During his five years at MacEwan University, Dylan Cave has learned a lot, but his latest gig producing and co-hosting the Research Recast(ed) podcast has given him a whole new outlook on research and much more.

Research Recast(ed) explores the research, scholarly and creative activities happening at MacEwan and how faculty members influence and incorporate students, teaching and the larger community into their works.

"Our pilot episode was really tough," recalls Cave, a student in the Bachelor of Music in Jazz and Contemporary Popular Music program. "We talked about some really serious topics with Cynthia Puddu and Cheyenne Greyeyes, and I was emotionally drained after the recording. It changed how I look at research and community partnerships, and helped me understand a bit more about how to be a better ally to Indigenous communities."

Cave and co-host Brittany Ekelund, a recent graduate of the Bachelor of Communication Studies program, have been working with MacEwan's Office of Research Services to produce Research Recast(ed).

"Our main goal and mission is always knowledge mobilization, disseminating research in an unconventional way to listeners who may not really know what the heck we do here at MacEwan," says Cave. "Every episode changes our outlook on how we run the podcast. We are always asking questions like, Should we try to reduce our episode length? Do we stick to our scripts or just go where the conversation takes us?, so we work with our team to try to make adjustments to our format and goals as we go."

Created and funded in collaboration with MacEwan’s Office of Research Services and Faculty of Fine Arts and Communications, Research Recast(ed) is available wherever you listen and subscribe to podcasts.

Dylan Cave's photo by Marquie Murphy.

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