
GradLIFE Podcast
Chatting about the graduate school experience and how to successfully pursue an advanced degree. One conversation at a time.
Episodes
15 episodes
AI Conversations: Michael Curtin and Eric Kurt
Whether you're curious about practical applications, what a "black box" means, or ethical considerations, tune in to this episode of AI Conversations where your questions lead the way!Michael Curtin (Innovation Coordinator, Campus Resea...
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50:09

Building Scaffolds with Kyle Timmer
Kyle Timmer is on a mission to help your body heal faster after an injury. A PhD student in Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering at Illinois, Kyle took home
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29:47

AI @ Illinois: AI and Accessibility with Kyrie Zhou
This episode is part of our special GradLIFE series AI at Illinois, where we delve into the impacts of artificial intelligence technolog...
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31:50

AI @ Illinois: Surveillance and Syntax with Kainen Bell and Antonio Hamilton
This episode is part of our special GradLIFE series AI at Illinois, where we delve into the impacts of artificial intelligence technolog...
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43:16

AI @ Illinois: Making AI Legible with Clara Belitz and Ali Zaidi
This episode is part of our special GradLIFE series AI at Illinois, where we delve into the impacts of artificial intelligence technolog...
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31:49

Studying Stress in Graduate School with Joe Mirabelli
Joe Mirabelli (PhD, '23, Educational Psychology) has spent years studying how graduate students experience and cope with stress. In this conversation, Joe sits down with John Moist to discuss what he's learned about how graduate s...
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25:08

Encountering Imposter Syndrome with Lisa Abston and Darrien Watson
When you're in graduate school and doing awesome work, it's not uncommon to experience imposter syndrome: doubting your abilities and feeling like a fraud in your work. In this episode of the GradLIFE podcast, John Moist sits down ...
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40:20

Playing Cyberball with Haley Skymba
If you can, cast your mind back to high school. For some of us, it's been a little longer than others. You might think of the sound of chattering classmates in the hallway, or maybe of studying late for an important test. Adolescence is a parti...
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28:00

Highs, Lows in Grad School During COVID - Abby & Sebastian
SAGE graduate student podcasters Abby (Social Work) and Sebastian (Labor and Employment Relations) interview each other about choosing their research fields and Illinois for graduate education. How “virtual everything” affects their grad school...
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14:02

Highs, Lows in Grad School During COVID - Cat & Shelby
SAGE graduate student podcasters Cat (Physics) and Shelby (Kinesiology) interview each other about choosing their research fields and Illinois for graduate education. How “virtual everything” affects their grad school highs and lows and teaches...
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Episode 2
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18:09

Your Portfolio Will Never Be Perfect or Done
Landscape Designer Saloni Chawla (MLA '18) sits down to talk with us about how she landed her dream job at STIMSON an urban an...
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Episode 3
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13:49

A Research Pivot, One Year Later
It has been a year of COVID. Our graduate student podcasters share their funniest Zoom stories and how they have been navigating this new landscape. Burning Man expert Caitlin Brooks (Recreation, Sport, and Tourism) speaks about mourning cancel...
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Episode 4
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34:56

Bringing Childlike Approaches to Self-Care
SAGE grad student podcasters get to know more about fellow podcaster Abby Valtierra, who is pursuing a master’s in Social Work.Abby shares some techniques to lower stress in elementary school students, such as a 5-4-3-2-1 mapping exercis...
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Episode 5
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39:56

The Fine Art of Balance
Theatre doctoral student Vincent Carlson performs "You and Your Work," a poem he wrote inspired by boundary setting and conflicting ideas about work ethic.Training for an actual half marathon, he contemplates how grad school is a maratho...
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Episode 6
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22:21

You Can't Pour From an Empty Cup
SAGE grad student podcasters interview the Counseling Center’s Kamau Grantham, who gives everyone permission to take care of themselves and encourages the practice of self-care, an intentional skill that takes time to figure out. Things get sal...
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Episode 7
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