Episodes
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The Terry Project Podcast #11: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
This week’s episode discusses anxiety around nuclear technology, including both weaponry and nuclear energy. We really upped our game here. We start with the little-known story of Vasili Arkhipov, who might have saved the world. Then, we speak to two nuclear scientists about nuclear energy. Next,...
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The Terry Project Podcast #10: Highlights
This week, highlights from our first year.
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The Terry Project Podcast #9: George Stroumboulopoulos
On this week’s Terry Project Podcast, we have the very special pleasure of sitting down with CBC’s George Stroumboulopoulos. We talk about radio, the CBC, hockey, and how The Clash changed his life.
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The Terry Project Podcast #8: Food and Power
On this episode of our podcast: we speak to historian Marcy Norton about the role of chocolate and tobacco in the colonial experience, nutritionist Gwen Chapman about the choices we make in the grocery store, and close with local Vancouver restauranteurs.
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The Terry Project Podcast #7: Climate Change, Conservation, and Collapse
On this week's Terry Project Podcast, we discuss how to think about sustainability, the famous conservationist John Muir, the collapse of complex societies, and Canada's approach to climate change.
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The Terry Project Podcast #6: The 2011 TEDx Terry Talks
Today we have a very special highlights episode of the TEDx Terry Talks, which were held last November. For the full talks, including talks by Ratib Islam and Hussein Janmohamed, visit terry.ubc.ca
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The Terry Project Podcast #5: Journalism and Media (Part 2 of 2)
In this week's episode, we discuss how new technologies are changing our media landscape. I sat down with Ethan Zuckerman just before he gave a lecture entitled "Cute Cats and the Arab Spring," for Vancouver's 2nd annual human rights lecture. I'm also joined with Alfred Hermida, from UBC Journalism.
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The Terry Project Podcast #4: Journalism and Media (Part 1 of 2)
On this episode of the Terry Project Podcast, we look at journalism and media. First, we speak to the Emmy award winning investigative journalist and former producer of 60 minutes, Peter Klein. Then, we speak with Jennifer Siebel Newsom, the director of Miss Representation. In conclusion, we…
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The Terry Podcast #3: SPECIAL Episode, with 350.org's Bill McKibben
On this special edition of the podcast, I speak with Bill McKibben. The Terry Project is pleased to announce that it will be hosting Bill for the Terry Global Speakers Series on November 16th. Find more details at terry.ubc.ca.
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The Terry Podcast #1: Back-to-School Special (Part 1 of 2).
Episode #1 is our back-to-school special, discussing issues in academia--from the universities role in society, to the economics of education, to the university experience. The Terry Podcast is a weekly radio show broadcast on CiTR 101.9FM at the University of British Columbia and available on...
About this show
This is a radio program about how our world is being shaped by the ideas of the ivory tower. Sometimes, in troubling ways. Formerly "The Terry Project on CiTR."
Hosted by
Gordon Katic & Sam Fenn
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