Sciographies Podcast

Meet David Barclay, an oceanographer(and podcast host)at Dalhousie University. Dal student Gracious Kashéké takes over hosting duties in our last episode of the year. Full episode drops Thursday, November 5, 2020.

In this episode, we interview Dr. Sophia Stone. She's a molecular biologist and professor in the Department of Biology at Dalhousie University. Thanks to mentorship from strong female influences and unwavering commitment throughout her life, Dr. Sophia Stone built a career in science that can help society answer critical questions about the future of food security. Her research explores the fundam...

Meet Sophia Stone, a molecular biologist and professor at Dalhousie University. Full episode drops Thursday, October 29, 2020.

Meet Tess Cyrus, an economist and associate professor at Dalhousie University. Full episode drops Thursday, October 22, 2020.

In this episode, we interview Dr. Mark Stradiotto. He's a chemist and professor with Dalhousie's Department of Chemistry. He has also won teaching awards and is the most recent recipient of Dal's Arthur B. McDonald Chair of research Excellence. Dr. Stradiotto wasn't planning on becoming a chemist until his third year of university, when a course in inorganic chemistry (and its professor) sparked h...

Meet Mark Stradiotto, an inorganic chemist and professor of chemistry at Dalhousie University. Full episode drops Thursday, October 15, 2020.

In this episode, we interview Dr. Tim Bardouille. He's a medical physicist and assistant professor with Dalhousie's Department of Physics and Atmospheric Sciences. An early fascination with technology and philosophy sparked his desire to study physics. When he learned about medical physics — a field focused on the role physics can play when applied in health and medicine to diagnose and treat pati...

Meet Tim Bardouille, a medical physicist and assistant professor of physics at Dalhousie University. Full episode drops Thursday, October 1, 2020.

In this episode we interview Dr. Hal Whitehead in his backyard, which overlooks the ocean in Herring Cove, Nova Scotia. Dr. Whitehead is a marine biologist, a professor in the Department of Biology, and author of several books. His interest in animal behaviour led to a scientific career studying the cultural lives of whales (even though his academic life began with an undergraduate degree in pure...

Meet Hal Whitehead, a marine biologist and professor of biology at Dalhousie University. Full episode drops Thursday, September 24, 2020.

In this episode, we interview Dr. Natalie Rosen, a sex therapist, sexual health researcher, and associate professor of psychology. She tells us about growing up in Ottawa, being inspired by Dr. Sue Johanson's sex education broadcast programs, her path through university and grad school, and insights from her couples-based research on sexual relationships. Dr. Rosen also tells us about her knowledg...

Meet Dr. Natalie Rosen, an associate professor, psychologist, and sex therapist at Dalhousie University. Full episode drops Thursday, Sept. 17, 2020.

In this episode, Dr. Christine Chambers tells us about her laser-focus career path and different types of pain. She also shares the motivation behind her deep commitment to science communication and knowledge mobilization. Dr. Chambers grew up in Halifax, Nova Scotia and knew at 12 years old that she wanted to become a child psychologist. That path began at Dalhousie, a few blocks away from her ch...

Meet Dr. Christine Chambers, a professor and clinical psychologist at Dalhousie University. Full episode drops Thursday, Oct. 31, 2019.

In this episode, we speak with Dr. Lars Osberg, the McCulloch Professor of Economics at Dalhousie University. He discusses economic inequality, insecurity, and well-being — topics that have dominated his research career. He also tells us about his experiences studying and working abroad in the early 70s, and how the field of economics has captivated him for so many years. Dr. Osberg grew up in Ott...

Meet Lars Osberg, an economist at Dalhousie University. Full episode drops Thursday, October 24, 2019.

Meet Dr. Eric Oliver, an oceanographer at Dalhousie University. Episode drops on Thursday, October 17.

In this episode, we interview Dr. Eric Oliver, an assistant professor and oceanographer here at Dalhousie. Dr. Oliver outlines how climate change is increasing the occurrence of marine heatwaves in the ocean. He also shares his hope for a future where traditional Indigenous knowledge is combined with scientific data to conduct research that has meaningful impact for Northern communities, as he him...

Meet John Gosse, a geologist at Dalhousie University. Full episode drops Thursday, October 10, 2019.

In this episode, we interview Dr. John Gosse, a geologist with Dalhousie University's Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences. We discuss growing up in Newfoundland, his adventurous undergrad years studying earth sciences, and how some of his latest research will help us better understand the risk of natural disasters in the Canadian Arctic as global temperatures continue to rise. Dr. Gosse...

In this episode, we interview Dr. Megan Bailey, a fisheries economist with Dalhousie University's Marine Affairs Program. We discuss her artistic hobbies, changing her focus and finding her passion, and what it's like to work at the intersection of ecological science and social science. Dr. Bailey grew up in London, Ontario with a love of animals that led her to a zoology degree. She then spent a...

Meet Megan Bailey, a fisheries economist at Dalhousie University. Full episode drops on Thursday, October 3, 2019.

In this episode, we interview Dalhousie University's Dr. Alastair Simpson, an evolutionary biologist. We talk to him about a widely-publicized paper his team landed in the journal Nature last fall, and how studying the genetic information of microbes helps us better understand the evolution of complex lifeforms on Earth. We also take a break from the science to discuss the sport that helps Dr. Sim...

Meet Alastair Simpson, an evolutionary biologist at Dalhousie University. Full episode drops on Thursday, September 26, 2019.

In this episode, we interview Dalhousie University mathematician Dr. Jason Brown. We talk to him about his early days playing guitar in a band with his siblings, the real-world applications of graph theory, and the mathematics behind Beatles music. In his free time, Dr. Brown enjoys playing music and writing songs. He's been performing in front of audiences for decades and has even recorded his ow...