The Hour is Blue

The Blue Hour Returns — May and June 2026 Schedule

Live in studio Tuesdays at 2 p.m.
Broadcast on CiTR 101.9 FM and streaming live at CiTR.ca

A live, in-studio interview series featuring conversations this May and June 2026 on music, astronomy, language, philosophy, economics, medicine, and public life.

Tuesday, May 12

Dr. Robert Komaniecki

UBC School of Music

Music theory, popular music, and the history of music notation as an object of aesthetic and visual significance.

Tuesday, May 19

Dr. Michelle Kunimoto

UBC Department of Physics & Astronomy

Exoplanet detection, characterization, and the search for planets beyond our solar system.

Part II

Tuesday, May 26

Dr. Jaymie Matthews

UBC Department of Physics & Astronomy

Stellar astrophysics, exoplanets, and reflections on life as Professor Emeritus from a returning Blue Hour guest.

Tuesday, June 2

Dr. Ève Poudrier

UBC School of Music

Rhythm, musical complexity, the experience of listening to polyphony, and the folk music traditions of French Canada.

Wednesday, June 10

Dr. Jasḵwaan Bedard

Indigenous Languages Program, Department of Linguistics, Simon Fraser University

Haida language, particularly X̱aad Kil, the Northern / Old Massett dialect; Indigenous language immersion; and the work of language learning, teaching, and revitalization.

In the Words of Dr. Jasḵwaan Bedard: X̱aad Kíl and the Resurgence of Haida Language

Tuesday, June 16

Dr. Tom DeMarco

Whistler 360 Health / Whistler Medical Centre

Family medicine, rural health, and travel adventures on a bicycle.

Part II

Sunday, June 21

Dr. Claudio Vellutini

UBC School of Music

Nineteenth-century opera, cultural exchange between Vienna and the Italian states, and his latest book, Entangled Histories.

Tuesday, June 23

Dr. Paul Bartha

UBC Department of Philosophy

Analogical reasoning, precautionary reasoning, and environmental decision-making.

Tuesday, June 30

Dr. Alexander Fisher

UBC School of Music

Music, religion, and historical soundscapes in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Central Europe.

For more interviews, transcripts, and information about The Blue Hour, visit The Blue Hour on CiTR 101.9 FM.

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