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The juice and the squeezeEpisode 51: How much of our selves do we share professionally?Julia and Jonathan tackle questions around authenticity and navigating all the different relationships we have in our professional lives. What do we choose to share with whom? And how? Being honest is valuable but it’s also nice to avoid oversharing. The “right” choice will be different for everyone, but as people who value authenticity your hosts try to find ways to be honest in a variety of situations. PS Sometimes Professors have hard times, too!
Theme music courtesy of The Bobby DazzlersLinks:Jonathan Peelle (@jpeelle.bsky.social) — BlueskyJulia Strand (@juliafstrand.bsky.social) — BlueskyJul...2025-05-1947 minThe juice and the squeezeEpisode 50: Mentoring students at different career stagesInspired by a listener question, Jonathan and Julia talk about mentoring, with specific attention to how it might look different for trainees of different stages (for example, undergraduate vs. graduate students). Important considerations include generalizable "don't call them soft" skills related to time management, organization, and so on. Some strategies include formal onboarding for new lab members, individual development plans, and “professional development” portions of lab meetings. Julia learned the importance of knowing the why of something in the context of sweeping the floor. But first, celebrating 50 episodes of The Juice and the Squeeze, and an update on Julia’s Hall...2024-11-2655 minThe juice and the squeezeEpisode 49: Goodhart's LawIt's really tempting to count things like credit hours, publications, or grants. Julia and Jonathan talk about some of the disadvantages of counting, including missing out on "hard-to-count" activities that may be important to us, and how to push the needle in our own thinking or evaluations to fight against easy answers. How do we consider the important aspects of helping students in our offices, deep thinking, or playing with Legos?
Theme music courtesy of The Bobby DazzlersLinks:Goodhart's law - Wikipediaxkcd: Goodhart's LawImpact factor - WikipediaWhy the impact factor of journals should...2024-10-0543 minThe juice and the squeezeEpisode 48: New, againBack after a year (!) away, Julia and Jonathan cover what’s been going on for the last year, and new things they are doing. Perhaps depressingly, they agree that being older or more advanced in one’s career doesn’t prevent the need for some degree of “starting over” when new challenges present themselves. Plus, Julia shares a strong book recommendation!
Theme music courtesy of The Bobby DazzlersLinks:An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us a book by Ed YongScrivener writing softwareJonathan Peelle (@jpeelle@neuromatch.social) - Neuromatch SocialJuli...2023-08-0743 minThe juice and the squeezeEpisode 47: Hobbies!Jonathan has a career announcement and Julia is excited about graduation. Jonathan’s world didn’t fall apart when he checked his email less. And the main topic: what makes a good hobby? Do Jonathan or Julia have any hobbies?
Theme music courtesy of The Bobby DazzlersLinks:2022-06-2054 minThe juice and the squeezeEpisode 46: Not overextending ourselves (and helping trainees to do the same)Julia and Jonathan revisit the issue of how we manage our time and our commitments so that we can keep some sense of sanity, instead of feeling like butter being scraped over too much bread. In brief, when there’s too much stuff in the closet, you need to lean harder into your pile of no’s, because you probably only have about 4000 weeks to work with. How do we decide whether the juice is worth the squeeze (as it were)? Maybe we should start giving awards for thinking long and hard about a topic.
Theme music cour...2022-04-2646 minThe juice and the squeezeEpisode 45: To open or not to open (email, or books during an exam)After some long-overdue Halloween follow-up and Jonathan horrifying Julia with his new strategy for (not) dealing with email, your hosts tackle the topic of exam questions, and in particular, how to handle the prospect of open-book exams in classes where we would still like students to study. Should exams be timed? Multiple-choice? How do we incentivize students to spend time outside of class and support our learning goals while also being appropriately flexible? There are no easy answers but Julia and Jonathan offer some ideas.
Theme music courtesy of The Bobby DazzlersLinks:The...2021-12-1445 minThe juice and the squeezeEpisode 44: CollaborationsFor many of us, collaborating with other researchers is one of our favorites part of an academic career. In this episode Julia and Jonathan talk about different kinds of collaborations and what to think about when you’re starting a collaboration. And, some potential downsides of collaborations and how hopefully avoid the worst of these.
