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133. Galileo and the Science Deniers – with Dr. Mario Livio
Four hundred years ago, Galileo Galilei knelt before a group of Cardinals of the Catholic Church and was forced to recant his heretical belief that the Earth revolves around the su...
132. Make a Plan to Repay Your Student Loan
First, the good news: you’re not alone! About 1/3 of adults under age 30 carry some level of student loan debt. Unfortunately, if you’re earning a post-graduate degree, you may owe...
131. How to Host a Dissertation Defense On Zoom
It’s finally here! The day you’ve been preparing for for the last five years! Your experiments are finished, papers published, and your dissertation has been typed, referenced, pri...
130. Coronavirus, and Life Outside the Lab
It has quickly become a new way of life – working from home, avoiding restaurants and gyms, and ‘social distancing’ from coworkers, friends, and even family. The upending of normal...
129. Grad School Rejection: Why it Happens and How to Get Accepted
I feel a little disheartened because I’ve been rejected from many of the places I applied to and haven’t heard back from a number of others. Is it worth it to hold out hope for th...
128. Field Work: Science in the Great Outdoors
It’s 6 AM and you wake up as the crickets grow quiet and dawn illuminates your tent. After cooking breakfast over a campfire, you load a backpack and hike seven miles into a canyon...
127. Listener Mailbag: How Do You Stay Motivated in Grad School?
It’s a well worn analogy, but an apt one: grad school is a mental and emotional marathon, not a sprint. This week, we answer listener mail from ‘runners’ at different stages of the...
126. Listener Mailbag – Ghost PIs, Dress Codes, and Mental Health with Susanna Harris
It’s that time again – the virtual mail bag is overflowing, so we invited Susanna Harris of PhDBalance.com to help us answer YOUR emails, Tweets, and messages. Bringing the Heat We...
106. HelloPhD Guide to Grad School Applications – Acing Your Interview with Dr. Beth Bowman (R)
See our previous episodes in this series: 101: HelloPhD Guide to Grad School Applications – Knowing When, and Where, to Apply with Dr. Beth Bowman 102: HelloPhD Guide to Grad Schoo...
125. Demystifying the Research Institute
Most PhD students attend traditional academic institutions of higher educations. It’s the world of classes, campuses, and mortarboards you probably think of when you think about a ...
124. An Art Contest JUST For Hello PhD Listeners
We’re bringing you this bonus episode to encourage our listeners to submit their artwork to the Promega Art Contest for Creative Scientists. This isn’t for everyone – it’s just for...
123. Anatomy of a Micropublication feat. Nate Jacobs of Flashpub
In a world where it’s “Publish or Perish,” you’d expect “publish” to be the more favorable option. But, if you’ve ever spent a year or more performing experiments, crafting figures...
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