The juice and the squeeze

Oct 05 2024 49 ep. 48 mins 30

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We (Julia and Jonathan) happen to be academics and also happen to be psychologists studying speech perception. We want to make awesome science, make science awesome, and share what we’ve learned with a broad audience. In The Juice and the Squeeze, we peel apart issues in our careers and beyond (e.g., prioritizing, imposter syndrome, motivation, and more).

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Episode 49: Goodhart's Law

Oct 05 2024 43 mins

It'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 he

Episode 48: New, again

Aug 07 2023 43 mins

Back 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 court

Episode 47: Hobbies!

Jun 20 2022 54 mins

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:

Episode 46: Not overextending ourselves (and helping trainees to do the same)

Apr 26 2022 46 mins

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 t

Episode 45: To open or not to open (email, or books during an exam)

Dec 14 2021 45 mins

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 outsi

Episode 44: Collaborations

Oct 26 2021 54 mins

For 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 Dazzlers

Episode 43: Self-promotion but let's call it something else

Oct 19 2021 51 mins

Like 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

Episode 42: The "new normal"

Sep 14 2021 44 mins

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 squ

Episode 41: How to make fewer research mistakes

Aug 31 2021 47 mins

After 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 fai

Episode 40: Teaching nitty gritty

Jun 01 2021 50 mins

Wrapping 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 — Ov