The Academic Life

A podcast for your academic journey—and beyond! Created and produced by Dr. Christina Gessler, the Academic Life podcast is inspired by today’s knowledge-producers around the world, working inside and outside the academy.

Books
Education
Careers
126
Sharing Lessons From His Working-Class Parents:...
61 min
127
Hannah Pittard, "We Are Too Many: A Memoir [Kin...
An interview with Hannah Pittard
51 min
128
Dana Rubin, "Speaking While Female: 75 Extraord...
An interview with Dana Rubin
45 min
129
Studying the Pipeline to Politics for Women
An interview with Heather Lende
62 min
130
The Killer Whale Journals: Our Love and Fear of...
A Conversation with Hanne Strager
56 min
131
The Fun Habit: How the Pursuit of Joy and Wonde...
An interview with Mike Rucker
50 min
132
The Lost Journals of Sacajewea
A Discussion with Debra Magpie Earling
51 min
133
Academic Ghosting
A Discussion with Alicia Andrzejewski
59 min
134
My What If Year: A Discussion with Alisha Ferna...
52 min
135
Navigating the Community College Job Market
An interview with Rob Jenkins
58 min
136
Making a “Junk Drawer” CV
An interview with Kate Stuart
48 min
137
Living Resistance: An Indigenous Vision for See...
An interview with Kaitlin B. Curtice
44 min
138
Do You Have Imposter Syndrome?
An Interview with Darragh McCashin
53 min
139
Tell Me What You Want: A Therapist and Her Clie...
An interview with Charlotte Fox Weber
57 min
140
Ph.D. Employability: Struggles and Solutions
A Discussion with Holly Prescott
45 min
141
Contracts, Agents, and Editors, Oh My! Demystif...
A Discussion with Laura Davulis
58 min
142
What Do Bees, Ants, and Dragonflies Get up to A...
An interview with Jessica Ware
48 min
143
Gay on God's Campus: Mobilizing for LGBT Equali...
An interview with Jonathan Coley
61 min
144
The Connected PhD, Part Three
A DIscussion with Ulka Anjaria
51 min
145
The Good Enough Life
A Discussion with Avram Alpert
66 min
146
The Top Ten Struggles in Writing A Book Manuscr...
52 min
147
Overcoming the Anxiety of Giving a Presentation
A Discussion with James M. Lang
53 min
148
Can we Engage in Public Scholarship with Femini...
An interview with Alex D. Ketchum
57 min
149
Are We Done with Higher Education Rankings?
A Discussion with Francie Diep
46 min
150
Who Gets Believed? When the Truth Isn't Enough
An interview with Dina Nayeri
53 min