The Approach: Recent Episodes
Carleton University Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
The Approach is Carleton University’s Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) podcast. Listen in as host Dr. Phillip Primeau interviews members of the FASS community about Indigenous art curation, digital archaeology, collapsing ice shelves, Jack the Ripper, improvised music, and more.
Different people. Different approaches. One big academic community.
On episode ten of The Approach, host Phillip Primeau interviews Peter Thompson (Professor, School of Indigenous and Canadian Studies) about his book on Nova Scotia's coal mining industry, his experiences as a Carleton-student-turned-Carleton-Associate-Dean, and the cult classic Canadian television series Trailer Park Boys.
On episode nine of The Approach, host Phillip Primeau interviews Stuart Murray (Professor, Department of English Language and Literature) about how society talks—or doesn't talk enough—about taboo subjects like mortality and sex, the ethical questions raised by the COVID-19 pandemic, and being a “bad” English professor.
On episode eight of The Approach, host Phillip Primeau interviews Shawn Graham (Professor, Department of History) about his research project on the illicit buying and selling of human remains over social media.
On episode seven of The Approach, host Phillip Primeau interviews Manjeet Birk (Assistant Professor, Feminist Institute of Social Transformation) about how to distinguish truth from bias, and the radical power of being able to author your own experience through social media.
On episode six of The Approach, host Phillip Primeau interviews Kirk Luther (Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology) about his work training police officers to be better communicators, the pop culture phenomenon of true crime documentaries, and how false confessions happen more often than you’d think.
On episode five of The Approach, host Phillip Primeau interviews Gabriele Contessa (Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy) about what it means to be a philosopher in the 21st century and how social media can challenge our relationships to trust and critical thinking.
On episode four of The Approach, host Phillip Primeau interviews Ellen Waterman (Professor in the School for Studies in Art and Culture and Helmut Kallmann Chair for Music in Canada) about pre-concert power naps and the importance of improvisation.
On episode three of The Approach, host Phillip Primeau interviews Derek Mueller (Associate Professor, Department of Geography and Environmental Studies) about his work as the designated “ice guy” at the Water and Ice Research Lab, how climate is not the same as weather, and the critical difference that seven degrees in temperature can make.
On episode two of The Approach, host Phillip Primeau interviews Danielle Kinsey (Assistant Professor, Department of History) about her research on Victorian London, the legacy of Jack the Ripper, and how the lives of the women he killed are the real stories worth talking about.
On episode one of The Approach, host Phillip Primeau interviews Dani Printup (Indigenous Cultural Engagement Coordinator at the Carleton University Art Gallery) about art as resistance, Indigenous ontologies, and how working as an art curator helps deepen her connection to her community.
The Approach is Carleton University's Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences podcast. Different people, different approaches, one big academic community.