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Episode 14: All I want for Christmas is a Tyrannosaurus
In October, Stan, one of the most famous T. rex fossils in the world, sold at private auction for a jaw-dropping $31.8 million dollars. We don't know...
Episode 13: Do no harm
"First, do no harm." Taking the Hippocratic Oath is a rite of passage for medical school graduates all over the world. The oath is a foundation of med...
Episode 12: Are you an ally?
Allyship is the idea that people with privilege in the world, whether it's from race or socioeconomic status or simply being part of dominant or ingro...
Episode 11: Medic mushrooms
As jurisdictions around the world legalize or decriminalize recreational drugs, interest is growing in their therapeutic value. Magic mushrooms, for e...
Episode 10: Can you spare some (higher ed) change?
It's Innovation Week in Calgary, and all around the city, people are talking about finding new and better ways to do things, to look at things, to cre...
Episode 9: Medical assistance in dying
In 2016, the federal government legalized medical assistance in dying. However, it remains a controversial and sensitive topic, with some care provide...
Episode 8: Going anti-viral
We can't fight a deadly virus if we don't understand how it works. But studying infectious diseases is highly dangerous.
We talk to Dr. Paul Kub...
Episode 7: Margin of error
Polls are often used to predict how elections will turn out. But are they accurate? In 2016, most polls predicted Hillary Clinton would become preside...
Episode 6: Key of T
The things we love to do often become a core part of our identity, forming a foundation of who we are as people and how we see ourselves in the world....
Episode 5: The Waiting Game
Waiting is a major part of everyone's daily lives, whether we like it or not. It can be a time of intense anticipation, or it can be excruciating and...
Episode 4: Mental Health in 2020
2020 has been a challenging year for everyone around the world, to say the least. A raging pandemic, political chaos, civil unrest and climate catastr...
Episode 3: Orange Shirt Day
Orange Shirt Day is a day to acknowledge the intergenerational trauma of residential schools, as well as taking steps toward healing and reconciliatio...
Episode 2: Unlearning racism
The fight against institutional and systemic racism is at a fever pitch, with a growing movement to expose and eradicate anti-Black, anti-Indigenous a...
Episode 1: The many faces of face masks
As the COVID-19 pandemic carries on, wearing a mask has become a hot-button issue, especially in areas where it's mandatory. For some people, the issu...
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The podcast where we sit down with UCalgary professors, researchers and experts to get the answers to five questions submitted by you. Have you ever w...