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GradCast401 | Stars With Disks: Innate or a Fashion Choice?Anusha Ravikumar speaks with Ariel Frame and Laura Muñoz Baena about her research on stars she is doing as part of her PhD in physics and astronomy. Anusha answers multiple questions about how we currently think stars are born and explains how her work will shed light on the development of star disks.
To find out more from Anusha, follow her on Twitter @hustling_stars
Recorded on November 22, 2022.
Produced by Laura Muñoz Baena.
Theme song provided by https://freebeats.io/ Produced by White Hot.
2022-11-2930 minGradCast396 | Slowly Finishing a PHD, Not for a Lac(Tate) Of TryingToday, host and past editor, Ariel Frame (PhD candidate in Neuroscience) joins hosts Laura and Brittany to discuss the final stages of his PhD research. Join us to learn more about lactate metabolism in the brains of mice and flies! For more of Ariel, check out Episode 267, The Super Secret Sex Life of Fruit Flies.
To keep up with Ariel, check out his Twitter @ArielFrame and on Google Scholar.
Recorded on October 18, 2022.
Produced by Laura Muñoz Baena.
Theme song provided by https://freebeats.io/ Produced by White Hot.
2022-10-2436 minGradCast393 | Talking to TeachersCharan Mandur and Ariel Frame speak with Zsofia Agoston about her ongoing institutional ethnography research with Ontario teachers. Zsofia explains how she plans to use an anthropological lens to investigate the methods being used to teach difficult knowledge at the K-8 level.
To find out more from Zsofia check out her Twitter @zsofimedovarski
Recorded on September 28, 2022.
Produced by Laura Muñoz Baena.
Theme song provided by https://freebeats.io/ Produced by White Hot.
2022-10-0428 minGradCast377 | A Spoonful of Trehalose Helps the Crickets Chill OutIf you have ever wondered what happens with insects during the winter, this episode will provide some answers. Hosts Ariel Frame and Laura Muñoz Baena chat with Alyssa Stephens, a student of the Biology department who just defended her Masters thesis on freezing tolerance in spring field crickets. More specifically, Alyssa studied how crickets modify their metabolism to accumulate trehalose, a sugar that crickets use as source of energy in the summer and protection for cell freezing during the winter.
Follow Alyssa on Twitter @lyssastephens and for more interesting facts about crickets and other insects, follow the...2022-06-1428 minGradCast368 | Scrutinizing the Story of SilenceIn this episode, Jessica Novial shares a fantastic medieval story with hosts Ariel Frame and Laura Munoz. As a PhD Candidate in French Studies, Jessica's work entails a critical analysis of the 13th-century French romance called "Le Roman de Silence" - (The Romance of Silence), written in old French. Listen in to hear Jessica explain the twists and turns of this novel tale and how it touches on gender and queer theory in an interesting way.
To find out more from Jessica, follow her on Instagram @aatypik
Recorded on March 29, 2022.
Produced by Laura Muñoz Baena...2022-04-0439 minGradCast362 | Who’s Laughing Now?Maggie Prenger is a student in the MD-PhD program. In this episode Maggie tells Claire Bottini and Ariel Frame about her research plans studying humour processing in Parkinson’s disease patients. Listen in to find out what parts of the brain are involved in this disease, why patients watching Seinfeld in a scanner might teach us more about them, and all about humour generally.
To hear more from Maggie, check her out on Twitter @maggie_prenger
Recorded on February 15, 2022.
Produced by Laura Muñoz Baena.
Theme song provided by htt...2022-02-2230 minGradCast360 | Tracking Down the Sounds of HistoryPatrick Huang delights Ariel Frame and Laura Muñoz with a tale about the history of music. As a Master in Ethnomusicology, Patrick is beginning his PhD in the music program and shares with us his insights on ancient western and non-western music theory that form the foundation for his ongoing studies.
To hear some of Patrick's music, check out his Soundcloud
Recorded on February 2nd, 2022.
Produced by Laura Muñoz Baena.
Theme song provided by https://freebeats.io/ Produced by White Hot.
