We are back with Season 6 of Spark, a show all about 21^st Century life. This week - robot office managers and online personal trainers, digital gentrification, and the Iranian internet.

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Robot Manager

• Ivan Bowman was on Spark back in 2007
• All about IvanAnywhere, Ivan's telepresence robot that lets him interact with coworkers in Waterloo while living in Halifax.
• Watch a video of IvanAnywhere
• Nora's full interview with Ivan Bowman

Digital Gentrification

• App.net
• Dalton Caldwell
• Nora's full interview with Dalton Caldwell

Online Personal Trainers

• JP Davidson
• Wello

The Iranian Internet

• Maral Pourkazemi and her infographic about the Iranian internet, inspired by Persian rugs.
• Ron Deibert
• Citizen Lab

Additional Links

• Hallway the study app
• During the show you heard brief clips from Brian Christian, Tim Wu and Gary Shteyngart