Et Al Podcast

Sam talks with Dr Kris McBain-Rigg, a medical anthropologist from James Cook University. *** Et Al is a qualitative research podcast by two PhD students. Sam is studying public health, and McArthur is studying cognitive science. Email: etal.phdpodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @etalpodcast / @s_brookfield / @mc4rthur Instagram: @s_brookfield Music by InSpectr Photo by Appic on Unsplash

Sam and McArthur read through some examples of predatory publishing, and discuss why interviews have become so common in qualitative research, and what they can actually tell us. Paper discussion starts at 15:57. Paper: Silverman, D. (2017). How was it for you? The Interview Society and the irresistible rise of the (poorly analyzed) interview. Qualitative Research, 17(2), 144-158. doi:10.1177/1468794116668231 *** Et Al is a qualitative research podcast by two PhD students. Sam is studying public health, and McArthur is studying cognitive science. Email: etal.phdpodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @etalpodcast / @s_brookfield / @mc4rthur Instagram: @s_brookfield Music by InSpectr

A conversation with Professor Carla Treloar from UNSW, talking about the applicability of qualitative research, bridging applied research and conceptual analysis, the value of community representatives, and the definition of addiction. Episode Links: UNSW Community Reference Panel - csrh.arts.unsw.edu.au/about-us/centre/community-reference-panel/ - crp@unsw.edu.au www.livesofsubstance.org Prof. Treloar’s podcast: - soundcloud.com/unsw-speakeasy-podcast Crystal Clear podcast: - https://soundcloud.com/crystal-clear-podcast *** Et Al is a qualitative research podcast by two PhD students. Sam is studying public health, and McArthur is studying cognitive science. Email: etal.phdpodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @etalpodcast / @s_brookfield / @mc4rthur Instagram: @s_brookfield Patreon.com/samuelbrookfield Music by InSpectr

Hello and welcome back to another episode of 'Not Understanding Things, Together', where Sam and McArthur review the new paper presenting the concept of Evidence-Making Interventions by Tim Rhodes and Kari Lancaster, and struggle with the limits of their cognitive abilities. Evidence Making Interventions starts at 21:40 Papers: Rhodes, T., & Lancaster, K. (2019). Evidence-making interventions in health: A conceptual framing. Social Science & Medicine, 238. doi:10.1016/j.socscimed.2019.112488 Vercellini, P., Buggio, L., Somigliana, E., Barbara, G., Viganò, P., & Fedele, L. (2013). Attractiveness of women with rectovaginal endometriosis: a case-control study. Fertility and sterility, 99(1), 212-218. *** Et Al is a qualitative research podcast by two PhD students. Sam is studying public health, and McArthur is studying cognitive science. Email: etal.phdpodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @etalpodcast / @s_brookfield / @mc4rthur Instagram: @s_brookfield Music by InSpectr

A conversation between Sam and Dr Britta Wigginton from the University of Queensland. They discuss the nature of knowledge, the power of legitimation, and Britta's experiences falling down the 'rabbit hole' of qualitative research and its complexity. Papers and Links: Britta’s podcast: anchor.fm/theoperativeword Braun, V., & Clarke, V. (2006). Using thematic analysis in psychology. Qualitative Research in Psychology, 3(2), 77-101. doi:10.1191/1478088706qp063oa Crossley, M. L. (2009). Breastfeeding as a moral imperative: An autoethnographic study. Feminism & psychology, 19(1), 71-87. Magnusson, E., & Marecek, J. (2015). Analyzing stories in interviews. In Doing Interview-based Qualitative Research: A Learner's Guide (pp. 102-122). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/CBO9781107449893.009 Wigginton, B., & Lafrance, M. N. (2019). Learning critical feminist research: A brief introduction to feminist epistemologies and methodologies. Feminism & Psychology, 0(0), 1-17. *** Et Al is a qualitative research podcast by two PhD students. Sam is studying public health, and McArthur is studying cognitive science. Email: etal.phdpodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @etalpodcast / @s_brookfield / @mc4rthur Instagram: @s_brookfield

