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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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Thursday Dec 14, 2017
Thursday Dec 14, 2017
Yimin and Ariel spoke with Ryley Yost about his work looking into the social behaviour of the fruit fly Drosophila, and what techniques are needed to experiment on this interesting little model organism.
Hosts: Yimin Chen and Ariel Frame
Produced by Susan Anthony
Thursday Dec 07, 2017
Thursday Dec 07, 2017
Navaneeth and Ariel talk with Niki Kamkar about her work studying how stressful events in children affect response to reinforcement.
Hosts: Ariel Frame and Navaneeth Mohan
Produced by Susan Anthony
Wednesday Nov 29, 2017
Wednesday Nov 29, 2017
What happens when animals hibernate? Kate Mathers is working to find out! Catch her conversation with Susan and Yimin about Doritos, arousal, and adorable 13-lined ground squirrels.
Hosts: Susan Anthony and Yimin Chen
Produced by Susan Anthony
Wednesday Nov 22, 2017
Wednesday Nov 22, 2017
Have you reached for a cigarette and been advised to take a walk instead? Well, Matthew Fagan is speaking to you. While rolling up for his PhD at Western's Kinesiology dept he investigates the effect of nicotine on cognitive functioning. In today's episode, he chats with Tanya and Navaneeth about how nicotine fares against a brisk walk on cognitive tests. What he found was unexpected.
Hosts: Navaneeth Mohan and Tanya Nagpal
Produced by Susan Anthony
Friday Nov 17, 2017
Friday Nov 17, 2017
A little bird told us that Chlöe Carter was studying stress and memory in birds. Chlöe tells Ariel and Charlotte about her work testing whether stressful smells, sights and sounds can illicit fear and alter memory.
Hosts: Ariel Frame and Charlotte Panneton
Produced by Susan Anthony
Thursday Nov 09, 2017
Thursday Nov 09, 2017
Yimin and Taniya chat with "baby Master student" Charlotte Panneton about navigating graduate studies, her interest in the online video streaming platform 'Twitch' and her love for community radio.
Hosts: Yimin Chen and Taniya Nagpal
Produced by Susan Anthony
Friday Nov 03, 2017
Friday Nov 03, 2017
Roger and Taniya chat with PhD Candidate Erin Shellington about the potential of 'Square Stepping Exercise' on improving cognition, mobility and mood in older adults. We also get insight on what the end of a PhD degree is like!
Hosts: Roger Hudson and Taniya Nagpal
Produced by Susan Anthony
Friday Nov 03, 2017
Friday Nov 03, 2017
Ariel and Chantal chirp with Brendon Samuels about beat perception in birds and humans.
Hosts: Ariel Frame and Chantal Lemire
Produced by Susan Anthony
Thursday Oct 26, 2017
Thursday Oct 26, 2017
Navaneeth and Roger speak with Danny Bednar, Patrick Hill, and Zack Morse about the upcoming international observe the moon night occurring on October 28th 2017. 
Monday Oct 23, 2017
Monday Oct 23, 2017
Danny Bednar joins Roger and Navaneeth to speak about his research on geography and Canada's role in adapting to climate change.
Hosts: Roger Hudson and Navaneeth Mohan
Producer: Susan Anthony