That Can't Be Right

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Welcome to That Can't Be Right, a podcast about the ups and downs of graduate school.

Eric Ballenger

  • May 19, 2019 LATEST EPISODE
  • infrequent NEW EPISODES
  • 22m AVG DURATION
  • 15 EPISODES


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Latest episodes from That Can't Be Right

Episode 14: Lisa Ridgley Interview

Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2019 44:51


This week Joe and Eric interview someone who actually worked on their dissertation instead of making a podcast about it. Lisa is a first gen college student mere weeks away from getting a fancy robe, hood, and hat.

Episode 13: Dissertation advice that may not help

Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2019 23:50


This week Joe and Eric talk about some fairly common advice about dissertations and grad classes that may not be particularly useful.

Episode 12: Impostor Syndrome and when to say "No"

Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2019 25:33


This week Joe and Eric talk about impostor syndrome and how to partially combat it with effective communication.

Finals Week

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2019 1:15


A brief interlude as we wander into finals week.

Episode 11: Self-Care taking breaks

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2019 34:16


This week Joe and Eric talk about the importance of taking breaks. Also, the researcher mentioned in the podcast is, in fact, Robert Sternberg.

Episode 10: Friends and Family

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 14, 2019 33:13


This week Joe and Eric give a little advice and commiserate on the difficulty of dealing with friends and family while in grad school.

Episode 9: Replication

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2019 27:34


This week Joe and Eric talk about the importance, and difficulty, of reproducing research in the social sciences. If you are interested in the replication initiatives mentioned in the podcast from the Association for Psychological Science either follow this link or copy and paste the url https://www.psychologicalscience.org/uncategorized/aps-reproducibility-and-replication-initiatives.html

Episode 8: Open Science

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2019 25:00


Joe and Eric talk about Open Science and how it can help reshape the field of the social sciences. If you are interested in your own account on the Open Science Framework or ORCID follow these links: https://osf.io and https://orcid.org

Episode 7: Research- Ideal vs Reality

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2019 25:39


Joe and Eric have a brief discussion about how research should be handled and how it often manifests.

Episode 6: Problems with Publication

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 17, 2019 28:16


This week Joe and Eric discuss some of the perils of publication for graduate students.

Episode 5: Expectations and Timelines

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2019 23:35


After a long hiatus, and the addition of a co-host, the podcast is back. Joe and Eric talk about problems with grad school timelines and the expectations that come with entering a graduate program.

Episode 4: Following your passion

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2018 14:13


A little chat about motivation and following your passion in school.

Episode 3: Deadlines

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2018 19:18


Watch your time line, it may not be quite what you think.

Episode 2: Bureaucracy

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2018 11:12


Episode 2: In which I talk about bureaucracy in graduate school.

Episode 1: Syllabus Day

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2018 4:01


The very first episode of That Can't Be Right!

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