100. The One Where We Celebrate (R)

A few generations ago, you could probably graduate from a PhD program and immediately land yourself a junior faculty position at a nearby university. But as grad school enrollment grew, a new quasi-professional job-description emerged in the nebulous middle ground between student ...  Show more

Josh and Dan traveled to Washington DC for the Society for Neuroscience Conference 2023. We chatted with students, postdocs, and faculty about everything from grad school applications to industry jobs to work-life-balance. And we recorded this special update from the hall of post ...  Show more

Here’s my case for celebrating the litany of accomplishments that a completed college application represents. A special episode to mark November 1, the day that millions of high school kids hit send on their reach school. Please share with parents, students, college counselors an ...  Show more

Finding creative ways to celebrate the class of 2020. Also, how a dedicated mentor changed one man's path.

We accomplish a lot on the daily, from waking up to completing the simplest chores, but we always take these small wins for granted, aiming for bigger achievements, but do immense completions truly matter when the little steps that led us there weren't cherished? 

It is time to dedicate another episode to the purpose of reviewing some of the topics we've covered. This episode, part 4 of our recaps, will cover episodes 71-100. By episode 100, we have covered the equivelent of a "theory 4" level education, by most academic standards. We humb ...  Show more