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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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Saturday Apr 29, 2017
113 | Marching with Kristine Musgrove
Saturday Apr 29, 2017
Saturday Apr 29, 2017
This week, we talk to Music Education student Kristine Musgrove. Her work studies the culture of competitive marching band groups in the US.
Hosts: Susan Anthony & Andrew Hanna
Producer: Tristian Johnson
Wednesday Apr 26, 2017
112 | Saying Goodbye to Julia Palozzi
Wednesday Apr 26, 2017
Wednesday Apr 26, 2017
This week we say goodbye to longtime Gradcast committee member Julia Palozzi. We talk about her work on peat bogs in northern Ontario. Julia, you will be missed.
Hosts: Susan Anthony & Taniya Nagpaland
Producer: Sabrina Hope
Wednesday Apr 19, 2017
111 | Digging in Peru with Arwen Johns
Wednesday Apr 19, 2017
Wednesday Apr 19, 2017
This week, Arwen returns to talk about what her summer in Peru doing archaeology was like.
Hosts: Susan Anthony & Julia
Producer: Tristian Johnson
Saturday Apr 15, 2017
110 | WRF Keynote: Memes and Pepes with Yimin Chen
Saturday Apr 15, 2017
Saturday Apr 15, 2017
This week, we show you our last episode from the Western Research Forum. Tristan Johnston and Sabrina Hope speak with GradCast's own Yimin Chen, a keynote speaker who came to talk to us about sweet, sweet internet memes.
Hosts: Tristan Johnston & Sabrina Hope
Wednesday Apr 12, 2017
109 | Eating Grapefruit with Amy Burke
Wednesday Apr 12, 2017
Wednesday Apr 12, 2017
This episode, we meet with Biochemist Amy Burke, who looks into a compound found in grapefruit juice, that could have medical applications.
Hosts: Adrienne Borrie & Ariel Frame
Producer: Susan Anthony
Monday Apr 10, 2017
108 | WRF Keynote: Learning to Lead with Dr. Pam Bishop
Monday Apr 10, 2017
Monday Apr 10, 2017
This episode we talk to Dr. Pam Bishop, a keynote speaker from the recent Western Research Forum. She talks about research and leadership for grad students in these uncertain times.
Host: Tristan Johnson
Sunday Apr 09, 2017
107 | Emily Pitts and the Friendship Centre
Sunday Apr 09, 2017
Sunday Apr 09, 2017
This episode, we talk to Anthropologist Emily Pitts looking at indigenous friendship centres giving identity and community for indigenous canadians living in cities.
Hosts: Emma Bridgwater & Tristan Johnson
Producer: Susan Anthony
Monday Apr 03, 2017
106 | The Genetic Engineers of Tomorrow
Monday Apr 03, 2017
Monday Apr 03, 2017
This week we meet with an undergraduate club for genetic engineering.
Host: Tristan Johnson