v Unbelievable Adele weight loss photo leads to eating disorder warning By www.dailytelegraph.com.au Published On :: A body image expert has warned against the praise of Adele’s latest Instagram photo, saying it can be a “trigger” for people who suffer from eating disorders. Full Article
v Mystery dad arrives in Summer Bay By www.dailytelegraph.com.au Published On :: CAMERON Daddo was a household name in the early ’90s in Australia, but since returning after more than 25 years in Hollywood, he’s had to introduce himself again to audiences in his beloved home country. Full Article
v Nov 2, 2019: New Brunswick Ugliest Province & Parks By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Fri, 1 Nov 2019 20:38:04 EDT Beauty is in the eye of the beholder when Peter Anthony and James Mullinger discuss if New Brunswick is the ugliest province. Then, Nikki Payne and Jon Steinberg draw a line in the sand over whether or not everyone should go to the park. Full Article Radio/The Debaters
v Nov 9, 2019: Fake Meat & Scuba Diving By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Fri, 8 Nov 2019 15:07:22 EST Rob Bebenek and Dave Hemstad air their beefs when they discuss plant-based meats. Then, Elvira Kurt and Hunter Collins take the plunge in their debate on scuba diving. Full Article Radio/The Debaters
v Nov 16, 2019: Carbon Tax & City Slogans By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Fri, 15 Nov 2019 20:17:26 EST Charlie Demers and Glen Foster refuse to look fuel-ish when they discuss the carbon tax. Then, Evany Rosen and Todd Graham try to stay civil in their debate on city slogans. Full Article Radio/The Debaters
v Nov 23, 2019: Plate vs. Bowl & Soap Operas By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Thu, 21 Nov 2019 21:07:00 EST Simon Rakoff and Sean Cullen offer their dinner-most thoughts when they compare plates to bowls. Then, Michelle Shaughnessy and Deborah Kimmett offer bold and beautiful arguments in their debate on soap operas. Full Article Radio/The Debaters
v Nov 30, 2019: Correcting Grammar & A Day on the Slopes By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Fri, 29 Nov 2019 20:08:23 EST Erica Sigurdson and Sterling Scott make their punctuation mark when they discuss correcting others on their spelling and grammar. Then, Tim Nutt and Ryan Williams are a black diamond in the rough in their debate on skiing and snowboarding. Full Article Radio/The Debaters
v Jan 18, 2020: Social Media News & Chair vs. Couch By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Fri, 17 Jan 2020 16:18:48 EST Charlie Demers and Katie-Ellen Humphries Buzz-Feed off each other in their debate on social media as a source for news. Then, Don Kelly and Charles Haycock get comfortable when they compare chairs to couches. Full Article Radio/The Debaters
v Jan 25, 2020: The Rock vs. Hulk Hogan & Study Abroad By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Fri, 24 Jan 2020 19:37:45 EST Graham Clark and Kim’s Convenience’s Andrew Phung are ready to rumble when they compare wrestling icons The Rock and Hulk Hogan. Then, Arthur Simeon and Kate Davis pack their bags when they discuss studying abroad. Full Article Radio/The Debaters
v Feb 1, 2020: The Train & Kids Change Everything By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Fri, 31 Jan 2020 19:59:40 EST It’s full steam ahead when Peter Brown and Erica Sigurdson discuss taking the train. Then, Sean Lecomber and Julie Kim refuse to play nice when they debate if kids change everything. Full Article Radio/The Debaters
v Feb 8, 2020: Millennials & Romance Novels By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Fri, 7 Feb 2020 19:17:40 EST The Debaters have opened the vault and it’s time for a fan-favourite episode from season 10! John Wing and Ivan Decker shoot from the hipster when they discuss millennials. Then, love is in the air when Lori Gibbs and Graham Clark debate romance novels. Full Article Radio/The Debaters
v Feb 22, 2020: Play in a Band & Universal Health Care By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Fri, 21 Feb 2020 20:11:50 EST Wes Borg and Maddy Kelly strike a chord with their North Vancouver audience over playing in a band. Then, Sean Lecomber and DeAnne Smith fit the billing for their debate on Canada’s health care system. Full Article Radio/The Debaters
v March 21, 2020: Phone vs. Text & Everyone Should Sing By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Fri, 20 Mar 2020 16:11:41 EDT Patrick Ledwell and Amanda Brooke Perrin send a clear message to their Ottawa audience when they discuss if it’s better to call or text. Then, Ron Sparks and beloved children’s entertainer Fred Penner belt it out over whether or not everyone should sing. Full Article Radio/The Debaters
