The Blue Hour – September Conversations, 2026

A month of live conversations from the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada, moving from dark matter and the mysteries of the universe to music and cognition, environmental politics, and the writing life. Hosted by Farha Guerrero, The Blue Hour is a live, in-studio conversational ideas show on CiTR 101.9 FM at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. Tuesdays at 2 p.m. PT Listen live and afterwards on CiTR 101.9 FM, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube. Tuesday, September 1Hrishabh SrivastavaMSc student, Astronomy, UBC Strong gravitational lensing, dark matter, the Euclid Space Telescope, and how new approaches to analysing images of distant galaxies may help us understand the structure of our universe. Tuesday, September 8To Be Announced Tuesday, September 15Dr. Leigh VanHandelAssociate Professor of Music Theory, UBC School of Music Music cognition, rhythm and tempo, the relationship between music and language, and how the human mind perceives and…