Original image by pt Note: The March 4, 2009 broadcast of Spark on CBC Radio One has been pre-empted...

Episode 67 - February 25 & 28, 2009

Original image by OurManInside On this episode of Spark: Twittering Grandma, Digital Family Histories, and Ageism in Design Christian...

Repeat: 27 Ideas in 27 Minutes

Original image by C.P. Storm On the radio this week: a rerun an "encore presentation" of 27 Ideas in...

Episode 66 - February 11 & 14, 2009

Original image by Manel On this episode of Spark: The tech gap in relationships, meta-movie reviews, and spatial intelligence...

Episode 65 - February 4 & 7, 2009

Original image by wili_hybrid On this episode of Spark: Laptops in the Kitchen, Games for Grownups, and ChangeCamp Hannah...

Video: How CBC Radio creates kitchen sound effects

On Friday afternoon, we recorded a segment with Hannah Classen about food-proofing your laptop computer when you're in the...

Episode 64 - January 28 & 31, 2009

On this episode of Spark: Blogs get unplugged, photos get real, and government gets visible Ben Terrett prints blog...

Episode 63 - January 21 & 24, 2009

Original image by pedrosimoes On this episode of Spark: Whoppers, Ethical Marketing, and Leadership 2.0 Nora wonders what Burger...

Episode 62 - January 14 & 17, 2009

On this episode of Spark: As laptops overtake desktops, ergonomist Rabiya Lallani explains the effect computers can have on...

Episode 61 - January 7 & 10, 2009

Original image by wili hybrid UPDATE: As promised, episode 61 of Spark has been updated with a new CES...

Episode 60 - December 31, 2008 & January 3, 2009

Original image by Duy's Photo Shoots For our New Year's show, we tried something a little different. Producer Jane...

Episode 59 - December 24 & 27, 2008

Original image by Joi This week on Spark, a feature interview with Clay Shirky, author of Here Comes Everybody:...

Episode 58 - December 17 & 20, 2008

Original image by machaon-dance On this episode of Spark: Memory, Wikipedia,and Sewing 2.0 Angela Troyer explains why ballroom dancing...

Episode 57 - December 10 & 13, 2008

Original image by jpctalbot On this episode of Spark: Government transparency, blogs, and vlogs Rahaf Harfoush explains what Obama's...

Episode 56 - December 3 & 6, 2008

Original image by 416style On this episode of Spark: Boot-up Times and Iconoclasts Nora reads responses to What do...

Episode 55 - November 26 & 29, 2008

Original image by foundphotoslj On this episode of Spark: Work 2.0 Tony Hsieh blogs about the layoffs at his...

Episode 54 - November 19 & 22, 2008

Original image by Pink Sherbet Photography On this episode of Spark: Gavin O'Carroll sends postcards to his relatives using...

Episode 53 - November 12 & 15, 2008

Original image by ralphbijker On this episode of Spark: Jackie Sharkey explains internet use in Nunavut Spark listeners do...

Episode 52 - November 5 & 8, 2008

On this episode of Spark: Bill Gauley tests toilets for efficiency Bill's toilet report, video and photos of the...

Episode 51 - October 29 & November 1, 2008

Original image from Dan Misener. On this episode of Spark: Twanna A. Hines explains the group dating trend (full...

Episode 50 - October 22 & 23, 2008

Original image from footage. Note: The items on this episode of Spark aired on previous episodes. We hope you...

Episode 49 - October 15 & 18, 2008

Original photo by oskay. On this episode of Spark: Jean Snow looks back at the 2008 Tokyo Game Show...

Episode 48 - October 8 & 11, 2008

Original photo by smemnon87. On this episode of Spark: Dan talks to Ilona Dougherty, Richard Akerman, and Grace Lake...

Episode 47 - October 1 & 4, 2008

Original photo by whiteafrican On this episode of Spark: Bill Perry's tale of two laptops Nathan Eagle empowers people...

Episode 46 - September 24 & 27, 2008

Original photo by Gina's Bike On this episode of Spark: Stephen Baker introduces Nora to The Numerati and explains...

Episode 45 - September 17 & 20, 2008

Original photo by touterse. On this episode of Spark: Matt Richtel writes a Twiller - a thriller novel on...

Episode 44 - September 10 and 13

You heard it here first! Get Spark one day in advance by listening online or by subscribing to the...

Episode 42 - June 18 & 21

Original photo from photooftheday.hughcrawford.com On this episode of Spark: Chris Higgins discovers Hugh Crawford and Betsy Reid's digital version...

Episode 41 - June 11 & 14

Original photo from HML On this episode of Spark: the shape of things to come Valérie Lamontagne tells the...

Episode 40 - June 4 & 7, 2008

On this episode of Spark: [00:47] Eugene Potapov helps deer blog Solomon's blog Project details Eugene's full interview on...

Episode 39 - May 28 & 31, 2008

On this episode of Spark: Harlequin's Malle Vallik publishes romance 2.0 (full interview) Amber Mac explains what the US...

Episode 38 - May 21 & 24, 2008

Original photo from slava On this episode of Spark: Clay Shirky talks about our cognitive surplus (full interview) Merlin...

