PhDrinking

While PhDrinking is now officially retired, I haven't given up podcasting!

Check out my two new podcasts and hit subscribe if either/both catch your interest!

Carry the Two: A podcast from the Institute for Mathematical and Statistical Innovation

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/carry-the-two/id1629115184

In Defense of Fandom: The show that examines the creativity, collaboration, & community of the Supernatural fandom

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/in-defense-of-fandom/id1674695211

After 6 years, 116 pages, and 29,379 words- I was officially made Sadie Witkowski, PhD! I thought the appropriate way to celebrate such a momentous occasion was to flip the show on its head so that I can share a bit about the work I've conducted throughout grad school.

Suggested Reading:

My lab's work with TMR: https://aeon.co/ideas/how-sound-and-smell-cues-can-enhance-learning-while-you-sleep

Video covering basic TMR: https://youtu.be/OLeMUukpID0

The science behind lucid dreaming: https://www.illinoisscience.org/2018/03/the-science-of-lucid-dreaming/

Journal article looking forward towards new research: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352154620300073

Follow Katie Wu: @KatherineJWu, katherinejwu.com

Follow me: [email protected], @PhDrinking, @SadieWit, www.facebook.com/PhDrinking/

Thanks to www.bensound.com/ for the intro/outro

Thanks to @TylerDamme for audio engineering

Send me your questions about sleep, memory, and science communication!

facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PhDrinking/

twitter: @SadieWit, @PhDrinking

email: [email protected]

Olea Morris studies ecovillages, places where people try to live off-the-grid in the most sustainable way they can. Olea focuses specifically on how humans in these villages interact with the animals that share their space.

Suggested Reading:

ecovillages: Karen Litfin's "Ecovillages: Lessons for Sustainable Community" https://books.google.de/books?id=uUCfAgAAQBAJ&dq=karen+litfin+ecovillages&lr=&source=gbs_navlinks_s

multispecies studies: van Dooren et al. "Multispecies Studies: Cultivating Arts of Attentiveness" https://read.dukeupress.edu/environmental-humanities/article/8/1/1/61679/Multispecies-StudiesCultivating-Arts-of

Follow Olea Morris: instagram: @oleamorris, twitter: @olea_morris

Follow me: [email protected], @PhDrinking, @SadieWit, www.facebook.com/PhDrinking/

Thanks to www.bensound.com/ for the intro/outro

Thanks to @TylerDamme for audio engineering

We all have that friend who is convinced CBD is a true panacea, but has no scientific evidence to back it up. Well, let me introduce you to a memory researcher who has moved into clinical research focusing on CBD, psilocybin, and other trippy drugs. Manoj Doss walks us through some of his research and what we do (or don't) know about different substances.

Suggested Reading:

Hopkins research group website: https://hopkinspsychedelic.org/

How THC can affect false memories: https://www.biologicalpsychiatrycnni.org/article/S2451-9022(19)30223-X/fulltext

Hopkins center researcher video on psilocybin and meditation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27OSejF7MJU

Follow Manoj Doss: instagram: @manojdoss

Follow me: [email protected], @PhDrinking, @SadieWit, www.facebook.com/PhDrinking/

Thanks to www.bensound.com/ for the intro/outro

Thanks to @TylerDamme for audio engineering

Turns out knowing a person for a few years doesn't necessarily mean you know what they do. I knew Sarah was in the department of statistics, but I had no idea how far-reaching her work is! If you're interested in education research, experimental design, and giving back to your community- Sarah Peko-Spicer is your girl!

Suggested Reading:

The paper that started it all: https://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article%3Fid%3D10.1371/journal.pmed.0020124

Methods paper about conducting replication analyses: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.3102/1076998619852953?casa_token=7BVJV46F26kAAAAA:lHV0K2YAVv6npiEhhLxxHmJLMZ6DuvCXYE32V9Z5wvH7OM7v-L7oFXPUOrCRZJGBeqsrTvjtS0c

Vox piece on the “crisis”: https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2018/8/27/17761466/psychology-replication-crisis-nature-social-science

Follow Sarah Peko-Spicer: instagram: @garlandmathasi, research team website: https://stepp.center/team/

Follow me: [email protected], @PhDrinking, @SadieWit, www.facebook.com/PhDrinking/

Thanks to www.bensound.com/ for the intro/outro

Thanks to @TylerDamme for audio engineering

I can't help but be jealous of Chris Wall's field research. For his PhD, he got to live in Hawaii and snorkel/scuba through the reefs as 'research.' Granted, studying coral means contending with climate change in a very direct way.

Suggested Reading:

Interactive documentary on corals: http://lostcities.org/

Ocean acidification explainer: https://www.pmel.noaa.gov/co2/story/What+is+Ocean+Acidification%3F

Press coverage of Chris's research: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/04/190423133651.htm

Follow Chris Wall: @coraloha, www.coraloha.com

Follow me: [email protected], @PhDrinking, @SadieWit, www.facebook.com/PhDrinking/

Thanks to www.bensound.com/ for the intro/outro

Thanks to @TylerDamme for audio editing

Academic research is all about digging deeply into a topic, often in an area that is actually the synthesis of several topics. Today's guest, Bianka, fits this interdisciplinary model to a T. She studies the intersection of movement, fashion, and film.

Suggested Reading:

This project is especially dedicated to exploring the intersections of fashion, film and dance: https://www.anothermag.com/fashion-beauty/7275/about-movement

Instagram-account of archaeology of fashion film: https://www.instagram.com/archfashfilm/

Example of a fashion show turned fashion film with a dancer as model: https://vimeo.com/191502435

Follow Bianka-Isabell Scharmann: @ibavelen, https://uni-frankfurt.academia.edu/BiankaIsabellScharmann

Follow me: [email protected], @PhDrinking, @SadieWit, www.facebook.com/PhDrinking/

Thanks to www.bensound.com/ for the intro/outro

Thanks to @TylerDamme for audio editing

Thank you so much to everyone who has helped make this show such a joy!

Follow me: [email protected], @PhDrinking, @SadieWit, www.facebook.com/PhDrinking/

Thanks to www.bensound.com/ for the intro/outro

Thanks to @TylerDamme for audio editing

Happy holidays! I recorded this episode with colleague and friend, Andrew Hall, just after our department party. While we both had plenty of snacks and drinks to enjoy, we did an admirable job staying on task to talk about personality research and how personality could impact health outcomes.

Suggested Reading:

SAPA research: https://sapa-project.org/research/

Hogan Personality Assessment: https://www.hoganassessments.com/assessment/hogan-personality-inventory/?fbclid=IwAR1XKuBu4pq2n-2z3IERx_-M2RwRdR8vdhBkG_2JSsiuaYnVEGPxPDjSV6o

Andrew's research profile: http://www.andrewnolanhall.com/

Why you should't trust the Meyers-Briggs: https://www.vox.com/2014/7/15/5881947/myers-briggs-personality-test-meaningless

Follow Andrew Hall: @andrewhall_NU

Follow me: [email protected], @PhDrinking, @SadieWit, www.facebook.com/PhDrinking/

Thanks to www.bensound.com/ for the intro/outro

Thanks to @TylerDamme for audio editing