GradCast

33 | Jacqueline Dron is Good for our Cholesterol

Hello internet land! This week we're back in the radio, and getting back into the squishy sciences with Jacqueline Dron. Cholesterol is linked to one of the most prolific diseases in the western world. Could there be a genetic component?

Guest: Jacqueline Dron

Host: Jina Kum & Alexander Moszczynski

 

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Produced by Tristan Johnson

 

REBROADCAST: 9 | The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe – Canadian Edition with Claire Halstead

This week, our guest Claire Halstead discusses her research on British child evacuees in World War II. Claire is in her final year of the history PhD program at Western University and is doing incredible work in compiling a database with the identities and stories of these British youth sent to Canada to escape the war in Britain. The stories Claire tells us from the letters she's read by these child evacuees range from sweet to heart-wrenching. Listen to the full story here.

 

Guest: Claire Halstead (@ClaireLHalstead)

Hosts: Ramina Adam (@rminadm), Eric Green (@theBIGeasy)

 

 

Produced by Tristan Johnson (@TristanPEJ)

REBROADCAST: 6 | True Patriot Passport with Robyn Schwarz

This episode features PhD student Robyn Schwarz-Pimer from the department of history. Robyn is a Canadianist, a researcher of all things Canada, and today she came in to talk about the new passport that has been going viral for its blacklight antics. She is on twitter at @robynsch and maintains a page on academia.edu.

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Cast:

Guest: Robyn Schwarz-Pimer

Hosts: Aex Moszczynski, Tristan Johnson

 

Crew:

Committee Chair, Host: Alex Moszczynski

Social Media: Ramina Adam

Youtube, Host: Tyson Davis

Graphics, Host: Joseph Donohue

Host: Eric Green

Producer, Podcast Editor: Tristan Johnson

Host: Jina Kum

 

 

Produced by Tristan Johnson

 

32 | Live Fast, Black Hole Young with Parshati Patel

This week we interviewed Parshati Patel from the department of Planetary Science. She's working on understanding how planets form in stars that barely live a million years. She also does outreach work such as the Western Worlds podcast that will be available in mid-Septemberat http://cpsx.uwo.ca/news/westernworlds

Guest: Parshati Patel (@ParshatiPatel)

Host: Alexander Moszczynski (@TheRealA_Mosz) & Adrienne Borrie

 

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Produced by Tristan Johnson (@TristanPEJ)

 

31 | Tyson's Exile

This week we sadly say goodbye to host Tyson Davis. He will be going back to Newfoundland within the month. In his last show we talk about recent developments in Newfoundland's student loan system.

 

Guest: Tyson Davis (@Tysondavis77), 

Host: Alexander Moszczynski (@TheRealA_Mosz)

 

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Produced by Tristan Johnson (@TristanPEJ)

30 | The Post-Grad School Opportunities Part 2

This week we decided to sit down and have a panel discussing the uncomfortable topic of life after grad school. As people around us leave and defend, we want to make sure your post-grad school search is on a good start.

Panelists: Adrienne Borrie, Tyson Davis(@Tysondavis77), Alexander Moszczynski (@TheRealA_Mosz), Tristan Johnson (@TristanPEJ)

 

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Produced by Tristan Johnson (@TristanPEJ)

 

29 | The Post-Grad School Opportunities Part 1

This week we decided to sit down and have a panel discussing the uncomfortable topic of life after grad school. As people around us leave and defend, we want to make sure your post-grad school search is on a good start.

Panelists: Adrienne Borrie, Tyson Davis(@Tysondavis77), Alexander Moszczynski (@TheRealA_Mosz), Tristan Johnson (@TristanPEJ)

 

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Produced by Tristan Johnson (@TristanPEJ)

 

28 | Qui est le Canada avec Geoffrey Keelan

This week we have Geoffrey Keelan, a history Post-doc discussing the story of Quebec nationalism. He looks at how the First World War played a role in the separation of English and French in French Canadian Nationalism.

 

Guest: Geoffrey Keelan (@GeoffKeelan)

Hosts: Tyson Davis(@Tysondavis77), Alexander Moszczynski (@TheRealA_Mosz)

 

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Produced by Tristan Johnson (@TristanPEJ)

 

27 | Genes, ALS, and that new Grad Student Smell with Zach Hawley

This new grad student from Alex's lab comes on to talk about his work as a geneticist tackling ALS.

Guest: Zach Hawley

Hosts: Alexander Moszczynski (@TheRealA_Mosz), Tristan Johnson (@TristanPEJ)

 

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Produced by Tristan Johnson (@TristanPEJ)

 

26 | Sleep and Muscle Memory with Jeremy Viczko

Jeremy is a neuro-psychologist looking at what goes on in your brain while you sleep. There is a link to learning, and he checks the small unconscious learning you do every day.

 

Guest: Jeremy Viczko

Hosts: Ramina Adam (@rminadm), Alexander Moszczynski (@TheRealA_Mosz)

 

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Produced by Tristan Johnson (@TristanPEJ)