Livin' la Viva Voce

Jan 22 2022
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Livin’ la Viva Voce is a series dedicated to bringing academic scrutiny upon a myriad of topics, using the age old art form, the PhD defence. Join us, Meg & Adam, as we put our skills to the test, and construct PhD vivas in under a week on a topic randomly selected by the other. Oh and did we mention? We’ll be drunk whilst presenting!

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"Should...High School...bE pAiD?"

Jan 22 2022 54 mins  
This week, Meg, Adam, and their new guest Caroline(!) attempt to answer the brief: "should universities be free?"

Delicious Wine and the New Age of Pregnancy

Jan 14 2022 40 mins  
This week, Meg, Adam, and Aubrey explore human cloning! Aubrey discusses the new age of pregnancy. Meg shares deets on a pro-LGBTQ+/pro-immortality cult. Adam, as per usual, plugs The Guardian.

What came first: The PhD Student or the Supervisor?

Jan 07 2022 39 mins  
This week, Meg, Adam, and Aubrey attempt to answer: "What came first, the chicken or the egg?" Adam and Aubrey get clinical - Meg goes in a gastronomic direction.

Prinzessinnentausch: Wieder vertauscht (XXXmas Special)

Jan 02 2022 95 mins  
What with the holidays and COVID, Adam and Meg have been busy relaxing and healing. Anyhoo - enjoy this special recording of Adam, Meg, and Aubrey reacting to Netflix's "The Princess Switch 2" in German with Spanish subtitles! Tschüss!

Sacrifice! Sacrifice! Sacrifice!

Dec 10 2021 48 mins  
It's the return of Aubrey as our guest supervisor, and our last episode with the lovely Becca! This week, we answer, "what is the deal with human sacrifice?" Adam - as usual - offers some disturbing stats. (Boo!) Meg and Becca get DEEP about motherhood and COVID. (Yay!)

Look at All These Chickens!

Dec 05 2021 51 mins  
Adam, Meg and their guest Becca research and present on whether we should own non-domesticated animals as pets. Meg and Becca play fox and hen. Adam claims that CATS aren't domesticated??? Meg and Becca lose their shit. All in a day's work.

Digital Abstinence

Nov 26 2021 54 mins  
This week, Meg, Adam, and their new guest researcher, Becca attempt to answer the question, "How does technology affect children growing up?" Hilarity ensues!

Wooly or Won't He?

Nov 19 2021 49 mins  
TOOT TOOT! IT’S ICE AGE WEEK, BABY!!! This week’s brief: “should we bring back mammoths with genetic modification?”

Astro-Nots

Nov 12 2021 53 mins  
Episode two, baby!!! Join Meg, Adam, and Bee this week as they attempt to answer: “Is burying bodies the right way to intern the deceased?” Spooky spooky!

Cats! (The Ph.D. Defense)

Nov 05 2021 51 mins  
We are back, back, back, back, back again! Joining us are guest supervisor, Aubrey, and guest researcher, Bee. The prompt this episode: "Why are cats assholes?"