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Highly Variable episodes
- Episode 12: Goals for 2021, Mindset Shift, and My New GREEN SCREEN!In today's episode, I talk about my goals for 2021, a mindset shift that I've had in the past month and what that's done for my productivity, and use my new green screen on YouTube for the first time!15 min
- Episode 11: Grading and the Life of a Physics and Astronomy TAIn this episode of Highly Variable, I talk primarily about grading and my experiences of being a TA so far this year.19 min
- Episode 10: Stephen Hawking and His Influence on MeI talk about Stephen Hawking, his book, A Brief History of Time, and how it was one of the most pivotal books I read as a high school student.0 min
- Episode 9: Why I Haven't Been Podcasting as Much and My Career PlansI talk about the reasons why I haven’t been podcasting as much, and where I see content creation in relation to my main career objectives.19 min
- Episode 8: The Long Overdue Hawaii EpisodeAlthough long overdue, I finally got around to editing and uploading the one episode I filmed in Hawaii from trip in January. I was on the fence about uploading this episode, but figured since I went through the trouble of bringing my filming gear to Hawaii and back, I might as well show what it produced.In this episode, I talk about the trip and all the different stops along the way, and how it is mainly a trip focused on my astrophysics research and develop as a young scientist. These stops include the American Astronomical Society Meeting, an observing run at Gemini North Observatory, and the inaugural Submillimeter Array Interferometry Workshop!0 min
- Episode 7: A Decade in ReviewIn this episode, I talk about the holiday season and reflect upon numerous life events that occurred this last decade.29 min
- Episode 6: Traveling in airports, Black Holes, and Reflecting upon the quarterIn this episode, I talk about traveling through airport security with a lot of items, different kinds of black holes, and my thoughts on how this past school quarter went and how I feel about my progress in my PhD.16 min
- Episode 5: My 1st Ever 1st Place Finish in Fortnite Solos, Research, and Potential Gaming Videos?In this episode, I talk about my recent first ever first place finish on Fortnite Solos, the research grind, and my thoughts on possibly doing gaming videos on YouTube again.27 min
- Episode 4: Back from MIA, Moving, An Alternate Life as an A/V Guy, and Coding Problems
In this episode, I return from a long break and talk about moving apartments, the new equipment I have for the podcast, and how I think I would’ve been someone on an A/V crew in another life, and coding problems I’ve solved in the recent past.
23 min - Episode 3: Why 3 is my Favorite Number, Observing at Lick Observatory, and 2 Astronomy BiblesIn this episode, I talk about why 3 is my favorite number, my recent astronomical observing experience at Lick Observatory, the bibles of my research field, and how I met my current PhD advisor in graduate school.28 min
About Highly Variable
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In “Highly Variable”, physics PhD student Kyle M. Kabasares discusses his experiences in graduate school and a wide range of his interests, including but not limited to physics, math, science/science…
communication, chess, baseball, basketball, and history. Although Kyle is not an expert in any given field (except maybe physics), he has spent a dedicated amount of time learning and cultivating those other interests over the course of his life and feels confident in expressing his thoughts and opinions those interests. Kyle is also interested in disseminating graduate school culture and university culture in general, and explaining what academics do on a day-to-day basis.