The Blue Hour – September Conversations, 2026
A month of live radio conversations from UBC, moving from dark matter and the mysteries of the universe to music and cognition, the writing life, and the resurgence of X̱aad Kíl, the Haida language.
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 8
Hrishabh Srivastava
PhD 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 15
Dr. Leigh VanHandel
Associate 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 understands music.
Tuesday, September 29
Stella Harvey
Author and founder of the Whistler Writing Society and Whistler Writers Festival
Her new novel, Disruption, along with the writing process behind it, the ideas that shaped the book, and the broader experience of a life in fiction and literary community.
Wednesday, September 30 — National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
Dr. Jasḵwaan Bedard
Assistant Professor, Department of Linguistics, Simon Fraser University
X̱aad Kíl and the Resurgence of Haida Language
The revitalization of X̱aad Kíl, the Northern Haida language of Haida Gwaii; language immersion and community-led approaches to learning; and the relationship between language, cultural continuity, Haida knowledge, land, and identity.
Looking ahead on The Blue Hour See the Fall Conversations 2026 and Winter Conversations 2026/27 schedules for upcoming guests and broadcasts.
Recent interviews, podcasts, and transcripts can be found on The Hour Is Blue.
You can also read more about The Blue Hour on CiTR 101.9 FM.