Theme music courtesy of The Bobby DazzlersLinks:EP02: Inside Story: Lungs and Respiration - The Breath of Life - YouTube2021-10-2654 minThe juice and the squeezeEpisode 43: Self-promotion but let's call it something elseLike all of life academia is social. Julia and Jonathan talk about different strategies for telling our colleagues about our work, including “advertising” our papers, talks, and the importance of having a website (you don’t have one? Get one!). These things are important at any career stage and you can start doing them wherever you’re at.
Theme music courtesy of The Bobby DazzlersLinks:The juice and the squeeze Episode 6: Aggressively friendly — Don't call it networking but getting to know people interested in stuff similar to you can be fun and helpful.Open and R...2021-10-1951 minThe juice and the squeezeEpisode 42: The "new normal"There's a lot about the last year and a half we are happy to get rid of, but are there any things we'd like to keep? Julia and Jonathan talk about the advantages of online meetings and talks, flexibility in classes, and (if we're lucky) discovering we can say "no" to things and it's OK.
Theme music courtesy of The Bobby DazzlersLinks:The juice and the squeeze Episode 5: A pile of no's2021-09-1444 minThe juice and the squeezeEpisode 41: How to make fewer research mistakesAfter an unplanned summer hiatus Julia and Jonathan are back to talk about errors in research, and specifically how we can make fewer of them. Julia talks about her Error Tight project for implementing some culture changes, including standardization, how to cultivate a sense of shared responsibility in a research lab. Research mistakes reflect a failure of systems rather than a failure of people—so let’s improve our systems!
Theme music courtesy of The Bobby DazzlersLinks:The juice and the squeeze Episode 38: Big picture teachingThe juice and the squeeze Episode 39: The syllabus, and...2021-08-3147 minThe juice and the squeezeEpisode 40: Teaching nitty grittyWrapping up our mini-series on teaching, Julia and Jonathan talk about readings, grading, and how to fairly offer flexibility to students in our classes. In-class activities, quizzes, how many grades to drop, how to handle late assignments, how to get feedback from students, and more.
Theme music courtesy of The Bobby DazzlersLinks:AirtableON THE ICE — 30 For 30 Podcasts — Overcast — Twenty years ago, hundreds of women answered a classified ad seeking adventurers for an all-women trek to the North Pole - no expedition experience necessary. On the ice, 20 of those women came face to face with j...2021-06-0150 minThe juice and the squeezeEpisode 39: The syllabus, and why it must be readAfter “big picture teaching” last episode, Julia and Jonathan dive into the weeds a bit, spending a lot of time on the syllabus. Is it a contract? A way to communicate “hidden curriculum”? A fun way to connect with your students? In short, yes, and also, it depends. Also, maybe it’s unrealistic to expect students to carefully read all 20 pages of our syllabus without offering incentives (can you blame them?)?
Theme music courtesy of The Bobby DazzlersLinks:Psych 3604 Spring 2021 Syllabus - Google DocsTeaching | Julia Strand | Carleton CollegeThe Work of Edward Tufte and Graphics P2021-04-2741 minThe juice and the squeezeEpisode 38: Big picture teachingOK, your turn to teach a course for the first time (or the Nth time). Now what? Julia and Jonathan share thoughts and experiences (and mistakes) from teaching lecture courses. For example, how do you decide what to cover (hint: you don’t have to teach all of the topics in the textbook)? How do we model excitement for learning? What hidden curriculum will you include? Also, Oregon Trail.
Theme music courtesy of The Bobby DazzlersLinks:The Oregon Trail (series) - WikipediaThe Oregon Trail (1971 video game) - WikipediaPerusall2021-03-2344 minThe juice and the squeezeEpisode 37: Pandemic fineJulia recaps the first-ever Midwinter Ball and sets the bar high for future MWBers, as a prelude for talking about how life these days can be hard even if we are “fine”. Having a hard time is normal, and when it’s Kobayashi Maru time, there might not be a perfect solution. Take a minute to be extra kind to others this week and keep hanging in there!
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The juice and the squeezeEpisode 36: Hashtag scicommJulia and Jonathan share comments they made as part of a talk on science communication. Turns out, we scientists are ALL involved in science communication, whether we realize it or not (or whether or not we like it). Know your audience. Communication is a learnable skill. And many more tidbits on what is our longest podcast to date (!). Special consideration given to our experiences with Twitter and podcasts.
