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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 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
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
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
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
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
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.
Tuesday Feb 15, 2022
Tuesday Feb 15, 2022
Do you believe electric guitar has no place in classical music? Think again! Hosts Amalie Hutchinson and Michelle Krasovitski are joined by PhD candidate Andrew Noseworthy, who introduces them to the field of music composition. Andrew challenges the notion that Mozart and Jimmy Page exist in two separate worlds, explaining how classical instruments find harmony with their electric counterparts.
To hear more from Andrew, follow him on Twitter or Instagram @anmusiccomposer and listen to his music on Band Camp, SoundCloud and his website https://www.anmusiccomposer.com/
Recorded on Feb 10, 2022
Produced by Ariel Frame
Theme song provided by https://freebeats.io/ produced by White Hot.
Monday Feb 07, 2022
Monday Feb 07, 2022
Recorded on February 2nd, 2022.
Produced by Laura Muñoz Baena.
Theme song provided by https://freebeats.io/ Produced by White Hot.
Tuesday Feb 01, 2022
Tuesday Feb 01, 2022
Join hosts Amalie Hutchinson and Elizabeth Mohler as they sit down with musicology PhD candidate Lydia Wilton. Sharpen your ears and get ready to hear about Lydia's research in record production. We learn how horror movies manage to make you feel so unsettled, and what really goes into making a record—from the technical to the poetic. So, listen up, it's time to press "play" on this fascinating episode.
To hear more from Lydia, follow her on Instagram @LydiaTheClaire or Twitter @LydiaTheClaire and check out some of her work with bands Nameless Friends and Older Siblings
Recorded Jan 25, 2022
Produced by Ariel Frame
Theme song provided by https://freebeats.io/ produced by White Hot.
Wednesday Jan 26, 2022
Wednesday Jan 26, 2022
This week, Rosemary Giles and Laura Munoz-Baena sit down with Hanna Barnett, a PhD candidate in Hispanic Studies. Hanna and our hosts discuss her current research on the Influenza of 1918, the way that media represented the 1918 Influenza in Canadian newspapers, and how the Canadian media perpetuated the “Spanish” association with the disease. They discuss what it’s like researching historic pandemics during a pandemic, and how this has affected Hanna’s research.
To keep up to date on what Hanna is doing, check her out on Linkedin: @Hanna Barnett.
Recorded on January 18, 2022.
Produced by Laura Muñoz Baena.
Theme song provided by https://freebeats.io/ Produced by White Hot.