Gradcast

This week we cover two interviews from the Western Research Forum we attended last April. Our Guests are Susan Bird talking about infant nutrition, and a discussion with Anandita Ghosh about Islamophobia after 9/11. Hosts: Tristan Johnson & Taniya Nagpaland

This week we talk to Kristopher Ohlendorf looking at how music works in the internet. Hosts: Alex Moszczynski & Yimin Chen

This week we talk about Tom Waits and Spoken word with Music theorist Chantal Lemire. Hosts: Tristan Johnson & Emma Bridgwater

This week as we experience the anniversary of a major change in Nicaragua, we talk to Jaime who grew up there, and who's parents were part of it. Host: Tristan Johnson

This week we talk to medical doctor and Health Promotion Master's student Dalia Hasan about her work to have better medical school training to combat childhood obesity. Hosts: Jina Kum and Susan Anthony

This week we meet with future Librarian Claire Burrows. She's working on finding out what libraries need to be accessible to those with disabilities, by asking and studying those that use it.  Hosts: Tristan Johnson and Yimin Chen

This week we talk to Melanie Stone, who through a photo stream research project looks at working women, often mothers, interacting with he world with a disability. Her work chronicles the day to day experiences balancing these identities. Hosts: Taniya Nagpaland and Tristan Johnson

This week we talk to Linguist Kristy Townsend who works with Canadian First Nations communities in Alberta looking at the discourses around mental health. Hosts: Taniya Nagpal and Emma Bridgwater

This week we meet with Biologist Jantina Toxopeus who fresh back from the Czech Republic talks about her work with crickets. Hosts: Taniya Nagpal and Alex Moszczynski  

This week we talk to Cliff Davidson, a Sociologist finding out how university students define success at university, and how that might be different from the administration. Hosts: Tristan Johnson and Yimin Chen

This week we met with student / Buddhist monk Kelsang Legden to talk about his life as a Buddhist monk in a PhD program, and his research in knowledge production amongst the Buddhist temple community. Host: Tristan Johnson and Yimin Chen

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.  

This week we meet with Arwen Johns the Peruvian archaeologist who studies ancient Peruvian animals. Host: Yimin Chen

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    

This week we meet with Shrikaar Kambhampati, a plant biologist to discuss if plants can cure cancer. Hosts: Susan Anthony Producer: Tristan Johnson

This week we met with Jonathan Rom, working on the herculean task of promoting health literacy. Hosts: Ani and Taniya Producer: Taniya Nagpal   

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  

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

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  

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