Theme music courtesy of The Bobby DazzlersLinks:Julia's open science courseThe juice and the squeeze Episode 17: Self correcting — Julia talks about finding a mistake in a...2021-01-271h 21The juice and the squeezeEpisode 35: Smooth sailling in your research pipelineHow do you bring a research project from brilliant idea to completion? Julia and Jonathan talk about implementing a research project pipeline, including some nuts-and-bolts of how files are organized and what gets kept track of. If all you take away is that having a project log is a good idea, it will be time worth spent! Also, get prepping for celebrating Midwinter Ball (January 17).
Theme music courtesy of The Bobby DazzlersLinks:Checklist for scientific papersSample project log from Julia's lab2021-01-1248 minThe juice and the squeezeEpisode 34: It takes a whole village of pit crewMentors are great, but can’t meet all our needs. In the last episode of 2020, Julia and Jonathan explore other people in our support networks, how we can find them, and why they are useful to have.
Theme music courtesy of The Bobby DazzlersLinks:The juice and the squeeze Episode 21: Congratulations, you are now a Mentor!120 Support Group synonyms - Other Words for Support GroupNew PI Slack – A community for new faculty.Future PI Slack (@FuturePI_Slack) / TwitterFORRT - Framework for Open and Reproducible Research TrainingAIMOS conferencePUI Open Psychological Science (POPS) Network (@OpenPui) / Twit2020-12-2244 minThe juice and the squeezeEpisode 33: As an academic, the best time to have children is...After very excellent banter about Frozen Custard and Julia inventing a new Winter Holiday, your hosts offer wide ranging thoughts on having children as an academic. The general theme is along the lines of “don’t let anyone tell you what to do but here are our experiences and some things you might want to think about”. And, a little about what we, and institutions, might be able to do to help normalize all genders being involved in childcare and family life.
Theme music courtesy of The Bobby DazzlersLinks:Ted Drewes Frozen Custard — The best...2020-12-0151 minThe juice and the squeezeEpisode 32: Which niche will you pick?Julia likes Halloween JUST A LITTLE and Julia and Jonathan start with their annual review of Julia’s Halloween plans. Then, on to talk about finding a research niche. It turns out it's not Leonardo Da Vinci times where it’s possible for one person to know everything, and Julia and Jonathan extol the virtues of programmatic research (and some hints on how to find your program).
Theme music courtesy of The Bobby DazzlersLinks:Some of Julia's Halloween decorationsJulia's Halloweenophilia Scale for Construct ValidationClue (1985) - Opening Credits - YouTubeClue (1985) - IMDbNiche | Definition of Nich...2020-10-2748 minThe juice and the squeezeEpisode 31: Grant writing: Who's your audience?Julia and Jonathan have a wide-ranging discussion on grant writing, starting with a basic question: Which audience are you writing for? Topics include the mindset of your reviewers (hint: not always as expert as you might think), how to handle resubmissions, and our wish that it were easier to see examples of grants.
Theme music courtesy of The Bobby DazzlersLinks:Jonathan Peelle on Twitter: "What ONE piece of advice would you give to early career researchers applying for grants?" / TwitterLCOM | NIH Center for Scientific Review"If I Had More Time, I Would Have...2020-10-2050 minThe juice and the squeezeEpisode 30: We thank the reviewers for their helpful commentsYou get reviewer comments back on your manuscript. How do you respond to them? Julia and Jonathan give their perspective on picking your battles, structuring a response letter, and how much to include vs. not. Some of us get grumpy when we read reviews, and many of us have experience with Grumpy Reviewer 2. But what about Helpful Reviewer 4? Also, your hosts invite David Tennant to be a guest on the podcast next time Julia is out of town.
Theme music courtesy of The Bobby DazzlersLinks:David Tennant - WikipediaDavid Tennant | PodcastInternment of Japanese...2020-10-0657 minThe juice and the squeezeEpisode 29: ReviewingPeer review is an integral part of the scientific endeavor. Julia and Jonathan share thoughts about why we review, and how we review. And, some thoughts on how to review less if you review a lot, and how to review MORE if you’d like to get started.
