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Interviews about science and academia, with psychologists, neuroscientists, economists, and anyone else I find interesting. By Ben Kuper-Smith bjks.bsky.social https://bjks.buzzsprout.com/
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New episode! I talked to @gordpennycook.bsky.social about his path from Carrot River to becoming a scientist, reducing misinformation & conspiracy beliefs, exploring vs exploiting research topics, the unmatched creativity of Canadian town names & much more. Thanks Gord for being a guest! 1/3

submitted 9 days ago • 1 comment

New episode! I talked to Renzo Huber (@layerfmri.bsky.social) about layer fMRI, how to make layer fMRI reproducible, high-resolution fMRI, Renzo's fine balance between being a gourmet chef and a janitor, differences between 3T and 7T MRI scanners, & much more. Thanks Renzo for being a guest! 1/3

submitted 38 days ago • 1 comment

New episode! I talked to @ella-maru.bsky.social about scientific illustrations, digital vs classic art, what not to ask from a scientific illustrator, how to improve scientific figures, & much more. Thanks Ella for being a guest! 1/3

submitted 70 days ago • 1 comment

New episode! I talked to Roberto Bottini about cognitive maps, image spaces, how blind people have altered grid-like coding, egocentric and all-centric perspectives, some tips for grant writing & much more. Thanks Roberto for being a guest! 1/3

submitted 78 days ago • 1 comment

New episode! I talked to @doctor-bob.bsky.social about his (w/ Anne Collins) 10 simple rules for computational modelling, the importance of a good experiment, how modelling can help with reproducibility, his recent work on phishing, & much more. Thanks Bob for being a guest! 1/3

submitted 94 days ago • 2 comments

New episode! I talked to @nhwise.bsky.social about publication fraud, tortured phrases, buying authorships and reviewers, 'special' issues, how he does his detective work, what we can do about it, & much more. Thanks Nick for being a guest! 1/3

submitted 101 days ago • 1 comment

New episode! Part 2 with @eugenie-reich.bsky.social, in which we discuss the legalities of scientific fraud, why fraudsters rarely go to prison, what whistleblowers are allowed to do, Eugenie's path from journalism to lawyer, & much more. Thanks again Eugenie for being a guest! 1/3

submitted 108 days ago • 1 comment

New episode! I talked to @eugenie-reich.bsky.social about Plastic Fantastic, her book about the biggest fraud case in physics (Jan Hendrick Schön) & what we can learn from it. Thanks @simine.com & @elisabethbik.bsky.social for recommend. the book on my pod. Thanks Eugenie for being a guest! 1/4

submitted 115 days ago • 2 comments

New episode! I talked to @macshine.bsky.social about using fMRI to integrate neuroscience, the role of great editors, collaboration and multidisciplinary, lessons from sports, the value of being annoyed (constructively, and with curiosity), & much more. Thanks Mac for being a guest! 1/3

submitted 122 days ago • 1 comment

New episode! I talked to Brandon Brown about his career columns in Nature & Science: how to have a career without large grants, different academic contributions, academic negotiations, his farm, sabbaticals, & much more. Thanks Brandon for being a guest! 1/2

submitted 132 days ago • 1 comment

New episode! I talked to Soledad Gonzalo Cogno about her work on ultraslow oscillatory sequences in medial entorhinal cortex, her journey from Argentina to Norway, interdisciplinary approaches to neuroscience, mentoring, & much more. Thanks Soledad for being a guest! 1/3

submitted 139 days ago • 1 comment

Really liked the publishing schedule I did in the past 12 months, so will repeat it this year: - Weekly episodes from October until ~Easter - Only occasional episodes from ~Easter until October

submitted 146 days ago • 0 comments

New episode! I talked to Julie Old about Wombats, saving critically endangered species, threats to wombats, working with wild animals, translocating wombats colonies, Australian mammals, & much more. Thanks Julie for being a guest! 1/2

submitted 146 days ago • 1 comment

New episode! I talked to @tomchivers.bsky.social about his new book (Everything is Predictable) on Thomas Bayes, Bayesian statistics, the history of probability, how Bayes can help with the replication crisis, science journalism, & much more. Thanks Tom for being a guest! 1/3

submitted 192 days ago • 1 comment

New episode! I talked to Laura Luebbert about finding & reporting questionable data in classic honeybee-dance studies, how she developed gget with no prior coding experience, her work hunting viruses, & much more. Thanks Laura for being a guest! 1/3

submitted 209 days ago • 1 comment