Best Mcgill S Research Podcasts (2024)

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The IOWC Research Assistants - Summer 2024 Research Roundup 31:04

8h ago31:04

31:04

For the second annual Summer Research Roundup, Dr. Philip Gooding sits down with five research assistants employed here at the Indian Ocean World Centre, McGill University to explore and recognize the hard work they've put into their research over the last year. Nadia Fekih is entering her final year in Environmental Studies at McGill. She has been…

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Tasha Rijke-Epstein - "Children of the Soil: The Power of Built Form in Urban Madagascar" 46:43

3M ago46:43

46:43

Dr. Philip Gooding (IOWC, McGill) is joined by Prof. Tasha Rijke-Epstein (Vanderbilt) to discuss her wonderful new book, Children of the Soil: The Power of Built Form in Urban Madagascar. Their conversation takes us to Mahajanga, a port city in northwestern Madagascar, considering the city's contested built environment, as well as the human and mor…

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Nienke Boer - "The Briny South" 28:46

4M ago28:46

28:46

This week, Dr. Nienke Boer (Sydney) joins our producer, Sam Gleave Riemann, to discuss her 2023 book, The Briny South: Displacement and Sentiment in the Indian Ocean World (Duke UP). They discuss the connections between post-colonial and ocean studies, feelings and their representations, and South Africa and the broader Indian Ocean World. Dr. Boer…

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John Lee - "Sylvan Anxieties and the Making of Landscapes in Early Modern Korea" & "A State of Ranches and Forests" 48:01

5M ago48:01

48:01

In this episode, Dr. Philip Gooding (IOWC, McGill) is joined by Dr. John Lee (Durham) to discuss two recent article-length publications, his 2022 paper, “Sylvan Anxieties and the Making of Landscapes in Early Modern Korea,” and his chapter, “A State of Ranches and Forests: The Environmental Legacy of the Mongol Empire in Korea,” from the 2023 volum…

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Krishnendu Ray - "Culinary Cultures on the Move" & "Food in the Indian Ocean World" 46:23

5M ago46:23

46:23

Prof. Krishnendu Ray (NYU) joins Dr. Philip Gooding (IOWC, McGill) to discuss a recent special volume of Verge: Studies in Global Asias, entitled "Culinary Cultures on the Move," which Prof. Ray co-edited, as well as his contribution to that volume, entitled "Food in the Indian Ocean World: Mobility, Materiality, and Cultural Exchange," which he co…

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Arunima Datta - "Race, Anxiety and Shopping in the Australian Outback: Indian Hawkers and Victoria's 1884 Smallpox Outbreak" 33:08

6M ago33:08

33:08

For the first episode of our new season, Dr. Philip Gooding (IOWC, McGill) welcomes Prof. Arunima Datta (University of North Texas) to discuss her article, "Race, Anxiety and Shopping in the Australian Outback: Indian Hawkers and Victoria's 1884 Smallpox Outbreak," as well as her newly-published second monograph, Waiting on Empire: A History of Ind…

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Chris Gratien - ”The Unsettled Plain” 41:51

8M ago41:51

41:51

This week, Dr. Philip Gooding (IOWC, McGill) interviews Prof. Chris Gratien (UVA) about his highly-awarded new book, The Unsettled Plain: An Environmental History of the Late Ottoman Frontier (Stanford UP, 2022). They talk about trends and methods in environmental history, the specific histories of Çukurova that the book explores, and the late Otto…

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Because Talking With A Friend is Always a Good Thing E-12 S-4 1:15:50

8M ago1:15:50

1:15:50

One thing that I am so thankful for is the friends I have made through the years. <3By Melissa

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Jeremy Prestholdt - Monsoon: Journal of the Indian Ocean Rim 51:37

8M ago51:37

51:37

Prof. Jeremy Prestholdt (UC San Diego) joins Dr. Philip Gooding (IOWC, McGill) to go behind-the-scenes on the new journal of Indian Ocean Studies, Monsoon, of which Prof. Prestholdt is founding co-editor. They also discuss some of Prof. Prestholdt's recent and upcoming research on the connections of the Western Indian Ocean and Indian Ocean Africa …

