Podcasts and Audio Stories
Researchers across campus make sound waves that are permeating the radio and podcast world. Queen’s-based radio programs and podcasts provide a rich media experience where researchers can share directly with the public and other stakeholders the impact of their work at the University.
Blind Date with Knowledge
“Blind Date with Knowledge” was a radio talk show about research and the impact of research, and featured scholars from across faculties and disciplines. It ran for three seasons, from January 2018 to December 2019.
The goals of this show were to demystify scholarly research and to personalize the research process.
In these episodes, you will discover the motivations, passions, discoveries and goals of Queen's researchers.
The show aired on CFRC radio, 101.9FM, campus and community Queen’s radio. Each episode featured Queen’s researchers from across disciplines discussing the significance and benefits of their research projects on everyday lives.
Season Three:
- Episode 1: Network Connectivity: Rewiring Lost Brain Functions –Dr. DJ Cook
- Episode 2: Navigating the Consumer Marketplace – Dr. Tandy Thomas
- Episode 3: The People, the Land, and the Government – Dr. Margaret Moore
- Episode 4: Less-invasive Approaches to Cardiac Surgery – Gianluigi Bisleri
- Episode 5: Civil Society, Cosmopolitan Citizenship, and Realistic Utopia – Dr. Fahim Quadir
- Episode 6: Shared Decision-Making: A Partnership for Client-Centred Healthcare – Dr. Janet Jull
- Episode 7: What’s in a Grade? – Dr. Liying Cheng
- Episode 8: Algorithms and Precedent – How AI Can Provide Open-Access Legal Resources – Dr. Samuel Dahan
- Episode 9: E-tattoos and Healthcare – Nano Materials for Superior Wearable Tech – Dr. Shideh Kabiri Ameri
- Episode 10: Understanding our Food Habits – Dr. Elaine Power
- Episode 11: Helping Robots Learn to Walk – Dr. Amy Wu
- Episode 12: Teaching Language to Computers – Dr. Xiaodan Zhu
Season Two:
- Episode 1: Emails – The Story of a Love/Hate Working Relationship – Shamel Addas
- Episode 2: Evolving Clinical Trials through Collaboration – Janet Dancey
- Episode 3: The Bitterness of Indulging – Dark Ecology and the State of Environmental Mega-Risks – Molly Wallace
- Episode 4: The Business of Justice Delivering the Justice of Business – Arbitration within International Commerce – Joshua Karton
- Episode 5: Is Treating the Death Penalty as a Medical Procedure Due Diligence to Avoid Pain? – Lisa Guenther
- Episode 6: Flying Blindly vs. GPS Navigation in Surgical Procedures – Gabor Fichtinger
- Episode 7: From the Babysitter to Alexa – Surveillance is All Around – David Lyon, David Murakami Wood, and Midori Ogasawara
- Episode 8: Dark Matter and What Goes Bump in the Night – Joseph Bramante
- Episode 9: Waste in the West – Advancing our Waste Management Practices – Pascale Champagne
- Episode 10: Nothing Burns Down – A History and a Career in Theatre Lighting Design – Tim Fort
- Episode 11: Design vs. Nature: Building Infrastructure to Withstand Environmental Disasters – Katerina Genikomsou
- Episode 12: A Conversation on Spirituality and Health Studies – Mary Ann McColl
- Episode 13: Microinteractions and How Gender Functions in a Particular Space – Lee Airton
Season One:
- Episode 1: Speaking Through Time: The Power of Oral History – Laura Murray
- Episode 2: Understanding Injustice and Resolving Conflict – John McGarry
- Episode 3: Making Math Your Friend – Lynda Colgan
- Episode 4: One Glass of Wine? You’ll Be Just Fine – Adrian Baranchuk
- Episode 5: The Story of Paint – Patricia Smithen
- Episode 6: Fighting Climate Change with Science – John Smol
- Episode 7: Including Indigenous Peoples in Land Use Planning – Leela Viswanathan
- Episode 8: What in the World is Electrochemistry? – Gregory Jerkiewicz
- Episode 9: Understanding At-Risk Students – Alana Butler
- Episode 10: H2O – Violence and Relation to Power in Organized Crime – Antonio Nicaso
- Episode 11: One Billion Neutrinos – Tony Noble
- Episode 12: History of Historiography – Daniel Woolf
- Episode 13: A Translational Journey – A Special Panel Discussion about Queen’s CardioPulmonary Unit (QCPU) – Stephen Archer, Paula James, Mark Ormiston
School of Graduate Studies Podcast
Host: CJ the DJ (aka Colette Steer, School of Graduate Studies)
Air time: 4pm Tuesdays on CFRC 101.9FM
Description: Created in January 2016, Grad Chat is podcast platform where graduate students and Post-Doctoral Fellows to showcase their research to the Queen’s & Kingston community.
Grad Chat is a learning opportunity for graduate students and post-docs to :
- disseminate their research to a wider audience, i.e. not necessarily for people in the field
- get others excited about what they are doing and why
- practice public speaking
Popular Podagogy
Popular Pedagogy is a podcast from the Queen’s University Faculty of Education to brings big ideas in teaching and education to life. Guests include top researchers and instructors from education, other disciplines, and practicing teachers, combining innovative education research and pedagogy with the daily realities of being a teacher.
Fundamentals of Canadian Law
The law is a vibrant force in your daily life, and Fundamentals of Canadian Law delivered bite-sized slices of legal knowledge with the support from faculty of the Queen’s Certificate in Law. The podcast explored a range of topics from Indigenous treaties to cell phone contracts; from solitary confinement to homeowners’ rights.