v March 28, 2020: Nickelback & ? vs. ! By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Fri, 27 Mar 2020 10:00:00 EDT Look at this photograph from Season 12: Canada's most-maligned band has sold more than 50 million albums worldwide. Kyle Bottom tells Mayce Galoni it's time we appreciated Nickelback. Then, questions are asked and answered—loudly!—in a punctuation altercation between Lara Rae and Peter Brown. Full Article Radio/The Debaters
v Searching for a coronavirus vaccine, the NFL's diversity problem, impeachment endgame, Michael Pollan & more By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Fri, 31 Jan 2020 17:24:39 EST A Saskatchewan laboratory is working on a coronavirus vaccine, Michael Pollan on how caffeine rules our world, how to retrofit an '80s shopping mall, why the NFL hires so few black head coaches, the impeachment drama skids towards acquittal and more. Full Article Radio/Day 6
v Oscar villains, Lynn Beyak, coronavirus hospitals, Weinstein's lawyer, the creator of Comic Sans and more By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Fri, 7 Feb 2020 17:08:20 EST Predicting this year's biggest Oscar villains, a Métis comedian addresses Lynn Beyak, how China built two hospitals in two weeks in Wuhan, a profile of the woman defending Harvey Weinstein in court, Nigeria's burgeoning tech sector, the guy who created Comic Sans and more. Full Article Radio/Day 6
v Pipeline protests, COVID-19, Sonic the Hedgehog, cheating Astros, suing Juul, Coachella meets Saudi and more By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Fri, 14 Feb 2020 18:32:28 EST Why the Wet'suwet'en protests are about more than pipelines, how climate change could make viral outbreaks more common, the worst Sonic the Hedgehog games, why professional pianists fear moving their pianos, the fan who tracked every pitch in the Astros' sign-stealing scandal, a lawsuit alleges vaping giant Juul targeted kids, how Saudi Arabia is using the art world to project openness and more. Full Article Radio/Day 6
v Blockade standoff, hockey stick shortage, Bernie impersonator, Bill Barr's next move, Malcolm X doc and more By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Fri, 21 Feb 2020 18:40:56 EST What the Oka crisis reveals about this week's pipeline standoff, COVID-19 sparks fears of a hockey stick shortage, Bernie Sanders impersonator James Adomian, charting U.S. Attorney General William Barr's next move, why pop music works, revisiting the death of Malcolm X and more. Full Article Radio/Day 6
v COVID-19 and nursing homes, China's state surveillance, the political Dr. Seuss, repopulating Fukushima & more By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Fri, 6 Mar 2020 17:41:36 EST Canadian nursing homes look to Washington State for lessons about COVID-19, public health vs. surveillance in China's battle against the coronavirus, the Jewish-Palestinian lesbian couple who mine their relationship for comedy gold, the Japanese government's plan to repopulate Fukushima, Dr. Seuss' complicated history as a political cartoonist and more. Full Article Radio/Day 6
v COVID-19 in Italy, sports season shutdown, re-reviewing Contagion, comedian Mae Martin & more By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Fri, 13 Mar 2020 13:29:34 EDT Doctors on the COVID-19 frontlines in Italy face stark choices, how Canada would fare if we faced a spike in coronavirus cases, sports leagues suspend their seasons, the 2011 movie that gets things (mostly) right about pandemics, Canadian comedian Mae Martin's new show Feel Good and more. Full Article Radio/Day 6
v COVID-19 in NYC, a century-old blood therapy returns, embrace the bidet, Mariko Tamaki on Wonder Woman & more By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Fri, 27 Mar 2020 18:24:44 EDT The coronavirus hits New York City hard, doctors revisit a century-old blood therapy in the hopes of treating COVID-19, a hockey commentator is doing play-by-play for fans' pet videos, what the coronavirus outbreak means for the zero waste movement, toilet paper shortages spark an interest in bidets, Mariko Tamaki is taking over writing DC's Wonder Woman comic, and more. Full Article Radio/Day 6
v COVID-19 in nursing homes, Hungarian autocracy, Keystone XL, audience-free wrestling, Tiger King and more By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Fri, 3 Apr 2020 18:57:16 EDT A doctor at Pinecrest Nursing Home describes the devastation of COVID-19, Michael Ignatieff on Hungary's slide into autocracy, weighing Alberta's decision to invest in Keystone XL, pro wrestling goes audience-free, why Tiger King went viral and more. Full Article Radio/Day 6
v Surviving COVID-19, shipping container ICUs, band merch to facemasks, a pandemic puzzle shortage and more By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Fri, 10 Apr 2020 18:03:32 EDT COVID-19 survivor David Lat, American band Thursday turns merch into face masks, how hydroxychloroquine shortages hurt people with lupus, turning shipping containers into portable intensive care units, a run on puzzles amidst the pandemic, how advertisers are adapting to the coronavirus and more. Full Article Radio/Day 6
