51: Preprints (with Jessica Polka)
In this episode, Dan and James are joined by Jessica Polka, Director of ASAPbio, to chat about preprints. Highlights: What is ASAPbio? Differences between the publication processes in the biological s...
6 Okt 201756min
50: Special 50th episode (LIVE)
Dan and James celebrate their 50th episode with a live recording! They cover a blog post that argues grad students shouldn’t be publishing, what’s expected of today’s postdocs, and the ‘tone’ debate i...
14 Sep 20171h 39min
49: War and p's
In this episode Dan and James discuss a forthcoming paper that's causing a bit of a stir by proposing that biobehavioral scientists should use a 0.005 p-value statistical significance threshold instea...
31 Jul 201755min
48: Breaking up with the impact factor (with Jason Hoyt)
Dan and James are joined by Jason Hoyt, who is the CEO and co-founder of PeerJ, an open access journal for the biological and medical sciences. Here's some of what they cover: PeerJ’s model and how it...
21 Jul 201753min
47: Truth bombs from a methodological freedom fighter (with Anne Scheel)
In this episode, Dan and James are joined by Anne Scheel (LMU Munich) to discuss open science advocacy. Highlights: - How Anne became an open science advocate - Open science is better science - Metho...
7 Jul 20171h 9min
46: Statistical literacy (with Andy Field)
In this episode, Dan and James are joined by Andy Field (University of Sussex), author of the “Discovering Statistics” textbook series, to chat about statistical literacy. Highlights: The story behin...
23 Jun 20171h 19min
45: Conferences and conspiracy theories
It’s conference season so in this episode Dan and James discuss the ins and outs of scientific conferences. Here’s what they cover: Research parasite award How much do you save when you don’t run an...
2 Jun 20171h 1min
44: Who’s afraid of the New Bad People? (with Nick Brown)
James and Dan are joined by Nick Brown (University of Groningen) to discuss how the New Bad People — also known as shameless little bullies, vigilantes, the self-appointed data police, angry nothings,...
19 Mai 20171h 8min
