In this episode, the final one we record on the Himalaya platform (the podcast will continue, just on a different platform - follow our social media for links) we talk about the need for a hard reset in the face of the devastating Fall increase in … [Read more...] about Episode 2.14 – A Hard Reset

Recorded the day after the Vice Presidential Debate, this episode delves into Imposter Syndrome and how way too often, women and especially women of color individualize and personalize what are actually structural obstacles meant to impede their … [Read more...] about Episode 2.13 – Imposter Syndrome When Odds Are Against You

Recorded the day after the Breonna Taylor verdict was announced, this episode talks about productivity. if you can’t get your work done right now, it's ok. If you CAN work, why can you work? Why are white people so “ok” in the face of this … [Read more...] about Episode 2.12 – Who Are You Working For?

With the COVID collapse of academic hiring, catastrophic weather events, and the appalling slide into fascism in the US, more and more of us are forced to confront realities that we never expected, that are painful, and frightening. Drawing from the … [Read more...] about Episode 2.11 – Hitting Rock Bottom

Recorded while in the middle of catastrophic Oregon fires, this episode departs from advice to talk about coping with the present moment. Instead of lamenting "2020," Karen and Kel talk about "leaning in" to the discomfort and trauma of our present … [Read more...] about Episode 2.10 – Rest is Radical

We are delighted to bring the remarkable Allante Whitmore onto the show. The founder of Black and In Grad School (https://www.blkingradschool.com/), Allante, an Engineering PhD student at Carnegie Mellon, and proud HBCU alumna, shares with us her … [Read more...] about Episode 2.9 – Black and In Grad School: Interview with Allante Whitmore

The academy despises the IDEA of self-promotion while rewarding those who do it in properly academic ways. This is just one of the many classist elements of academia. Those who decide to leave the academy need to face and overcome the shaming around … [Read more...] about Episode 2.8 – Self-Promotion Is Not a Dirty Word

Moving forward in our discussion of how to build a side hustle in these scary and precarious times, Karen and Kel talk about the challenges for academics in "knowing what you know." The challenge is, you forget and/or discount all the hundreds of … [Read more...] about Episode 2.7 – Postac Skills: You Have Them

COVID has decimated academic hiring and everybody, including the tenured, need to start prioritizing a side hustle asap. The trouble is, academics don't go into academia to be do quick pivots and improvisational career thinking--academia is a linear … [Read more...] about Episode 2.6 – You’re OK

Dr. Deana Dartt, Founder and Principal of Live Oak Consulting, PhD in Anthropology and Museum Studies, and enrolled member of the Coastal Band of the Chumash Nation, joins us today for a conversation about the ways that racism and anti-indigeneity … [Read more...] about Episode 2.5 – Being Native In and Out of the Academy: An Interview with Dr. Deana Dartt