Episode 36 - May 7 & 10, 2008

Original photo from Michael Tutton On this episode of Spark: Disney's Virtual Magic Kingdom closes its doors Cassie's LetsSaveVMK...

Episode 35 - April 30 & May 3, 2008

On this episode of Spark: Your Digital Legacy Derek K. Miller wonders if he needs a digital executor (full interview)Amber...

Episode 34 - April 23 & 26, 2008

Original photo by shanda.w Note: The on-air broadcast of this episode has been preempted on Wednesday, April 23, 2008...

Episode 33 - April 16 & 19, 2008

Original photo by Ben Zvan On this episode of Spark: Access Jenny Sparrow learns that her "unlimited" internet plan...

Episode 30 - March 26 & 29, 2008

Note: This episode is a repeat, and features stories from the September 19 and November 28, 2007 episodes.On this episode...

Episode 29 - March 19 & 22, 2008

On this episode of Spark: Spark listeners stare at their parents across the digital divide Nora mentions Spark's How...

Episode 28 - March 12 & 15, 2008

On this episode of Spark: keeping track Eszter Hargittai uses her camera to remember the cheese she likes Saul Greenberg...

Episode 27 - March 5 & 8, 2008

Update: According to fire protection engineer Arie Friedman, putting ethernet cables in a clothes dryer is a potential safety...

Episode 26 - February 27 & March 1, 2008

Note: This is a repeat broad/podcast of Spark. It originally aired January 9, 2008. A brand new episode of...

Episode 25 - February 20 & 23, 2008

On this episode of Spark: trends in health WebMD's top searches of 2007 Steve Lohr on Google Health and...

Episode 24 - February 13 & 16, 2008

On this episode of Spark: The Big Switch Dan Misener accidentally receives someone else's email David Paccioco explains how...

Episode 23 - February 6 & 9, 2008

On this episode of Spark: Collaboration The Spark community collaborates on the show's script Kevin Lawver and Saffron write very...

Episode 22 - January 30 & February 2, 2008

On this episode of Spark: Spark listeners want customized clothes Nora builds Virtual Nora with My Virtual Model Ian McCarthy...

Episode 21 - January 23 & 26, 2008

On this episode of Spark: Luke Closs measures his energy use with his Kill-a-watt The Ottawa Public Library lends Kill-a-watt...

Episode 20 - January 16 & 19, 2008

On this episode of Spark: Alex Pang on "Googling your stuff" with RFID tags Justin Langois turns RSS feeds into...

Episode 17 - December 26 & 29, 2007

Note: As part of Spark's holiday programming, segments from this episode have aired previously. Think of it as a remix....

Episode 16 - December 19 & 22, 2007

On this episode of Spark: Frank Branham explains why so many board games come with DVDs Tom Lucier has a...

Episode 15 - December 12 & 15, 2007

On this episode of Spark: What's it worth?? George Norman Lippert writes James Potter and the Hall of Elders' Crossing,...

Episode 14 - December 5 & 8, 2007

On this episode of Spark: What the heck is my kid doing? Technology that parents just don't understand High school...

Episode 13 - November 28 & December 1, 2007

On this episode of Spark: Spark listeners are geeks. Well, some of them anyway. Craig Desson joins the Dork Army,...

Episode 12 - November 21 & 24, 2007

Note: The broadcast version of Spark is pre-empted on Wednesday, November 21, but you can listen to the whole show...

Episode 11 - November 14 & 17, 2007

On this episode of Spark: Elizabeth Bowie admits her WiFi isn't secure Rob Burbach explains the latest trends in credit...

Episode 10 - November 7 & 10, 2007

On this episode of Spark: Lorraine Gauthier gives John Van Dusen's wartime house a green makeover as part of the...

Episode 9 - October 31 & November 3, 2007

On this episode of Spark, are advertisements becoming smarter than we are? Nick Prigioniero explains marketing through narrowcasting Anastasia Goodstein...

Episode 8 - October 24 & 27, 2007

On this episode of Spark, why yesterday's next big things are making a comeback: A vintage clip from Preparation of...

Episode 7 - October 17 & 20, 2007

On this episode of Spark: Matthew Seiler brews some do-it-yourself root beer Sherry Huss on Maker Faire and the DIY...

Episode 6 - October 10 & 13, 2007

On this episode of Spark: Nora rides David McCallum's Warbike Boost your WiFi with aluminum foil and a glue stick...

Episode 5 - October 3 & 6, 2007

On this episode of Spark: Nora drops her cellphone in the sink, the toilet, and the pool Your stories of...

Episode 4 - September 26 & 29, 2007

On this episode of Spark: Mike Partridge explains his cochlear implant Kevin Englehart on the new wave of artificial limbs...

Episode 3 - September 19 & 22, 2007

On this episode of Spark: Nora encounters some technologically advanced toothbrushes Pirate Radio and Television's Terry O'Reilly de-mystifies marketing techno-hype...

Episode 2 - September 12 & 15, 2007

On this episode of Spark: Nora wishes she was at NextFest Francesca Rosella sends us long-distance love with The Hug...

Episode 1 - September 5 & 8, 2007

On the first episode of Spark: Donna Bell from Ryerson University's Academic Integrity office on the ways students use technology...