MR076: Hot takes!
Jon and Jeff explore the utility of the "hot take." Should or can scientists be more provocative in how they frame their science or how they...
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A podcast from three early career ecologists about science, academia, life, and other stuff.
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20 of 71 episodesMR075: Defining "early career" with Drs. Cristy Portales and Lauren Hallett
Jon and Jeff are joined by Drs. Cristy Portales and Lauren Hallett to talk about the nebulous concept of the "early career" scientist. When...
MR074: Theory for the Masses with Dr. Tess Grainger
Jon, Jeff, and guest co-host Tess Grainger talk about bridging the gap between ecological theorists and empiricists. Where are the challenge...
MR073: What Have We Changed Our Minds About?
Jon and Jeff address the absurdity of reviewing two articles a day, Jeff offers up a revolutionary idea for review papers, and both address...
MR072: New Directions, Making Plans
Jon and Jeff are back and talking future directions and making plans--with a big announcement and a fair amount of navel-gazing
MR071: Fraud and Fabrication
Grace, Jon, and Jeff discuss the potential occurrences and frequency of data fabrication and scientific fraud in ecology. Just how rare is r...
MR070: Revise and Resubmit
Grace, Jon, and Jeff reconvene still during the pandemic and talk about career changes, switching universities, what pandemic-induced change...
MR067: Basic and Applied Ecology
Grace, Jon, and Jeff talk about the beginnings of quarantine and then jump into the murky waters that are applied vs. basic ecology. Is ther...
MR066: Phosphorous, Publishing, and Existential Dread
Grace, Jon, and Jeff are talking the phosphorous cycle in part one of a multipart radio play about the often forgotten element cycle. The ga...
MR065: Attending Your First Science Conference: An AGU 2019 Special
How does one prepare for their first major science conference? We brought along a ton of friends including Drs. Susan Cheng, Ben Bond-Lamber...
MR064: The (Hidden) Costs of Publishing
Grace, Jon, and Jeff talk about the hidden costs of publishing, referencing Josh Schimel's famous blog post on the subject. Where does open...
MR063: Data is Sharing, Data is Caring, with Mike Pace
Grace and Jon sit down with Mike Pace from the University of Virginia to talk about data sharing and how the ecological data landscape has c...
MR062: Stats and Models
Grace, Jon, and Jeff recount some summer activities and talk about ESA2019, but the main focus of the show is talking about a recent Nature...
MR060: Ryan Emanuel
Jeff sits down with professor and ecohydrologist Ryan Emanuel from North Carolina State University to talk about crossovers in ecology and h...
MR059: Hobbie, 1992
Grace, Jon, and Jeff are back at it with Classic Ecology V: SE Hobbie's 1992 opus "Effects of plant species on nutrient cycling." The gang a...
MR058: The Plot Thickens
Jon and Jeff do a deep-dive into the PLOS: Computational Biology paper "Ten Simple Rules for Better Figures." This one is kind of nerdy, but...
MR057: Classic Ecology IV: Power, 1990
Grace, Jon, and Jeff do a round of Would You Rather? Academic Style and then follow up with a conversation about the quintessential paper Po...
MR056: Real Ecosystems, Posters, and Spring Cleaning
Grace, Jon, and Jeff do some spring cleaning via the latest buzz from Twitter and the blogosphere including way-out-there poster designs, wh...
MR054: MMM 2019 Preview and The Trouble with Acronyms
Grace, Jon, and Jeff are talking March Mammal Madness 2019 ! Jeff questions dandelions, Jon goes all in on owls, Grace has speciation questi...
MR053: March Mammal Madness 2019 Interview w/ Patrice Conners and Marc Kissel
Jeff and Jon sit down with Patrice Connors and Marc Kissel, two of the folks behind March Mammal Madness 2019 (#2019MMM). Marc and Patrice g...