Having a foreign background is cool and people may want to ask what are you from, but when it's on the professional level, you sometimes can't help but wonder what is the motive behind the question, "Where are you from?". Actor, director, and w

S2E4 - P-value, all of science hinges on that. With Kevin Peters.

Jun 14th, 2023 58m 55s

Statistics plays a role in just about every field of science, and bad statistics will lead to bad science. In psychology and medicine in particular, we are now seeing the consequences to sloppy statistics in the form of the replication crisis.

S2E3 - Wild Turkey is Far More Interesting Than You Think! With Jenn Baici.

May 31st, 2023 45m 4s

Turkey went extinct in Ontario in the early 1900s and was reintroduced in 1984, so naturally, this makes a great research topic. Ecologist Jenn Baici studies exactly just that. In this episode, Jenn talks about the population of wild turkey, ca

S2E2 - So This is How It's Like to Have Lost Your Memories and Have to Relearn How to Walk and Talk, with Jenna Dakin

May 17th, 2023 53m 16s

In a single minute, Jenna Dakin’s life disappeared. She suffered a stroke in December of 2021. The stroke left her half paralyzed, it caused her speech and cognitive deficits, and she lost most of her memories. Flash forward to today, Jenna is

S2E1 - Theatre, Local History, and Life with Robert Winslow

May 3rd, 2023 1h 21m

"Professional Community Theatre", that might sound a little bit of an oxymoron, but that is exactly what Robert Winslow created with 4th Line Theatre. In this episode, Robert talks about why he thinks stories of local community is worth telling

Episode 11 - Computer Science with Professor Richard Hurley

Mar 7th, 2020 33m 13s

Professor Hurley talks about how he got into computer science, different programming languages, why is C so influential, logic, and more.Links for this episode:Imitation GameC UnixThe International Obfuscated C Code ContestThe Two Generals

Episode 10 - International Development with Professor Haroon Akram-Lodhi

Nov 30th, 2019 1h 6m

Professor Akram-Lodhi talks about how he got into development studies, world hunger, food system, real food, the importance of education, how local development is global development, and more.Links for this episode:Haroon Akram-Lodhi (AHAkram

Episode 9 - English Literature with Professor Stephen Brown

Oct 18th, 2019 1h 47m

Professor Brown talks about how he was like when he was a kid, Shakespeare, Don Quixote, poetry, comedy, and more. Also, we went off on a lot of tangents.Links for this episode:Stephen Brown's Ted Talk "Why Shakespeare? Because it's 2016"Fra

Episode 9 - A conversation with Hong Kong U19 Lacrosse Athlete Steffi Sze

Oct 7th, 2019 41m 13s

Steffi Sze talks about her experience of competing in the U19 Lacrosse Championship, how she get into sports and lacrosse, sports and school, and more. Thanks to Hong Kong Lacrosse Association for coordination.Links for this episode:Hong Kong

Episode 8 - Statistics with Professor Wesley Burr

Apr 29th, 2019 44m 49s

Professor Burr talks about how he got into statistics, why is statistics a field of its own rather than a sub-field in Mathematics, natural science before the invention of statistics, p-value, statistics in education, and more.Links for this e

Episode 7 - Talk about graduate school with Joseph Bogaard

Apr 20th, 2019 39m 20s

Joseph talks about his experience as a graduate student, why he decided to get a master degree, giving advice for current undergraduate student who wish to do graduate school, and more.Intro and outro music credit to LEMMiNO: youtu.be/I2O7blS

Episode 6 - Talk about school with Kara Fitze

Dec 8th, 2018 42m 36s

Kara and I talk about school-life balance, stress, productivity, and more.Intro and outro music credit to LEMMiNO: youtu.be/I2O7blSSzpI?t=318

Episode 5 - Physics with Professor Rayf Shiell

Nov 30th, 2018 1h 6m

Professor Shiell talks about why he came to Canada , quantum mechanics, human eyes, philosophy of physics, and more.Links to the things we've talked about in this episode:Quantum mechanics wikipedia page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantu

Episode 4 - Business with Professor Ray Dart

Nov 16th, 2018 46m 53s

Professor Dart talks about how he came across business, entrepreneurship, NGOs, business books, and more.Intro and outro music credit to LEMMiNO: youtu.be/I2O7blSSzpI?t=318

Episode 3 - History with Professor Carolyn Kay

Nov 9th, 2018 46m 32s

Professor Kay talks about how she got into history, West and East Germany, what does it mean to be a historian, music and films, and more.Intro and outro music credit to LEMMiNO: youtu.be/I2O7blSSzpI?t=318

Episode 2 - Philosophy with Professor Kathryn Norlock

Nov 2nd, 2018 54m 8s

Professor Norlock talks about how she became a philosopher, ethics, virtues and vices, utilitarianism, video games, and more.Intro and outro music credit to LEMMiNO: youtu.be/I2O7blSSzpI?t=318

Episode 1 - Mathematics with Professor Stefan Bilaniuk

Oct 27th, 2018 34m 59s

Professor Bilaniuk talks about him in his youth, teaching, twin prime, Riemann Hypothesis, coffee, and more.Intro music credit to LEMMiNO: https://youtu.be/I2O7blSSzpI?t=318

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