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Spark from CBC Radio

CBC Radio

Spark on CBC Radio One Nora Young helps you navigate your digital life by connecting you to fresh ideas in surprising ways.

Episodes

490: Escape

Nov 20 2020 • 55 MIN

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...

Repeat: Truth decay

Nov 13 2020 • 55 MIN

(This episode first aired in February 2020, and has been updated to reflect all that's happened in the world since.) How do we know what we know? In a digital landscape where social media dominates...

489: Time

Nov 6 2020 • 55 MIN

For all the good they give us, our personal tech has also become a major time suck. We lose hours of our waking lives to online experiences, especially in the past year, when our worlds became almo...

488: The Spark Guide to Civilization, Part Two: Ventilation

Oct 30 2020 • 55 MIN

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...

487: We love robots

Oct 23 2020 • 55 MIN

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...

Repeat: Post-truth expertise

Oct 16 2020 • 55 MIN

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...