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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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Tuesday Apr 26, 2022
371 | Sporting Supporting Life
Tuesday Apr 26, 2022
Tuesday Apr 26, 2022
This week we met with Justin Robar, a PhD student in Sport Management Graduate Program. In this episode, Justin tells Elizabeth Mohler and Claire Bottini about his research on how sport can positively impact player’s life and community. He describes his MA experience on how sport development programs impact rural African communities. Justin also elaborates about his PhD working on improving knowledge translation between published research and practitioners of Sport for Development as well as how sport clubs newcomer programs can help with immigration to Canada.
Recorded on Apr 19, 2022
Produced by Ariel Frame
Theme song provided by https://freebeats.io/ Produced by White Hot.
Monday Apr 18, 2022
370 | Stimulating Simulations: Where Math and Biology Meet
Monday Apr 18, 2022
Monday Apr 18, 2022
Join hosts Amalie Hutchinson and Michelle Krasovitski as they sit down with Tedi Ramaj, PhD student in applied mathematics. How can math help with understanding invasive species proliferation, cancer cell growth, or COVID trajectories? Tedi shares with GradCast all that and more, introducing us to the power of simulations, some helpful advice for grad school and life, and his love of the simple beauty of math.
To get in contact with Tedi, you can email him at tramaj@uwo.ca
Recorded on April 12th, 2022.
Produced by Amalie Hutchinson.
Theme song provided by https://freebeats.io/ Produced by White Hot.
Tuesday Apr 12, 2022
369 | Anthropological Angle on Artisanal Artifacts Near Arkona
Tuesday Apr 12, 2022
Tuesday Apr 12, 2022
Amanda Suko, a PhD student in Anthropological archaeology, joins hosts Ariel Frame and Ana Moyer this week to discuss Indigenous Ontarian pottery and the people who made it. Working with a collection located near what is now known as Arkona, Ontario, Amanda investigates the production of pottery and how they reflect community and shared knowledge.
To find out more about Amanda, check out her profile here: https://uwaterloo.ca/anthropology/people-profiles/amanda-suko-0
Recorded on Apr 5, 2022
Produced by Ariel Frame
Theme song provided by https://freebeats.io/ Produced by White Hot.
Monday Apr 04, 2022
368 | Scrutinizing the Story of Silence
Monday Apr 04, 2022
Monday Apr 04, 2022
In this episode, Jessica Novial shares a fantastic medieval story with hosts Ariel Frame and Laura Munoz. As a PhD Candidate in French Studies, Jessica's work entails a critical analysis of the 13th-century French romance called "Le Roman de Silence" - (The Romance of Silence), written in old French. Listen in to hear Jessica explain the twists and turns of this novel tale and how it touches on gender and queer theory in an interesting way.
Recorded on March 29, 2022.
Produced by Laura Muñoz Baena.
Theme song provided by https://freebeats.io/ Produced by White Hot.
Tuesday Mar 29, 2022
367 | Embracing the Race
Tuesday Mar 29, 2022
Tuesday Mar 29, 2022
Nyasha Nyereyemhuka is a PhD candidate in the Faculty of Education. In this episode, Nyasha tells Claire Bottini and Yousuf Hasan about her research on how Black females principals construct their professional identities and the difficulties they face in their work. Nyasha also talked about her path from business into education and her role as graduate student representative.
Friday Mar 18, 2022
366 | Gay Rights? Gay Writes
Friday Mar 18, 2022
Friday Mar 18, 2022
Alex Prong, a media studies MA student, joins hosts Laura Muñoz-Baena and Brittany Melton this week to discuss queer literature in its many forms. Join us as we prod the Prong about their inspiration, book recommendations and how they go about researching indigiqueer literature to find alternative paths to chrono and homonormativity.
Recommended books: Jonny Appleseed by Joshua Whitehead and A History of my Brief Body by Billy Ray Belcourt
Recorded on March 15, 2022.
Produced by Laura Muñoz Baena.
Theme song provided by https://freebeats.io/ Produced by White Hot.
Tuesday Mar 15, 2022
365 | Reddit and Weep: Gender and Dating in Online Communities
Tuesday Mar 15, 2022
Tuesday Mar 15, 2022
This week, we interview one of our own, Brittany Melton, PhD student in media studies! Brittany tells hosts Ana Moyer and Amalie Hutchinson about her research into some interesting communities on Reddit, and shares how dating and gender are represented, posted, and discussed online.
To hear more from Brittany, check her out on Twitter @realbritmelton or Instagram @britfitmeltfelt
Recorded on March 8th, 2022.
Produced by Amalie Hutchinson.
Theme song provided by https://freebeats.io/ Produced by White Hot.
Tuesday Mar 08, 2022
364 | Space Law, Science Fiction, and Endless Imagination
Tuesday Mar 08, 2022
Tuesday Mar 08, 2022
This week, Rosemary Giles and Laura Munoz-Baena buckle up in with Joel Welch, a first year PhD candidate in Law. Joel dives deeply into what is space law, serious gaps in the law, and how literature, namely science fiction, can bring insights to legal and policy decision makers through speculation, predictions, and imagination. And no, he personally does not want to go to Mars. He enjoys the Grad Club too much.
To find more about Joel, follow him on Twitter @Joel_Welch or listen to his podcast SciFi Pubcast.
Recorded on March 1st, 2022.
Produced by Laura Muñoz Baena.
Theme song provided by https://freebeats.io/ Produced by White Hot.
Tuesday Feb 22, 2022
363 | A Journalist’s Journey Learning Linguistics
Tuesday Feb 22, 2022
Tuesday Feb 22, 2022
This week we are joined by our very own Michelle Krasovitski, an MA student in Education in the field of Applied Linguistics, who not only shares with us her research interests but also the story behind them. Michelle also shares with us her work outside of school, where she works as a freelance journalist covering culture and media. Tune in to hear her give us a crash course on linguistics, Wordle, and her picks for Sundance 2022!
To find out more from Michelle, follow her on Twitter @chellekras or check out her website https://michellekrasovitski.com/
Recorded on Feb 22, 2022
Produced by Ariel Frame
Theme song provided by https://freebeats.io/ Produced by White Hot
Tuesday Feb 22, 2022
362 | Who’s Laughing Now?
Tuesday Feb 22, 2022
Tuesday Feb 22, 2022
Maggie Prenger is a student in the MD-PhD program. In this episode Maggie tells Claire Bottini and Ariel Frame about her research plans studying humour processing in Parkinson’s disease patients. Listen in to find out what parts of the brain are involved in this disease, why patients watching Seinfeld in a scanner might teach us more about them, and all about humour generally.
To hear more from Maggie, check her out on Twitter @maggie_prenger
Recorded on February 15, 2022.
Produced by Laura Muñoz Baena.
Theme song provided by https://freebeats.io/ Produced by White Hot.