What does practice-based research look like compared to traditional theory-based when it comes to the PhD process?

In this episode, host Emma Miller sits down with Dr. Meg Wilcox who just returned from defending her thesis at the University of Glasgow.

They chat about her thesis questions, inclusivity in podcasting, and how her award winning podcast series, Static: A Party Girls Memoir, corresponds with practice-based research approaches.

Dr. Wilcox is the co-director of the CPI and is a journalism professor at Mount Royal University.

You can find and listen to Static: A Party Girls Memoir on our website or wherever you get your podcasts.

To learn more about the Community Podcast Initiative, you can visit the website at thepodcaststudio.ca or on socials at @communitypodyyc

In an era of misinformation and diminishing trust, fact-checking has become more than a routine newsroom task.

In the second episode of our 2026 season, host Emma Miller sits down with experienced Journalist and MRU Journalism Professor, Brooks DeCillia.

They discuss the state of journalism today, how mistrust in the media is impacting newsrooms, and how fact-checking should be viewed as an act of moral and professional courage.

Through exploring the evolving social pressures and technological challenges that journalists face, this conversation explores what it means to commit to seeking the truth when the stakes are at their highest.

Their conversation is based on an article DeCillia wrote for J-Source back in March of 2025, titled Fact-checking as an act of courage.

For more information on spotting fake-news and misinformation, check out MRUnderstanding Misinformation.

To learn more about the Community Podcast Initiative, you can visit the website at thepodcaststudio.ca or on socials at @communitypodyyc

Welcome back for the fourth season of the Community Podcast Initiative (CPI) series.

In this episode, we are taking a look back to a keynote lecture presented at Mount Royal University in April of 2025.

Visiting from RMIT University and the University of Tasmania, Mia Lindgren hosted a discussion relating to her work and research on the ethics of intimacy and parasocial relationship building in podcasting.

Lindgren explores the advantages and disadvantages that the audio medium contributes to the journalistic landscape - as well as growing public mistrust in the media.

You can find more on Mia Lindgren’s research on podcasting here.

To learn more about the Community Podcast Initiative, you can visit the website at thepodcaststudio.ca or on socials at @communitypodyyc