Jay Ingram

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Jay Ingram (b. March 20, 1945) is a Canadian author and television personality. He is host of the television show Daily Planet (originally titled @discovery.ca) since 1995 which airs on Discovery Channel Canada.

Ingram also hosted the science program Quirks and Quarks on CBC Radio One from 1979 to 1992. (The show continues to air today; its current host is Bob McDonald.) During this period Ingram won two ACTRA Awards for the category of Best Host.

Ingram is the author of several bestselling books including Talk, Talk, Talk: Decoding the Mysteries of Speech, The Science of Everyday Life, The Velocity of Honey: And More Science of Everyday Life and The Burning House: Unlocking the Mysteries of the Brain, which won the 1995 Canadian Science Writers Book Award. Ingram's most recent popular science book is titled Theatre of the Mind: Pulling Back the Curtain on Consciousness. It was published by Harper Collins in October of 2005.

In January of 2006, Ingram launched Jay Ingram's Theatre of the Mind, a podcast inspired by his most recent book. The weekly program is co-hosted and produced by performer and pundit David Newland.