Recent Episodes
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Spark 172 – February 12 & 15, 2012
10 February 2012 2:55 PM | 23 Comments -
Spark 171 – February 5 & 8, 2012
03 February 2012 12:21 PM | 4 Comments -
Spark 170 – January 29 & February 1, 2012
27 January 2012 5:34 PM | 10 Comments
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Tech Headlines from cbc.ca- Canada joins 6-nation effort on climate change pollutants
- Nortel collapse linked to Chinese hackers
- Moore defends Canada's 'different path' on copyright bill
- Smashing stereotypes around women and gaming
- Electric car owners face long charging times
- Hockey-playing robot created by Manitoba students
- Swiss satellite will clean up space junk
- Online surveillance bill may breach privacy law, charter
- Online surveillance bill could change, Harper signals
- Canada's air pollution experts moved to 'other priorities'
music Archive
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Full Interview: Human DJ vs. computer playlists
Posted on September 10, 2010 | 6 CommentsCan a computer algorithm beat a human DJ at making playlists? Nora Young interviews music technologist Paul Lamere. -
![Computers that write music, play chess, and listen to cocktail parties. Click to listen:
[audio:http://podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/spark_20100418_30880.mp3|width=160]](http://www.cbc.ca/spark/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Two_Computers_Playing_Chess02-e1271425441676.jpg "Spark 110 – April 18 & 20, 2010")
Spark 110 – April 18 & 20, 2010
Posted on April 16, 2010 | 17 CommentsComputers that write music, play chess, and listen to cocktail parties. Click to listen: [audio:http://podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/spark_20100418_30880.mp3|width=160] -
Does music have soul?
Posted on April 12, 2010 | 6 CommentsRelax for a moment and imagine a beautiful piece of music. The volume rises then trails. The key shifts at an unexpected moment. A barrag of notes is followed by... -
Full Interview: Jay Frank on the future of hit songs
Posted on March 12, 2010 | 10 CommentsI love music. I love making music, and I love listening to music. And these days, almost all of my music is digital. I rip CDs into iTunes, I download... -
Contest! Can you Remix our Kutiman Interview?
Posted on April 1, 2009 | 6 CommentsYesterday, we posted our full interview with Kutiman, the mad musician responsible for those delicious Thru-You.com music videos. You know, the ones composed entirely out of YouTube clips? A shorter...