Quirks and Quarks

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Quirks & Quarks

Other names	Quirks
Genre	Science news
Running time	ca. 50 min.
Country	Canada
Languages	English
Home station	CBC Radio One
Hosts	Bob McDonald
Producers	Jim Lebans Pat Senson
Executive producers	Jim Handman
Recording studio	Toronto, Ontario
Air dates	October 8, 1975 to present
Audio format	Monophonic
Website www.cbc.ca/quirks
Podcast Podcast

Quirks & Quarks (Quirks) is a Canadian weekly science news program heard over CBC Radio One of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC).

Airing since October 8, 1975, Quirks & Quarks is consistently rated among the most popular CBC programs, attracting over 500,000 listeners each Saturday from 12:00 to 13:00 UTC-5. The show is also heard on Radio Canada International shortwave transmissions, Minnesota Public Radio, and Sirius Satellite Radio. The show consists of several segments each week, most of which involve the host interviewing a scientist about a recent discovery or publication, however, from time to time the show does a special "Questions" episode, during which the format consists of scientists answering questions submitted by listeners.

Quirks & Quarks has offered listeners Internet audio streams and downloads using Au, Real Audio, MP3 and OGG formats since December 1993. In 2005, Quirks became the first major CBC show available as a podcast.

Hosts

1992-present Bob McDonald
1979-1991 Jay Ingram
1975-1979 David Suzuki

Suzuki went on to host CBC Television's The Nature of Things. Ingram left to become founding host of Discovery Channel Canada's nightly science-news program. McDonald came to Quirks from having hosted CBC Television's children's science program Wonderstruck.

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