Theme music courtesy of The Bobby DazzlersLinks:Here’s a Timeline of the Debate About How to Pronounce GIF | TimeHow To Really Pronounce GIFA 21 Word Solution by Joseph P. Simmons, Leif D. Nelson, Uri Simonsohn :: SSRNHow many manuscripts should you be reviewing? — Jonathan PeelleTextExpander – Productivity App | Te...2020-09-221h 05The juice and the squeezeEpisode 28: "Soft" skillsBe serenaded by the dulcet tones of crying babies while you hear Julia and Jonathan discuss poorly-named “soft skills” of academia, including project management, general organization, and taking care of yourself (“sharpening your saw”). Empathy and theory-of-mind are undervalued as soft skills but are probably things we can practice. Imposter syndrome makes an appearance. And, Jonathan also explores a unique publishing opportunity.
Theme music courtesy of The Bobby DazzlersLinks:Poetry For All Episode 1: Seamus Heaney, DiggingJonathan Peelle on Twitter: "I’m so tempted to see how this goes https://t.co/6wKxE9D036" / Twitter —...2020-09-0849 minThe juice and the squeezeEpisode 27: Postdocs and how to apply for themWhat’s a postdoc? Why might you do one? And, how do you get one? Jonathan and Julia talk about their own experiences and advice, including why it’s never too early to start and why considering the F word is useful. But before any of that, a refreshing digression on cocktails and clear ice.
Theme music courtesy of The Bobby DazzlersLinks:bourbon peach smash – smitten kitchenShrub (drink) - WikipediaBring Me a Shrubbery - Monty Python - Longer Version - YouTubeWhat is Directional Freezing? - AlcademicsAmazon.com: Tovolo Seamless Sphere Ice System, Compact, 2.5 Inch C...2020-08-2757 minThe juice and the squeezeEpisode 26: Online teachingJulia and Jonathan have been thinking a lot about online teaching. Not claiming to be experts they share what’s worked well and what they are excited about for the coming term. Office hours? Casual interactions? Small group discussions? We’ve got ideas for you. Bonus: hear how Julia learned about controlled burns (yes, it’s related).
Theme music courtesy of The Bobby DazzlersLinks:Julia Strand on Twitter: "Teaser trailer for my #OpenScience class called "Psychology's Credibility Revolution" at @CarletonCollege this fall. Planning to share all my materials publicly, stay tuned! https://t.co/BwS...2020-08-111h 03The juice and the squeezeEpisode 25: Applying for a professor job at a small liberal arts college (SLAC)Interested in what a job at a small liberal arts college (SLAC) is like? Julia shares about her job (spoiler: she likes her job just a little) and offers advice on things to consider when applying for a similar job. Pssst: teaching experience helps. (And, follow-up reply to an email where the hosts reject a listener’s suggestion that it is entirely their fault they have a difficult relationship with their advisor.)
Theme music courtesy of The Bobby DazzlersLinks:Carleton College - WikipediaPsychology Job Wiki 2020-2021 - Psychology Job Wiki2020-07-2149 minThe juice and the squeezeEpisode 24: Virtual conferencesWith many (all?) conferences online for the foreseeable future, Julia and Jonathan talk about the pros and cons of online conferences, using SIPS (which Julia just attended) as a jumping off point. How do we fight “Zoom fatigue”? What advantages do online conferences offer and how can we take advantage of them?
Theme music courtesy of The Bobby DazzlersLinks:SIPSHackathon GuideGather — Awesome online gathering/hangoutLurker - WikipediaThe juice and the squeeze Episode 6: Aggressively friendly — Don't call it networkingPsychonomic Society - 2020 Call for AbstractsSubmissions Information | Society for the Neurobiology of Language2020-07-0746 minThe juice and the squeezeEpisode 23: When the going gets toughTurns out, life isn’t always easy. Julia and Jonathan explore some ways that we can help ourselves, and others, when we are going through difficult times (academic and otherwise), including the importance of modeling dealing with disappointment for our trainees (and colleagues) and having a network of people to turn to for support.
Theme music courtesy of The Bobby DazzlersLinks:CV of failures professor Johannes Haushofer on what success really means | The IndependentThe Valley of Shit – The Thesis Whisperer2020-06-2444 minThe juice and the squeezeEpisode 22: Taking time to listenJulia and Jonathan have a short show this week so you have time to listen to one of the other great podcasts by Black academics linked to in our show notes.