v Neglecting nursing homes, COVID-19 and the fashion industry, Marc Maron, Sarah Kurchak, I Podius and more By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Fri, 17 Apr 2020 18:01:10 EDT Activist who said nursing homes were dangerous says COVID-19 proves them right; the pandemic upends the fashion industry; Marc Maron on politics, self-doubt and his new comedy special; Sarah Kurchak on her new memoir about living with autism; John Hodgman and Elliott Kalan on their I, Claudius-inspired podcast and more. Full Article Radio/Day 6
v Grieving in N.S., Michael Jordan's last dance, isolation reading, documenting a pandemic, Eliza Hittman & more By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Fri, 24 Apr 2020 18:38:53 EDT Grieving amidst a pandemic in Nova Scotia, a survivor of L'Ecole Polytechnique reflects on trauma and healing, The Last Dance lionizes Michael Jordan's last championship run, Becky Toyne's isloation reading list, Denmark's national museum documents daily life during a pandemic, Never Rarely Sometimes Always director Eliza Hittman and more. Full Article Radio/Day 6
v Reopening after COVID-19, the best parliamentary Zoom backdrops, pandemic dreams, real-life Jedi and more By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Fri, 1 May 2020 19:07:54 EDT How businesses are dealing with the prospect of reopening, the best and worst Zoom backdrops from Parliament's first virtual sitting, why everyone is dreaming about the pandemic, a real-life Jedi master, re-thinking cities after COVID-19, the limits to health-care workers' obligation to care and more. Full Article Radio/Day 6
v Detecting COVID-19 in sewage, a failed plot in Venezuela, Animal Crossing, zookeepers, Fraggle Rock and more By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 19:08:00 EDT Wastewater as an early warning system for COVID-19 outbreaks, how a statistician conquered Roll Up The Rim, the Canadian-born former Green Beret behind a failed plot in Venezuela, Nintendo's Animal Crossing brings calm to self-isolation, how zookeepers are coping with the pandemic, the return of Fraggle Rock and more. Full Article Radio/Day 6
v The Spark Guide to Life, Episode Two: Work Productivity By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Tue, 25 Jun 2019 13:49:14 EDT 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. Full Article Radio/Spark
v The Spark Guide to Life, Episode Five: Ethics By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Wed, 26 Jun 2019 14:41:02 EDT Surveilling strangers, ethics courses for computer science students, and what we should and shouldn't be doing with AI. Full Article Radio/Spark
v The Spark Guide To Life, Episode Seven: Mixed Emotions By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Thu, 27 Jun 2019 11:28:54 EDT How examining opposing views may entrench your own, IBM's AI debater, showing emotion on IG, and the importance of reclaiming boredom. Full Article Radio/Spark
v The Spark Guide To Life, Episode Nine: New Perspectives By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Thu, 27 Jun 2019 13:29:13 EDT Google Street View birding, embroidered computers, STEM and the Girl Guides, and using FortNite to teach about climate change Full Article Radio/Spark
v Revealing your emoticon side: how digital technology has changed the way we talk to each other By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Fri, 6 Sep 2019 11:53:22 EDT 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? Full Article Radio/Spark
v How urban design can help people with dementia navigate neighbourhoods and public spaces By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Fri, 27 Sep 2019 16:15:31 EDT 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. Full Article Radio/Spark
v People rely on devices to store information, but that's not a bad thing, researchers say By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Fri, 25 Oct 2019 14:11:36 EDT With smartphones and automated technologies taking care of our information for us, the means to store information outside of our brains is endless. But does this “information offloading” have an impact on the brain’s memory function? Full Article Radio/Spark
v When information is freely available online, learning institutions are forced to change By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Fri, 15 Nov 2019 17:15:48 EST 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? Full Article Radio/Spark
v Walden, revisited By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Fri, 6 Dec 2019 17:45:44 EST How can we find solitude in a world that runs at the speed of a smartphone? Full Article Radio/Spark
