GradCast

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 

 

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