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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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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.
Wednesday Feb 25, 2015
Wednesday Feb 25, 2015
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.
Tuesday Feb 17, 2015
Tuesday Feb 17, 2015
In the show's tradition, we welcome our new crew member aboard by interviewing him. Our newest edition to the Gradcast family is Eric Green. He's doing his MA in Journalism, loves the radio, and has a beard right out of a Viking epic. He tweets over at @theBlGeasy
Monday Feb 16, 2015
Monday Feb 16, 2015
February 16th is Louis Riel Day in Manitoba. Join us as we meet Trevor Phillips who teaches us about the Métis people, and their enigmatic historical figure. Trevor is Métis from Central Alberta and works as a Youth Outreach Coordinator at Western's Indigenous Services. Trevor will be releasing his own podcast 'In The Elder's Room' that will discuss/interview Indigenous peoples. He tweets over at @tphillers.
Saturday Feb 14, 2015
Saturday Feb 14, 2015
Surprise! A special episode for Valentine's Day! The season is full of love, and whether you are spending today with your significant other, on the prowl, or at home with ice cream and Netflix, this show is for you. Sarah is a PhD candidate in the psychology of relationships. She came to discuss how even thinking about your partner can get you a nice jolt, and dishes out some scientifically backed advice on healthy relationships, and making moves on a new boo. Sarah blogs over at Science of Relationships. She's been featured on CTV news for her research. Her lab can be found here, and she's active on Twitter at @SarahCEStanton.