Podcasts by Spark
Spark on CBC Radio One Nora Young helps you navigate your digital life by connecting you to fresh ideas in surprising ways.
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Butterfly Effect 10 - The Audio Recorder from 2023-06-16T00:10
From the phonograph to field recordings to the cultural impact of mixtapes — a look at how recorded sound gives us access to history, fantasy, joy, and moments of genuine awe from around the world.
Listen516: Fashion Futures from 2021-09-10T00:10
Our digital tech both facilitates and mitigates waste in the garment industry. But can the technology that ramped up global fashion production also help us build a more sustainable fashion future?
Listen488: The Spark Guide to Civilization, Part Two: Ventilation from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Past pandemics have been a huge influence on the way we design our cities and our homes. So what can the history of this relationship between public health and public spaces teach us during the COV...
Listen487: We love robots from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Humans have long been fascinated by the idea of automatons. But increasingly, robots are also just reality, as more work is automated - especially during the COVID-19 pandemic, to accommodate physi...
ListenRepeat: Post-truth expertise from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
This episode originally aired in June, 2020. Do you "trust the experts"? Or rather, in what circumstances do you trust the experts? In a complex world like ours, expertise is important, but spec...
Listen486: Efficiency from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
It used to be that efficiency meant getting something done in the fewest amount of steps. So how did we get to the world we live in now—where efficiency means whatever is cheapest and most convenie...
ListenIntroducing: Tai Asks Why Season 3 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Fourteen year-old Tai Poole returns with Season 3 of Tai Asks Why to ask: What’s happening in my teen brain? How is the Universe going to end? Why do humans dance? And how much screen time is too m...
Listen496: Disruption in the classroom (and beyond) from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
When genuine disruption happens, it can create chaos, but it eventually becomes the new normal. What does the pandemic have to teach us about tech and education? And, understanding the long-term tr...
Listen495: Indigenous Futurisms from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Stories about the future can offer insight into not only where we're going, but who we are. Thing is, traditionally, our most iconic images of the future are, for the most part, whitewashed and mal...
ListenA Spark Pandemic Retrospective - Touch, Trust, The Alchemy of Us from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Over the past year, we've had to reimagine our relationship with our technologies—and each other. This week, a look back at stories from early on in the pandemic that examine what we've learned abo...
ListenA Spark Pandemic Retrospective - Where do we go from here? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
2020 has been a long year, full of challenges, as well as opportunities to do things differently. We look back at the progress we've made in everything from transportation, to retail to working rem...
Listen494: The Spark Guide to Civilization, Part Four: Attention from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
We have been lamenting our loss of focus and blaming our short attention spans on technology for ages. But are our attention spans actually dwindling - or is it just that there are just so many thi...
Listen493: Virtual Reality 2.0.2.0 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Many activities have moved to our screens and online over the course of the pandemic, but we're still much more likely to invest in an ergonomic chair than a VR headset. So what still stands in the...
Listen492: Social tech from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
As we interact more - and more often - with our digital technologies, those interactions tell us a lot about who we are. Can we analyze behaviour on social media for mental health insights? Researc...
Listen491: The Spark Guide to Civilization, Part Three: Nostalgia from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Throughout the pandemic we've seen a resurgence of retro hobbies like bread making, tie-dyeing clothes, and going to the drive-in. Why is nostalgia our natural response in times of crisis? And, fas...
Listen490: Escape from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393
Escape can offer a reprieve from daily COVID life. But if you can't physically go anywhere, immersing yourself in fictional worlds - like the ones of online games - can help with the social isolati...
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