Spark from CBC Radio show

Spark from CBC Radio

Summary: 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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Podcasts:

 The Spark guide to living, part 3: Tech in entertainment | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 53:59

We look at how technology has disrupted, enhanced, and hindered the entertainment industry.

 The Spark guide to living, part 2: music and technology | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 53:59

A look at how technology is changing music: the way we hear it, stream it, and make it.

 Spark Guide to Living Episode 1 - The state of innovation in Canada | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 53:59

As we celebrate Canada's 150th anniversary, how well are we doing in innovation? Part 1 of our summer series, The Spark Guide to Living

 361: Blessing robots, extended minds and more | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 53:59

Should social media be public media? A blessing robot that offers hope in seven languages. A robot couples counsellor could save your relationship. Plus, why your phone is really an extension of your mind.

 360: language and diversity in the digital age | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 53:59

Our changing view of the physical book. Linguistic diversity online and how digital tools are helping to reclaim languages at risk. The anti-social media app.

 359: machines that smell sickness, sarcastic AI and more | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 53:59

Crowdsourcing happiness. Sarcastic AI. Protest and technology. Making music with code. Machines that can sniff out disease.

 358: moderation, persuasion, attention | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 53:59

Facebook's content moderation problem. Apple's lack of daycare. Dumb bots that improve office dynamics. And, online persuasion and the attention economy.

 357: audio tattoos, the malware scare and more | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 53:59

The future of ransomware. Ads that target your painful past. Tattoos you can listen to. And, has America become anti-innovation?

 356: "Can you please unlock your phone, sir?" | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 54:00

Why border officials can scour your smartphone. Should robots interview abused children? "Dashing" off donations. Behaviour and digital nudging. Portrayals of motherhood in video games.

 355: Down and out in the digital economy | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 53:59

The perils of job hunting in a digital age. Why kids should learn to hack. The dangers of "pre-crime" algorithms. Kim Dotcom: the man behind the myth.

 354: Social media, social ills | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 3239

Facebook, violence and responsibility. An app to bridge the political divide. Designing government data to be engaging. Locked out of your own YouTube account. And, why we need a nature fix.

 354: Social media, social ills | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 53:59

Facebook, violence and responsibility. An app to bridge the political divide. Designing government data to be engaging. Locked out of your own YouTube account. And, why we need a nature fix.

 353: Addiction, failure, psychopaths | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 3239

How to identify and curb tech addiction and overuse. Why we should stop scrolling and start connecting. A tour through the Museum of Failure. A tax on robots. And, is Silicon Valley full of psychopaths?

 353: Addiction, failure, psychopaths | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 53:59

How to identify and curb tech addiction and overuse. Why we should stop scrolling and start connecting. A tour through the Museum of Failure. A tax on robots. And, is Silicon Valley full of psychopaths?

 352: Baby boxes, internet health and more | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 3273

Internet health. Baby boxes. 808 heartbreak. Frank Lloyd Wright's 3D revival. And, is tech becoming conceptual art?

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