What’s That Noise?!

In this long overdue episode, Tommy and Derek finally reunite to reflect upon the podcast's first episodes while chatting about the past, present, and future direction of What's That Noise. We also have some REALLY, REALLY BIG NEWS to share about @thomasncooke's personal life! Tune in as we discuss the confusion and noisiness surrounding the production your own podcast while sharing a bit about wh...

In our second episode from Germany, co-host @thomasncooke planned to chat with a new friend and colleague about her summer research project at the Centre for Advanced Internet Studies ( @CAIS ). That will have to wait, as our guest  @julirone - a recent Social and Political Sciences PhD graduate of the European University Institute, Florence, Italy - shares numerous complex and thought-provoking p...

Over the past few years we have experienced the notable reemergence of a white nationalist movement within the public sphere. From the Emanuel AME shooting to Charlottesville, VA and beyond, white nationalism seems to be undergoing a rebranding of sorts - moving out of the darkness of the internet and into the limelight of public discourse. While many political leaders continue to condemn activiti...

Volume 11 marks the beginning of a unique side series for @WTNcast, as Tommy conducts numerous interviews during his summerlong Fellowship at the Centre for Advanced Internet Studies (CAIS) in Bochum, Germany. In this episode, Tommy sits Max Brenker to learn about life growing up, working in, and navigating around the state of North-Rhein Westfalia. In his capacity as Project Officer at CAIS, Max...

On this week's episode, Derek chats with Dr. Jeff Preston, Assistant Professor of disability studies at King's University College, to discuss his work on representations of disability in popular culture. From Jimmy Brooks (a.k.a. Drake) in Degrassi to Artie Abrams (Kevin McHale) in Glee, mass media tends to paint a relatively simple and uniform picture of what it means to be disabled in the world....

In another very special episde, Derek travels to Winnipeg to sit down with Dr. Jeffrey Monaghan, Assistant Professor in the Institute for Criminology and Criminal Justice at Carleton University, and Fahad Ahmad, PhD candidate in public policy at Carleton, to discuss their work on radicalization and some of the challenges with so-called "radicalization studies." In something of a different episode,...

In today's very special episode, Derek travels to Winnipeg to sit down with Dr. Kevin Walby, Associate Professor in the Department of Criminology at the University of Winnipeg, and Alex Luscombe, PhD student in the Centre for Criminology at the University of Toronto, to discuss their work using Access to Information (ATI) and Freedom of Information (FOI) requests as data sources in their research....

In this special episode, Tommy and Derek sit down with long-time high school teacher Danny Clarke to discuss neoliberalism and education, bureaucracy, standardization, and the utility of metrics. Tune in for our discussion of Education, Inc. and some of the problems with "juking the stats" in our efforts to 'educate' our youth. You can follow the show on  Twitter!    Follow us on Twitter:  @WTNcas...

In a slightly different episode, Tommy and Derek sit down with radio personality and voice of the London Knights Mike Stubbs of AM980 Global News Radio to chat about the radio industry, the future of news in the age of social media, and the emergence of so-called "PC" culture and challenges to his industry. Tune in as Mike schools us on how to be a great radio personality! You can follow Mike on T...

In this episode, Tommy and Derek sit down with Dr. Ben Muller, Associate Professor of Political Science at King's University College, to chat about his research, critical security studies, problems with academic conferences and scholarly associations, and the digital and aesthetic evolution of borderlands. You can catch up with Ben on Twitter @biometricstate! You can follow the show on  Twitter!  ...

In this episode, Derek and Tommy sit down to chat about Tesla, machine learning, artificial intelligence, and some of the problems associated with the diffusion of computer algorithms in social life.  You can follow the show on  Twitter!    Follow us on Twitter:  @WTNcast  |  @Derekcrim  |  @Thomasncooke Email us: wtncast@gmail.com Subscribe to the podcast:  https://wtncast.podbean.com/feed/ iTune...

In this episode, Derek sits down with Jordan Zalis to talk about his research in ethnomusicology, Drake, the Toronto Raptors, and the influence of sound on Northern culture. They seek to provide some clarity to key questions of cultural appropriation, power, political economy, and the often underestimated role of sound in sport. You can follow the show on  Twitter!    Follow us on Twitter:  @WTNca...

In this episode, Tommy and Derek talk about the NCAA and question whether or not collegiate-athletes should be paid. You can follow the show on  Twitter!    Follow us on Twitter:  @WTNcast  |  @Derekcrim  |  @Thomasncooke Email us: wtncastl@gmail.com Subscribe to the podcast:  https://wtncast.podbean.com/feed/ iTunes:  What's That Noise? on iTunes!

In the very first volume of What's That Noise? Tommy and Derek discuss Cambridge Analytica and question the future of surveillance studies in Canada and elsewhere. You can follow the show on  Twitter!    Follow us on Twitter:  @WTNcast  |  @Derekcrim  |  @Thomasncooke Email us: wtncastl@gmail.com Subscribe to the podcast:  https://wtncast.podbean.com/feed/ iTunes:  What's That Noise? on iTunes!