Latest Episodes
Episode 20 – Get Out of the Fight: Home Life in a Pandemic
You need to get away from those kids; Homemade pasta – Are you kidding me?; Men: get your fucking shit together; #NotAllHusbands is bullshit...
Episode 19 – Calming Vs. Numbing
In the cataclysm of COVID19 and temporary or permanent closure of lines, programs, and whole institutions, academics at every stage, from grad school through...
Episode 18 – Don’t Lie
Recorded prior to the COVID19 outbreak, this episode takes up the question of dishonesty in academia. From the temptation to pad your CV, to...
Episode 17 – Job Market Collapse
Because of COVID19 and the economic fallout, 2020 academic hiring is dead in the water. Karen created a crowdsource list of hiring freezes in...
Episode 16 – Productivity Pyramid
Karen and Kel talk about a way to look at productivity that focuses on managing energy, rather than time. Working from Physical Capacity through...
Episode 15 – Stop Fighting
Nothing is normal and you’re angry, scared, exhausted…on repeat every day. Karen and Kel talk about our new emotional landscape and accepting where you...