Unfiltered Academia

Unfiltered Academia
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Welcome to Unfiltered Academia, the podcast that helps you break free from the traditional academic mold and take control of your professional development. Whether you're navigating life within academia as a grad student or early-career researcher or exploring career opportunities beyond the ivory tower, we aim to provide honest, practical advice to inspire you and help you develop the tools you need to succeed in whatever path you choose and design a career that works for you. Tune in and start building your future on *your* terms! Follow on Instagram @academicrelations and TikTok @academic_relations www.unfilteredacademia.com

Episodes

  1. Common Problems and How to Manage Them (Part 1)

    02/23/2025

    Common Problems and How to Manage Them (Part 1)

    Academics often get no management training, and this can cause issues! This is the first part of a set of episodes I'll be doing on common problems and how to manage them. Here, we're focusing on catastrophizing, addressing the effects of problems instead of the cause, hiding mistakes, a lack of strategic planning, and emotional vs. rational responses. Insta: @academicrelations Substack: unfilteredacademia.com Music by freebeats.io Get full access to Louise Pay at www.unfilteredacademia.com/subscribe

    22 min
  2. Toxic Job? Get Something Out Of It Anyway

    02/16/2025

    Toxic Job? Get Something Out Of It Anyway

    Have a difficult manager? A boss who doesn't see your value? No work-life balance? Toxic situations suck, but they can also be opportunities for developing skills that are valuable to us throughout our careers. Take a break from scrolling through toxic job snapshots on the socials and learn how to take some of those bad environments to develop useful skills for future positions and leadership. If your job is taking advantage of you, take advantage back and use it to become a more confident, measured, and rational person with better communication skills. Insta: @academicrelations TikTok: @academic_relations Substack: unfilteredacademia.com Music by freebeats.io Get full access to Louise Pay at www.unfilteredacademia.com/subscribe

    26 min
  3. The Journal of the Academy of Public Health: It’s Not What It Seems

    02/08/2025

    The Journal of the Academy of Public Health: It’s Not What It Seems

    Living up to the "unfiltered" in my podcast title with this commentary on the new Journal of the Academy of Public Health. What this looks like, at least with the available information, is a right-wing-affiliated journal claiming to break down barriers to publication while using a members-only publication model with paid-for positive reviews and deceptive language that feigns legitimacy. A potentially dangerous source of science misinformation! Follow me on Insta @academicrelations and Substack at academicrelations.substack.com Music by freebeats.io Get full access to Louise Pay at www.unfilteredacademia.com/subscribe

    15 min
  4. Research Funding & Toxic Culture: Academia as a Business Model

    01/26/2025

    Research Funding & Toxic Culture: Academia as a Business Model

    This episode focuses on the role of obtaining funding in academia and how this is linked to the toxic aspects of academic culture. If you've ever felt pressured by the 'business-model' approach and focus on generating revenue that has been creeping into how research is done, I hope this episode helps you feel less alone. The problem is real, and it has substantial effects on academic culture. Follow me on Insta (@academicrelations) and Substack (academicrelations.substack.com) for short clips and semi-regular blog posts! Music by freebeats.io Get full access to Louise Pay at www.unfilteredacademia.com/subscribe

    18 min
  5. Decision-Making Toolkit

    01/21/2025

    Decision-Making Toolkit

    This episode is focused on identifying our values, goals, and motivations when making career decisions. It is based on a workshop I gave at the 2022 Big 10 Neurosciences conference and there is a workbook that goes along with it that's attached to this episode and available on my website (academicrelations.net). You can, of course, listen without doing the exercises! Workbook link: https://www.canva.com/design/DAGc1f3arHM/qs06zCgsIFWFqHd2lALPJg/view?utm_content=DAGc1f3arHM&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link&utm_source=publishsharelink&mode=preview Find me on the socials: @academicrelations on Insta; @academic_relations on TikTok Music by freebeats.io Get full access to Louise Pay at www.unfilteredacademia.com/subscribe

    33 min
  6. Are YOU bad at your job?

    01/13/2025

    Are YOU bad at your job?

    In this episode, we discuss becoming comfortable with being bad at things and how recognizing and acknowledging our weaknesses can be one of our greatest tools for growth and development. Get ready to embrace sucking at something this week! Instagram: academicrelations Beats by freebeats.io Get full access to Louise Pay at www.unfilteredacademia.com/subscribe

    15 min
  7. Where Are You Getting Your Advice?

    01/05/2025

    Where Are You Getting Your Advice?

    In this episode of Unfiltered Academia, we're talking about advice, where to find it, and how to critically analyze it to make sure it aligns with your goals. As always, my main focus is on academia, but much of this episode can apply to life in general. Follow @academicrelations on Instagram! Beats by freebeats.io Get full access to Louise Pay at www.unfilteredacademia.com/subscribe

    13 min
  8. Impostor Syndrome

    12/13/2024

    Impostor Syndrome

    Ever get the feeling like everyone is going to find out you're a fraud who knows nothing about anything... despite being an expert in your field? "Impostor Syndrome" affects 70% of people at some point in their career. You are NOT alone! This episode covers some common triggers of this unfortunate side-effect to learning and growth and some ideas for reducing its impact on you! Follow host Louise on Instagram/TikTok @academicrelations Beats by freebeats.io Get full access to Louise Pay at www.unfilteredacademia.com/subscribe

    17 min
  9. Resilience and Non-Attachment

    12/07/2024

    Resilience and Non-Attachment

    Pressured to act resilient despite increasing unreasonable demands? Stressed by the possibilities of different outcomes and feel like you need to keep doing more to alleviate that anxiety? Can't leave your work at home? You're not alone! In this episode, we talk about developing true resilience by breaking free from attachment to outcomes and cultivating a work/life balance that allows you to maintain the energy you need to work without having work take over your life. Follow Unfiltered Academia host Louise on the socials @academicrelations Beat by freebeats.io Get full access to Louise Pay at www.unfilteredacademia.com/subscribe

    21 min
  10. Research Article Rescue

    12/05/2024

    Research Article Rescue

    Writing research articles can be challenging, but it doesn't have to be! This episode focuses on structuring a scientific research article, writing for a scientific audience, and selecting the best journal for sharing your work with the best audience for it. Want a written guide to structuring scientific research articles to go along with this? Get my Research Article Rescue e-book here: https://www.academicrelations.net/product-page/research-article-rescue Follow Unfiltered Academia host Louise on Instagram and Tiktok at @academicrelations Beat Provided By https://freebeats.io Get full access to Louise Pay at www.unfilteredacademia.com/subscribe

    22 min
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Welcome to Unfiltered Academia, the podcast that helps you break free from the traditional academic mold and take control of your professional development. Whether you're navigating life within academia as a grad student or early-career researcher or exploring career opportunities beyond the ivory tower, we aim to provide honest, practical advice to inspire you and help you develop the tools you need to succeed in whatever path you choose and design a career that works for you. Tune in and start building your future on *your* terms! Follow on Instagram @academicrelations and TikTok @academic_relations www.unfilteredacademia.com

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  • Creator
    Unfiltered Academia
  • Years Active
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  • Episodes
    10
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Louise Pay
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