The JCR: A Massey Podcast

The JCR: A Massey Podcast

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The JCR, a Massey podcast -- where people and ideas intersect – is a project of the graduate students at Massey College at the University of Toronto. We share our research, ideas, projects and passions through interviews and commentary. Join us on our journey. Theme Music: Sam Little Artwork: Joe Costa Production Team: Pranjal Tiwari, Associate Producer; Joe Costa, Technical Producer; Kim Kierans, Executive Producer. Massey College https://www.masseycollege.ca is a graduate residential college at the University of Toronto that “strives to empower the next generation of thinkers and leverage th...

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May 29, 2026

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Episodes

ChatGPT: Friend or Foe / ‘Move Fast and Break Things’ 05.05.2023

Massey College Junior Fellow Ben Pulver, a doctoral student in Art History at the University of Toronto speaks with five graduate students from different disciplines about ChatGPT and how it’s influencing their fields of study.

Curtain Call II 21.04.2023

Massey College Junior Fellow Elizabeth Hicks, actor, playwright and law student in conversation with Junior Fellows Zahida Rahemtulla , playwright and MA student in adult education, and Robbie Steele , PhD student in 19 th century English literature about theatrical collaboration through the lens of Ann Marie MacDonald’s play Fall on Your Knees

How we got here: The Story of Nuclear Fusion 07.04.2023

Pranjal  Tiwari , a PhD student in Condensed Matter Physics at the University of Toronto explores the advances in nuclear fusion and the importance of tritium.

Illness that Awaits Good News: Re-evaluating Historic Psychiatric Treatments 24.03.2023

Massey College Junior Fellow Zeesy Powers , a multimedia artist and MHSc student of bioethics   interviews Dr. Edward Shorter, medical historian at the University of Toronto about the shortcomings of the DSM and psychopharmaceuticals, and the re-emergence of Electro Convulsive Therapy and psychedelics as standards of care. #ECT #psychedelicdrugs # s chizophrenia #medicine #neuroscience #catatonia...

If Phones Were Our Friends 10.03.2023

Noah Khan, a SSHRC doctoral fellow at Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto reflects on our love-hate relationship with our phones. #AI #technology #education #philosphy #MasseyCollege #uoft #phone #OISE

Cobots and You 24.02.2023

Pranjal Tiwari , a PhD student in Condensed Matter Physics at the University of Toronto speaks with Peter Warrian, a distinguished research fellow at the Munk School for Global Affairs, about the future of automation and how humans can still play a role in manufacturing and service.

Communicating Science in a Post-Pandemic World 10.02.2023

Massey College Junior Fellow Leighton Schreyer , a medical student at the university of Toronto interviews Hannah Hoag, an award winning science journalist and the deputy editor at The Conversation Canada. They explore science communication and how one can communicate more effectively to a general audience and why it is important. #UofT #UniversityofToronto #science #communication #education #inte...

Universities and Leadership 26.01.2023

Massey College Junior Fellow Giancarlo Da-Ré , an MA student at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, interviews Rob Prichard, past-president of University of Toronto about universities and their leadership role in society. #UofT #UniversityofToronto #leadership #civil society #education #interview #MasseyCollege

Curtain Call 26.01.2023

Massey College Junior Fellow Elizabeth Hicks , actor, playwright and law student in conversation with Junior Fellows Zahida Rahemtulla, playwright and MA student in adult education, and Robbie Steele, PhD student in 19 th  century English literature. After attending the play My Sister’s Rage at Tarragon Theatre, the trio discuss changes to theatre productions, the pandemic and the play. #theatre #...

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