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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 sta...

Dr. Emily Roberts. Photo source: pfforphds.com . We spoke with Emily Roberts, PhD about their business Personal Finance for PhDs . EmilyR...

Eva Amsen, PhD. Photo from Easternblot.net. Photographer: Rannie Turingan For our series four opener, we talk with Freelance writer, editor...

We’ve discussed our experiences regarding the struggles we faced when leaving academia. So now we want to hear from you! The recoverin...

The Hubble Ultra Deep Field. Public Domain. Space, the final frontier. These are the voyages of the Recovering Academics. Its mission: to ex...

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...

In this week of the Recovering Academic podcast we talk with Dr. Gary McDowell and his journey outside academia. Gary is the executive direc...

On this episode, we talk about what surprised us the most about the transition from academia to our post-academic lives. What has surprised...

Drought Crack Life Survival Flower Desert How to avoid cynical feelings of feeling helpless. “Always wear shorts under your skirt so y...

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...

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 s...

We’ve noticed that a lot of new people have subscribed to the Recovering Academic podcast. Here’s your chance to listen to our v...

In this week of the Recovering Academic podcast we talk with Dr. Dennis Eckmeier, his journey outside academia and his actual advocacy proje...

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...

Image by Richard Stephenson Adaptation. It’s not just a macroevolutionary term. It applies to all of us in our transitions, too. In this epi...

  Welcome back to the Season 3 of our Recovering Academic Podcast! We missed you, and hope you missed us as well :)” For this fir...

Flowers blooming in the snow. Out of the snow and into Spring! Could there be a better metaphor This is the last episode of our Second seaso...

Today InBabyAttachMode joins our hosts to discuss her transition story. Everything Was Now Open – InBabyAttachMode We know InBabyAttachMode...

In this episode, Chemjobber joins the Recovering Academic co-hosts to discuss his transition and his blog. Quantifying the Chemistry Job Mar...

In this episode we’re joined by Dr. Chris Humphrey of Jobs on Toast . You Are More Than an Academic Chris received his PhD in medieval...

Merriam-Webster defines PERSPECTIVE as: 1a : the technique or process of representing on a plane or curved surface the spatial relation of o...

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 wha...

In this episode, we’re joined by Dr. Sara Langworthy of, well, just about everything. Team: Do All The Things! Sara is an author, cons...

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 s...

In this week’s episode, we’re discussing burnout and transitioning. We all think that once we’ve made our decision that al...

Out of the gray zone. We’re joined by Chall ( @challdreams ) who left academia behind as a postdoc and currently a Project Coordinator in pe...

In today’s episode, we talk with Jennifer Polk of PhD to Life. She’s a life coach and entrepreneur and has a PhD in History. Eve...

You always hear about transferable skills—and how PhDs have them. But how do you identify them? How do you know what skills to develop? In t...

This week we interview (interrogate?) Ian about his recent transition outside of academia. The Many Hats that Ian Wears… Ian shares hi...

In this week’s episode, Ian and Amanda interview Cleyde to get the in-depth story of her experience as a recovering academic. Cleyde&#...

This season we will interview other recovering academics, so it’s only fair that we turn the mic on ourselves first. In this episode,...

We’re back! This season, we will interview academics and recovering academics. We’re starting this season off with interviewing...

We’re coming back for Season 2 on August 22nd! Curious about what this means for our podcast? Listen to our Season 2 trailer and find...

Courtesy of @BWJones In this episode, we discuss the importance of taking breaks. Breaks come in many forms and in different durations—from...

In this episode, we discuss if we regret doing a PhD and what advice we would give our younger selves. Many times we focus in on the microle...

In this episode, we discuss the elephant in the room: Are you still a scientist after you leave academia? After spending a decade or more id...

Note: This episode originally had a file error when uploaded. We’ve corrected it. You can re-download the corrected version now. Thank...

Courtesy of @BWJones Getting over the fear of failure. As academics, we are inherently perfectionists. There’s nothing like applying f...

photo by Ian Street In this episode, we discuss how we use Twitter, ways to get involved in twitter, and hashtags. Twitter can be an amazing...

Birds networking. Photo by Ian Street. In this episode, we discuss asking for help. There comes a time in the transition process where you m...

Making the transition requires you to take on extra work. Work in the form of side work (a new side hustle), informational interviews, going...

What’s so great about LinkedIn? In this episode, we discuss our thoughts about LinkedIn. We all know about it as the professional netw...

Following up on our previous episode, we talk about things that many academics are not good at taking: risks. How do you know if taking a pa...

In this episode, we discuss when to spend (and save) your money and time to invest in your future career.

In this episode, we discuss the transition in identity when leaving academia. You’ve spent 10 years (or more!) inside of academia. Mos...

In this episode, we discuss unique skills that we gained in academia. When looking to leave academia, you might think, “What do I know...

Turning your CV into a resume feels daunting—and maybe even impossible. How do you condense a several page document into a one page resume?...

In this episode, we talk about the difficulties with deciding to leave academia. We ask two important questions: What made the decision to l...

In this episode, we discuss the reasons why we transitioned, or are transitioning, from academia. Our reasons for leaving varied, and someti...

Leaving academia in many fields, scientific and otherwise, is the ultimate taboo. In journal clubs, seminars, and laboratories, jokes are ma...