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:

 352: Baby boxes, internet health and more | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 54:33

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

 351: Search history for sale, bot talk and more | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 3272

Search history for sale. Bots that develop their own language. Vision for the legally blind. And, what innovation means in Canada.

 351: Search history for sale, bot talk and more | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 3272

Search history for sale. Bots that develop their own language. Vision for the legally blind. And, what innovation means in Canada.

 350: Disappearing trades, automation and more | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 3272

Vanishing skills in our digital society. Why there's still a lively market for feature phones in developing economies. And how the threat of automation and job destruction is overblown.

 350: Disappearing trades, automation and more | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 3272

Vanishing skills in our digital society. Why there's still a lively market for feature phones in developing economies. And how the threat of automation and job destruction is overblown.

 349: Down with self-improvement, sexism and more | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 3270

Resisting the self-improvement craze. Data analytics and the restaurant industry. Diplomatic digital relations. Sexism and Silicon Valley.

 349: Down with self-improvement, sexism and more | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 3270

Resisting the self-improvement craze. Data analytics and the restaurant industry. Diplomatic digital relations. Sexism and Silicon Valley.

 348: Everyone's a musician, no one is the boss | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 3270

Google's hatred-fighting AI. How assistive tech can sometimes reinforce inequalities. No musical ability, no problem, there's an app for that. A personal assistant that answers exclusively in GIFs. And saying goodbye to the CEO for good.

 348: Everyone's a musician, no one is the boss | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 3270

Google's hatred-fighting AI. How assistive tech can sometimes reinforce inequalities. No musical ability, no problem, there's an app for that. A personal assistant that answers exclusively in GIFs. And saying goodbye to the CEO for good.

 348: Rando reactions, creative data and more | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 3270

The future of streaming, sharing, stealing and entertainment. A record-pressing robot helps bring back vinyl. An argument against Virtual Reality as an empathy tool. And, going random with Facebook reactions.

 348: Rando reactions, creative data and more | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 3270

The future of streaming, sharing, stealing and entertainment. A record-pressing robot helps bring back vinyl. An argument against Virtual Reality as an empathy tool. And, going random with Facebook reactions.

 313: Virtual reality, actual loneliness and more | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 3272

Technology that connects and isolates, the intricacies and unexpected outcomes of robot law, finding high art and compassion in virtual reality, and the "Godmother of VR" on the state of her industry.

 313: Virtual reality, actual loneliness and more | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 3272

Technology that connects and isolates, the intricacies and unexpected outcomes of robot law, finding high art and compassion in virtual reality, and the "Godmother of VR" on the state of her industry.

 346: biometrics, audio intelligence and more | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 3274

Privacy implications of data-gathering medical technologies. Crypto parties get a new push thanks to rising data-mining fears. A new car service that connects drivers to riders directly. And, teaching AI to recognize sounds.

 346: biometrics, audio intelligence and more | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 3274

Privacy implications of data-gathering medical technologies. Crypto parties get a new push thanks to rising data-mining fears. A new car service that connects drivers to riders directly. And, teaching AI to recognize sounds.

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