On the Academic Misfits podcast this week, we’re engaging in a deep, practical, and spiritual exploration of discernment – the spiritual basis of making aligned, conscious decisions. My guest is Liz Angeli, a woman of profound insight who bridges academia, spirituality and business enterprise. She is Founder of Lumin Living, a spiritual director, and an Associate Professor of… Read More »“Should I Quit Academia to Become a Nun?” The Power of Discernment in Decisions With Liz Angeli

Chantelle is a multi-talented (common thing for us people with ADHD!) woman who has founded political movements, served as a police officer, created community action projects across the UK, and is completing her PhD in education while serving as Labour Councillor and Mayor of Halewood. She shares her journey and her perspective on academia as… Read More »Can Academia Support Political Activism? With Chantelle Lunt

Camilla joins me to talk about academia and politics being 2 peas in a pod – politics right now may be in just as much shambles as academia. And like people’s perception of science, experts, etc, there is a lack of trust in politicians. Check out the song lyrics that Camilla referred to – It’s… Read More »Let’s Get Political With Camilla Hansen

Dr. Marie and I explore how Human Design became the compass that helped her become a better teacher, understand decoloniality, find peace after a lifetime of cyclical burnouts and learn to help others as a Chaos Recovery Supporter. 1. Join us in the Academia+Woo FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/academiapluswoo 2. Run your Human Design chart on my website:… Read More »Adding the Woo to Academia with Dr Marie Gasper-Hulvat

Michele Veldsman, founder of Playroom, and a recovering academic, who pivoted from both academia and industry to create her own path. She gets vulnerable and discusses her journey from academia to biotech to CEO and tech founder. We explore: 🔹 Why she left academia (spoiler: systemic barriers played a big role) 🔹 The realities of… Read More »Leaving Industry AND Academia with Dr Michele Veldsman

Grab the new Academic Misfits book here: https://www.routledge.com/Academic-Misfits-Questioned-Belongings-in-Higher-Education/Hoppe-Siegert-Temiz-Hasselgren-Seifan/p/book/9781032482217 In this Academic Misfits episode, we discuss belonging and pedagogy from the perspective of folkloric traditions, the meaning of education, and how we cultivate a love of learning free from the neoliberal marketisation of education. A pedagogy of care and process over product were concepts Si introduced.… Read More »Bringing Edu-Punk to Academia with Si Poole

This was a shooting the 5h!t kind of episode, with Kim Williams – Professor of Gender and Sexuality Studies talking about her subject area getting the only pass in academia to be a raging advocate without shouting from those on the other side to be objective in their scientific pursuit. We talk about how all… Read More »Can Academics Change the World? with Kim Williams

Content warnings: suicide, oppression, murder – brief discussions with no detail. In today’s pod, we talk to Georgie, whose Marie Curie’s fellowship allowed her to create a film about the toxic practices in academia – it’s called Academic Puszi https://www.academic-puszi.com/ Note: We recorded this episode in November prior to the Iranian woman’s release. We mention… Read More »Academics as Activists with Dr Georgiana Turculet

Dr Claire Lawrence and I discuss how much our skills in academia can be translated to other forms of work, how she left academia basically at the altar with wedding dress on and about to make a lifetime commitment, and how her mum thought she was a mug to keep working at a place where… Read More »Leaving Academia Like a Runaway Bride with Wedding Celebrant Dr Claire Lawrence

Christie and I speak about the challenges of parenthood in academia, the child penalty for researchers, and conferencing when you don’t have another parent figure . Here’s the link to the article I talked about https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2024/10/29/what-makes-the-child-penalty-in-academia-different/ We also applaud Meryl Streep. See more here: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/golden-globes-meryl-streep-lactating-762988/ If you’re looking to leave academia, you may want to… Read More »Solo Mothers by Choice with Dr Christie Margrave