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The official podcast of the Society of Graduate Students at Western University in London, Ontario, Canada. We aim to showcase the innovative research that graduate students are conducting at Western University and appeal to various audiences including those within and beyond the academic community.
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4 hours ago
479 | Black Paint on a Black Canvas
4 hours ago
4 hours ago
Hosts Anthony Cruz and Meghan Voll are joined by Emiko Muraki, a PhD candidate with the University of Calgary, and a visiting PhD student at Western University. Emiko studies how context and differences between people affect how we learn and use concepts, and understand language. She also studied people with aphantasia, who can't form mental images, and found that they may still engage in sensorimotor simulation during semantic processing, even if they lack conscious, voluntary imagery.
Recorded on October 8, 2024.
Produced by Bruno Mesquita.
Theme song provided by https://freebeats.io/ (Produced by White Hot).
7 days ago
7 days ago
Hosts Mark Ambrogio and Meghan Voll are joined by Shengpei (Leslie) Li, a Ph.D. student in Media Studies. Leslie discusses his research on rap music in China and the politics surrounding it.
Recorded on October 1, 2024.
Produced by Riya Sidhu
Theme song provided by https://freebeats.io/ (Produced by White Hot).
Tuesday Oct 01, 2024
477 | Music, Memory & Media (Libby’s version)
Tuesday Oct 01, 2024
Tuesday Oct 01, 2024
Hosts Mark Ambrogio and Ryan Baxter are joined by Elisabeth (Libby) Roberts, a Ph.D. candidate in the music cognition specialization at the University of Western Ontario, Don Wright Faculty of Music. Libby discusses her research in music-evoked autobiographical memory and how she combines methods from behavioural sciences, sociology, and music theory. She discusses how social media, a space of interaction, memory, and, importantly, hearing and playing music, influences the way we remember popular music.
Check out Libby’s research, composition and performances here!
Recorded on September 24, 2024.
Produced by Maria Khan
Theme song provided by https://freebeats.io/ (Produced by White Hot).
Thursday Sep 26, 2024
#TheScoopOnSOGS | Vice-President Advocacy (Jasmine Proctor)
Thursday Sep 26, 2024
Thursday Sep 26, 2024
In this installment of the three-part #TheScoopOnSOGS miniseries, host Liam Clifford is joined by Jasmine Proctor, a PhD Student in Western's Faculty of Information and Media Studies who currently serves as the Vice-President Advocacy at the Society of Graduate Students (SOGS). Listen to this episode to learn about Jasmine's research, background, and roles at SOGS, as well as what she enjoys about being a student leader.
Recorded on September 10, 2024.
Produced by Anthony Cruz.
Theme song provided by https://freebeats.io/ (Produced by White Hot).
Tuesday Sep 24, 2024
476 | Ashar’s Cosmic Storytelling Corner
Tuesday Sep 24, 2024
Tuesday Sep 24, 2024
This week, hosts Maris Schneider and Garth Casbourn are joined by writer, curator and visual culture PhD candidate at the Department of Visual Arts, Ashar Mobeen. Ashar studies ancient and indigenous civilizations and the manifestation of astronomical understanding within their art and architecture. He explores the stories of groups marginalized by Eurocentric ideologies. Ashar chats about his love for the cosmos, working to implement new pedagogical methods in the classroom, sustainable curatorial projects and managing the Ecologies in Practice podcast (launching this Fall)!
Here are links to the curatorial projects: In the Heart of the Bronze: A Liu Shiming Experience and of many worlds in this world (featured at Western’s artLAB Gallery!)
Recorded on September 17, 2024.
Produced by Maria Khan.
Theme song provided by https://freebeats.io/ (Produced by White Hot).
Thursday Sep 19, 2024
#TheScoopOnSOGS | President (Cherin Chung)
Thursday Sep 19, 2024
Thursday Sep 19, 2024
In this installment of the three-part #TheScoopOnSOGS miniseries, host Liam Clifford is joined by Cherin Chung, a PhD Candidate in Western's Department of French who currently serves as the President of the Society of Graduate Students (SOGS). Listen to this episode to learn about Cherin's research, background, and roles at SOGS, as well as what she enjoys about being a student leader.
If you would like to learn more or get involved, check out sogs.ca and follow SOGS on Instagram @westernsogs! To get in touch with Cherin, you can contact her by email (president@sogs.ca) or follow her personal Instagram @cherinchung.
Recorded on August 27, 2024.
Produced by Anthony Cruz.
Theme song provided by https://freebeats.io/ (Produced by White Hot).
Tuesday Sep 17, 2024
Tuesday Sep 17, 2024
Recorded on September 10, 2024.
Produced by Anthony Cruz.
Theme song provided by https://freebeats.io/ (Produced by White Hot).
Thursday Sep 12, 2024
#TheScoopOnSOGS | Vice-President Finance (Evan Sauve)
Thursday Sep 12, 2024
Thursday Sep 12, 2024
In this installment of the three-part #TheScoopOnSOGS miniseries, host Liam Clifford is joined by Evan Sauve, a PhD Candidate in Western's Department of Economics who currently serves as the Vice-President Finance at the Society of Graduate Students (SOGS). Listen to this episode to learn about Evan's research, background, and roles at SOGS, as well as what Evan enjoys about being a student leader.
Follow Evan on Instagram, @EvanSauve_SOGS!
Recorded on August 20, 2024.
Produced by Anthony Cruz.
Theme song provided by https://freebeats.io/ (Produced by White Hot).
Tuesday Sep 10, 2024
474 | Ultracool Dwarf Planets
Tuesday Sep 10, 2024
Tuesday Sep 10, 2024
This week, hosts Mark Ambrogio and Garth Casbourn are joined by Astronomy PhD student Sami Lambier. Sami researches ultracool dwarfs, some of the smallest stars in the Universe. Sami also discusses her work at the Cronyn Observatory. Listen to learn some ultra-cool facts about the night sky!
Recorded on September 3, 2024.
Produced by Anthony Cruz.
Theme song provided by https://freebeats.io/ (Produced by White Hot).
Thursday Sep 05, 2024
#BookCast 4 | The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood
Thursday Sep 05, 2024
Thursday Sep 05, 2024
For our August book of the month, the #BookCast team tackled The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood, the discussion led by Meghan Voll and joined by Mark Ambrogio, Garth Casbourn and Maria Khan. The team looks at the writing style, character development, accuracy to real-life academia and problematic elements in the storyline. Will this experiment combust in our protagonist's face? Airing September 5 at 11 AM on Radio Western.
Recorded on August 22, 2024
Produced by Maria Khan
Theme song provided by https://freebeats.io/ Produced by White Hot