The Blue Hour: Winter Conversations 2026–27

A winter series of conversations moving from neuroplasticity and the changing human brain to evolution and the possibilities of life, HIV/AIDS, medicine, and public health. Hosted by Farha Guerrero, The Blue Hour is a conversational ideas show on CiTR 101.9 FM at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada. Tuesdays at 2 p.m. PT Listen on CiTR 101.9 FM, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube. Tuesday, December 1Dr. Lara BoydProfessor and Distinguished University Scholar, Department of Physical Therapy, UBC Neuroplasticity, motor learning, brain recovery after stroke, and how behaviour and experience can change the human brain. Tuesday, January 19Telmo PievaniDistinguished Professor of Philosophy of Biological Sciences, University of Milan Evolution, contingency and the possibilities of life; the meeting of science, philosophy and literature; and his new book, Multiplicity: A Scientist’s Journey into Evolutionary Space, published by MIT Press in October 2026. Tuesday, January…