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Celebrating a Podcasting Milestone with Planthropology’s Vikram Baliga

August 26, 2021David Mendes 1:13:10

This week on Papa PhD, I’m joined by Vikram Baliga in sharing with you a celebration of a great milestone for Papa PhD and for his podcast – the Planthropology podcast. Having both started podcasting in 2019, we just reached 50.000 downloads at a few days of interval, and we decided to thank you, the…

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A Discussion About “Bad Habits” in Academia With Author Amy Gentry

August 19, 2021David Mendes 47:37

This week on Papa PhD, I’m discussing a fictional book – a thriller set within academia – with author Amy Gentry. In our conversation, I talked with Amy about her personal experience going through a PhD in the humanities and about what aspects of that experience inspired her to write “Bad Habits”. Amy Gentry is…

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Staying True to Your Life Plans During the PhD with Katya Park

August 5, 2021David Mendes 58:28

Hi! This week, I have the great pleasure of bringing you a conversation about life balance in graduate school with Katya Park. During the interview, Katya shared how during her PhD and postdoc she made sure to stay true to her life plans, namely those related to building a family, while working towards her goals,…

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Reshaping Your Career Through Change and Uncertainty with Katie Wedemeyer-Strombel

July 22, 2021David Mendes 59:01

Hi! Before introducing today’s guest, and to celebrate two years of Papa PhD, I’d like to extend an invitation directly to you. If you have a question about one of the episodes of Papa PhD, or if you’d like me to connect you with the people you hear on the podcast, or if you’d like…

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Déboulonner les mythes de l’emploi après le doctorat avec Emilie-Jade Poliquin

July 15, 2021David Mendes 51:36

Contribue à la production de Papa PhD sur Patreon ! Ou ravitaille David en café 🙂 Salut! Avant de te présenter l’invitée d’aujourd’hui, et pour célébrer les deux ans de Papa PhD, j’aimerais t’étendre une invitation, directement à toi. Si un des épisodes de Papa PhD a suscité chez toi une question, ou si tu…

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Promoting Career Success in STEM with Harinder Singh

July 8, 2021David Mendes 55:13

Hi! This week I have the pleasure of bringing you someone whose mission is to help graduate students and postdocs with their career development. As Director of UC Irvine’s GPS-STEM Program, Harinder Singh achieves this transition support through different approaches, including training, mentoring, and networking. During our conversation, we talked about how he got interested…

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Venir en aide aux doctorant.e.s en SHS avec Emilie Doré

June 17, 2021David Mendes 47:23

Contribue à la production de Papa PhD sur Patreon ! Ou ravitaille David en café 🙂 Cette semaine, je t’apporte une conversation où, avec Émilie Doré de Réussir son doctorat, on fait une radiographie des défis actuels de l’expérience de la thèse en sciences humaines et sociales (SHS) et où on discute des pistes à…

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A Vision of Graduate School for the 21st Century With Monica Granados

June 10, 2021David Mendes 00:51:21

Support the show on Patreon ! Or buy me a coffee 🙂 This week on the show, I bring you a very lucid and pleasant conversation about how the graduate school experience could improve with Monica Granados, Policy advisor at Environment and Climate Change Canada. A lot of the conversation revolved around a subject that…

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Networking and Job Hunting as a PhD With Parag Mahanti

May 27, 2021David Mendes 01:01:54

Get the Papa PhD Tool kit ! Hi! This week on Papa PhD, I’m bringing you my conversation with Parag Mahanti. “We recorded this in November, during the Parag’s Thanksgiving break. Since then, India has been severely hit by the second wave of the COVID pandemic, and many lives have been lost. Parag wanted this…

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Embracing Science Communication as a Business With Wilf Nelson

May 6, 2021David Mendes 48:00

This week on Papa PhD, I’m bringing you Wilf Nelson. Wilf is a PhD researcher at the University of Bigmingham in the UK and he is the host and producer of the Watercooler Neuroscience Podcast. During our conversation, Wilf shared his passion for science, for science communication, and for podcasting. And if you listen to…

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