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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 Dec 22, 2020
Tuesday Dec 22, 2020
Recorded December 15, 2020
Produced by Laura Munoz Baena
Theme song provided by https://freebeats.io Produced by White Hot
Tuesday Dec 22, 2020
Tuesday Dec 22, 2020
Recorded December 12, 2020
Produced by Laura Munoz Baena
Theme song provided by https://freebeats.io Produced by White Hot
Monday Dec 21, 2020
Monday Dec 21, 2020
#GradLife is back with another winter holiday special episode! Graduate students get to use the holidays as a chance to put aside work and spend time with friends and family, eating mountains of homecooked food and catching up with stories. This year we face new challenges with COVID-19 restricting travel and making it harder to see extended family over the holidays. However, it is not all doom and gloom. Hosts Gavin Tolometti, Rhys Paterson and Nikol Posnov break open the winter holiday spirit with stories about holidays traditions, epic food wars, random and fun winter holiday facts, and learning how you, the audience, are spending your holidays this year and what questions you hate being asked as a graduate student.
To hear previous #GradLife episodes, follow us at @GradCastRadio on Twitter and Instagram, and visit our website gradcast.ca
Full video available on YouTube
Recorded on Dec 6, 2020
Produced by Gavin Tolometti
Theme song Upbeat Party produced by Scott Holmes
Tuesday Dec 15, 2020
Tuesday Dec 15, 2020
The Trump presidency was infamous for a myriad of reasons, one of them being his perpetuation of a post-fascist rationale that sought to deeply divide people. How does an ideology, sharing a namesake with the likes of Hitler and Mussolini, reincarnate into this modern form? Hosts Liam Clifford and Yousuf Hasan speak with Political Science Master's student Hunter Blue on how the forty-fifth US President adapted a twentieth-century dogma to the present day and manipulated it to suit his own nefarious ends. The discussion that follows makes harrowing connections to the atrocities of the past and raises the existential question over the health of Western democracy.
Full Video on YouTube
Recorded Dec 8, 2020
Produced by Ariel Frame
Theme song provided by https://freebeats.io/ Produced by White Hot
Wednesday Dec 09, 2020
Wednesday Dec 09, 2020
In the second episode of GradCast's international student segment, hosts Liam Clifford, Nikol Posnov, and Rhys Paterson speak to Earth Sciences Master's student Karina Martinez about her experiences at UWO. Hailing from Mexico, Karina speaks to how Canada has both benefited her growth as an academic and increased her yearning for home. A subsequent discussion on food, social outings, and tequila seeks to broaden our horizons and educate us on how the Western community is enriched by the international student community.
Full video available on YouTube
Recorded on Dec 6, 2020
Produced by Liam Clifford and edited by Gavin Tolometti
Theme song provided by https://freebeats.io/ Produced by White Hot
Tuesday Dec 08, 2020
Tuesday Dec 08, 2020
Last year, Nikol Posnov told us about all the things that she was planning to study as an Earth Science MSc student. This time, she's returned to tell us about what she actually ended up researching. What can rocks taken from Brazilian impact craters tell us about where we might find evidence of life on Mars? How likely is it that future missions will find anything living on the Red Planet? On this episode, hosts Yimin and Yousuf ask these hard-hitting questions and more: like, "what's your favourite movie alien"? The answer may surprise you!
To find out more from Nikol, follow her on Twitter @SpaceDoctorNik or follow her supervisor @DrCrater
Full video on YouTube
Recorded on Dec 1, 2020
Produced by Ariel Frame
Theme song provided by https://freebeats.io Produced by White Hot
Wednesday Dec 02, 2020
Wednesday Dec 02, 2020
In this special episode, Dr. Samuel Wong joins hosts Liam Clifford and Francesco Colosimo to discuss his research in how COVID-19 is affecting mental health globally. As the keynote speaker at Power & Global Health Day 2020, he tells us about certain mental illnesses that the pandemic is exacerbating, particularly in populations whose mental health are being disproportionally affected by the pandemic, as well as potential interventions and strategies to improve mental health. Dr. Wong is a clinician with training in both Family Medicine and Public Health and has published over 160 original papers in international peer-reviewed journals. In addition, he serves as a member of the Expert Panel in Primary Healthcare and Non-Communicable Disease in Hong Kong and does significant government and public service work in his native country.
If you would like to learn more about Dr Samuel Wong's research, you can visit http://www.med.cuhk.edu.hk/ for more information.
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Recorded on Nov 23, 2020
Produced by Ariel Frame and edited by Gavin Tolometti
Theme song provided by https://freebeats.io Produced by White Hot
Monday Nov 30, 2020
Monday Nov 30, 2020
Xavier Borsato joins hosts Liam Clifford and Francesco Colosimo to chat about his research in domestic violence against males. He attempts to shine a light on how men can also be victims of abuse but often face several stigmas that act as barriers for seeking and attaining help. Xavier hopes that, through his research, he can help fill a gap in the literature regarding this topic.
Recorded November 24, 2020
Produced by Laura Munoz Baena
Theme song provided by https://freebeats.io Produced by White Hot
Wednesday Nov 25, 2020
Wednesday Nov 25, 2020
Jason Wozniak (MSc. Geology) joins hosts Yousuf Hasan and Elizabeth Mohler to chat about economic geology and gold mineralization. Jason's research helps companies know where exactly to look for gold. In particular, he studies old rocks to learn more about gold-movements. We also chat about COVID-19 and how it has deeply impacted Jason's research.
To find out more from Jason, check out his personal Instagram @j_woz or the the Society of Economic Geologists London Student Chapter Instagram @seg.lsc
Full video available on YouTube
Recorded on Nov 19, 2020
Produced by Ariel Frame
Theme song provided by https://freebeats.io Produced by White Hot
Wednesday Nov 25, 2020
Wednesday Nov 25, 2020
In this special episode, Julia Albert sits down with Elizabeth Mohler and Ariel Frame to tell us about the capsules she produced as a part of Power & Global Health Day 2020. These capsules focus on the work faculty are doing around how inequity has been amplified for marginalized community’s during COVID-19. Julia is an undergraduate student in the School for Advanced Studies in the Arts and Humanities doing the module in scholars electives with research on how COVID-19 has affected young people.
To hear more from Julia, check out the ICONOCLAST podcast she hosts. http://iconoclastuwo.com/podcast-3/
Full video available on YouTube
Recorded on Nov 19, 2020
Produced by Ariel Frame
Theme song provided by https://freebeats.io Produced by White Hot