This is King's! Podcast
1) Onward, to the Past!
Pirates and witches and vampires... oh my! On this episode of This is King's! we talk to Simon Kow, director of the Early Modern Studies Program, which covers the tumultuous period from the 16th to 18...Show More
2) Serious Fun
It’s a university program with no textbooks. But boy do the students read! From Homer’s The Iliad to Simone de Beauvoir’s The Second Sex, King’s FYP program... or Foundation Year Program... introduces...Show More
3) Hogwarts Delicacy
This episode of This is King’s visits a centuries old tradition revisited at King’s every term: the formal meal. We’ll hear how this Colonial tradition has become something different in modern practis...Show More
4) If You Build It...
Ian Wagschal is at the centre of a career-defining project: developing a plan for the first new building on campus in more than two decades. Pauline talks to him about navigating the early stages of e...Show More
5) Jordan Roberts
Jordan Roberts is the sexual health and safety officer at King’s. And if you think you know what that means... well, you might be surprised. No, she’s not patrolling the halls of the residences. Yes, ...Show More
6) Shoosh, we're in the Library
The University of King’s College prides itself on being a place where humanities students read... a lot. For some of them, the library is mecca. In this episode we take a tour of the library, the trea...Show More
7) Canada's Hardest to Find Bookstore
Meet Paul MacKay, the proud manager of the hardest to find book shop in Canada, the King’s Co-op Bookstore. It’s a story of how a destroyed dream of being a jazz guitarist led to his work curating a f...Show More
8) Encaenia (AKA Graduation)
The University of King's College is celebrating its 234th Encaenia (AKA graduation). It's a ceremony steeped in pomp, circumstance and tradition. But there are new traditions being forged too. Pam Haz...Show More
9) Reconciliation
King's, founded in colonialism, is making efforts towards reconciliation through a Mi'kmaw student initiative and other programs. We check in with Indigenous journalism professor Trina Roache on how t...Show More
10) The "C" Word
In the inaugural episode meet some of the students along with the president and vice president of King's College as they tell us what makes the place special and... sometimes a bit odd.