Spark on CBC Radio
Alright, I’m a very bad Canadian. I’m only just now discovering this incredible series. So sue me. Well… ok don’t sue me even though I’ve created this almost-logo above from some image snatched randomly on Google Image search, thus committing many an old-media faux-pas.
Spark is a radio show / podcast from the CBC, hosted by Nora Young (pictured above), and I’ve been listening to them compulsively all day. Who knew that there was anything this cool out there? So far I’ve heard about telecommuting technology, immersion, internet memes, fonts, net neutrality, and how text is transformed in the digital age. I’m finding I know a lot about what they’re talking about, but always learn something I might never have known.
The best part: when an interview is really good but too long for broadcast, it’s made available on the website separately.
Check out Spark on the CBC website.
Meanwhile: dear Spark. Please make a logo available. Yes, I know, you’re a radio show… irony irony blah blah blah…
[UPDATE] - Just a few hours later, and producer Dan Misener from Spark has already scoped out this blog entry and responded to my request for a logo:
Hmm. I like mine better, but then again, I’m partial to the Futura font. Maybe this 70s/80s funk feel logo is really fitting for a cutting-edge technology show, considering how well technology seems to be dissolving our sense of history as something from “long ago”.
That was FAST though, and how cool is it that the show is so intimately interactive like this? It may seem trite, but I just have to say it: I love the Internet!
May 28th, 2008 at 1:46 pm
Caleb,
Dan from Spark here. Thanks so much for the kind words and the link. Glad to hear you’re enjoying the show. It’s always nice to know that people find the extended interviews useful.
As for the logo: http://www.flickr.com/photos/25031050@N06/2531374809/
Thanks again!