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
1
Overcoming ABD Pitfalls: Tips for Getting Unstuck
49 min
2
Decolonizing Ukraine: The Indigenous People of ...
47 min
3
Secrets of the Killing State
65 min
4
Considering Leaving Academia?
49 min
5
How Schools Make Race: Teaching Latinx Racializ...
40 min
6
Trans Technologies
59 min
7
Moments of Impact: How to Design Strategic Conv...
57 min
8
The Freedom Academy
49 min
9
Brittany Friedman, "Carceral Apartheid: How Lie...
43 min
10
Live from the Underground: A History of Colleg...
48 min
11
Rot: An Imperial History of the Irish Famine
An interview with Padraic X. Scanlan
65 min
12
Academic Librarians: A Discussion with Karen McCoy
An interview with Karen McCoy
50 min
13
Living Right: Far Right Youth Activists in Cont...
An interview with Agnieszka Pasieka
66 min
14
You Have More Influence Than You Think
An interview with Vanessa Bohns
52 min
15
No Common Ground: Confederate Monuments and the...
An interview with Karen L. Cox
49 min
16
Doctors by Nature: How Ants, Apes, and Other An...
An interview with Jaap de Roode
50 min
17
Stolen Fragments: Black Markets, Bad Faith, and...
An interview with Roberta Mazza
52 min
18
What Might Be: Confronting Racism to Transform ...
A Discussion with Susan Sturm
47 min
19
Womanist Bioethics: Social Justice, Spiritualit...
An interview with Wylin Wilson
54 min
20
The AI Mirror: How to Reclaim Our Humanity in a...
A Discussion with Shannon Vallor
54 min
21
Project Management for Researchers
A Discussion with Shiri Noy
59 min
22
The Burnout Workbook
A Discussion with Amelia Nagoski and Emily Nagoski
55 min
23
Teaching With Positive Psychology Skills
A Discussion with Kai Zhuang Shum
48 min
24
Big Box USA: The Environmental Impact of Americ...
A Discussion with Rachel Gross
54 min
25
The World She Edited: Katharine S. White at the...
An interview with Amy Reading
49 min