Spark

4.7 (92)
TECNOLOGÍA
CADA SEMANA

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

30 AGO

Being Human Now 10 - Control

It's possible that the propensity to convince ourselves we have control over things —even when we don't— is the most uniquely human thing there is. But as we speed ever faster toward an AI world, will true agency even matter as long as we believe we have it?

54 min
23 AGO

Being Human Now 9 - Wellness

There's been an explosion of mental health content on social media, both by licensed professionals and influencers. Is that a welcome step in destigmatizing mental illness, or is it fostering a culture of misinformed self-diagnosis?

54 min
16 AGO

Being Human Now 8 - Music

Now that generative AI is shaking up songwriting, have we crossed a new threshold where the distinctively human talent for music is no longer ours alone?

54 min
9 AGO

Being Human Now 7 - Play

What does play mean in a digital age, when so much happens on our all-consuming phones, and tech erases the boundaries between work and play?

54 min
2 AGO

Being Human Now 6 - 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
26 JUL

Being Human Now 5 - Memory

In a world where our digital tools keep an accurate record of handy facts and events, what is our fragile, fallible human memory good for?

54 min
19 JUL

Being Human Now 4 - Belonging

The feeling of belonging is a core, human drive. And feeling excluded is painful. But has our desire to belong—and how we try to achieve that—changed in digital culture?

54 min
12 JUL

Being Human Now 3 - Intimacy

How long do you wait to text after a date? What did that emoji really mean? Is it healthy to feel emotionally attached to an AI chatbot or celebrity you follow on social media? Our tech nourishes intimacy, but it can also be a minefield. A look at intimacy in our digital age.

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Nora Young

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One of my all time favorite podcasts!!

2 jul

philozopher

How can the show be cancelled? The world needs more shows like this. This show has consistently lifted me up for the better part of the last couple decades… CBC what are you doing?!
Excellent podcast - background music too loud

25 feb

aradaw

This is the best podcast on this platform. However, the background music has become too loud to the point that it’s hard to concentrate on the spoken word. Please fix it, Nora. A long time subscriber.
Nora is the Bomb

22/04/2018

Clarity 1955

I <3 Spark.This is a nice way to keep up with tech and trends in electronic media. So good to say she makes my day.
Good show even with the strong left tilt, and a bit naive

09/01/2023

Marcus517

You will never ever hear anything favorable to the right on this show. Nothing on for example the cost of things to government (meaning us) the downside of single parent families, crime rate of POCs, etc. that said, what’s presented is interesting. A couple examples. Bias in machine learning was cited and showed racism. Actually, most everything covered in this show was racist (a slight exaggeration). Nothing about how ML is much easier to fix than the alternative. If a person doesn’t hire people because of racism, you can’t easily tell. However you can throw data at a machine and see the results; it won’t hide them. It’s fixable, the person isn’t (well not easily) Truckers and the surveillance society was an interesting show. And I happen to agree with the concerns of the speaker. But she and the host were terribly naive. There was nothing on how much of a problem was in trucking and all truckers (except very young ones) were noble, responsible people