Theme music courtesy of The Bobby DazzlersLinks:SipNSci — A comedic podcast that aims to improve science literacy and provide representation of black people in STEM. The podcast will showcase guests who are people of color who work in science or those interested in science. Drunk Science with friends.” They have a great episode on hearing, hearing protection, and hearing devices for our audi...2020-06-0902 minThe juice and the squeezeEpisode 21: Congratulations, you are now a Mentor!Mentoring is one of those things in life that is super important but that most of us don’t get much training about. Julia and Jonathan talk about how mentees can seek out effective mentors (understanding everyone differs in their flexibility), and things mentors can do to be more helpful. And a friendly reminder that you’re never to young to have a mentor, or to be a mentor.
Theme music courtesy of The Bobby DazzlersLinks:German 150: Film 5 - YouTube2020-05-2757 minThe juice and the squeezeEpisode 20: Registered reportsJulia and Jonathan are excited about registered reports. They discuss pros (many) and cons (none?) and try to provide an overview of the process for newbies. Also, find out the best food to cook in your waffle maker (hint: it may not be a waffle).
Theme music courtesy of The Bobby DazzlersLinks:Jimmy Buffet: Margaritaville - YouTubeRegistered Reports overview on OSFHARKing - WikipediaData dredging (p-hacking) - WikipediaFalse-Positive Psychology: Undisclosed Flexibility in Data Collection and Analysis Allows Presenting Anything as Significant - Joseph P. Simmons, Leif D. Nelson, Uri Simonsohn, 2011Publication bias - Wikipedia — ak...2020-05-1245 minThe juice and the squeezeEpisode 19: Sharing more is caring moreJonathan and Julia—and special guest Violet Brown—muse over sharing sciency things that AREN’T code and data (such as knowledge about statistical analysis or writing grants). What is the best way to share this knowledge, who’s our audience, and why bother? Plus, find out whether you are in Jonathan’s scientific generation or not.
Theme music courtesy of The Bobby DazzlersSpecial Guest: Violet Brown.Links:Violet BrownViolet's preprint PsyArXiv Preprints | An approachable introduction to linear mixed effects modeling with implementation in RStatistics resources for R and JASP — Jonathan PeelleMaking...2020-04-2853 minThe juice and the squeezeEpisode 18: Sharing is caringJulia and Jonathan catch up on FU from Julia’s “self correcting” episode and dive into talking about why and how we share our data and code. What are the pros and cons? Will you be helping your future self? Spoiler alert: your hosts are more convinced by the pros. Plus, lots of interesting links to supplement your listening.
Theme music courtesy of The Bobby DazzlersLinks:Garfield on dietsJulia Strand on Twitter: "Will it waffle?"Some Good News with John Krasinski Ep. 1 - YouTubeThe juice and the squeeze Episode 17: Self correcting — Julia talks about he...2020-04-1450 minThe juice and the squeezeEpisode 17: Self correctingIn this episode, Julia describes the process of finding and correcting a major error in one of her published papers. A programming mistake had generated a pattern of data that was, in fact, completely untrue. Julia shares how she discovered the error, the temptation to conceal it, and the process of disclosing it to her co-authors, the journal it was published in, her tenure committee, and others. Along the way, Julia and Jonathan talk about the incentive structures of science, the benefits of programmatic research and scientific transparency, and the importance of sharing our mistakes and how we fix...2020-04-0150 minThe juice and the squeezeEpisode 16: All we can do is the best we can doThings feel a little crazy at the moment but listening to podcasts can only help. Right? RIGHT? Julia and Jonathan share how they are approaching teaching and maintaining sanity during coronavirus lockdown. Slack, Zoom tea time, faux commutes, and Julia’s speakeasy (password: “password”).
Theme music courtesy of The Bobby DazzlersLinks:Jonathan Peelle on Twitter: "To help check in with folks in my academic orbit I have -Instituted daily lab tea-time over Zoom - work talk discouraged (we include lab undergrads who are scattered around the country) -A Slack workspace for my cognitive neuros...2020-03-2449 minThe juice and the squeezeEpisode 15: Talking the talkScientific talks are the topic and Jonathan and Julia offer a wide ranging set of thoughts on topics ranging from practice to laser pointers to imagining Julia sitting in the back row of your audience. In an unexpected moment of honesty Jonathan admits to usually wearing pants (AND trousers, by the way).
