The Effort Report

By Elizabeth Matsui and Roger Peng

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

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How many episodes does The Effort Report have?

The podcast currently has 197 episodes available.

The Effort Report episodes:

January 19, 2022 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?

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58min
January 19, 2022 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
...more
58min
January 04, 2022 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

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Find past episodes

Contact us at theeffortreport @ gmail.com

Podcast art by Maggie Matsui
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58min
December 15, 2021 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
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58min
December 02, 2021 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

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Find past episodes

Contact us at theeffortreport @ gmail.com

Podcast art by Maggie Matsui
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56min
November 22, 2021 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

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Find past episodes

Contact us at theeffortreport @ gmail.com

Podcast art by Maggie Matsui
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50min
November 03, 2021 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

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Find past episodes

Contact us at theeffortreport @ gmail.com

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56min
October 21, 2021 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

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Find past episodes

Contact us at theeffortreport @ gmail.com

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1h 8min
October 08, 2021 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

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Find past episodes

Contact us at theeffortreport @ gmail.com

Podcast art by Maggie Matsui
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1h 1min
September 25, 2021 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
...more
56min

FAQs about The Effort Report:

How many episodes does The Effort Report have?

The podcast currently has 197 episodes available.