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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 Oct 09, 2018
Tuesday Oct 09, 2018
In her research, sociocultural anthropologist Mingyuan Zhang asks a deceptively simple question, "What does it mean to be Chinese?" in a remarkably complicated context: Madagascar. This week, Viki Telios and Yimin Chen learn that there's more to Africa's largest island than just lemurs. Plus, how to introduce yourself in the Malagasy language. To read more about Mingyuan's work check out Academia.edu
Hosted by: Yimin Chen & Viki Telios
Produced by: Ariel Frame
Wednesday Oct 03, 2018
Wednesday Oct 03, 2018
Tuesday Sep 25, 2018
Tuesday Sep 25, 2018
What does it mean to be a man? Do the movies that we watch influence the ways in which we understand masculinity? Ryan Schroeder, MA student in Media Studies, think so. This week, hosts Yimin Chen and Greg Robinson learn about how the presentation of male protagonists in films has changed, and perhaps softened, over the years––from Arnold Schwarzenegger to Ryan Gosling.
Hosted by: Yimin Chen & Greg Robinson
Produced by: Nick Handfield-Jones
Friday Sep 21, 2018
Friday Sep 21, 2018
In this special episode, hosts Taniya Nagpal and Roger Hudson interview three talented students - Natalia Skomorokhova, Sonja Dass, and Rachel Gain - participating in the Western University Graduate Symposium on Music. A variety of topics are discussed, including the ways in which music can imitate art, feminist advocates ahead of their time, and what in the world a harpsichord is!
Hosted by: Roger Hudson & Taniya Nagpal
Tuesday Sep 18, 2018
Tuesday Sep 18, 2018
How do you study rocks up in space? Look at comparable formations here on Earth! Hosts Yimin Chen and Viki Telios learn about the work that Earth and Planetary Science PhD student Gavin Tolometti has been doing with Western's Centre for Planetary Science and Exploration (CPSX). On this episode: lava, impact craters, karaoke, and Scrabble!
Hosted by: Yimin Chen & Viki Telios
Produced by: Ariel Frame
Tuesday Sep 11, 2018
Tuesday Sep 11, 2018
Hosts Nick and Chantal speak with Natasha Ouslis about recent research progress from her Masters Thesis in Industrial/Organizational Psychology, with special emphasis on the nature of teamwork and very prominent ways these concepts play out in our daily lives.
Hosted by: Nick Handfield-Jones & Chantal Lemire
Produced by: Roger Hudson
Thursday Sep 06, 2018
Thursday Sep 06, 2018
Taniya Nagpal and Nick Handfield-Jones talk to Kurtis Turnbull about his recent research trip to New Zealand and the beetles he studied there.
Hosted by: Nick Handfield-Jones & Taniya Nagpal
Produce by: Chantal Lemire
Tuesday Sep 04, 2018
Tuesday Sep 04, 2018
Nick Handfield-Jones and Nav Mohan interview Cecilia Chavez Garcia about her computational work with intrinsically disordered proteins and how these proteins may impact disease. Cecilia is doing her PhD with Dr. Mikko Karttunen. To read more about her work you can check out their website http://www.softsimu.net/people.shtml.
Hosted by: Nick Handfield-Jones & Navaneeth Mohan
Produced by: Ariel Frame
Wednesday Aug 29, 2018
Wednesday Aug 29, 2018
Ariel and Taniya discuss fruit fly research on Autism and social spacing with Wes Robinson. Wes is a MSc student in Dr. Anne Simon’s lab in the Biology department. This episode produced by Roger Hudson.
Hosted by: Ariel Chen & Taniya Nagpal
Produced by: Roger Hudson
Thursday Aug 23, 2018
Thursday Aug 23, 2018
Host Yimin and Roger talk to Neuroscience Ph.D. Candidate Matthew Maksoud about an often overlooked cell in the brain - microglia. These small but mighty immune cells may hold the key to a host of neurological disorders. To learn more about Matthew's research, you can contact him at mmaksoud@uwo.ca.
Hosted by: Yimin Chen & Roger Hudson
Produced by: Viki Tellios