2022-02-0727 minGradCast354 | Intel on the IncelIn this episode Zara Diab speaks with Ariel Frame and Claire Bottini about her ongoing PhD in English and Writing Studies. Zara describes how her research will be focusing on contributors to rape culture and the involuntary celibate (Incel) community. Listen in as Zara discusses examples of violent acts relating to these phenomena and how contemporary media reflects and perpetuates narratives that can lead to this kind of behaviour.
To hear more from Zara, find @ZaraDiab on Instagram and Facebook or email zdiab@uwo.ca
Recorded on November 23, 2021.
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Tercer PuentePodcast de Cultura con Mariana Lesa BrownEsta semana, además de repasar la agenda cultural de la región. Conocemos más sobre el trabajo de músicos y productores regionales en una nueva versión de "El Embudo" de León Greco homenaje a la Patagonia y Marcelo Berbel. Y además en entrevistamos en piso al Director Artístico y Vocal Ariel Muñoz y la actriz parte del elenco de su nueva obra Los Miserables, Ana Laura Camina.2021-11-1845 minGradCast335 | On the Vast Variability of VirusesLaura Muñoz is a PhD student studying virus evolution. In this episode Laura tells Ariel Frame about her research surrounding virus Overlapping Reading Frames, the impacts of viruses on evolution of life on Earth, and how these are studying using bioinformatics. To learn more about Laura's research, find her on Twitter.
Recorded on July 6, 2021.
Produced by Laura Munoz Baena.
Theme song provided by https://freebeats.io/ Produced by White Hot.
2021-07-1232 minGradCast329 | Filming Female Fighting Flies For ScienceSebastien Heine has nearly finished his 2 year MSc in Biology. He explains his research on Drosophila (fruit fly) female aggression to hosts Ariel Frame and Laura Munoz. Sebastien goes into details about his history with research and how he developed a general fascination with neuroscience and how these brain cells connect with each other. His passion began at a young age and was fuelled by his reading of Connectome by Sebastien Seung. To find out more from Sebastien, check out his LinkedIn profile, his Facebook or email him at sheine@uwo.ca
Recorded on June 1st, 2021.
P...2021-06-0829 minGradCast317 | How Flies SocializeAbbie Bechard tells Ariel Frame and Laura Munoz Baena about her MSc in biology research that she is working on. Abbie explains how she tests social spacing in flies and how this can be used to test models with autism related genes, such as Neuroligin.
To get in touch with Abbie, find her on Facebook.
Full video available on YouTube
Recorded on March 9, 2021
Produced by Laura Munoz Baena
Theme song provided by https://freebeats.io/ Produced by White Hot
2021-03-2128 minGradCast309 | Another Look at Alzheimer's diseaseAsad Lone has nearly completed his PhD in biology. He tells Ariel Frame and Laura Munoz about the cell biology research he has done on the impact of p66Shc on cell metabolism and susceptibility to Alzheimer's disease brain pathology. Asad also discusses his interest in the ketogenic diet and post-PhD plans.
To read about Asad's work, you can find him on ResearchGate
Recorded January 19, 2020
Produced by Laura Munoz Baena
Theme song provided by https://freebeats.io Produced by White Hot
2021-01-3130 minGradCast306 | A Hearty Dose of CannabisGregory Robinson enlightens hosts Ariel Frame and Nikol Posnov about his research on the impact of cannabis during development. As a soon to be MSc graduate from the physiology and pharmacology department's collaborative specialization program in developmental biology, Greg has discovered some novel effects that cannabinoids, THC and CBD, have on the developing fetal heart when ingested by the mother. They are not good for the baby's heart and Greg explains why.
To hear more about Greg and his research follow him on Twitter @GregIanRobinson or check out his supervisor's Twitter @QFeng3
Recorded December 15, 2020
Produced by Laura Munoz Ba...2020-12-2230 minGradCast305 | Scandalous American PresidenciesWith lame duck Trump and president elect Biden incoming, the world is sharply tuned in to American political scandals involving their presidency. Danielle McLennan is an MA student in history investigating various American political scandals including the Pentagon Papers, Watergate, whistleblowers and American news media in general. Ariel Frame and Yousuf listen closely as Danielle describes scandals of the past and explains how similar issues are tackled in this day and age.
