26 episodes

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

Spark CBC Discover & Learn

    • Technology
    • 4.7 • 657 Ratings

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

    Can we put a watermark on reality?

    Can we put a watermark on reality?

    In an age of misinformation and generative AI, how do we know if anything we read or hear is even real anymore? From the latest trends in internet search to watermarking images to (re)establishing trust in journalism, we examine the role of proof in a post-truth world.

    • 54 min
    Predicting problems before they happen

    Predicting problems before they happen

    Digital twin technology is growing rapidly across multiple industries. From race cars to the human heart to the entire country of Canada, a look at how these virtual replicas use real-time data to model and predict the future.

    • 54 min
    Being Human Now - Work

    Being Human Now - Work

    We keep hearing that AI is going to revolutionize jobs. But what if the language of inevitable automation hides the ongoing need for distinctly human skills?

    • 54 min
    Confronting bias and privacy for better tech tools

    Confronting bias and privacy for better tech tools

    Along with huge advances in data-driven technologies like machine learning and digital health, there are troubling concerns about our data privacy in healthcare, and persistent problems with bias in artificial intelligence. So how do we get the tools we want with the ethics we need?

    • 54 min
    How 'compassionate ageism' made its way into designing new tech

    How 'compassionate ageism' made its way into designing new tech

    By some measures, nearly 90% of Canadians 65 and older use the internet every day. And yet, the design of new technologies and platforms often leaves out the needs, desires and interests of seniors. But if older people are using technology, why aren't they factored into its design?

    • 54 min
    The extraordinary power of terrestrial radio

    The extraordinary power of terrestrial radio

    In honour of World Radio Day, we explore the magic behind one of the most important technological creations in history, the innovations it inspired and its enduring power in an increasingly digitized world.

    • 54 min

Customer Reviews

4.7 out of 5
657 Ratings

657 Ratings

markii_swiss ,

One of the best shows about new tech and innovation

I’m always learning new things - and leave with a book recommendation or two. Nora Young is one of the best interviewers. Just a great show.

Michael MacGillivray ,

🚙 CenturyAuto.ca 🚙 ❤️ Spark! ⚡️

Great listen always😄

Geoelh ,

The way it’s done

Spark is CBC at it’s best, and it used to be more like this. Cracking and insightful, entertaining and well paced. Nora is one of our broadcasting treasures.

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