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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!

Podcast episodes

Check latest episodes from Livin' la Viva Voce podcast

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

2022/01/22

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

2022/01/14

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?

2022/01/07

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)

2022/01/02

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!

2021/12/10

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!

2021/12/05

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

2021/11/27

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?

2021/11/19

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

Astro-Nots

2021/11/12

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)

2021/11/05

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?"

Zipline

2021/10/01

This is the last episode of the first season! Congrats, you made it! Adam's talk, "The Longest Stuff" is not about Billy Joel. It's about zip-lines, and other heartwarming things.

Yonkers

2021/09/24

We imbibed! So this week's talk is half about Yonkers (or rather, a weird piece of architecture about 10 miles north) and half about kettle chips. SPECIFICALLY the betrayal we experienced consuming Kettle brand's jalapeño potato chips.