Recovering Academic

Recovering Academic


Latest Episodes

Season 3 Episode 5: Career Path
December 06, 2018

Have you ever felt 'decision paralysis'? With so many choices and not sure which way to go? Hesitant to put all your eggs on a single basket?  Well, you are not alone! - In this week's episode we discuss how to define your career path when you lea...

Revisiting Starting Recovery
November 19, 2018

We've noticed that a lot of new people have subscribed to the Recovering Academic podcast. Here's your chance to listen to our very first episode when we started on our path to recovery. - Keep an eye on this space for our next episode!

Season 3 Episode 4: Interview with Dennis Eckmeier
October 26, 2018

In this week of the Recovering Academic podcast we talk with Dr. Dennis Eckmeier, his journey outside academia and his actual advocacy projects, including the Science for Progress podcast and its twitter rotating twitter account @SfPRocur. -

Season 3 Episode 3: Interview with Kristen Witte
October 12, 2018

Dr. Kristen Witte, Ph.D. - We sat down and spoke with Dr. Kristen Witte, an exhibit developer at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago Illinois. They discuss their transition story, taking some time away from academia to find what's next and t...

Season 3 Episode 2: Adapting
September 26, 2018

Adaptation. It’s not just a macroevolutionary term. It applies to all of us in our transitions, too. In this episode, we discuss how we’ve adapted to life outside of academia. - What changes around you? What changes do you have to make?

Season 3 Episode 1: Networking
September 12, 2018

  - Welcome back to the Season 3 of our Recovering Academic Podcast! We missed you, and hope you missed us as well :)" - For this first episode of this season, the recovering trio discuss a very important topic: NETWORKING -

Season 2 Episode 16: Season 2 Finale
April 11, 2018

Out of the snow and into Spring! Could there be a better metaphor - This is the last episode of our Second season! And it's packed! - We answer listener question about balancing work and family in the private sector and the best advice we received th...

Season 2 Episode 15: Interview with InBabyAttachMode
March 28, 2018

Today InBabyAttachMode joins our hosts to discuss her transition story. Everything Was Now Open – InBabyAttachMode We know InBabyAttachMode (who we affectionately refer to as IBAM) from twitter and her Scientopia blog.

Season 2 Episode 14: Interview with Chemjobber
March 14, 2018

In this episode, Chemjobber joins the Recovering Academic co-hosts to discuss his transition and his blog. Quantifying the Chemistry Job Market Since 2008 Chemjobber now works in industrial chemistry. He started his job search in March of 2008 and st...

Season 2 Episode 13: Interview with Chris Humphrey
February 28, 2018

In this episode we're joined by Dr. Chris Humphrey of Jobs on Toast. You Are More Than an Academic Chris received his PhD in medieval studies from the University of York. His first post-PhD job was working as content analyst for an e-learning startup...