This time the lads review an example of participatory sensory ethnography, and get deep talking about memory, what it is, and how we should think about it. Papers: Lanka, S. V. An ecological auto ethnography of a Monarch Butterfly. In J. Atkins & B. Atkins (Eds.), Around the World in 8- Species - Exploring the Business of Extinction: Routledge. Stevenson, A. (2014). We Came Here to Remember: Using Participatory Sensory Ethnography to Explore Memory as Emplaced, Embodied Practice. Qualitative Research in Psychology, 11(4), 335-349. doi:10.1080/14780887.2014.908990 *** Et Al is a qualitative research podcast by two PhD students. Sam is studying public health, and McArthur is studying cognitive science. Email: etal.phdpodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @etalpodcast / @s_brookfield / @mc4rthur Instagram: @s_brookfield Music by InSpectr

Sam presents the first in a series of interviews with qualitative researchers, discussing the role and value of qualitative data, the university environment, and advice for researchers wishing to make a foray into the qualitative world. This interview is with Dr. Lisa Fitzgerald, a public health sociologist at the University of Queensland. *** Et Al is a qualitative research podcast by two PhD students. Sam is studying public health, and McArthur is studying cognitive science. Email: etal.phdpodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @etalpodcast / @s_brookfield / @mc4rthur Instagram: @s_brookfield Music by InSpectr

At last they're back! Sam and McArthur review an article discussing the concept of 'Traumatic Landscapes' in the context of addiction. Main article: Proudfoot, J. (2019). Traumatic landscapes: Two geographies of addiction. Social Science & Medicine, 228, 194-201. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2019.03.020 *** Et Al is a qualitative research podcast by two PhD students. Sam is studying public health, and McArthur is studying cognitive science. Email: etal.phdpodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @etalpodcast / @s_brookfield / @mc4rthur Instagram: @s_brookfield Music by InSpectr

Sam and McArthur review an ethnographic article examining the 'bush doof' culture, in the context of the current War on Festivals raging in Australia. Main article: Tramacchi, D. (2010). Field Tripping: Psychedelic communitas and Ritual in the Australian Bush. Journal of Contemporary Religion, 15(2), 201-213. doi:10.1080/13537900050005976 Other papers: Smith, D. (2017). What is the body without organs? Machine and organism in Deleuze and Guattari. Continental Philosophy Review, 51(1), 95-110. doi: 10.1007/s11007-016-9406-0 Luckman, S. (2010). Going Bush and Finding One's 'Tribe': Raving, escape and the bush doof. Continuum, 17(3), 315-330. doi: 10.1080/10304310302729 *** Et Al is a qualitative research podcast by two PhD students. Sam is studying public health, and McArthur is studying cognitive science. Email: etal.phdpodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @etalpodcast / @s_brookfield / @mc4rthur Instagram: @s_brookfield Music by InSpectr Photo by David Calderon on Unsplash

Sam went to an anthropology, and oh boy does he have something to say about it. And Et Al receives it's first fan mail. *** Et Al is a podcast about the PhD experience by two actual, real life PhD students. Sam is studying public health, and McArthur is studying cognitive science. Email: etal.phdpodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @etalpodcast / @s_brookfield / @mc4rthur Instagram: @s_brookfield Music by InSpectr Photo by Elijah O'Donnell on Unsplash

Sam describes his PhD project, using ethnography to understand methamphetamine use. He and McArthur discuss the politics of language around illicit drug use, the definition of addiction, and the intersection between drugs and culture. *** Et Al is a podcast about the PhD experience by two actual, real life PhD students. Sam is studying public health, and McArthur is studying cognitive science. Email: etal.phdpodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @etalpodcast / @s_brookfield / @mc4rthur Instagram: @s_brookfield Music by InSpectr

