''Quirks & Quarks'' is a Canadian

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news program, heard over

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of the

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(CBC). Created by CBC Producer Diana Filer and airing since October 8, 1975, ''Quirks & Quarks'' is consistently rated among the most popular CBC programs, attracting over 800,000 listeners each Saturday from 12:06 to 13:00. The show is also heard on

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and some American public radio stations. The show consists of several segments each week, most of which involve the host interviewing a scientist about a recent discovery or publication, combined with in-depth documentaries; however, from time to time the show does a special "Question Show" episode, during which the format consists of scientists answering questions submitted by listeners. ''Quirks & Quarks'' has offered listeners Internet audio streams and MP3 downloads on its web page since 1993. The MP3 audio files have been archived on the program web site, going back to Sept. 2006. In 2005, ''Quirks'' became the first major CBC show available as a podcast. Since the program began, it has won more than 80 national and international journalism awards, including the prestigious Walter Sullivan Award (twice) and the Science Writing Award from the American Institute of Physics (twice). In the mid-2000s, the CBC began repackaging episodes of ''Quirks & Quarks'' into podcast segments. On November 28, 2006, the ''Quirks & Quarks'' podcast was one of the top 10 downloads on the iTunes podcast chart.

Hosts

*1975–1979:

David Suzuki David Takayoshi Suzuki (born March 24, 1936) is a Canadian academic, science broadcaster, and environmental activist. Suzuki earned a PhD in zoology from the University of Chicago in 1961, and was a professor in the genetics department at the ...

*1979–1991:

Jay Ingram Jay Ingram Order of Canada, CM (born March 20, 1945) is a Canadian author, broadcaster and science communicator. He was host of the television show ''Daily Planet (TV series), Daily Planet'' (originally titled ''@discovery.ca''), which aired on ...

*1992: David Mowbray *1992–present: Bob McDonald Suzuki went on to host CBC Television's ''

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''. Ingram left to become founding host of

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's nightly science-news program '' @discovery.ca''. Mowbray hosted for four months and then left to make documentary films about science in international development. McDonald came to ''Quirks'' from having hosted CBC Television's children's science program '' Wonderstruck''.

References

External links

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Quirks and Quarks - Canadian Communication Foundation
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