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Role Reversal

Apr 27th, 2020 49m 45s

After 6 years, 116 pages, and 29,379 words- I was officially made Sadie Witkowski, PhD! I thought the appropriate way to celebrate such a momentous occasion was to flip the show on its head so that I can share a bit about the work I've conducte

Defending my PhD!

Apr 13th, 2020 50s

Send me your questions about sleep, memory, and science communication!facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PhDrinking/twitter: @SadieWit, @PhDrinkingemail: [email protected]

Sustainable Sipping

Mar 31st, 2020 33m 51s

Olea Morris studies ecovillages, places where people try to live off-the-grid in the most sustainable way they can. Olea focuses specifically on how humans in these villages interact with the animals that share their space.Suggested Reading:

Tipsy or Tripping?

Mar 17th, 2020 56m 10s

We all have that friend who is convinced CBD is a true panacea, but has no scientific evidence to back it up. Well, let me introduce you to a memory researcher who has moved into clinical research focusing on CBD, psilocybin, and other trippy d

Statistically sloshed

Mar 2nd, 2020 40m 4s

Turns out knowing a person for a few years doesn't necessarily mean you know what they do. I knew Sarah was in the department of statistics, but I had no idea how far-reaching her work is! If you're interested in education research, experimenta

Cold Beers and Cool Water Make For Happy Corals (and Coral Scientists)

Feb 11th, 2020 39m 57s

I can't help but be jealous of Chris Wall's field research. For his PhD, he got to live in Hawaii and snorkel/scuba through the reefs as 'research.' Granted, studying coral means contending with climate change in a very direct way.Suggested R

Fashion Film Framboise

Jan 28th, 2020 36m 3s

Academic research is all about digging deeply into a topic, often in an area that is actually the synthesis of several topics. Today's guest, Bianka, fits this interdisciplinary model to a T. She studies the intersection of movement, fashion, a

Thank You

Dec 31st, 2019 1m 55s

Thank you so much to everyone who has helped make this show such a joy!Follow me: [email protected], @PhDrinking, @SadieWit, www.facebook.com/PhDrinking/Thanks to www.bensound.com/ for the intro/outroThanks to @TylerDamme for audio edit

Pints of Personality

Dec 18th, 2019 46m 38s

Happy holidays! I recorded this episode with colleague and friend, Andrew Hall, just after our department party. While we both had plenty of snacks and drinks to enjoy, we did an admirable job staying on task to talk about personality research

Fake Brews

Dec 3rd, 2019 43m 30s

Our brains are great at soaking up all sorts of information, but less good at updating that information. This can become a problem when it comes to the insidious nature of fake news. Thankfully, Nikita Salovich is on the case, studying how we c

Drinking Fast and Slow

Nov 19th, 2019 40m 38s

Guys, it finally happened. My longest time friend in grad school and thrice-weekly lifting partner finally joined me on the pod to talk research! So enjoy this episode where Ben Reuveni and I talk about memory, learning, and the joys/headaches

How we hear, with beer

Nov 4th, 2019 39m 47s

Have you ever returned home after a loud concert, only to notice everything sounds muffled and a bit more quiet? In those moments, I usually think of my mom chastising me by saying that I can't recover lost hearing. But thanks to Amrita's resea

Ales and Astrocytes

Oct 22nd, 2019 36m 15s

Just in time for the annual Society for Neuroscience meeting here in Chicago! In this conversation with Alie Caldwell, we talk about her dissertation research, her scicomm efforts, and just geek out about the brain in general.Suggested Readin

The Cancer Cocktail

Oct 8th, 2019 33m 51s

I know that everyone jokes that if you're a biology PhD, you must be studying cancer. But sometimes, that's actually true! I had the pleasure to chat with Keighley about her work with cancer stem cells, specifically in breast cance.rSuggested

Getting Tanked

Sep 24th, 2019 38m 54s

It was a happy accident that I found Hannah Groch-Begley though an old college friend. Her historical research on the changing roles of women in the British Empire during WW1 covered much more than anything I've seen in a textbook. I'm sure you

Emotional Meades

Sep 10th, 2019 27m 13s

It's not often that I get to chat with a fellow psychology grad student about their research! For this episode, I spoke with Jennifer about how emotions affect decision-making, particularly when it comes to mood disordersSuggested Reading:Re

Graphene Guinness

Aug 27th, 2019 39m 21s

We often hear about research that requires intensely specialized equipment- from the large hadron collider to PCR machines. But imagine of you could conduct your research by just using a household appliance. Well Matthew is one of the lucky few

Forensic Gin-etics

Aug 13th, 2019 30m 13s

**Head's up, we had some technical difficulties when recording this episode. There was a break in our audio that we filled with some pleasant elevator music (courtesy The Mini Vandals) before continuing the conversation. Sorry about that!**Ha

Juiced Journalism

Jul 30th, 2019 35m 41s

The landscape of journalism is changing rapidly. With established newspapers going out of business and the rise of online publication, working as a journalist today is very different than even 20 years ago. Nick Hagar studies these trends and r

Bye Week

Jul 16th, 2019 40s

Hey guys,No episode this week as I recover from ComSciCon-Flagship. We will be back to our regular schedule on July 29th with a new episode. In the meantime, feel free to reach out to me!Follow me: [email protected], @PhDrinking, @SadieWi

Drinking Disequilibrium

Jul 2nd, 2019 37m 43s

Thanks to the NPR SciCommers community, I had the chance to chat with Gosia all the way over in Porto, Portugal! She studies genetic variation within pigeons and other birds, all while applying this research to a broader context.Suggested Rea

New cow on the block

Jun 17th, 2019 38m 14s

There are lots of unusual research animals, but Amanda's animal of choice is one you might see on your plate. She studies the behavior of cattle (the meat variety, not milk producing) and what that can tell us about best practices to keep them

Living that aqua vitae (water life)

Jun 4th, 2019 42m 36s

In grade school, we learn about the solid, liquid, and gas form of water and assume we know everything. Turns out, that's totally wrong! There's a lot that we don't know about water molecules. but don't worry, we have PhD student Memo here to g

Beer and a balanced diet

May 21st, 2019 44m 48s

We tend to think of our genetic inheritance as stable over time, but the expression of those genes can be altered by your environment. Laetitia studies one example of this- gestational (pregnancy-induced) diabetes. Suggested Reading:A genera