Theme music courtesy of The Bobby DazzlersLinks:Francis Darwin - WikipediaAlfred Russel Wallace - WikipediaRegaining lost time: Adult aging and the effect of time restoration on recall of time-compressed speech. - PsycNET2020-03-1059 minThe juice and the squeezeEpisode 14: Bumps in the roadSometimes things don’t go according to plan, and sometimes this is OK. Jonathan and Julia talk about how we react when our plans don’t work out and offer a bit of specific advice for graduate school applicants. Julia doubts that ALL dolphins are friendly and helpful, and Jonathan shares about the time he was almost a wrestler.
Theme music courtesy of The Bobby DazzlersLinks:Watch Knives Out | Prime VideoNever Let Me Go: Kazuo Ishiguro: 9781400078776: Amazon.com: BooksThe juice and the squeeze Episode 1: Winding RoadsSurvivorship bias - WikipediaThe juice and the squeeze Epis...2020-02-2548 minThe juice and the squeezeEpisode 13: You're not an imposter, and it's not a syndromeIMposter or imPOSter? However you pronounce it, Julia and Jonathan take on the topic of imposter syndrome, which as it turns out isn’t really a syndrome. Everyone experiences this to various degrees but gosh it can be hard to talk about. Maybe we can change the world by being more intentional about supporting each other in both our successes and not-knowing-and-it’s-OKings.
Theme music courtesy of The Bobby DazzlersLinks:Gumby - Moon Trip - YouTubeJonathan Peelle on Twitter: "This morning our daughter asked me if I was going to take Gumby to work...2020-02-1148 minThe juice and the squeezeEpisode 12: Just get something on paperJulia and Jonathan dive into the topic of writing, including when in a project we tend to write, some common challenges, and approaches that have worked for them (and which may, or may not, work for you). Some handy tricks involve phrases like “reverse outlining”, “word vomit”, and “parenthetical REF”. Jonathan has the most boring game ever to help him write. Challenge for the week: Find a paper that inspires you to write well, and share it with someone.
Theme music courtesy of The Bobby DazzlersLinks:Hai Hai RestaurantFFmpegJonathan Peelle on Twitter: "A large number...2020-01-2846 minThe juice and the squeezeEpisode 11: Academic seasonsF/U related to Julia’s tenure and weaponry, and Jonathan’s sleep deprivation, before moving into discussing seasons of the academic year. How do we use these to help us plan and take advantage of when we have the most energy? Weekly challenge: send someone you know (which might be your future self) a nice note to encourage them. Speaking of mail, keep sending your email.
Theme music courtesy of The Bobby DazzlersLinks:can I carry a swoard to a bar in minnesota - Google SearchSec. 625.16 MN Statutes "Carrying Dangerous Weapons"Champagne Sabe...2020-01-1440 minThe juice and the squeezeEpisode 10: Floss the ones you want to keepTo bring 2019 to a close Julia and Jonathan offer unsolicited advice on a wide range of topics, including health, finances, and computers. Don’t say we didn’t warn you! Julia gets an important phone call related to her career (insert suspenseful music).
Theme music courtesy of The Bobby DazzlersLinks:Noise-Induced Hearing Loss | NIDCDDifferences in Hearing Acuity among “Normal-Hearing” Young Adults Modulate the Neural Basis for Speech Comprehension | eNeuroBudget « Snowmint Creative Solutions LLC — Budget is based on the tried and true envelope method of budgeting. It’s a much easier way to see where your mo...2019-12-3142 minThe juice and the squeezeEpisode 9: Please consider it for publication in [Your Fine Journal]Jonathan and Julia talk about how we get our research published. What do we think about when picking a journal? When in the process do we pick a journal? What’s the deal with preferred/nonpreferred reviewers? The squeaky wheel gets the grease, but when’s a reasonable time to start squeaking?
Theme music courtesy of The Bobby DazzlersLinks:Why I still won’t review for or publish with Elsevier–and think you shouldn’t either – [citation needed]Collabra: PsychologyCitation Advantage of Open Access ArticlesHARKing: Hypothesizing After the Results are Known - Norbert L. Kerr, 199...2019-12-1754 minThe juice and the squeezeEpisode 8: Find your own chunk sizeWinter is here, prompting a discussion of clothing and coziness before getting into the how and the why of organization systems (especially to-do lists and calendar-related things). Breaking things down into meaningfully-sized chunks is good (with a real-world example from manuscript writing). Good calendar hygiene is important.
