GradCast

44 | Rehabilitation Through Play with Aniruddho Chokroborty-Hoque

This week we meet with our new Gradcast committee member Aniruddho Chokroborty-Hoque who works with mice exposed to alcohol during brain development. He tries to find ways to rehabilitate them through novelty, play, and socialization.

Host: Yimin and Alex

Produce by Tristan Johnson

43 | Taking Mom to the Gym with Taniya Nagpal

This week we meet with our new crew member Taniya Nagpal who works on using pregnancy to get women active.

Host: Alex and Adrienne

 

Produced by Tristan Johnson

REBROADCAST: 21 | Turning Swords into Plowshares… or Dumping them in the Sea with Alex Souchen

This week features the work of History PhD student Alex Souchen. Alex looks at Canada's mission to ramp down production after WWII and what to do with all the war leftovers.

 

Guest: Alex Souchen (@AlexSouchen) Academia.edu

Hosts: Tristan Johnson (@TristanPEJ), Tyson Davis(@Tysondavis77)

Producer: Tristan Johnson (@TristanPEJ)

 

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REBROADCAST: 8 | Delivering Santa’s Rations with Samantha Desroches

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

 

Cast:

Guest: Samantha Desroches

Hosts: Alex Moszczynski, Eric Green

Produced: 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

REBORADCAST: 23 | Double Doctor Jessica Blom

People going to Western seem able to do both a PhD and an MD. Jessica Blom tells us about the program, and her work on the development of hearts.

 

Guest: Jessica Blom

Hosts: Jina Kum (@jinakum), Alexander Moszczynski (@TheRealA_Mosz)

Producer: Tristan Johnson (@TristanPEJ)

 

If you want to come on and talk about your research, email us as gradcastradio at gmail dot com

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42 | Reducing Harm with Hilary Agro

This week our intrepid crew sits down with Anthropologist Hilary Agro. Her work investigates the west's relationship with drugs, and obsession with control. She works on studying the rave culture in Toronto, and harm reduction measures they employ.

 

Produced by Tristan Johnson

41 | Sorting Music with Jason Neal

Jason Neal is our guest this week. He hails from Library and Information Science. His work involves a subset of people who listen to all kinds of music. His goal is to use their tasted to determine new ways of categorizing and organizing music that gets away from the limitations of genre.

Produced by Tristan Johnson

40 | Keeping the Beat with Dan Cameron

Dan Cameron is like the Dos Equis man of neuroscience. We talk about his work with how the Human brain interprets rhythm, and how it works across cultures.

 

 

39 | In Solidarity with Cayley Bower

This week we are with the PSAC Social Science Chief Steward Cayley Bower. She tells us about our fair union. Know what your rights are! And have fun with us.

 

 

Special Episode: Remembrance Day War Stories with Steven Marti

Steven is the guy when it comes to WWI stories. This remembrance day, we go back to a show we did last year with him as he talks about Canada, Australia, and New Zealand in the Great War.

Guest: Steven Marti (@stevemarti25)

Hosts: Tyson Davis (@tysondavis77),  Alex Moszczynski (@TheRealA_Mosz)

 

If you want to come on and talk about your research, email us as gradcastradio at gmail dot com

Gradcast on:

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Facebook: Gradcast Radio

 

 

Produced by Tristan Johnson (@TristanPEJ)