GradCast

68 | Mother, Worker, Disabled with Melanie Stone

This week we talk to Melanie Stone, who through a photo stream research project looks at working women, often mothers, interacting with he world with a disability. Her work chronicles the day to day experiences balancing these identities.

Hosts: Taniya Nagpaland and Tristan Johnson

67 | Community Mental Strength with Kristy Townsend

This week we talk to Linguist Kristy Townsend who works with Canadian First Nations communities in Alberta looking at the discourses around mental health.

Hosts: Taniya Nagpal and Emma Bridgwater

66 | Crickets, But in a Good Way with Jantina Toxopeus

This week we meet with Biologist Jantina Toxopeus who fresh back from the Czech Republic talks about her work with crickets.

Hosts: Taniya Nagpal and Alex Moszczynski

 

65 | Defining Success with Cliff Davidson

This week we talk to Cliff Davidson, a Sociologist finding out how university students define success at university, and how that might be different from the administration.

Hosts: Tristan Johnson and Yimin Chen

64 | Reaching Enlightenment with Kelsang Legden

This week we met with student / Buddhist monk Kelsang Legden to talk about his life as a Buddhist monk in a PhD program, and his research in knowledge production amongst the Buddhist temple community.

Host: Tristan Johnson and Yimin Chen

63 | The DL on IT in India with Indranil Chakraborty

This week we meet with FIMS PhD Student Indranil Chakraborty. His work deals with the IT industry in India, and the lives of the people that make these entire communities work. It involves discussions on the importance of labour organization. 

It is also sadly Aniruddho's last episode hosting with us. He will be missed.

 

62 | Digging up the Past with Arwen Johns

This week we meet with Arwen Johns the Peruvian archaeologist who studies ancient Peruvian animals.

Host: Yimin Chen

61 | Think Tanks, and how they Shape Europe with Christopher Rastrick

This week we meet with Christopher Restrict who comes from Political Science. He studies the enigmatic Think Tank, and how they work in the European Union.

 

Hosts: Ani and Yimin Chen

 

 

60 | Can Plants Cure Cancer (maybe) with Shrikaar Kambhampati

This week we meet with Shrikaar Kambhampati, a plant biologist to discuss if plants can cure cancer.

Hosts: Susan Anthony

Producer: Tristan Johnson

59 | Getting Healthy with Jonathan Rom

This week we met with Jonathan Rom, working on the herculean task of promoting health literacy.

Hosts: Ani and Taniya

Producer: Taniya Nagpal