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Everything Hertz

Methodology, scientific life, and bad language. Co-hosted by Dr. Dan Quintana (University of Oslo) and Dr. James Heathers (Cipher Skin)

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53:11

113: Citation needed

Everything Hertz ·

2020/08/03

Dan and James discuss whether scientists should spend more time creating and editing Wikipedia articles. They also chat about how they read scientific articles and the heuristics they use to help decide whether a paper's worth their time. Here are some more details and links: Send in your audio questions here (https://everythinghertz.com/audio-question) How does James read so much and what tips do Dan and James have for reading papers? The Stork (https://www.storkapp.me/) paper recommendation

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51:07

112: Leaving academia

Everything Hertz ·

2020/07/27

Dan and James chat about James' new industry job, why he quit academia, the biggest differences between academia and industry, and why it's crucial for early career researchers to have a plan B. James new industry job James' medium blog post (https://medium.com/@jamesheathers/i-quit-be062295f638) Having a plan B (and plan C) in academia Using consulting a bridge to a full-time industry job How to get an industry job The role of grant success in academia More research is now open access than not Get

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1:00:26

111: The cumulative advantage of academic capital...

Everything Hertz ·

2020/07/06

We chat with Chris Jackson (Imperial College, London) about the "Matthew Effect" in academia, how we can improve work/balance, and whether we should stop citing shitty people. Here's more stuff we cover: Chris climbed the world's most dangerous volcano for a BBC show (https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09hlzbb) Chris' email signature Having a code of conduct for your lab Work/life balance in academia Are things worse in academia compared to other desk jobs? How Chris co-founded "EarthArxiv", a

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46:59

110: Red flags for errors in papers

Everything Hertz ·

2020/06/15

We answer a listener question on identifying red flags for errors in papers. Is there a way to better equip peer-reviewers for spotting errors and suspicious data? More details and links... We answer an audio question from Kim Mitchell (https://twitter.com/academicswrite). Submit your audio questions via our website (https://everythinghertz.com/audio-question) Nick Brown's blogpost (http://steamtraen.blogspot.com/2020/04/some-issues-in-recent-gaming-research.html) on the video game "study" We ran a

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51:52

109: Open scientific publishing [Live episode]

Everything Hertz ·

2020/06/01

Dan and James recorded a live episode on open publishing as part of the Open Publishing Fest. They also ran a survey (from start to finish) during the course of the episode on the public's perception of open scientific publishing and discuss the results. Here are more stuff they covered, plus links! The Open Publishing Fest (https://openpublishingfest.org/) We collected data LIVE thanks to Prolific! Go to prolific.co/everythinghertz to get $50 worth of credit for just $1 How to build a low cost book

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47:45

108: Requiem for a Screen

Everything Hertz ·

2020/05/18

We discuss the recent claim that screen time is more harmful than heroin and whether psychological science is a crisis-ready discipline Other stuff we cover: Dan's adjustment to a second kid The "Psychological science is not yet a crisis ready discipline (https://psyarxiv.com/whds4/)" preprint The Twitter thread (https://twitter.com/rickcarlsson/status/1260661034580242432?s=21) from Rickard Carlsson There is a contimuum of evidence for psychological science's use in a crisis Belgian Officials: To

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1:05:10

107: Memes, TikTok, and science communication (with...

Everything Hertz ·

2020/05/04

We chat with Chelsea Parlett-Pelleriti (Chapman University, USA) about the role of memes and emerging social media in communicating science and statistics. Stuff we cover + links: Why Chelsea uses memes and social media for science communication Chelsea's use of TikTok Chelsea's TikTok profile (https://tiktok.com/@chelseaparlettpelleriti) Chelsea's Instagram profile (https://instagram.com/chelseaparlett/) How much time should you spend on science communication vs. science research? What Twitch is

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50:12

106: Science on the run

Everything Hertz ·

2020/04/20

Dan and James discuss whether getting rapid outcomes to address the pandemic is worth the increased risk of mistakes—how can researchers perform research that is both urgent and accurate? Here's other stuff they discuss... Whiskey as a hobby James' pandemic tips How publication practices have changed during the pandemic The news article (https://www.news.com.au/technology/science/human-body/sarscov2-virus-able-to-survive-in-60c-temperatures/news-story/20421e370f8e10f675ee296e92928de2) that stated

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57:45

105: Tell it like it is (with Marike Schiffer)

Everything Hertz ·

2020/04/06

We chat with Marike Schiffer, who is a Senior Editor at Nature Human Behavior, about her journal's push to increase reproducibility in the behavioral sciences. She also shares how her team evaluates manuscripts and some common misunderstandings about scientific publishing. Here's what else we cover: * Marike's experiencing making the switch from researcher to full-time editorial work * The day-to-day tasks of an editor * The Manifesto for reproducible science

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1:03:02

104: Now we'll discover which meetings could've been...

