The Effort Report

The Effort Report

By Elizabeth Matsui and Roger PengSociety & CultureScience
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The Effort Report episodes

  • 154 - Closet Strategy

    Elizabeth and Roger discuss the nature of success, hybrid meetings, hierarchy of problem realization, and dealing with uncertainty.

    Show Notes:

    Have you considered accountancy?

    Roger on Twitter

    Elizabeth on Twitter

    Effort Report on Twitter

    Get Roger's and Elizabeth's book, The Art of Data Science

    Subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts

    Subscribe to the podcast on Google Play

    Find past episodes

    Contact us at theeffortreport @ gmail.com

    Podcast art by Maggie Matsui

    58 min
  • 154 - Closet Strategy

    Elizabeth and Roger discuss the nature of success, hybrid meetings, hierarchy of problem realization, and dealing with uncertainty.

    Show Notes:

    Have you considered accountancy?

    Roger on Twitter

    Elizabeth on Twitter

    Effort Report on Twitter

    Get Roger's and Elizabeth's book, The Art of Data Science

    Subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts

    Subscribe to the podcast on Google Play

    Find past episodes

    Contact us at theeffortreport @ gmail.com

    Podcast art by Maggie Matsui

    58 min
  • 153 - Making Decisions

    Elizabeth and Roger discuss new research institutes, tradeoffs, committee structure, and how to decide whether to do something.

    Show Notes:

    Arc Institute

    Roger on Twitter

    Elizabeth on Twitter

    Effort Report on Twitter

    Get Roger's and Elizabeth's book, The Art of Data Science

    Subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts

    Subscribe to the podcast on Google Play

    Find past episodes

    Contact us at theeffortreport @ gmail.com

    Podcast art by Maggie Matsui

    58 min
  • 152 - The Leaders and the Leaded

    Elizabeth and Roger discuss contracts, grants, and cooperative agreements. Also, taking credit for other people's work, being excited without being involved, and giving unsolicited advice.

    Show Notes:

    Roger on Twitter

    Elizabeth on Twitter

    Effort Report on Twitter

    Get Roger's and Elizabeth's book, The Art of Data Science

    Subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts

    Subscribe to the podcast on Google Play

    Find past episodes

    Contact us at theeffortreport @ gmail.com

    Podcast art by Maggie Matsui

    58 min
  • 151 - Half Baked Ideas

    Elizabeth and Roger revisit SEO for paper and then discuss email signatures, expanding curriculum, interpreting feedback, and being the "glue".

    Show Notes:

    Roger on Twitter

    Elizabeth on Twitter

    Effort Report on Twitter

    Get Roger's and Elizabeth's book, The Art of Data Science

    Subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts

    Subscribe to the podcast on Google Play

    Find past episodes

    Contact us at theeffortreport @ gmail.com

    Podcast art by Maggie Matsui

    56 min
  • 150 - Mind Your Manners

    Elizabeth and Roger discuss letters of recommendation, leadership jargon, male-only dinners, the astronomy decadal review, and the art of the progress report.

    Show Notes:

    Roger on Twitter

    Elizabeth on Twitter

    Effort Report on Twitter

    Get Roger's and Elizabeth's book, The Art of Data Science

    Subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts

    Subscribe to the podcast on Google Play

    Find past episodes

    Contact us at theeffortreport @ gmail.com

    Podcast art by Maggie Matsui

    50 min
  • 149 - Just Google It

    Elizabeth and Roger discuss work in progress, treating postdocs like staff, research therapists, and teaching Googling skills.

    Show Notes:

    Roger on Twitter

    Elizabeth on Twitter

    Effort Report on Twitter

    Get Roger's and Elizabeth's book, The Art of Data Science

    Subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts

    Subscribe to the podcast on Google Play

    Find past episodes

    Contact us at theeffortreport @ gmail.com

    Podcast art by Maggie Matsui

    56 min
  • 148 - Conflicting Leadership

    Elizabeth and Roger dedicate almost an entire episode to issues related to leadership.

    Show Notes:

    Roger on Twitter

    Elizabeth on Twitter

    Effort Report on Twitter

    Get Roger's and Elizabeth's book, The Art of Data Science

    Subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts

    Subscribe to the podcast on Google Play

    Find past episodes

    Contact us at theeffortreport @ gmail.com

    Podcast art by Maggie Matsui

    1 hr 8 min
  • 147 - Ode to Bureaucracy

    Elizabeth and Roger discuss process and org structure, thanking reviewers for their comments, research tourism, and the one page introduction to revised grants.

    Show Notes:

    NIH Director steps down

    Health equity tourists

    Roger on Twitter

    Elizabeth on Twitter

    Effort Report on Twitter

    Get Roger's and Elizabeth's book, The Art of Data Science

    Subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts

    Subscribe to the podcast on Google Play

    Find past episodes

    Contact us at theeffortreport @ gmail.com

    Podcast art by Maggie Matsui

    1 hr 1 min
  • 146 - Doubling Down

    Elizabeth and Roger discuss double degrees, org charts, institutions and love, and Netflix's The Chair.

    Show Notes:

    Softspikes BLM8006 Golf Ball Alignment Tool , Green : Golf Swing Trainers : Sports & Outdoors

    Roger on Twitter

    Elizabeth on Twitter

    Effort Report on Twitter

    Get Roger's and Elizabeth's book, The Art of Data Science

    Subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts

    Subscribe to the podcast on Google Play

    Find past episodes

    Contact us at theeffortreport @ gmail.com

    Podcast art by Maggie Matsui

    56 min

About The Effort Report

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Professors Elizabeth Matsui and Roger Peng talk about life in the academic trenches, telling it like it is.