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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 Jan 28, 2020
Tuesday Jan 28, 2020
Gavin Tolometti and Ariel Frame hear from a burgeoning chemical engineer, Connor Wilson, about his experience during his undergraduate degree at Western. Furthermore, Connor enlightens us on the differences between internship, grad school and undergrad experiences. To find out more from Connor, you can contact him through his chemical engineering club or brew crew club (https://www.facebook.com/westernchemengclub/).
Produced by Ariel Frame
Friday Jan 24, 2020
Friday Jan 24, 2020
We’ve touched upon individual topics like imposter syndrome and finances, but how is #GradLife incorporated within the broader university community? To delve into this, we brought in an expert. Monica Munaretto, the new Manager of Graduate Student Life in Student Experience, is focused on the goal of creating a thriving graduate student experience across Western.
If you’d like to learn more about Student Experience at Western, visit studentexperience.uwo.ca.
Produced by Nikol Posnov and Gregory Robinson
Thursday Jan 16, 2020
Thursday Jan 16, 2020
In this episode, hosts Greg and Viki interview Matt Novello, a Master’s student in Physiology and Pharmacology. Matt is a molecular biologist that studies how protein structure can effect function. More specifically, he studies stromal interaction molecule 2 (STIM2), a protein important in calcium regulation in the heart. Tune in to find out more.
If you want to get in contact with Matt Novello and learn more about his research and lab group, follow him using the Twitter handle and sites below:
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.ca/citations?user=RybzX6MAAAAJ&hl=en
Dr Feng lab website: http://www.qingpingfeng.org/
Dr Stathopulos lab website: http://publish.uwo.ca/~pstatho/StathopulosLab/content/en-ca/index.html
Produced by Gavin Tolometti
Tuesday Jan 07, 2020
Tuesday Jan 07, 2020
You may know them from Westerns, spy flicks, or film noir. But did you know that there is a rich history of telegraphs? Ever wonder about telegraphy, the art of using telegraph? And what about the people who used it? This week, hosts Nick Handfield-Jones and Roger Hudson interview Michael Feagan, who tells us about telegraph culture in Canada during the 1800s. He tells us about the unique characteristics of Canadian telegraphy and about the difficulties faced by telegraphers at the time. Plus, don’t miss a live demonstration of morse code!
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Hosts: Roger Hudson & Nick Handfield-Jones
Produced by Gregory Robinson
Thursday Jan 02, 2020
Thursday Jan 02, 2020
This week we’re bringing you our very first #Gradlife episode! Based on popular demand, our first episode is on Impostor Syndrome! Impostor Syndrome, or feeling like you are a fraud, affects many graduate students, regardless of their success or accomplishments. In this episode, hosts Viki Telios, Monica Molinaro, and Gavin Tolometti discuss their experiences of feeling like frauds in their time in graduate school, and talk about what helps them when they experience peaks of impostor syndrome. They also discuss triggers and tricks for impostor syndrome submitted by other graduate students.
YouTube video version available here.
SOGs resources page: http://sogs.ca/resources/
Mental Health Resource Guide: http://studentexperience.uwo.ca/student_experience/wellness_initiatives/mental_health_resource_guide.html
Western's Mental Wellbeing Resource: https://www.uwo.ca/health/mental_wellbeing/resources.html
CMHA Middlesex: https://cmhamiddlesex.ca/
Produced by Gregory Robinson
Friday Dec 27, 2019
Friday Dec 27, 2019
Produced by Baby Greg on a boat
Tuesday Dec 17, 2019
Tuesday Dec 17, 2019
On tonight’s exciting episode, hosts Connor Chato and Joyla Furlano are joined by Anthropology master’s student Evelyn Newland. Evelyn's ethnographic work examines the lives of transgender people from a medical, political and cultural perspective, and explores topics such as self-conceptions and pre-conceptions within the transgender community.
Produced by Gavin Tolometti
Tuesday Dec 17, 2019
Tuesday Dec 17, 2019
Neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson's can make everyday tasks like getting dressed and going to the bathroom immensely challenging, which is why most people with the disease rely on informal caregivers, often family members, to help maintain their quality of living. But what's it like to be a caregiver for someone with a long-term illness? Lisa Moszczynski, master's student in Health and Rehabilitation Science, has been researching the difficulties caregivers face - feelings of invisibility, lack of agency, and inability to access support - in order to work towards providing more effective resources to these invaluable informal workers. This week, hosts Connor Chato and Yimin Chen learn about the frequently-invisible family labour involved in living with Parkinson's disease.
Produced By Gavin Tolometti
Tuesday Dec 10, 2019
Tuesday Dec 10, 2019
Russell Ashton has been a working man since he was 10; first running his own very successful neighborhood lawn services business, and now working as a Mechanical Engineer at a Junior Mineral Exploration Company. So why is Russel even in school doing his Masters? Tune in and listen to hosts Greg and Nik pick his brain about how to get your job to pay for your education.
Produced by Gregory Robinson
Wednesday Dec 04, 2019
Wednesday Dec 04, 2019
Yousuf Hasan, PhD student at Rotman Institute of Philosophy, tells hosts Ariel Frame and Gavin Tolometti about his research on 20th century history of science and mathematics. Yousuf discusses how scientists need think about current best theories given how many past theories have gone from being considered the best to completely falsified. In addition, Yousuf explains how empiricists explain mathematical knowledge. To find out more about Yousuf, go to the Rotman UWO website.
Produced by Nick Handfield-Jones