Recent Episodes
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Spark 172 – February 12 & 15, 2012
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Spark 171 – February 5 & 8, 2012
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Spark 170 – January 29 & February 1, 2012
27 January 2012 5:34 PM | 10 Comments
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Tech Headlines from cbc.ca- Venus slowdown puzzles planetary scientists
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- Online privacy erosion dismays critics
- U.S. weighs steep nuclear arms cuts
- Electric cars can handle Canadian winter
- Environment group testifies on charities' tax status
- Online surveillance bill targets child porn: Toews
- Zynga reports $435M US loss
- Groups to take Ottawa to court over vanishing sage grouse
google Archive
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Spark 155 – September 18 & 21, 2011
Posted on September 16, 2011 | 9 CommentsThis week on Spark the debate over pseudonymity online, the costs of opting out of mainstream tech, and the dearth of ladies on Wikipedia. -
Full Interview: Zeynep Tufekci on Pseudonymity and Google+
Posted on September 14, 2011 | 5 CommentsPhoto by personaldemocracy As the New Yorker cartoon goes: on the internet, nobody knows you’re a dog. It’s part of the web’s charm: we can lead rich digital lives without... -
![Web Consciousness, Unitasking, and Transmedia Trickery. Click to listen:
[audio:http://podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/podcasts/spark_20110529_91590.mp3|width=160]](http://www.cbc.ca/spark/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Fireworks-in-the-night-sky.jpg "Spark 150 – May 29 & June 1, 2011")
Spark 150 – May 29 & June 1, 2011
Posted on May 27, 2011 | 22 CommentsWeb Consciousness, Unitasking, and Transmedia Trickery. Click to listen: [audio:http://podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/podcasts/spark_20110529_91590.mp3|width=160] -
Full Interview: Siva Vaidhyanathan on the Googlization of Everything
Posted on May 2, 2011 | 3 CommentsNora Young interviews Siva Vaidhyanathan, author of The Googlization of Everything: (And Why We Should Worry). -
![Distracting clowns, earbud etiquette, and the dark side of the cloud. Click to listen:
[audio:http://podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/spark_20100124_26322.mp3|width=160]](http://www.cbc.ca/spark/wp-content/themes/arras/images/thumbnail.png "Spark 100 – January 24 & 26, 2010")
Spark 100 – January 24 & 26, 2010
Posted on January 22, 2010 | 27 CommentsDistracting clowns, earbud etiquette, and the dark side of the cloud. Click to listen: [audio:http://podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/spark_20100124_26322.mp3|width=160]