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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:

 331: It's overcomplicated, Simpsons by the data and more | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 3239

Why everything feels so complicated. A new wetsuit inspired by beaver fur. Analysis of 27 seasons of The Simpsons. And algorithms, those weapons of math destruction.

 330: Reality isn't real, Utopia is creepy and more | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 3239

How our minds construct reality for us. Why our techno-utopia is actually dystopian. The trouble with that workplace dictator, email. And, diving into internet chum.

 329: A new standard for intelligence, online bartering, and more... | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 3239

Music by computers, tips for millennials, trading through Bunz, and regulating the cutting edge of the financial industry.

 328: Disruption in banking, a long view on AI, and more... | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 3239

The AI100 takes a long view on artificial intelligence research, why there are pop machines in your video games, teaching millennials about money, how the big banks are dealing with disruptions, and taking another look at the value of gold.

 327: Working less, social credit scores, and more... | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 3239

A proposal for shorter workdays. We ask the question. Getting credit through online shopping and social media. And the tech helping people send money back home.

 326: The pain of paying, tracking babies, and more... | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 3239

How credit cards help us spend more, new ways we are measuring everything about our kids, using Amazing Prime for... everything, celebrating the birthday of an unsung operating system, and looking back on Spark 10 seasons in.

 Introducing: From Bartering to Bitcoin | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 80

Spark's new series on the future of money in a digital world

 325: Connected bikes, playground design and more | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 3239

The latest in connected bikes. Playing with playground design. The messaging app boom. And, experimenting with guaranteed basic income.

 324: Tracking tears, Zero Rating and more... | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 3239

Adding tears to the quantified self movement. Finding names for every place. Understanding a big tech purchase. The problem with data-free content. And why the simplest brains are sometimes the best.

 318: Embracing boredom, digital hoarding, quantum computing and more | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 3239

The value of being bored. Explaining quantum computing. Clearing out our digital basements. Using DNA to store data. A literary use for the Dark Web.

 Best of Spark: Place, space, and embracing creative change | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 3239

This time a repeat of several of our favourite stories from last season on Spark.

 304: Yearbook photo analysis, social media imposters and more | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 3239

Social media imposters, the evolution of the yearbook photo smile, storage solutions, and those pesky, biased algorithms.

 303: Therapy apps, blind hiring and more | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 3239

This time around, technology as a bridge in human relations.

 302: Dementia, dumpster diving, driverless cars and more | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 3239

How fresh thinking and savvy design can make a big difference.

 301: Teaching through text message, designing connection and more | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 3239

This week, a special look at design. Crafting tools that help people connect and learn.

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