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Yale GradCastcc: "What do psychics tell us about hallucinations?" Dr. Phil Corlett and Dr. Al PowersIn this episode we interview, Dr. Phil Corlett and Dr. Al Powers to discuss their recent Science paper where they recruited psychics who believe they can talk to dead people in order to better understand the fundamental cause of hallucinations in people victimized by psychiatric disorders like schizophrenia.
Voices on this episode:
Dr. Phil Corlett, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Dr. Al Powers, Research Fellow
Sharif Kronemer, producer
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2018-03-0133 minYale GradCastcc: "Imagining Different and Better Futures," Phoenix AlexanderIn this episode of Campus Conversations, we're joined by Phoenix Alexander, a fifth-year PhD student in English and African American studies at Yale. His research focuses on black feminist science fiction, but Phoenix writes fiction as well -- his short story "Gennesaret" was just published in Beyond Ceaseless Skies, a Hugo Award-nominated online literary magazine. Listen in to hear about Phoenix's fiction, his scholarship, and the connections between the two.
You can read Phoenix Alexander's short story "Gennesaret" at www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/gennesaret/
Or listen to "Gennesaret" at www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/audio/bcs-212-gennesaret/
Voices on this episode:
Phoenix...
2018-03-0122 minYale GradCastHappenings: Holiday Gift GuideThe GSA’s Happenings episodes are designed to help Yale’s graduate students become more engaged in the greater New Haven community. This Happenings episode is a local holiday gift buying guide featuring EcoWorks, Make Haven, and Elm City Games! Share our Facebook post for a chance to win a $50 gift certificate to Jack’s Steakhouse.
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More information:
EcoWorks: https://ecoworksct.org/
Make Haven: https://www.makehaven.org/
Elm City Games: http://newhavenboardgames.com/
Voices on the episode:
Rick Crouse - Podcast Producer
Lisa Spetrini - Co-Founder, EcoWorks
J.R. Logan - Executive Director, Make H...
2017-12-1114 minYale GradCastColleen Murphy of Bloomberg BNA on Tax Reform, EducationIn this episode, Colleen Murphy, a tax reporter at Bloomberg BNA, speaks with Nick Curry about the tax reform proposals that are currently under consideration in Congress. The tax bill that passed the House of Representatives could harm higher education by repealing the Student Loan Interest Deduction, consolidating education tax credits, and taxing tuition reductions. (Note: this interview was recorded on Friday, November 17.)
The Graduate Student Assembly and Yale Senate held a town hall discussion on the tax proposals with Jon Clune, the Senior Administration of Yale General Counsel. To hear a recording of this town hall, visit https://yale...
2017-11-2808 minYale GradCastcc: "What Kids Do In Games," Dr. Lynn Fiellen, Dr. Kimberly Hieftje, and Play2PreventThe Campus Conversations series features professors and grad students with cutting edge research, captivating creative work, and new ideas. In this episode, we interview Dr. Lynn Fiellen and Dr. Kimberly Hieftje about the Play2Prevent program. Tune in to learn about how they're working to harness the power of video games to influence children’s attitudes about sexual health and other risky behaviors.
For more information about Play2Prevent, check out these links:
http://www.play2prevent.org/
http://www.yalescientific.org/2016/07/a-new-way-to-play-the-yale-play2prevent-lab/
https://medicine.yale.edu/ycci/researchspectrum/collab/industry/novelapproach.aspx
Voices on this episode:
Dr. Lynn Fi...
2017-11-1013 minYale GradCastHappenings: Wine On9Happenings is a series designed to help Yale’s graduate students learn about what's happening around town and become more engaged in the greater New Haven community. This episode features the Wine On9 event and The Wine Thief! Like our Facebook Post for a chance to win a $25 gift certificate to The Wine Thief!
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More information:
The Wine On9 event (11/3/17, 5:45-9 PM) and the rest of the On9 event series:
http://www.downtownnewhaven.com/events/
The Wine Thief: https://www.thewinethief.com/
Voices on the episode:
Rick Crouse - Podcast Producer
Charlotte Eliscu - Di...
2017-10-3110 minYale GradCastcc: "The Unhealed Scar," playwright Jeremy O. HarrisThis podcast is the first in our new series, Campus Conversations. In this series, you'll hear from professors and grad students on campus about cutting edge research, captivating creative work, and new ideas.
In this episode, Julia Marshall and Bara Badwan talk with Jeremy O. Harris, a second-year playwright at the Yale School of Drama. His emotional and provocative new work, Slave Play, opens at Yale's Iseman Theater, on Thursday, October 26. In this work, the old South lives on at the MacGregor Plantation — in the breeze, in the cotton fields...and in the crack of the whip. It’s an ante...
2017-10-2515 minYale GradCastHappenings: Noodles On 9 And JacksHappenings is a series designed to help Yale’s graduate students learn about what's happening around town and become more engaged in the greater New Haven community. This episode features the Noodles On9 event and the new local restaurant Jack’s Steakhouse and Bar.
More information:
The Noodles On9 event (10/6/17, 6-8 PM) and the rest of the On9 event series: http://www.infonewhaven.com/on9-event-series
Jack’s Steakhouse and Bar: https://www.facebook.com/jacksnewhaven/
Voices on the episode:
Nick Curry - Head Podcast Producer
Rick Crouse - Podcast Producer
Charlotte Eliscu - Director of Marketing at Downtown New Haven...
2017-10-0509 min