Everything Hertz ·

2020/03/16

Dan and James discuss the COVID-19 pandemic and how it's impacting academia Other things they discuss: Roy and HG's gymnastics commentary (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WxaTXqf85Y) from the Sydney 2000 olympics News tickers and collective anxiety How will cancelled talks and events influence our careers? Use the promo code "everythinghertz" to get $50 in free Prolific credit that you can use to recruit online participants for your next study, more details here

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1:17:01

103: Swiping right

Everything Hertz ·

2020/03/02

Dan and James discuss rejection in academia and emerging science communication mediums. Here are a few links and other things they cover: The main university of Sydney bar has closed (https://honisoit.com/2020/02/usu-shutters-manning-bar/) because all the youth are playing Fortnite and on TikTok How should you respond to rejection? The rejected paper (https://twitter.com/salarrad/status/1231610843059642368?s=20) on fasting during Ramadan and cognitive control What if there was Tinder for

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1:04:14

102: Master of none

Everything Hertz ·

2020/02/17

Should research scientists build their knowledge and skillset broadly at the risk of being a master of none? Dan and James discuss this, along with a recent editorial on the use of Twitter in academia. Here's other stuff they cover: * Some tools that Dan's using right now: BioRender (https://biorender.com/), Canva (https://www.canva.com/), Slack (https://slack.com/), 99designs (https://99designs.com/), and Notion (https://www.notion.so/). * Dan pre-registers a prediction * Herchandise! Use the code

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59:15

101: Punishing research misconduct

Everything Hertz ·

2020/02/03

Dan and James cover a new paper which discusses whether research misconduct should be criminalised. If so, where do we draw the line and who should investigate these cases? Here's an episode overview and links to stuff we mentioned: We’re a pop science podcast, apparently Elizabeth Bik’s wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisabeth_Bik) Elizabeth’s Patreon page (https://www.patreon.com/elisabethbik) The original consortium letter

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1:50:30

100: Hundredth episode live special (with Daniel...

Everything Hertz ·

2020/01/27

To celebrate our 100th episode, which we video-streamed live, Dan and James were joined by three special guests: Daniel Lakens, Amy Orben, and Chris Chambers. Here's what they covered in this episode: James and Dan share their favourite episodes The power of the Twitter direct message Daniel Lakens joins us to discuss his recent work on helping people make better statistical decisions Can you create cross-discipline effect size guidelines? What would Jacob Cohen say if we could bring him back to

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49:36

99: Science advocacy

Everything Hertz ·

2020/01/06

Dan and James answer a listener question on science advocacy. Is this an activity that all scientists should do, and if so, how much advocacy work should we be doing? Here's other stuff they cover and links to stuff they mention: James’ thoughts on thanksgiving James’s hot mic tweet (https://twitter.com/jamesheathers/status/1199676892460261376?s=20) The Tom Bartlett story in the Chronicle (https://www.chronicle.com/interactives/20190924-Criminology) about the criminologist accused of cooking the

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59:28

98: Episode titles are redundant, at best (with...

Everything Hertz ·

2019/12/16

We chat with Sophia Crüwell (Meta-Research Innovation Center Berlin) about pre-registration and her recent work introducing pre-registration templates for cognitive modelling research. Here's what we cover and some links: * Sophia’s PhD research * Sophia’s recent preprint: Preregistration in Complex Contexts: A Preregistration Template for the Application of Cognitive Models (https://psyarxiv.com/2hykx) * The first version of the pre-print

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1:00:44

97: Slow science

Everything Hertz ·

2019/12/02

Dan and James discuss the concept of "slow science", which has been proposed in order to improve the quality of scientific research and create a more sustainable work environment. Here's what they cover in this episode Thank you patrons day! Social media algorithms reward outrage, not quality of substance A paper on slow science (https://www.cell.com/trends/cognitive-sciences/fulltext/S1364-6613(19)30242-6) from Uta Frith, which includes a proposal of publication limits Is information overload

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47:49

96: The chaotic state of doctoral research

Everything Hertz ·

2019/11/18

Dan and James discuss the results of this year's Nature survey of PhD students. Despite a majority of students reporting general satisfaction with their decision to undertake a PhD, many described a sense of uncertainty, harassment in the lab, and gruelling work hours. Things they discuss... James met an Australian member of parliament (https://twitter.com/deborahapthorp/status/1192343606985555968?s=20) and won a commendation (https://twitter.com/senseaboutsci/status/1195284321617293313?s=20) from

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1:03:47

95: All good presentations are alike; each bad...

Everything Hertz ·

2019/11/04

Dan and James discuss why academia tolerates bad presentations and the strange distrust of polished presentations. Here's what else they discuss... James had a Filipino feast https://twitter.com/jamesheathers/status/1188582859528949766?s=20 We’re approaching 100 episodes! ReproducibiliTea (https://osf.io/3qrj6/wiki/home/) is spreading worldwide! Why do some people not trust polished presentations? The Mike Morrison episode (https://everythinghertz.com/87) on the Better Poster The “I want a refund

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58:10

94: Predicting the replicability of research

Everything Hertz ·

2019/10/21

Dan and James chat with Fiona Fidler (University of Melbourne), who is leading the repliCATS project (https://replicats.research.unimelb.edu.au/), which aims to develop accurate techniques to elicit estimates of the replicability of research. This is also the first time they interview a guest live! Here's what they discuss... * The story behind repliCATS * Australia's best export, Tim Tams (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Tam) * The SCORE project

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