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TWiM 199: PhD Balance

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I don’t often post episodes of This Week in Microbiology here, but this one is different because it touches all fields of science.

We had two guests in this episode, recorded at ASM Microbe 2019. First, Susanna L. Harris talked about her bout with depression in graduate school, and her founding of PhD Balance to help academics with mental illness.

Our second guest Alex Politis from the NIH who spoke about the process of peer review.

Both important topics for all scientists! With video.

Right click to download TWiM#199 (36 MB .mp3, 75 minutes)

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Show notes at microbe.tv/twim

TWiM 140: Small town, big science

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At the Hamilton, Montana Performing Arts Center, Vincent speaks with three local high school graduates and two high school teachers about how Rocky Mountain Laboratories influenced school science programs and opened up career opportunities.

You can find TWiM #140 at microbe.tv/twim, or listen and watch here.

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Right click to download TWiM#140 (47 MB .mp3, 78 minutes)

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Support MicrobeTV

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MicrobeTV produces podcasts and videos about microbes, like This Week in Virology, This Week in Microbiology, This Week in Parasitism, This Week in Evolution, and Virus Watch. We love all microbes, and our goal is to make the microbial sciences easily understood. We would like your support to help us produce a steady stream of podcasts, and videos with great graphics. We would also like to be able to bring our shows on the road and visit cool laboratories around the world and speak with our colleagues about their exciting cutting edge research.

Please visit Patreon.com/microbetv to help support science education at MicrobeTV.

MicrobeTV

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MicrobeTVI started my first podcast, This Week in Virology, in September 2008, together with Dickson Despommier, father of the Vertical Farm. Although I viewed the creation of a science podcast as an experiment, I was surprised when people began to listen. Since then I have created five other podcasts, scattered at different websites. Now you can find all of them at MicrobeTV.

MicrobeTV is a podcast network for people who are interested in the life sciences. More specifically, the podcasts of MicrobeTV use conversations among scientists as teaching tools. Although I have been a research scientist my entire career, I have also had opportunities to teach graduate students, medical students, and undergraduate students. A long time ago I realized that I love to teach, and my podcasts are the outside-the-classroom expression of that sentiment.

My original idea behind TWiV was to teach virology to the broader public by recording conversations among scientists. The success of this approach led me to create This Week in Parasitism, This Week in Microbiology, Urban Agriculture, and This Week in Evolution, all of which can now be found at MicrobeTV.

You may ask why I do so many podcasts. The answer is simple – because I love talking about science and teaching others about this amazing field that makes our lives better. I could not do all these podcasts without my terrific co-hosts. I am also grateful to the American Society for Microbiology for their assistance and support for many years, especially Chris Condayan and Ray Ortega and the Communications Department.

MicrobeTV is the home for all of the podcasts that I have produced (and there are more to come!). But I’d also like to use MicrobeTV as a platform to showcase other science shows. The requirements are few: you should be passionate about your subject, you should have a great relationship with your audience, and your podcast audio must be excellent. If you are interested in joining MicrobeTV, send a note to shows@microbe.tv.

MicrobeTV – Science Shows by Scientists.