The Terry Project

Series produced by CiTR's Terry Project

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The Terry Project is a documentary radio series that explores how big ideas affect real people. Each week, UBC students Sam Fenn and Gordon Katic set out to solve a genuine mystery by speaking to academic experts and sleuthing around Vancouver. Results vary.

On the upcoming season, Sam and Gordon investigate how an expensive Japanese-French fusion restaurant ended up on Vancouver’s poorest block, why a group of Canadian psychiatrists quit the committee to work out who is and isn’t mentally ill, and why a growing number of experts believe they can solve crimes with algorithms—before they even take place.

The Terry Project is produced for CiTR 101.9FM at the University of British Columbia by Sam, Gordon and a team of student volunteers. It is podcasted every Wednesday on iTunes and aired on CiTR 101.9FM. The show receives mentorship from UBC professors David Ng, Joanne Fox, and Allen Sens as well as CBC Radio producer Kathryn Gretsinger. In addition to the 30-minute documentaries, the Terry Project will broadcast 6 live episodes from UBC’s Gallery Lounge in 2013-14.


12 Pieces

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When a drug company makes a drug, they get 20 years to be the exclusive provider of that drug. After 20 years, the drug goes generic. Meaning it’s ...

  • Added: May 06, 2014
  • Length: 28:27
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What is the Olympic Spirit? Is it a celebration of tremendous human achievement? Or are the Olympics merely a $50 billion boondoggle. In partnershi...

  • Added: Feb 22, 2014
  • Length: 55:30
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We try to intellectualize love. Can you reduce attraction down to a science or a method? We speak with a lot of people who have tried, including a ...

  • Added: Feb 22, 2014
  • Length: 45:21
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As part of UBC Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM), The AMS Sexual Assault Support Centre (SASC) and the Terry Project hosted a BARtalk that revi...

  • Added: Feb 22, 2014
  • Length: 59:13
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UBC’s president said “the magic of the Endowment is that it brings benefits not just for this generation, but for all generations.” That endowment ...

  • Added: Feb 22, 2014
  • Length: 33:58
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Canada’s Temporary Worker Program is growing rapidly. Now, more temporary workers enter Canada than permanent economic immigrants. What does this m...

  • Added: Feb 22, 2014
  • Length: 33:58
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Are we seeing a decline of the traditional church? What causes the Charismatic Christianity movement to succeed where the traditional Christian den...

  • Added: Feb 22, 2014
  • Length: 01:04:36
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As a Christian teenager, Sam Fenn attended Historymaker, a Pentecostal youth rally where people spoke in tongues, were healed by the Holy Spirit an...

  • Added: Feb 22, 2014
  • Length: 51:28
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Inspired by our recent radio diary, we’ve decided to make this a BARtalk. Is there a mental health crisis on universities campuses? All the reports...

  • Added: Feb 22, 2014
  • Length: 58:30
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Has Harper politicized federal science? Since 2006, the Canadian government has laid off scientists while expanding its communication staff. On thi...

  • Added: Feb 22, 2014
  • Length: 35:05
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If you follow the New York Times, TIME magazine, Macleans, or any mildly respectable publication, you’ve probably heard that Generation Y is the wo...

  • Added: Feb 22, 2014
  • Length: 59:49
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In many ways, Emilie is your average twenty-something. But living with borderline personality disorder isn’t easy, and neither is getting the neces...

  • Added: Oct 14, 2013
  • Length: 32:06