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Julien Greschner - ”Solutions to Poverty According to Those Who Live It: Case Study in Manyatta B Informal Settlement, Kisumu, Kenya” 40:27

8M ago40:27

40:27

Our producer, Sam Gleave Riemann (IOWC, McGill), is joined by Julien Greschner to discuss his 2023 Masters thesis, "Solutions to Poverty According to Those Who Live It: Case Study in Manyatta B Informal Settlement, Kisumu, Kenya," covering definitions of poverty, community perceptions, and research processes in the global South under pandemic condi…

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"Happy Nervemember!" S4-E11 9:12

9M ago9:12

9:12

"Happy Nervemember my fellow Warriors!!! So you know what that means! Wear your ORANGE! Spread Awareness! Color the world ORANGE!!!By Melissa

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James Parker - ”Ecologies of Development: Ecophilosophies and Indigenous Action on the Tana River” 41:38

9M ago41:38

41:38

Dr. Philip Gooding (IOWC, McGill) is joined by Dr. James Parker (Arizona State University) to discuss his 2022 paper, "Ecologies of Development: Ecophilosophies and Indigenous Action on the Tana River," published in History in Africa. The conversation covers colonial capitalism and its post-colonial hangovers along the river, the complex Indigenous…

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Medical Gaslight 14:11

10M ago14:11

14:11

Definition - Medical gaslighting describes a behavior in which a physician or other medical professional dismisses or downplays a patient's physical symptoms or attributes them to something else, such as a psychological condition.By Melissa

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James Beattie - ”Migrant Ecologies” & International Review of Environmental History 34:26

10M ago34:26

34:26

Dr. Philip Gooding (IOWC, McGill) welcomes Dr. James Beattie (Victoria University of Wellington) for a wide-ranging discussion of Dr. Beattie's work: the 2022 multi-author volume Migrant Ecologies: Environmental History of the Pacific World, which he co-edited with Ryan Tucker Jones and Edward Dallam Melillo; his chapter in that book, "Chinese Reso…

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I'm Back - S-4 E- 9 16:00

10M ago16:00

16:00

I'm back, I have been in a place that I would like to get out of, It is still very hard for me knowing Pogo is not by my side, Seeing him so happy when he sees me. So I need to get back into the swing of things. I need to start being me.By Melissa

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Sophie Chao - ”The Beetle or the Bug” & ”The Multispecies World of Oil Palm” 31:01

10M ago31:01

31:01

Producer Sam Gleave Riemann (IOWC, McGill) is joined by Dr. Sophie Chao (Sydney) to discuss the complex ecologies of West Papuan oil palm plantations. They consider multispecies kinships, capitalist aggression, and the various critters who assist and oppose the oil palm's presence in Papua. Dr. Chao completed her PhD at the Macquarie University in …

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Tamara Fernando - ”Mapping Oysters and Making Oceans in the Northern Indian Ocean, 1880–1906” 39:49

11M ago39:49

39:49

In the first episode of our fall season, Dr. Philip Gooding (IOWC, McGill) is in conversation with Prof. Tamara Fernando (Stony Brook). Taking Prof. Fernando's 2023 paper, "Mapping Oysters and Making Oceans in the Northern Indian Ocean, 1880–1906," as their starting point, they discuss her research into the 19th-century pearl trade around the India…

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The IOWC Research Assistants - Summer 2023 Research Roundup 48:31

1y ago48:31

48:31

On this special episode between seasons, Dr. Philip Gooding (IOWC, McGill) checks in with four of the IOWC undergraduate Research Assistants. Join us as we honour their hard work and learn more about the ongoing research projects at the Indian Ocean World Centre. Wukai Jiang majors in Geography and minors in History at McGill University. Nadia Feki…

