GradCast

By: Anthony Cruz Amalie Hutchinson Meghan Voll Scott Walters Mark Ambrogio Ryan Baxter Suzy Lee Apurva Desai Maria Khan Garth Casbourn Liam Clifford
  • Summary

  • 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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Episodes
  • 491 | Politics and Media Representation of Cow Violence
    Jan 28 2025

    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 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

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    28 mins
  • 490 |Theoretical to Practical, and Skills Learned Along the Way
    Jan 21 2025

    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).

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    29 mins
  • 489 | Journalism during Nigerian Political Crisis
    Jan 14 2025

    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).

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    29 mins

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