Burnout is on everyone's mind right now. It's the end of the academic year, and what an academic year it was. Profs and students both are at the end of their ropes. Kel and Karen talk about the symptoms of burnout, including some that might surprise … [Read more...] about Ep 3:24 Academic Burnout: What It Is, Where It Comes From
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Episode 3:1 Coming Back from Isolation
Karen and Kel are back from their summer hiatus, and they talk re-entry. Re-entry, that is, to a shitshow academic year in a pandemic that, in the US, has been mismanaged to a degree that almost defies belief. Academics are coming back to campuses … [Read more...] about Episode 3:1 Coming Back from Isolation
Ep 2:31 Burnout v. Passion
Burnout is the story of the 20-21 academic year. Honestly, who isn't burned out? If burnout is a lack of desire to do what you normally want to do, then how should we best think about it, and deal with it? Kel discusses an article by Brad Stulberg … [Read more...] about Ep 2:31 Burnout v. Passion