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It's Almost Time To Go To MWUSA! E-8 S-4 14:18

1y ago14:18

14:18

IT'S ALMOST TIME FOR THE MWUSA PAGEANT!!!! I'm so EXCITED...... But, also very nervous.By Melissa

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1 Month in, but why??? 😕 16:21

1y ago16:21

16:21

Here I bring up the SCS, I use my voice to try something to help me. Then someone takes credit and wants to take away everything else.... Why??? 😕By Melissa

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Say Hello to Our Fellow Warrior, Richard 1:10:17

1y ago1:10:17

1:10:17

Say Hello to Our Fellow Warrior, Richard. He is passionate about using his voice and advocating about CRPS.By Melissa

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Philip Gooding - “On the Frontiers of the Indian Ocean World: A History of Lake Tanganyika, c.1830-1890” 37:15

1+ y ago37:15

37:15

Our usual host, Dr. Philip Gooding (IOWC, McGill), is our interviewee this week, answering a few questions about his first monograph, On the Frontiers of the Indian Ocean World: A History of Lake Tanganyika, c.1830-1890 (Cambridge UP, 2022) with our producer, Sam Gleave Riemann. As well as introducing the book to listeners who haven't had a chance …

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Alice Nyawira Karuri - “Adaptation of Small-Scale Tea and Coffee Farmers in Kenya to Climate Change” 33:48

1+ y ago33:48

33:48

This week, our host Dr. Philip Gooding (IOWC, McGill) joins in conversation with Dr. Alice Nyawira Karuri (Strathmore) to discuss her recent chapter "Adaptation of Small-Scale Tea and Coffee Farmers in Kenya to Climate Change," published in the African Handbook of Climate Change Adaptation (Springer, 2021). Their conversation covers Dr. Karuri's ec…

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I GOT MY SCS SURGERY!! S-4 E-5 8:47

1+ y ago8:47

8:47

I GOT MY SCS SURGERY!! The device is not on yet. I have to wait for my post-op appointment. Thank goodness I have my pups & the projects I need to get ready for the Ms. Wheelchair USA pageant. Also, sorry for the whisper voice...I am healing. <3By Melissa

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Justin Raycraft - “Islamic Discourses of Environmental Change on the Swahili Coast of Southern Tanzania” 30:03

1+ y ago30:03

30:03

Dr. Philip Gooding (IOWC, McGill) is joined this week by Prof. Justin Raycraft (Lethbridge) to discuss his 2021 paper, “Islamic Discourses of Environmental Change on the Swahili Coast of Southern Tanzania.” Their conversation covers not just Prof. Raycraft's fascinating analysis of Islam's role in his respondents' interpretation of a changing envir…

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I'm Getting a Permanent SCS E-5 S4 10:34

1+ y ago10:34

10:34

I'm excited, yet nervous. For I am leaving in the morning to receive my permanent SCS.By Melissa

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Jayah's CRPS Story S-4 E-3 13:20

1+ y ago13:20

13:20

Jayah shares her CRPS story. Hope you enjoy her time as much as I did.By Melissa

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Pao K. Wang - The REACHES Database 40:13

1+ y ago40:13

40:13

This week, Prof. Pao-Kuan Wang (Academia Sinica) joins Dr. Philip Gooding (IOWC, McGill) to discuss the Reconstructed East Asian Climate Historical Encoded Series (REACHES) database, a staggering initiative that, under Prof. Wang’s directorship, standardizes and makes available climate data based on historical records spanning Ming and Qing China. …

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Kasia Paprocki - “Threatening Dystopias: The Global Politics of Climate Change Adaptation in Bangladesh” 39:35

1+ y ago39:35

39:35

Prof. Kasia Paprocki (LSE) joins Dr. Philip Gooding (IOWC, McGill) to discuss her first monograph, Threatening Dystopias: The Global Politics of Climate Change Adaptation in Bangladesh, which was published by Cornell University Press in 2021. They discuss Prof. Paprocki’s longstanding work with peasant movements in southwest Bangladesh, challenging…

