Happy 2020, Recovering academic audience (& hello to those new to us). We hope you had a restful break and 2020 is off to an amazing start. Recovering Academic has been invited to the annual NPA Meeting in March, and we're raising money

Season 4: ep 02: Dr. Emily Roberts

Nov 18th, 2019

Dr. Emily Roberts. Photo source: pfforphds.com.We spoke with Emily Roberts, PhD about their business Personal Finance for PhDs. Emily's career after academia is advising PhDs about finance. One of the key points she made was to how havi

Season 4, Episode 1: Eva Amsen

Nov 1st, 2019

Eva Amsen, PhD. Photo from Easternblot.net. Photographer: Rannie TuringanFor our series four opener, we talk with Freelance writer, editor and science communicator Eva Amsen, PhD who joined us in the middle of her night from London. Eva go

Recovering Academic Season 4 Teaser

Jun 28th, 2019

We've discussed our experiences regarding the struggles we faced when leaving academia. So now we want to hear from you!The recovering academic trio is on summer break, but we want to ask for your help to plan our next season!Send us qu

Season 3 Episode 11: Space

Apr 30th, 2019

The Hubble Ultra Deep Field. Public Domain.Space, the final frontier. These are the voyages of the Recovering Academics. Its mission: to explore different and new industries. To seek out life outside of academia To boldly go where no former

Season 3 episode 10: Value

Mar 20th, 2019

In this episode the recovering trio discusses how to ask for more when academia train us not to negotiate/request what your time is actually worth. How do you put a dollar value on your time. Entrepreneur Amanda has so many great things to say,

Season 3 episode 9: Interview with Gary McDowell

Feb 11th, 2019

In this week of the Recovering Academic podcast we talk with Dr. Gary McDowell and his journey outside academia. Gary is the executive director of The Future of Research, a non-profit organization created for and by early career researchers to

Season 3 Episode 8: Surprises

Jan 28th, 2019

On this episode, we talk about what surprised us the most about the transition from academia to our post-academic lives.What has surprised you the most when leaving academia? Was it the difference in working life? Was it the different feeli

Season 3 Episode 7: Cynicism

Jan 9th, 2019

Drought Crack Life Survival Flower DesertHow to avoid cynical feelings of feeling helpless."Always wear shorts under your skirt so you can go to the monkey bar" —@ladyscientistMentioned in this episode:Learned Helplessness:

Season 3 Episode 6: Holiday Episode

Dec 20th, 2018

The Recovering Academic trio takes some time to reflect about the past year and make plans for 2019.We also discuss how it is hard to find motivation and focus during this time of the year, but we give some tips about how we can trick ourse

Season 3 Episode 5: Career Path

Dec 6th, 2018

Have you ever felt 'decision paralysis'? With so many choices and not sure which way to go? Hesitant to put all your eggs on a single basket? Well, you are not alone!In this week's episode we discuss how to define your career path when you

Revisiting Starting Recovery

Nov 20th, 2018 30m 32s

We've noticed that a lot of new people have subscribed to the Recovering Academic podcast. Here's your chance to listen to our very first episode when we started on our path to recovery.Keep an eye on this space for our next episode!

Season 3 Episode 4: Interview with Dennis Eckmeier

Oct 26th, 2018

In this week of the Recovering Academic podcast we talk with Dr. Dennis Eckmeier, his journey outside academia and his actual advocacy projects, including the Science for Progress podcast and its twitter rotating twitter account @SfPRocur.T

Season 3 Episode 3: Interview with Kristen Witte

Oct 13th, 2018

Dr. Kristen Witte, Ph.D.We sat down and spoke with Dr. Kristen Witte, an exhibit developer at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago Illinois. They discuss their transition story, taking some time away from academia to find what's next

Season 3 Episode 2: Adapting

Sep 27th, 2018

Image by Richard StephensonAdaptation. It’s not just a macroevolutionary term. It applies to all of us in our transitions, too. In this episode, we discuss how we’ve adapted to life outside of academia.What changes around you? What changes

Season 3 Episode 1: Networking

Sep 13th, 2018

Welcome back to the Season 3 of our Recovering Academic Podcast! We missed you, and hope you missed us as well :)"For this first episode of this season, the recovering trio discuss a very important topic: NETWORKINGBut what is networki

Season 2 Episode 16: Season 2 Finale

Apr 11th, 2018

Flowers blooming in the snow.Out of the snow and into Spring! Could there be a better metaphorThis is the last episode of our Second season! And it's packed!We answer listener question about balancing work and family in the private sector

Season 2 Episode 15: Interview with InBabyAttachMode

Mar 28th, 2018

Today InBabyAttachMode joins our hosts to discuss her transition story.Everything Was Now Open – InBabyAttachModeWe know InBabyAttachMode (who we affectionately refer to as IBAM) from twitter and her Scientopia blog. She discusses her transit

Season 2 Episode 14: Interview with Chemjobber

Mar 14th, 2018

In this episode, Chemjobber joins the Recovering Academic co-hosts to discuss his transition and his blog.Quantifying the Chemistry Job Market Since 2008Chemjobber now works in industrial chemistry. He started his job search in March of 2008

Season 2 Episode 13: Interview with Chris Humphrey

Mar 1st, 2018

In this episode we're joined by Dr. Chris Humphrey of Jobs on Toast.You Are More Than an AcademicChris received his PhD in medieval studies from the University of York. His first post-PhD job was working as content analyst for an e-learning s

Season 2 Episode 12: Perspective

Feb 14th, 2018

Merriam-Webster defines PERSPECTIVE as:1a : the technique or process of representing on a plane or curved surface the spatial relation of objects as they might appear to the eye; specifically : representation in a drawing or painting of paral

Season 2 Episode 11: Find Your Fungus

Jan 24th, 2018

How do you find your happy? Do you have to make big changes? Or can small changes be enough?In this episode, we talk about figuring out what will make us happy. Sometimes these involve big changes (like moving) and sometimes small changes (li

Season 2 Episode 10: Interview with Sara Langworthy

Jan 10th, 2018

In this episode, we're joined by Dr. Sara Langworthy of, well, just about everything.Team: Do All The Things!Sara is an author, consultant, speaker and YouTuber with a degree in Developmental Psychology. In 2013, she co-founded an organizatio

Season 02 Episode 09: Reflections and Resolutions

Dec 27th, 2017

In this end-of-the year episode each one of us reflect about our recovering 2017 year and come up with resolutions for the 2018. Thank you so much for listening to our podcast! It is really rewarding for us to feel that we're able to help you c

Season 02 Episode 08: Burnout and Transition

Dec 13th, 2017

In this week's episode, we're discussing burnout and transitioning. We all think that once we've made our decision that all our problems will be solved. We'll take all that energy we spent on fretting over leaving and put it into side projects.