Life after Science

Life after Science

Follow Life after Science
Share on
Copy link to clipboard

Your bi-weekly dosis of humoristic stories and discussion from people that survive a Life in and after Science. Opinion, stories, fun and drama directly from 4 and a half Docs in Life Science.

four and a half docs


    • May 2, 2019 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 10 EPISODES


    Search for episodes from Life after Science with a specific topic:

    Latest episodes from Life after Science

    Episode 12: Falling asleep

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2019


    Lay back, relax and listen to Life after Science ♪♫♬ This week we provide tips and tricks how to sleep secretly at work and in lectures.

    Episode 11: The Bharath experiment and Frenemies

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2019


    In our current episode our Olya describes the challenges of being a Bully and the results of the “Bharath experiment”. We also discuss the term “Frenemies” in Science and scientific collaborations. Special greetings to our listeners in Russia

    Episode 10: Where have to make a choose between bad and worse

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2019


    Episode 9: Where we try to find an optimal way to introduce ourselves

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2019


    Answering your (slightly rephrased) question: What do you tell your family you actually do as a job? Do your friends outside of academia ask you about it? How do you deal with a small talk at the party when it comes to the profession questions?

    Episode 8: Where we fight for freedom

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2019


    Topic: Extra hours vs productive research work. This time we discussed all aspects to work extra unpaid hours and work efficiency, which ended up in a heated discussion…

    Episode 7: Where we don’t mention the black leather couch

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2019


    Topic: Interviews in science and in industry On the occasion that one of us had an interview, we took the time to talk about interviews in Science and in Industry.We got some help on this from our special guest with 10 years of experience in industry.

    Episode 6: Where we talk about food without any Introduction

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2019


    Topic: How we miss our favorite weird food from all around the world https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mimosa_salad https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirozhki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bratwurst https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takoyaki Oldboy moviehttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt0364569/Oldboy eating alive octopus episodehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6sJU30NVPQ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liverwurst https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A2t%C3%A9 – Pâté https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idli https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spring_roll – Loempia https://www.febo.nl/ Tacos in Tijuana, Mexico https://www.seriouseats.com/2012/08/where-to-get-fish-tacos-and-tostadas-in-tijuana-and-ensenada-mexico-mexican-food.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York-style_pizza https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saarbr%C3%BCcken – Saarbrücken

    Episode 5: Where we share all the love we have

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2019


    Topic: The (not so) free food concept applied to separate students from employees.

    Episode 4: Where we assure you will pass your PhD defense

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 9, 2019


    Topic: What can make the defense procedure less of a torture?

    Episode 3.II: Where we introduce the scientific parole officer

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 26, 2018


    Topic of part Two: Harassment and bullying in science. What to do? Institutional betrayalhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institutional_betrayal Impact factorhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impact_factor Stop exploitation of foreign postdocs in the United States https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-07479-7 #scientificparoleofficer

    Claim Life after Science

    In order to claim this podcast we'll send an email to with a verification link. Simply click the link and you will be able to edit tags, request a refresh, and other features to take control of your podcast page!

    Claim Cancel