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Ruth Mostern - “The Yellow River: A Natural and Unnatural History” 45:46

1+ y ago45:46

45:46

Dr. Philip Gooding (IOWC, McGill) welcomes Prof. Ruth Mostern (Pittsburgh) to discuss her 2021 book, The Yellow River: A Natural and Unnatural History. They consider the river’s central role in Chinese history, moving water, sediment, people, and goods, along with the research and publication processes of environmental history. Prof. Mostern is Pro…

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S4-E1 It's 2023! 10:38

1+ y ago10:38

10:38

It's 2023! So many exciting things are happening!! It's going to be an AMAZING year!!!By Melissa

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Kelly, From RSD Sisters & Clam for a Cause 54:52

1+ y ago54:52

54:52

Kelly, From RSD Sisters & Clam for a Cause. She has advocated for our Fellow Warriors and now she has a great resource you can use to help you get the items you need.By Melissa

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Ruth Morgan - “Health, Hearth and Empire: Climate, Race and Reproduction in British India and Western Australia” 44:32

1+ y ago44:32

44:32

Prof. Ruth Morgan (Australian National University) joins Dr. Philip Gooding (IOWC, McGill) to discuss her 2021 article “Health, Hearth and Empire: Climate, Race and Reproduction in British India and Western Australia.” Their conversation covers the nuances of 19th-century British imperial policy in the Indian Ocean World, the shortfalls of contempo…

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The Happiest of Holidays and also, How Hard They Can Be 21:51

1+ y ago21:51

21:51

I love the Holidays, or at least, now a days the idea of the Holidays. Getting together, finding that perfect gift for that special someone. But now... it's happy but yet can be oh so sad :( Because I feel like I don't have control of myself. I always have to wait for everyone else.By Melissa

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Julia Jong Haines - “Shaping Landscapes: Environmental History, Plantation Management and Colonial Legacies in Mauritius” 27:41

1+ y ago27:41

27:41

Dr. Philip Gooding (IOWC, McGill) is joined by Dr. Julia Jong Haines (Cornell) to discuss her archeological research at Bras D’Eau National Park in Mauritius, a former sugar plantation. Their conversation covers trees as archeological artifacts, Mauritian environmental degradation beyond the dodo, and the palimpsestic legacies of slavery and indent…

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November aka Nervember 2022! 1:41

2y ago1:41

1:41

It's November!! You know what that means?!?! It is CRPS Month!!! So wear your orange and spread awareness!!By Melissa

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Dorene's CRPS Story <3 1:19:12

2y ago1:19:12

1:19:12

It's November, aka Nervember! Also known as Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) Month! To kick off this month of awareness please listen, & enjoy Dorene's CRPS Story. She is an amazing friend, mom, sister & WARRIOR!By Melissa

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Sugata Ray - “From New Spain to Mughal India: Rethinking Early Modern Animal Studies with a Turkey, ca. 1612” 29:03

2y ago29:03

29:03

Prof. Sugata Ray (UC Berkeley) joins Dr. Philip Gooding (IOWC, McGill) to delve into the history of two much-maligned birds of the early modern Indian Ocean world: the dodo and the turkey. As a historian of South Asian art working at the intersection of animal, environmental, and postcolonial studies, Prof. Ray starts with pictures of these birds a…

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Franziska Fay - “Kuishi Ughaibuni” & “To Everyone Who Told Zanzis That They Are Not Omani” 48:28

2y ago48:28

48:28

Prof. Franziska Fay (JGU Mainz) joins Dr. Philip Gooding (IOWC, McGill) to discuss two recent publications, “‘Kuishi Ughaibuni’: Emplaced Absence, the Zanzibar Diaspora Policy, and Young Men's Experiences of Belonging Between Zanzibar and Oman” and “‘To Everyone Who Told Zanzis That They Are Not Omani’: Young Swahili-speaking Omanis’ Belonging in P…

