GradCast

Anthony Cruz, Amalie Hutchinson, Meghan Voll, Scott Walters, Mark Ambrogio, Ryan Baxter, Suzy Lee, Apurva Desai, Maria Khan, Garth Casbourn, Liam Clifford
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GradCast

GradCast is the official podcast of the Society of Graduate Students at Western University. We highlight the research our university\‘s graduate students. From History to Histology, we show you the cutting edge research of one of Canada\‘s top research universities.

  1. 22 HRS AGO

    493 | #InspiringMinds 3: Easing the Load: Shoulder Injuries and Firefighters

    This week, we engage in the third episode of our collaboration with Inspiring Minds, a campus-wide partnership between Western Research, the School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, the Writing Support Centre, Western Libraries, Student Experience and Western’s 11 faculties. Inspiring Minds seeks to broaden awareness and impact of graduate student research while enhancing transferrable skills.  Our hosts Garth Casbourn and Ryan Baxter are joined by Temitope Osifeso, a PhD Candidate at the School of Physical Therapy in the Department of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences. Temitope’s research explored how firefighters manage shoulder injuries and what they need to recover effectively by interviewing firefighters in North America. We chat about potential gender differences, what made Temitope engage with this research area and what can be done to minimize and treat these shoulder injuries in a high-risk occupation. Recorded on February 11, 2025 Produced by Maria Khan Theme song provided by https://freebeats.io/ Produced by White Hot

    25 min

  2. FEB 11

    #GradLife | For the Love of Grad School

    Just in time for Valentine's Day, GradCast hosts Anthony Cruz, Riya Sidhu, and Liam Clifford discuss all things love in graduate school. The hosts review a series of would-you-rather questions centered around dating within academia, planning a wedding during graduate school, and balancing research-related and romantic demands. Recorded on February 4, 2025. Produced by Anthony Cruz Theme song provided by https://freebeats.io/ (Produced by White Hot).

    31 min

  3. FEB 6

    #BookCast 7 | The Book of Two Ways

    For our seventh episode of #BookCast, we discuss “The Book of Two Ways” by Jodi Picoult—a story that explores whether we make our choices—or our choices make us. Our story begins with a plane-crash, where our main character, Dawn Edelstein is faced with the choice to return home to her life as a death-doula, or continue on to Egypt to complete her doctoral studies researching the coffin-texts and “Book of Two Ways”, a map of routes souls can take to the afterlife. Join Riya Sidhu, Garth Casbourn, Scott Walters, resident Egyptologist: Maris Schneider, and Meghan Voll as we dive into the book’s main themes and quirks, such as it’s non-linear writing style, the duality of life and death, the nature of choices, and selfless versus selfish action. This podcast edit features a reveal of the next title in our ongoing series.  Aired February 6th, 2025 at 11 AM on Radio Western, 94.9 FM in London, Ontario. Recorded on January 28, 2025 Produced by Scott Walters Theme song provided by https://freebeats.io/ Produced by White Hot

    57 min

  4. FEB 4

    492 | Mining and Modeling: Here and Abroad

    This week, hosts Garth Casbourn and Ryan Baxter speak with GradCast's own Mohammad Zeraati, a third-year PhD student in Civil and Environmental Engineering about some of the real-world implications of his research into the “Instability behaviour of granular soil and tailings and particle cementation.”  Some of the topics discussed include mining regulation, computational methods, and the environmental effects of mining, through mining waste.    Recorded on January 28, 2025 Produced by Jessica Eblie, Scott Walters, Maria Khan Theme song provided by https://freebeats.io/ Produced by White Hot

    27 min

  5. JAN 28

    491 | Politics and Media Representation of Cow Violence

    Hosts Mark Ambrogio and Maris Schneider are joined by Sananda Sahoo, a Postdoctoral Associate at the Faculty of Information and Media Studies. In Sananda's PhD dissertation, her research extrapolated how mainstream English-language Indian newspapers represent Muslims in the context of cow violence. She discusses the tension between the Muslims and other communities, mainly Hindus from colonial India and contemporary settings. Now, in Sananda’s post-doctoral research, she is looking into the government's usage of AI and facial recognition technology in the public sector in India and how it impacts human behaviour and surveillance. She also shares her academic joinery and her work at a newspaper and radio station. Content disclaimer: This episode touches upon religious lynching and violence against Muslims in India.  Recorded on January 21, 2025 Produced by Maria Khan Theme song provided by https://freebeats.io/ Produced by White Hot

    28 min

  6. JAN 21

    490 | Theoretical to Practical, and Skills Learned Along the Way

    This week, hosts Mark Ambrogio and Liam Clifford are joined by Jessica Eblie, a student in the professional master's program in Media, Journalism, and Communications. Jessica shares her fascinating journey from a music background to journalism and communications, discussing how her experience as a musician brings valuable skills and perspectives to her work as a journalist.     Recorded on January 14, 2025. Produced by Bruno Mesquita. Theme song provided by https://freebeats.io/ (Produced by White Hot).

    29 min

  7. JAN 14

    489 | Journalism during Nigerian Political Crisis

    This week, hosts Mark Ambrogio and Scott Walters are joined by Aloa Alota, a PhD Candidate in Western's Faculty of Information and Media Studies. His research focuses on political journalism in Nigeria following the June 12 Crisis, the annulment of a presidential election that plunged the country into a political turmoil. Listen to learn about the guerilla journalism that ensued while Nigeria worked its way back to Democracy. Recorded on January 7, 2025. Produced by Scott Walters. Edited by Anthony Cruz. Theme song provided by https://freebeats.io/ (Produced by White Hot).

    29 min

  8. 2024-12-17

    488 | #InspiringMinds 2: Joeana Cambranis, Improving Biomedical Procedures with Virtual Tools

    This week, we engage in the second episode of our collaboration with Inspiring Minds, a campus-wide partnership between Western Research, the School of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, the Writing Support Centre, Western Libraries, Student Experience and Western’s 11 faculties. Inspiring Minds seeks to broaden awareness and impact of graduate student research while enhancing transferrable skills.  Hosts Mark Ambrogio and Ryan Baxter converse with Joeana Cambranis, who is pursuing her PhD in Biomedical Engineering. Joeana's research focuses on developing augmented and virtual reality tools to help surgeons practice and improve procedures related to the treatment of liver cancer. She also shares her thoughts on life as an international graduate student from Yucatán, Mexico, what Western means to her, and discusses her next steps.  Want to know more about Joeana's work? Take a look at her page on the Inspiring Minds website. Recorded on December 10, 2024 Airing at 11am on December 17, 2024 on Western Radio, 94.9 FM Produced by Scott Walters Theme song provided by https://freebeats.io/ (Produced by White Hot).

    29 min
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GradCast is the official podcast of the Society of Graduate Students at Western University. We highlight the research our university\‘s graduate students. From History to Histology, we show you the cutting edge research of one of Canada\‘s top research universities.

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  • Creator
    Anthony Cruz, Amalie Hutchinson, Meghan Voll, Scott Walters, Mark Ambrogio, Ryan Baxter, Suzy Lee, Apurva Desai, Maria Khan, Garth Casbourn, Liam Clifford
  • Years Active
    2015 - 2025
  • Episodes
    600
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    © Copyright 2017 GradCast Radio. All rights reserved.
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