Recent Episodes
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Spark 172 – February 12 & 15, 2012
10 February 2012 2:55 PM | 6 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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twitter Archive
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Full Interview: Noah Smith on Supercomputer Trivia and Twitter Dialects
Posted on February 15, 2011 | 2 CommentsNoah Smith is a computer science professor who specializes in language technologies. Yesterday, Nora interviewed him about about two very different (but related) stories: Twitter dialects: can you tell where... -
![Online Curating, World Music 2.0, and Tweeting Cavemen. Click to listen:
[audio:http://podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/spark_20110123_44233.mp3|width=160]](http://www.cbc.ca/spark/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Lelepa-expedition-18-cave-drawings-in-Feles-Cave-24-Nov.-2006.jpg "Spark 135 – January 23 & 26, 2011")
Spark 135 – January 23 & 26, 2011
Posted on January 21, 2011 | 5 CommentsOnline Curating, World Music 2.0, and Tweeting Cavemen. Click to listen: [audio:http://podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/spark_20110123_44233.mp3|width=160] -
![Digi-minimalism, Telepresence, and Twinfluence. Click to listen:
[audio:http://podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/spark_20101219_42800.mp3|width=160]](http://www.cbc.ca/spark/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Free-mixed-numbers-texture-for-layers.jpg "Spark 131 – December 19 & 22, 2010")
Spark 131 – December 19 & 22, 2010
Posted on December 17, 2010 | 8 CommentsDigi-minimalism, Telepresence, and Twinfluence. Click to listen: [audio:http://podcast.cbc.ca/mp3/spark_20101219_42800.mp3|width=160] -
![A Super Sad Love Story, Twitter Strangers, Reality Shifting, and Drive. Click to listen:
[audio:http://podcast.cbc.ca/spark/plus-spark_20101212_sparkrepeat.mp3|width=160]](http://www.cbc.ca/spark/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Canadian-money-is-pretty.jpg "Repeat Episode – December 12 & 15, 2010")
Repeat Episode – December 12 & 15, 2010
Posted on December 12, 2010 | 1 CommentA Super Sad Love Story, Twitter Strangers, Reality Shifting, and Drive. Click to listen: [audio:http://podcast.cbc.ca/spark/plus-spark_20101212_sparkrepeat.mp3|width=160] -
Who Is Using Twitter? Insights from a New Study
Posted on December 9, 2010 | 5 CommentsThe Pew Internet and American Life Project released new research into who is using Twitter, at least in the U.S. If you’re on Twitter, like me or Spark, you might...