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Harriet Mercer - “Atmospheric Archives: Gender and Climate Knowledge in Colonial Tasmania” 35:47

2y ago35:47

35:47

Dr. Harriet Mercer (Cambridge) joins Dr. Julie Babin (IOWC, McGill) to discuss her recent article on “Atmospheric Archives: Gender and Climate Knowledge in Colonial Tasmania.” Their conversation and Dr. Mercer’s research delve into the history of “climate history,” challenging established methodologies and epistemologies that exclude certain perspe…

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Manikarnika Dutta - “Cholera, British Seamen and Maritime Anxieties in Calcutta, c.1830s–1890s.” 34:31

2y ago34:31

34:31

Dr. Manikarnika Dutta, a Research Associate in the Faculty of History at the University of Oxford, joins Dr. Julie Babin to discuss her research into the intersection of medical, colonial, and maritime history in nineteenth-century Calcutta. This research began with a doctoral thesis completed in 2019, but today we focus on the peer-reviewed paper,…

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Anna Winterbottom & Victoria Dickenson - Introducing the Gwillim Project 52:27

2y ago52:27

52:27

Dr. Anna Winterbottom (McGill) and Prof. Victoria Dickenson (McGill) join Dr. Philip Gooding (IOWC, McGill) to discuss the Gwillim Project, a multinational research project exploring the remarkable artistic and epistolary output of two English sisters, Mary Symonds and Elizabeth Gwillim, living in early-nineteenth-century Madras. Elizabeth Gwillim’…

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I Am Exhausted! S-3 E-16 13:06

2y ago13:06

13:06

The Exhaustion is REAL!!! CRPS is enough, but all the "little" things that come along with it. Like the EXHAUSTION!!!By Melissa

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Deep Breath In.... S-3 E-15 10:23

2y ago10:23

10:23

Deep Breath In... S-3 E-15 Stopping and taking that time to breath. Helping to start focus away from the pain. What do you do to take your mind off the pain?By Melissa

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Erin's CRPS Story 1:11:08

2y ago1:11:08

1:11:08

Erin's CRPS Story. Sweet Erin from South Africa tells her CRPS story, Hope you "enjoy" her journey as much as I have. If you would like to follow Erin on her social media outlets, her links are below. Also, Don't forget to reach out to her to see how she is doing after her surgery. <3 https://www.instagram.com/erinroyy/ https://www.facebook.com/pro…

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Is It Time For A Furry Friend? S-3 E-13 15:55

2y ago15:55

15:55

Did you know that in the state of South Carolina it is time to clear the shelters?!?! Are you ready for a FURever Friend? Yes, this goes hand in hand with CRPS. <3By Melissa

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SAY WHAT???!!! I Need a New PMD.... 31:25

2y ago31:25

31:25

As a CRPS Warrior I do believe that all of us know how it feels when the Dr. or NP lets us know that there is nothing more that they can do for us. Or when the truth comes out and i get told she is to lazy to do that. So yes, I am looking for a new Pain Management Doctor.By Melissa

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I Did The Ms. Wheelchair USA Pageant! S-3 E-11 14:59

2y ago14:59

14:59

I Did The Ms. Wheelchair USA Pageant & It Was A-MAZ-ING! S-3 E-11By Melissa

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Say YES! S-3 E-10 14:27

2y ago14:27

14:27

Say YES!!! Say YES to living! Say YES to be part of this world! Say YES to show the Pride you have being you! July Is Pride Disability Month. I know I am going to say YES more. Hope you enjoy this episode as much as I did making it. <3By Melissa

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May Is Mental Health Month S-3 E-9 34:09

2y ago34:09

34:09

May is Mental Health Month. It is so important to work on your health, body, mind and soul. If you need help, please reach out. There is so many programs out there. Some are; National Suicide Prevention Lifeline- 800-273-8255 https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/ NAMI Helpline- 1-800-950-NAMI (6264) helpline@nami.org Talkspace- https://www.talkspa…

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