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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 Apr 28, 2015
Tuesday Apr 28, 2015
Gregg French studies a unique relationship between the United States and Spain. Many know of the Spanish American War, but the Spanish American romance?
Wednesday Apr 22, 2015
Wednesday Apr 22, 2015
Animals are the unsung heroes of science. Our guest this week Caroline Strang knows this better than most. She's a comparative psychologist and works with many different animals. We talk about her work with bumblebees, and discuss working with animals.
Wednesday Apr 15, 2015
Wednesday Apr 15, 2015
Thursday Apr 09, 2015
Thursday Apr 09, 2015
Just a little under a week after his humble protest that blew up, Tyler Turek sat down with the show to talk about Chakmagate, grad school funding, and inequality in academia.
Wednesday Apr 08, 2015
Wednesday Apr 08, 2015
Jaime is our guest for this week. He is a PhD student in Hispanic literature. The topic he looks into is the concept of seizure. Beyond the strict medical context, you know that odd feeling when you read something really amazing? Jaime investigates that through a famous short story author.
Wednesday Apr 01, 2015
Wednesday Apr 01, 2015
Dominik is the show's first Public History student to come on Gradcast. He talks about the program, going from historical houses, museums, archives, to compiling letters. Anything that gets history out to the masses.
Wednesday Mar 25, 2015
Wednesday Mar 25, 2015
This week we meet with two graduate students who volunteer at Frontier College, a student volunteer literacy program here in London. Find out about this school, causes, and how you as a UWO graduate student could get involved. They can be found over at http://www.frontiercollege.ca/english/literacy/london.html or call 519-495-2944.
Wednesday Mar 18, 2015
Wednesday Mar 18, 2015
Wednesday Mar 11, 2015
Wednesday Mar 11, 2015
This episode we meet with history PhD student Samantha Desroches. She's just beginning a research voyage into Christmas in the home front during the Second World War. She can be found on Twitter at @Sammdesroches
Wednesday Mar 04, 2015
Wednesday Mar 04, 2015
This week we wrap up our February by recording a black history themed show with PhD student Mike Aloisio. His research shows us the long civil rights movement in America, with the push for black hospitals in the 1930s.