147: The $7000 golden ticket
We discuss the $7000 'accelerated publication' option for some Taylor & Francis journals that promises 3-5 week publication and a novel type of research fellowship. Details (https://taylorandfrancis.c...
17 Jan 202254min
146: Skills pay bills
We answer a series of questions from a listener on whether to start a PhD, what to ask potential supervisors, the financial perils of being a PhD student, the future of higher education, the importanc...
27 Dec 20211h 9min
145: Our boat is sinking slightly slower
We discuss the results from the cancer biology reproducibility project, the inevitable comparisons with reproducibility in psychology, and authorship expectations for posting public datasets. Links *...
13 Dec 202148min
144: The role of luck in academia
If your child asked you whether they should pursue a career in academia, what would you say? We discuss this question plus three more quick-fire topics: the death of expertise, memorable presentations...
15 Nov 202153min
143: A little less conversation, a little more action
Dan and James discuss the differences between 'talk' and 'action' in scientific reform and why reforms are taking such a long time to be realised. They also chat about whether messy (but correct) code...
1 Nov 202154min
142: Red flags in academia [Live episode]
In this live episode, Dan and James discuss red flags in academia, in terms of research fields, papers, and individuals. Thanks to everyone that participated in this live event! Links to stuff that wa...
18 Okt 202157min
141: Why we should diversify study samples (with Sakshi Ghai)
We chat with Sakshi Ghai (University of Cambridge) about why we should diversify sample diversity and retire the Western, educated, rich, industrialized and democratic (WEIRD) dichotomy in the behavio...
4 Okt 202157min
140: You can’t buy cat biscuits with ‘thank you’ emails
James proposes that peer review reports should be published as their own citable objects, provided that the manuscript author thinks that the peer review report is of sufficient quality and the peer r...
20 Sep 20211h 1min
