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Grieving a Silent Spring
Grieving a Silent Spring Presentation for ENGL 5V78 on 21 January 2026 Abstract This presentation examines Rachel Carson’s groundbreaking 1962 work Silent Spring within its social, political, and cultural context. Drawing on Marland (2013), I will consider Silent Spring’s connections to ecofeminist theories. I will introduce Butler’s (2016) concepts of framing and grievability to explore Continue reading
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Episode 11: (Re)Covering Bad Women– From Ithaka to Whitechapel
This episode is the second in “(Re)Covering Bad Women,” a podcast miniseries exploring vulnerability, precarity, and victimization in true crime podcasts. This episode is an explanation of my creative podcast episode, (Re)Covering Bad Women: Unruly Slave Girls in the Odyssey. This episode connects the creative sound piece to broader themes from Emily Wilson’s translation of Continue reading
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Episode 10: (Re)Covering Bad Women– Unruly Slaves in the Odyssey
This episode of Project PhDcast is part one of (Re)Covering Bad Women, a podcast miniseries exploring vulnerability, precarity, and victimization in true crime podcasting. The first part of (Re)Covering Bad Women is a creative sound piece based on the story of the enslaved girls in Homer’s Odyssey, with passages taken from Emily Wilson’s translation and Continue reading
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Episode 09: An Autumn Walk in the Woods
Happy Thanksgiving! It’s a lovely, golden afternoon in October. The woods are fragrant with fallen leaves. A passing thunderstorm has stirred up the waves on Lake Ontario. Birds flit from branch to branch, crickets chirp, and a flock of geese pass overhead. Won’t you join me for an autumn walk in the woods? For optimal Continue reading
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Truth and Reconciliation
Welcome to a special four-part podcast collaboration from Eve, Intersected, and the Podcast Learning Network at Brock University to mark National Day for Truth and Reconciliation! It has been a privilege of mine to work as producer on this project alongside producer Andrew Camacho, cohosts Shannon Kerwin and Nwakerendu (Kay) Waboso, and special guests Ryanne Continue reading
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A medium without a message
My podcast circles have been a-buzz with last week’s announcement from former Wondery executives about a new AI podcast venture that will generate thousands of podcasts, and thousands of fake creator avatars, for as little as $1 an episode: Inception Point AI is attempting to do just that, as the company builds a stable of Continue reading
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Episode 08: Here’s to Punk Podcasting
What does a podcast sound like? What should a podcast sound like? In today’s episode I review three of my recent readings about podcasting sound– an academic text on sonic aesthetics, a news article on AI podcasts, and a blog post on punk rock– and how these are shaping my podcast practice and research. *Contains Continue reading
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Summer Road Tripping
Whether it’s a short two-hour stretch to visit family or a more remote, off-grid get away, I find driving time is also some of my best podcast listening time. To help us podcast-listening road-trippers out, CBC’s Sounds Good podcast newsletter and Pod the North collaborated to curate a two-part list of podcasts recommended by Canadian… Continue reading
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Working Group on Ethical Podcasting Practices
I’m pleased to announce the launch of a new working group on ethical podcasting practices, in collaboration with the Humanities Podcast Network (HPN). Rapid technological changes have made it easier than ever to create podcasts. Technical how-to information is easily found online, but podcasters wishing to practice their craft in an ethical, caring, and responsible Continue reading
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Podcasting Truth & Trust
Seeing ethics front and centre in the Canadian-focussed Pod The North was super exciting and refreshing. I think Kattie Laur (Pod The North) and Rhys Waters (Echo Podcast Summit, Podstarter) do a good job of highlighting some of the same issues I’m often bringing up in my own research. Continue reading
About Me
-PhD student in Interdisciplinary Humanities researching podcast ethics and knowledge mobilization under the supervision of Dr. Aaron Mauro at Brock University
-Host and producer of Foreword
-Producer of Eve, Intersected
-Cohost and producer of MythTake
-MA in Classics from Brock University (2013)
-BA in Classics from McMaster University (2009)
-BA in History & Linguistics from Glendon College, York University (2003)
Podcasting and researching from the traditional territory of the Haudenosaunee and Anishinaabe peoples in modern-day Canada.
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