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This summer on the Spark podcast, we're playing extended versions of some of our favourite interviews from the past season. This week, Tim Wu. Tim was born in Canada, and now works as a law professor at Columbia University in New York, and as an advisor t

This summer on the Spark podcast, we're playing extended versions of some of our favourite interviews from the past season. This week, Jane McGonigal says we should consider shifting the way we view game culture, because those hours and that brain power a

Peter Rukavina turns realtime energy information into music. Usman Haque helps build "The Internet of Things" with Pachube. Dan Falk explores the psychology of Facebook. Christian Heller lives "post-privacy." And Nora talks to Canada's Privacy Commissione

David Schropfer on Google Wallet and mobile money. Vanessa Harden, Kevin Hill, and Angela Dougall on inter-species collaboration - making furniture with bees. Clare Lawlor and Xiaochang Li on fan subbing and the future of TV broadcasting. And Seth Godin o

Anand Giridharadas on the new credibility hubs and our return, after many years of seeking the truth for ourselves, to authority for information. Dr. Gary Small on FOMO and social media and how it is re-wiring our brains. Jon Kalish on hackerspaces and a

Marshall McLuhan and what the medium makes obsolete. Mark Paterson on whether our virtual lives are at the cost of our sense of touch. A former stealth marketer on creating false online identities and friendships to influence buying behaviour. Grant McCra

Jason Fried on why work doesn't happen at work (hint: meetings and managers!). Ingrid Fetell on why we should design for joy. And Guy Kawasaki on how to be a more enchanting and therefore more successful person.