Sam and McArthur revisit the topic of conferences and publishing with new experiences, discuss the recent gender article hoax controversy, and how public money should be spent on research. Et Al is a podcast about the PhD experience by two actual, real life PhD students. Sam is studying public health, and McArthur is studying cognitive science. Email: etal.phdpodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @etalpodcast / @s_brookfield / @mc4rthur Instagram: @s_brookfield Music by InSpectr

McArthur tries to give the elevator pitch for his emerging PhD research idea. It takes sixty minutes. Et Al is a podcast about the PhD experience by two actual, real life PhD students. Sam is studying public health, and McArthur is studying cognitive science. Email: etal.phdpodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @s_brookfield / @mc4rthur Instagram: @s_brookfield Music by InSpectr

Impact factors, H-indexes, and social media mentions. What do these all mean, where do they come from, and should you care about them as a PhD student? Perhaps even more importantly, how else could we measure research impact? Et Al is a podcast about the PhD experience by two actual real life PhD students. Sam is studying public health, and McArthur is studying cognitive science. Show Notes: Taspinar, A., & Sirin, A. (2010). Effect of acupressure on chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting in gynecologic cancer patients in Turkey. European Journal of Oncology Nursing, 14(1), 49-54. 'What is impact factor? Why is it bad for science?': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9-HUJvxO8E Altmetric.com 'Academic journals with a presence on Twitter are more widely disseminated and receive a high number of citations' : http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2017/12/04/academic-journals-with-a-presence-on-twitter-are-more-widely-disseminated-and-receive-a-higher-number-of-citations/ ******** Email: etal.phdpodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @etalpodcast / @s_brookfield / @mc4rthur Music by Inspector Xyector

Sam & McArthur discuss the mysterious world of academic conferences, and address the latest in trigger warnings research. A podcast about the PhD experience by two actual real life PhD students. Sam is studying public health, and McArthur is studying cognitive science. Email: etal.phdpodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @etalpodcast / @s_brookfield / @mc4rthur Music by Inspector Xyector

Sam describes his recent PhD confirmation experience. Et Al is a podcast about the PhD experience by two actual real world PhD students. Sam is studying public health and McArthur is studying cognitive science. **** Email: etal.phdpodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @s_brookfield / @mc4rthur Instagram: @s_brookfield Music by Silicon Transmitter Photo by Tyler Callahan on Unsplash

Sam gets his first publications, and they discuss the great debate between qualitative and quantitative research, and try to flip the script on what constitutes good quality research. Et Al is a podcast about the PhD experience by two actual real life PhD students. Sam is studying public health, and McArthur is studying cognitive science. Show Notes: Neuroscience Needs Behaviour: Correcting a Reductionist Bias www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28182904 Open Science, Collaboration. 2015. "PSYCHOLOGY. Estimating the reproducibility of psychological science." Science 349 (6251):aac4716. doi: 10.1126/science.aac4716 **** Email: etal.phdpodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @s_brookfield / @mc4rthur Instagram: @s_brookfield Photo by chuttersnap on Unsplash

Sam & McArthur describe what a day in the life of a PhD student is actually like. For them. So far. Et Al is a podcast about the PhD experience by two actual real life PhD students. Sam is studying public health, and McArthur is studying cognitive science. Email: etal.phdpodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @s_brookfield / @mc4rthur Instagram: @s_brookfield

Sam and Mac talk about their first semester teaching at university. Et Al is a podcast about the PhD experience by two actual real life PhD students. Sam is studying public health, and McArthur is studying cognitive science. ****** Email: etal.phdpodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @s_brookfield / @mc4rthur Instagram: @s_brookfield

Sam and Mac sit down to hash out the fundamental question that no one wants to answer: why even do a PhD? Et Al is a podcast about the PhD experience by two actual real life PhD students. Sam is studying public health, and McArthur is studying cognitive science. Show Notes: medium.economist.com/why-doing-a-phd-is-often-a-waste-of-time-349206f9addb Email: etal.phdpodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @etalpodcast / @s_brookfield Instagram: @s_brookfield