Episodes

  • Scattered Episode 30: The Canadian Funeral Industry – Interview with Patrick Church

    Scattered Episode 30: The Canadian Funeral Industry – Interview with Patrick Church
    Aug 31 2024
    Patrick Church is a funeral director, embalmer, and instructor in the funeral directing program at Mount Royal University in Calgary. In this episode we talk about: You can contact Patrick through Mount Royal University here: https://www.mtroyal.ca/ContinuingEducation/OccupationalPrograms/fu **** Notes from the start Find my books here: https://yvonnekjorlien.com/shop/ Find some of my art here: https://www.redbubble.com/people/YKjorlienCreate/shop Support theContinue reading "Scattered Episode 30: The Canadian Funeral Industry – Interview with Patrick Church"
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    Less than 1 minute
  • Scattered Episode 29: The National DNA Data Bank Program – Interview with Ingrid Muhlig

    Scattered Episode 29: The National DNA Data Bank Program – Interview with Ingrid Muhlig
    Jul 20 2024
    Ingrid Muhlig is the manager of DNA operations at the National Centre for Missing Persons and Unidentified Remains (NCMPUR) in Canada. The National Missing Persons DNA Program was launched in 2018 and is delivered by two existing programs within the RCMP. The National Centre for Missing Persons and Unidentified Remains (NCMPUR) and the National DNAContinue reading "Scattered Episode 29: The National DNA Data Bank Program – Interview with Ingrid Muhlig"
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  • Scattered Episode 28: The Value of Journalism – Interview with Dr. Brad Clark

    Scattered Episode 28: The Value of Journalism – Interview with Dr. Brad Clark
    Apr 5 2024
    Dr. Brad Clark teaches journalism at Mount Royal University in Calgary and his research focuses on media representations of marginalized groups. Brad got into teaching after years of experience as a journalist at newspapers and the CBC, where he covered major stories but wanted more variety. I was interested in why journalists ask academics forContinue reading "Scattered Episode 28: The Value of Journalism – Interview with Dr. Brad Clark"
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    49 mins
  • Scattered Episode 27: Searching Landfills, Pt 2 – Interview with Brian Paulsen

    Scattered Episode 27: Searching Landfills, Pt 2 – Interview with Brian Paulsen
    Mar 8 2024
    *** This is a continuation of my interview with Brian, without preamble. I *highly* recommend listening to Part 1 first. Brian Paulsen is assistant police chief in Sturgis, South Dakota. He co-wrote a chapter in Forensic Archaeology based on his Master’s thesis about landfill searches in the United States. In this episode we talk about:Continue reading "Scattered Episode 27: Searching Landfills, Pt 2 – Interview with Brian Paulsen"
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    43 mins
  • Scattered Episode 27: Searching Landfills, Pt 1 – Interview with Brian Paulsen

    Scattered Episode 27: Searching Landfills, Pt 1 – Interview with Brian Paulsen
    Mar 8 2024
    Brian Paulsen is assistant police chief in Sturgis, South Dakota. He co-wrote a chapter in Forensic Archaeology based on his Master’s thesis about landfill searches in the United States. In this episode we talk about: More information about the Nebraska landfill search can be found here: Notes from the start: Memoirs of a Reluctant Archaeologist,Continue reading "Scattered Episode 27: Searching Landfills, Pt 1 – Interview with Brian Paulsen"
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    46 mins
  • Scattered Episode 26: Burial Grounds, Space & Preservation – Interview with Robyn Lacy

    Scattered Episode 26: Burial Grounds, Space & Preservation – Interview with Robyn Lacy
    Feb 2 2024
    Robyn Lacy is a Ph.D. candidate in the archaeology department at Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador.Her research focuses on 17th-century burial landscape development in Northeast North America. Robyn runs a business with her partner, specializing in gravestone conservation in the Atlantic provinces of Canada. In this episode we talk about: You can find moreContinue reading "Scattered Episode 26: Burial Grounds, Space & Preservation – Interview with Robyn Lacy"
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    36 mins
  • Scattered Episode 25: All About That (Data)base – Interview with Dr. Sasha Reid

    Scattered Episode 25: All About That (Data)base – Interview with Dr. Sasha Reid
    Jan 12 2024
    Dr. Sasha Reid is an assistant professor at the University of Calgary, teaching in the Departments of Sociology, Psychology, and in the Faculty of Law. She is also currently a law student at the University of Calgary. Sasha came to media attention when she developed a serial homicide database that suggested patterns in homicides inContinue reading "Scattered Episode 25: All About That (Data)base – Interview with Dr. Sasha Reid"
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    1 hr and 1 min
  • Scattered Episode 24: Ethics and Human Remains – Interview with Kimberlee Moran

    Scattered Episode 24: Ethics and Human Remains – Interview with Kimberlee Moran
    Nov 3 2023
    Kimberlee Moran is a professor of forensic archaeology at Rutgers University in Camden, New Jersey. She holds an undergraduate degree in Classical and Near Eastern archaeology from Bryn Mawr College and a Masters of Science in forensic archaeological science from the Institute of Archaeology at University College London. Kimberlee worked as a contract archaeologist forContinue reading "Scattered Episode 24: Ethics and Human Remains – Interview with Kimberlee Moran"
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    1 hr and 5 mins