GradCast

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 

 

58 | Can't Beat the Peat with Julia Palozzi

This week we meet with biologist and new Gradcast committee member Julia Palozzi on her work in peat bogs, as well as working as a grad student with a speaking disability. Really cool stuff!

Hosts: Alex Moszczynski and Susan Anthony

 

57 | From the Party of Lincoln to the Party of Trump

This week, Susan and Yimin corner committee member and American Historian Tristan Johnson to answer why Donald Trump is a thing.

Producers: Susan Anthony and Yimin Chen

56 | Giving Sharks their Space with Carla Joubert

This week, we're joined by Carla Joubert from the department of history. Her work is about how scientists grew to form misunderstandings about sharks that persist to today.

 

Hosts: Susan and Yimin 

 

Producer: Taniya Nagpal

 

55 | Feeling the Heat with Michael Allen

This week we meet with Geographer Michael Allen, who looks into the urban heat island effect. He tries to make much more detailed maps on how cities warm using sophisticated tools.

Hosts: Tristan Johnson and Alex Moszczynski 

 

54 | Detecting BS with Yimin Chen

This week, we are having a sit-down with Gradcast crew member Yimin Chen. He's working on a  project to evaluate how likely an internet source is sarcastic, or poorly researched.

Hosts: Tristan Johnson and Alex Moszczynski 

53 | Facing Death with Cayley Bower

This week we are rejoined by Cayley Bower. Last time she came on to talk about her work as the PSAC Social Science chief steward, but today we sit down to talk about her research. Cayley studies a graveyard in Kingston, and what it says about the changing cultural approaches to death in the 19th century.

 

Hosts: Tristan Johnson and Susan Anthony

 

52 | Helping Moms with Natalie Scime

This week we meet with Natalie Scime, who wants to find out just what our hospitals are doing for moms of premature babies to have breast feeding and pumping support.

Hosts: Emma Bridgwater and Alex Moszczynski

 

51 | Laying Down the Law with Anandita Ghosh

This week we meet with Master's student of Law Anandita Ghosh, investigating a question that comes up in courts when an abused woman kills or injures her partner, but not in a dangerous situation.

Hosts: Susan and Yimin

Producers: Susan Anthony 

 

50 | Trolling Yimin Chen

This week we are interviewing a new crew-member Yimin Chen. He hails from Library and Information Science studying internet culture. Specifically, the act of trolling.

Host: Ani and Susan

Producer: Susan Anthony