v From racial profiling to #BlackLivesMatter: Technology, oppression and expression By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Fri, 13 Dec 2019 17:15:02 EST One of the original uses of networking tech were attempts at racial profiling and predictive policing, author Charlton McIlwain says. Full Article Radio/Spark
v Suggestions, subscriptions and no sense of community: Streaming is changing the way we watch TV By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Fri, 31 Jan 2020 16:14:20 EST 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? Full Article Radio/Spark
v Social media can be 'toxic' and 'violent' — so people are trading it for private chats: journalist By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Fri, 21 Feb 2020 15:12:08 EST 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. Full Article Radio/Spark
v Why fungi could be the future of environmentally sustainable building materials By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Fri, 28 Feb 2020 15:34:24 EST As the construction industry struggles to deal with its impact on the climate, a new crop of people with big ideas are looking for alternative materials to build with. Phil Ayres, an architect and associate professor of architecture in Copenhagen, says the future of building materials isn't high tech polymers or special light metals but mushrooms. Full Article Radio/Spark
v Tech distractions may harm your concentration, but you can reverse it, says psychologist By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Fri, 13 Mar 2020 14:52:19 EDT 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. Full Article Radio/Spark
v How the telegraph and the lightbulb can teach us to think critically about future inventions By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Fri, 3 Apr 2020 15:42:12 EDT 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. Full Article Radio/Spark
v 'Music is such good medicine': Jeremy Dutcher performs cancelled concert from living room By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Wed, 25 Mar 2020 16:33:06 EDT The Juno and Polaris Prize-winning musician was set to kick off a tour across Quebec last week, but it was cancelled due to COVID-19. In place of that, he hosted a virtual concert online. Full Article Radio/Q/Features
v Ellen Page expresses frustration with 'absolutely horrifying' environmental racism in N.S. By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Mon, 30 Mar 2020 17:07:50 EDT In a new doc, the Canadian actress takes a searing look at injustices in her home province. Full Article Radio/Q
v Meghan Trainor on overcoming anxiety and self-doubt to create her new album Treat Myself By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Mon, 6 Apr 2020 11:26:17 EDT The record breaking mega hit All About That Bass transformed Meghan Trainor into a chart-topping pop star before she turned 21 — but with sudden fame also came anxiety and self-doubt. Trainor put in the work to get back in a good place, the results of which can be heard on her new album, Treat Myself. Full Article Radio/Q
v Tuesday, April 7, 2020: Dan Levy, Jessie Reyez and more By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Tue, 7 Apr 2020 13:57:11 EDT Today on q: Schitt's Creek creator and star Dan Levy, musician Rhiannon Giddens, singer-songwriter Jessie Reyez, Julia Ogina on her drum circle. Full Article Radio/Q
v Thursday, April 9, 2020: Gary the Unicorn, Mostafa Keshvari and more By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Thu, 9 Apr 2020 14:33:37 EDT Today on q: Studio K's Gary the Unicorn and puppeteer Jason Hopley, author and mindfulness instructor Tamara Levitt, filmmaker Mostafa Keshvari, actor Nicholas Braun. Full Article Radio/Q
v Skijoring, albatross and illegal fishing and viral hay video By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Thu, 13 Feb 2020 00:00:00 EST Skiing with your dog, how the albatross is helping detect illegal activity on the high seas and a video of opening a bale of hay goes viral. Full Article Radio/The Story from Here
v Love in another language, Cape Breton basketball tourney and stop for school bus campaign By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Thu, 20 Feb 2020 00:00:00 EST Quebec couple talk about falling in love when they speak different languages, Me of the deeps perform at Cape Breton high school basketball tourney and renewed campaign to make motorists stop for school buses after death of five year old twenty years ago. Full Article Radio/The Story from Here
v Edmonton survivor of random attack, 8 year old car enthusiast, Sudbury teen overcomes bullying to pursue acting and Loran prize winner By www.cbc.ca Published On :: Thu, 27 Feb 2020 00:00:00 EST Edmonton father and son describes how son is recovering from vicious random attack, Grade three car lover goes to Auto Show, Sudbury teen pursues acting career and overcomes bullying and Orleans Ontario teen wins 100K Loran prize. Full Article Radio/The Story from Here