Danielle can be found on Twitter @mynameisjonp1 and recommends you also follow Daniel Ellsberg on Twitter @DanielEllsberg
Recorded December 12, 2020
Produced by Laura Munoz Baena
Them...2020-12-2228 minGradCast294 | Managing Misinformation on COVID-19In this episode Elizabeth Mohler and Ariel Frame become informed by Francesco Colosimo on his research investigating the health information being distributed to the public on COVID-19. In his Masters of Health Information Science, Farncesco seeks to assess which information is trusted, which is correct and which channels are disseminating correct information opposed to misinformation. During a global pandemic, this information is important to get right and Francesco's research seeks to find the best way of getting there.
To hear more from Francesco, find him on Instagram @francesco.colosimo or Facebook
Recorded on September 29n...2020-10-0528 minGradCast279 | Eating, Exercising and Extending Brain PlasticityOlivia Ghosh-Swaby is a PhD student in the neuroscience program conducting research with mice elucidating how poor diet reduces and exercising benefits the brain. Olivia excitedly informs hosts Nick Handfield-Jones and Ariel Frame about her growing expertise in the field of brain plasticity and her newest research findings including treatment of mice with the drug metformin.
To find out more from Olivia, follow her on Twitter @ogoshhsw
Full video on YouTube
This episode was recorded on Tuesday, July 14th and was edited by Laura Muñoz Baena
2020-07-2028 minGradCast274 | Environmental Conservation, Kant, and Legal PhilosophyAttila Ataner, who is doing his PhD in Philosophy, chats about his research on the philosophical movement known as German Idealism. He discusses his ideas with hosts Ariel Frame and Yousuf Hasan and explains in what ways the 18th and 19thcentury philosophical works are relevant and helpful in legal matters today. Attila suggests that Kant’s works on duties, for example, can help provide a basis for having legally enforceable protectionist duties when it comes to the environment. It is fascinating to see how he extrapolates environmental conservation from German Idealism.
More information about Attila's work can be...2020-06-2234 minGradCast244 | The musical animal: Why are we such a musical species?Nathan Oesch is a post-doctoral fellow in Dr. Jessica Grahn's laboratory at Western University. Nathan informs Connor Chato and Ariel Frame about his research determining how music contributes to group cohesion. Using techniques informed by evolutionary psychology, Nathan's work spreads across various disciplines and provides us with some important answers about how music impacts humans on a social level.
Produced by Laura Munoz
2019-11-2127 minGradCast242 | On the Origin of Viral GenesGiven that viruses have a profound impact on every living organism, understanding how viruses evolve is crucial to understanding life itself. In this episode, hosts Gavin Tolometti and Nick Handfield Jones interview PhD student Laura Muñoz from the Department of Microbiology and Immunology. Laura introduces us to the world of virus genomes, bioinformatics and how her passion for evolution and virus diversity brought her to Canada.
Produced by Ariel Frame
2019-11-1328 min
Café & Palabra¿Cómo enfrentar la tentación sexual? (Parte 3) Ep 14Evaluar, evitar y escapar son medidas sabias que podemos aprender de cómo José enfrentó la tentación sexual.
Si tienes preguntas o temas de los cuales quieres que hablemos contáctanos en: cafeypalabra4.0@gmail.com2019-07-0814 minCafé & Palabra¿Cómo enfrentar la tentación sexual? (Parte 2) Ep 13Si José no podía tener dominio propio y controlarse como siervo, no podría controlar a otros como gobernante.
La firmeza en el carácter de José para decir ¡No! ante la tentación sexual dejó ver de qué estaba hecho.