Theme music courtesy of The Bobby DazzlersLinks:Mince Pies | M&SGetting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity: David Allen, James Fallows: 0884154584063: Amazon.com: BooksGQueues - Manage tasks & to-do lists with your Google AccountOmniFocus for Mac - The Omni GroupBasecamp: Project Management & Team Communication SoftwareIntroducing the...2019-12-0354 minThe juice and the squeezeEpisode 7: Too much stuff in the closetJonathan and Julia tackle the topic of things that distract us from what we are dHEY look a squirrel!!! There’s a balance between being focused and having the freedom to explore. If there are too many things in your closet, they won’t fit neatly, and you might just have to get rid of something. Jonathan loves the IRB.
Theme music courtesy of The Bobby DazzlersLinks:Warren Buffett - WikipediaWarren Buffett’s 5/25 Strategy: How to Focus and Prioritize Your Time Like a Billionaire.Foraging - WikipediaPeelle's Periodic Priority Probe2019-11-1942 minThe juice and the squeezeEpisode 6: Aggressively friendlySometimes it works to just go to a conference and wander around, but more often having a strategy is useful. Probably trying to do EVERYTHING will not be a winning strategy. Networking just means making friends with people who are interested in similar things as you and makes conferences way more fun. One of your hosts is much more likely than the other to strike up conversations with nearby strangers.
Theme music courtesy of The Bobby DazzlersLinks:Society for Neuroscience - Past and Future Annual MeetingsSIPS Meetings – Society for the Improvement of Psychological Sc...2019-11-0547 minThe juice and the squeezeEpisode 5: A pile of no'sJulia’s favorite holiday is approaching and we all wish we could attend her Halloween party. Follow up to a listener email about how to handle new requests for work prompts a long discussion about how we choose what projects to work on in general. We should all be saying “no” to a lot of things but don’t.
Theme music courtesy of The Bobby DazzlersLinks:Time and attention — Jonathan PeellePsyArXiv Preprints | Completion norms for 3085 English sentence contexts5by5 | Back to Work #17: Brick Building Full of Lies — Some thoughts on priorities2019-10-2252 minThe juice and the squeezeEpisode 4: 95 percent leanAmong all of the facts, focusing on positive ones (instead of negative ones) can help keep us in a good mental place. Julia both loves and hates running and is grateful to the mysterious woman who encourages her. A double-edged challenge for next time: reframe something positively to ourselves, and reframe something positively for someone else.
Theme music courtesy of The Bobby DazzlersLinks:To All the Movies I’ve Loved Before PodcastFraming effect - Biases & Heuristics | The Decision LabConfirmation bias - WikipediaPollyanna principle - WikipediaThe juice and the squeeze - Contact2019-10-0836 minThe juice and the squeezeEpisode 3: Join the resistanceAfter a brief diversion for f/u we have a quick chat about the importance of having a website if you’re an academic. Taking time off from work (during the day, week, or year) seems VERY important for both happiness and productivity. But it's hard to do. Join the resistance and sharpen your saw (all credit to Julia's mom). We would all like to handle email the way Donald Knuth does but that's probably unrealistic.
Theme music courtesy of The Bobby DazzlersLinks:Double Impact (1991) - IMDbOvercast (podcast player)The Now Habit: A St...2019-09-2443 minThe juice and the squeezeEpisode 2: Low-hanging fruitHow do we know what we are bad at, and what do we do about it (if anything)? Tupperware containers, face recognition, mental math, and grantwriting make the list. One of us may or may not have been a childhood chess prodigy. Sometimes just jumping in and doing something (like writing a grant or learning a programming language) is helpful at reducing anxiety. Deciding what kind of bad we are seems worthwhile. Some things are important to just try. Of all the things we are bad at, how do we decide what (if anything) to work on improving?
2019-09-1044 minThe juice and the squeezeEpisode 1: Winding RoadsIn their first ever podcast Julia and Jonathan talk about how many people’s careers don’t go in a straight line, and how this is often OK (but beware of survivorship bias). In the course of talking about their own career paths Julia reveals the costume she wore while bartending and Jonathan sort of but not really promises to play the horn sometime. Jonathan decides to double down on self-serving bias when writing grants.
Theme music courtesy of The Bobby DazzlersLinks:Rajini Rao on Twitter: "I get that anecdotes about failing classes in s...2019-09-0339 min