Decluttering our tech, understanding your workplace 'personality', the idea of a boss as a service, and reducing our focus on 'productivity' as a means to an end.

A special on Smart Cities. It's a big buzzword these days, especially as cities are bigger and denser than ever before. But there are competing visions for what it should be, who should run it, and how to protect your privacy.

Communication has changed thanks to our use of digital and mobile tools. From emojis and abbreviations to how we talk to our virtual assistants, how do we talk to each other today?

There are few darkrooms, and drawing by hand is increasingly rare. So do we still practice "craft" in this digital era?

As waitlists for care facilities grow longer and more people with dementia are choosing to live within their own communities, urban planning and design will play an increasingly important role in helping them live safe, comfortable and independent lives.

Everything we do is analyzed, measured, and quantified to create a model of us online, which then tries to influence our behavour. But how accurate is our quantified self?

People with disabilities want to be participants in design, not recipients of design

The internet offers a huge amount of information, usually for free. So how has that affected the institutions we have traditionally learned from: our schools, colleges, and universities?

How can we find solitude in a world that runs at the speed of a smartphone?

In her book, "You Look Like a Thing and I Love You," Janelle Shane poses the pitfalls of AI dependence

This week on Spark, we speak with Martin Rees, the U.K.’s astronomer royal and author of On The Future: Prospects for Humanity, about the challenges humanity will face in the future, and how we might harness technology to tackle them.

Online tools for divorce and co-parenting aim to keep the process amicable and inexpensive. These digital resources are part of a broader move to open up divorce to less adversarial conflict resolution methods like mediation, coaching and collaborative law.

Who will be the winners and losers in the competitive streaming video market? And what can we, the consumers, make of all this dizzying choice?

Polarization and filter bubbles are destroying our shared sense of reality. Does this mean society is headed toward a state of psychosis?

In honour of the 15th anniversary of Google Maps, we explore all the ways we have learned to navigate the world by sight, smell and sound.

Tech journalist Takara Small says people are building private social networks, through group messages with friends and family and interest-based communities, to create a safe space online.

A Juno-nominated musician says a generation of songwriters is being lost due to the intense struggle artists face trying to survive financially in an industry dominated by music streaming services like Spotify and Apple Music.

Technology isn't permanently harming our ability to concentrate, despite the widely held belief that our devices and the internet are making us worse at focusing, according to a cognitive psychology expert.

Employees at Wildbit have been working remotely for 20 years. Natalie Nagele, the software company's CEO and co-founder, shared some of the keys to remote working success for those who are just starting out.

In her new book, The Alchemy of Us: How Humans and Matter Transformed One Another, materials scientist and author Ainissa Ramirez chronicles eight life-changing inventions, and the inventors behind them.

We explore the early moments in Western culture that hinted at our internet future.

Working and studying from home mean much more time spent in front of screens, which we counterbalance with hands-on activities. Dr. Christine Law offers tips for managing eye strain from extra screen time; and neuroscientist Victoria Abraira explains why touch is so important to us as social beings.

In a new doc, the Canadian actress takes a searing look at injustices in her home province.

Today on q: singer-songwriter Norah Jones, stand-up comics Eman El-Husseini and Jess Salomon, singer-songwriter Celeigh Cardinal, Workin' Moms creator and star Catherine Reitman.

Today on q: actor and director Paul Feig, actress Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, chef and television personality Matty Matheson, an oral history of the Beatles' Hey Jude.

Plane stranded on Shabbat in Halifax and community comes to the rescue, Alberta man has talent calming babies in distress/fosters 88 babies over time, Winnipeg theatre company workshop for aspiring drag queens and St. John police officer deals with a rogue seal

St. John's history of pandemics, Calgary kids paint self portraits on utility box near school and Montreal conversation with family whose father/husband works in south Korea.

Quebec City store gives away leftover perishables, Lakehead University program helps teachers understand indigenous tradition of wild rice harvest and Bob Keating from CBC Nelson drops by seniors home with some groceries

Scurvy in modern Canada, snake venom sans snakes and hot food tolerance

Was the Earth once a waterworld, the fight to be the first female astronaut and composting garbage

Firing a cannonball at an asteroid and a fossil ‘wonderchicken’

Companies often change valuable brand names when expanding to other countries. Sometimes the reason is a language issue. But other times, the reasons are far more interesting.

The world of business is all about growth. To stimulate growth, companies have to win new customers by taking a chance and thinking outside the box. Or the bucket.

As 2019 draws to a close, how much do you remember about it? It's time for The House's annual end-of-year political quiz. Play along with our panel of journalists and test your knowledge. 

Atmospheric scientist Katharine Hayhoe and sustainable energy economist Mark Jaccard join host Chris Hall to talk about how to talk about climate change. Plus, we speak with Donald Savoie, scholar of Canadian public administration, about his magnum opus Democracy in Canada: The Disintegration of Our Institutions, and discuss tackling social isolation with Baroness Diana Barran, the U.K.’s "minister of loneliness".

As of this week, at least half of all coronavirus deaths in Canada involve residents of seniors' homes and nursing homes. But Minister of Seniors Deb Schulte cautions against pulling all relatives out of these facilities, telling CBC Radio’s The House that often, “families don't have the supports” that are needed to keep them safe.

Testing Canadians for immunity to the novel coronavirus — and issuing passes to those immune to the disease — could be a stepping stone to fully reopening the country’s economy, an Ottawa-area physician says.

Maddie & Tae first took country by storm in 2013 with their single Girl in a Country Song. Since then they have toured with the likes of Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood. Now they are back with a new full-length album.

DaBaby's latest album has features by Megan Thee Stallion, Quavo, Roddy Ricch, and Future. The song "Nasty," on which Megan Thee Stallion and Ashanti feature, with Ashanti sampling her 2002 hit "Baby" as part of the chorus, has been the topic of articles by both GQ and BET.

We learn about a new movement to remove all pets from British Columbia’s classrooms, we meet Canada’s whistling champion, and we explore the working conditions of app workers.

Listen to this week's episode with host Michael Enright.

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Listen to this week's episode with guest host Peter Armstrong.

Listen to this week's episode with host Michael Enright.

Listen to this week's episode with host Michael Enright.

Listen to this week's episode with host Michael Enright.

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