Si tienes preguntas o temas de los cuales quieres que hablemos contáctanos en: cafeypalabra4.0@gmail.com2019-07-0116 minCafé & Palabra¿Cómo enfrentar la tentación sexual? Ep 12El temor a Dios es fundamental para poder enfrentar la tentación sexual; temer a Dios es tener miedo de desobedecerlo, es saber que aunque nadie nos ve, Dios nos ve. Todo pecado es falta de amor a Dios, al prójimo y a mí mismo.
Si tienes preguntas o temas de los cuales quieres que hablemos contáctanos en: cafeypalabra4.0@gmail.com2019-06-2516 minCafé & PalabraLa Elección de la Pareja (Parte 5) - Ep 11Una persona debe mirar aspectos singulares a la hora de elegir su pareja; el servicio, la comunicación, su sentido de masculinidad y feminidad, la vida espiritual, su relación con los limites y su carácter.
La elección de la pareja es algo que no se puede tomar de forma ligera.
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familia2019-06-1719 minCafé & PalabraLa Elección de la Pareja (Parte 4) - Ep 10En la elección de la pareja cabe la posibilidad de poner señales a Dios y también darle importancia al concepto familiar, dos aspectos claves que no podemos ignorar o pasar por alto.
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Señales2019-06-1016 minCafé & PalabraLa Elección de la Pareja (Parte 3) - Ep 9Discernir la voluntad de Dios escuchando la sabiduría del mayor y teniendo presente la oración, nos ayudará a ser mas cuidadosos y asertivos en la elección de la pareja.
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yugo desigual2019-05-1315 minCafé & PalabraLa Elección de la Pareja (Parte 2) - Ep 8El criterio estratégico y el criterio cultural son vitales en la elección de la pareja, tener cuidado con el yugo desigual y tener claro que es lo que busco en el otro son determinantes en la elección de la pareja y concluyentes para una vida matrimonial saludable.
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yugo desigual2019-05-0613 minCafé & PalabraLa Elección de la Pareja (Parte 1) - Episodio 7En este episodio hablamos sobre la importancia de los criterios de selección y el tener en cuenta el criterio teológico; es decir, el
conocimiento de Dios y de sus propósitos.
La elección de la pareja es la clave o el clavo.
Si tienes preguntas o temas de los cuales quieres que hablemos contáctanos en: cafeypalabra4.0@gmail.com2019-04-3014 min
Café & Palabra¿Cómo tener una familia saludable? (Parte 5) - Episodio 6Este es el ultimo episodio de una serie titulada ¿Cómo tener una familia saludable?
Hablamos sobre el respeto por las propiedades personales y por la privacidad.
Si tienes preguntas o temas de los cuales quieres que hablemos contáctanos en: cafeypalabra4.0@gmail.com2019-04-2217 min
Café & Palabra¿Cómo tener una familia saludable? (Parte 4) - Episodio 5Este es el cuarto episodio de una serie titulada ¿Cómo tener una familia saludable?
Las virtudes llevadas al extremo se convierten en defectos.
Hablaremos sobre respetar la personalidad individualmente que incluye respetar las opiniones de nuestros familiares.
Si tienes preguntas o temas de los cuales quieres que hablemos, contáctanos en: cafeypalabra4.0@gmail.com2019-04-1515 min
Café & Palabra¿Cómo tener una familia saludable? (Parte 3) - Episodio 4Este es el tercer episodio de una serie titulada ¿Cómo tener una familia saludable?
Hablaremos sobre el enojo correcto y el respeto de la personalidad individual.
Contáctanos en: Cafeypalabra4.0@gmail.com2019-04-0817 min
Café & Palabra¿Cómo tener una familia saludable? (Parte 2) - Episodio 3Este es el segundo episodio de una serie titulada ¿Cómo tener una familia saludable?2019-04-0114 min
Café & Palabra¿Cómo tener una familia saludable? (Parte 1) - Episodio 2Este es el primer episodio de una serie titulada ¿Cómo tener una familia saludable?2019-03-2616 minCafé & PalabraIntroducción - Episodio 1Café & Palabra es un espacio donde creceremos juntos en el conocimiento de la palabra de Dios.
Bienvenidos2019-03-1805 min