Ranked #1
S01E16 | Advice for Early Graduate Students
S01E16 | Advice for Early Graduate Students
The greatest thing you'll ever learn is how to mentor and be mentored in return. Liz and Xine reflect on their PhD exper... Read more
22 Oct 2015
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32mins
Ranked #2
S02E07 | Imposter Syndrome & Other Anxieties
S02E07 | Imposter Syndrome & Other Anxieties
Do you ever feel like you don't belong? Imposter syndrome names the feeling of being out of place that even successful p... Read more
13 May 2016
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44mins
Ranked #3
S5E11 | Cells and Society at Work: Biomedical & Biopolitical Takes on Immunity
S5E11 | Cells and Society at Work: Biomedical & Biopolitical Takes on Immunity
Why do we talk about our immune systems using the language of warfare? Let's discuss immunity from two perspectives that... Read more
14 May 2020
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49mins
Ranked #4
S04E17 | Thinking of Applying to Grad School? PhDivas Advice for Humanities & STEM
S04E17 | Thinking of Applying to Grad School? PhDivas Advice for Humanities & STEM
It's application season! PhDivas Dr. Liz Wayne and Dr. Xine Yao share strategies for applying to graduate school in the ... Read more
20 Dec 2018
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48mins
Ranked #5
S5E10 | COVID-19 Anti-Asian & Anti-Black Racism with Professor Charissa Cheah
S5E10 | COVID-19 Anti-Asian & Anti-Black Racism with Professor Charissa Cheah
Who is seen as the disease or the diseased? Psychologist Charissa Cheah received RAPID grant funding from the National S... Read more
24 Apr 2020
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41mins
Ranked #6
S03E04 | The Final Countdown: Getting Ready for the Final PhD Years
S03E04 | The Final Countdown: Getting Ready for the Final PhD Years
How does one complete a doctorate? Xine and Liz dispel myths about individual "grit" and "productivity" to talk about st... Read more
6 Oct 2016
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37mins
Ranked #7
S03E10 | Dark Matter: Axions Cosmology & Being a Black Scientist; Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
S03E10 | Dark Matter: Axions Cosmology & Being a Black Scientist; Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
Would a Black physicist have called it "dark matter"? Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein is the 63rd Black American woman to e... Read more
2 Dec 2016
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1hr 17mins
Ranked #8
S03E07 | For Women, By Women: Insecure, Broad City, and Girls
S03E07 | For Women, By Women: Insecure, Broad City, and Girls
Insecure, Broad City, and Girls: shows for and by women! These are shows that Liz and Xine watch as part of their lives ... Read more
4 Nov 2016
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47mins
Ranked #9
S01E03 | Are women preferred 2:1 over men in STEM? …nah.
S01E03 | Are women preferred 2:1 over men in STEM? …nah.
A Cornell study just came out with this headline: 'Women preferred 2:1 over men for STEM faculty positions'There's A LOT... Read more
27 Apr 2015
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32mins
Ranked #10
S04E09 | London Calling: PhDiva Xine Will Be a #NewProf
S04E09 | London Calling: PhDiva Xine Will Be a #NewProf
PhDiva Xine is moving to London, England as a #NewProf! Liz and Xine catch up after an exhausting spring to talk about X... Read more
26 Apr 2018
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53mins
Ranked #11
S03E17 | Intersectionality in Science: Interview with Prof Sarah Richardson
S03E17 | Intersectionality in Science: Interview with Prof Sarah Richardson
What do power, society, and ideology have to do with science? PhDiva Liz Wayne interviews Associate Professor Sarah Rich... Read more
17 Feb 2017
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52mins
Ranked #12
S03E01 | Why You Should Postdoc: Interview with Dr. Catharine Young
S03E01 | Why You Should Postdoc: Interview with Dr. Catharine Young
Wait, getting your PhD is not enough?! From scientist to science policy -- Liz Wayne talks to Dr. Catharine Young about ... Read more
8 Sep 2016
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38mins
Ranked #13
S04E06 | Who Gets Cited? Allyship & Alt-Right Attacks with Drs. Carrie Mott & Daniel Cockayne
S04E06 | Who Gets Cited? Allyship & Alt-Right Attacks with Drs. Carrie Mott & Daniel Cockayne
Who gets cited in your discipline? What if exploring that question led to death threats? "Why these professors are warni... Read more
18 Jan 2018
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45mins
Ranked #14
S5E2| Consent & Colonialism in Art: Khairani Barokka on Disability and Aesthetics
S5E2| Consent & Colonialism in Art: Khairani Barokka on Disability and Aesthetics
In the eyes of Western art all brown girls are the same. "Annah the Javanese" by the famous artist Paul Gauguin depicts ... Read more
24 Oct 2019
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57mins
Ranked #15
S03E12 | New Year's Resolutions 2017
S03E12 | New Year's Resolutions 2017
Think positive, not punitive. How can we make resolutions that are not just individually-oriented? Make resolutions shar... Read more
6 Jan 2017
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53mins
Ranked #16
S01E05 | Can We Be Academics AND Activists?
S01E05 | Can We Be Academics AND Activists?
#BlackLivesMatter. DREAM Cornell. May Day. #FighttheFee. Just a few of the acts of protest on Cornell's campus at the be... Read more
12 May 2015
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29mins
Ranked #17
S01E04 | Fresh Off the Boat makes us feel weird.
S01E04 | Fresh Off the Boat makes us feel weird.
It's hard not to have an opinion about Fresh Off the Boat, the first Asian American sitcom in about 20 years. Check out ... Read more
29 Apr 2015
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29mins
Ranked #18
S04E20 | Not Your Apolitical Asians: Rachel Kuo on the Asian American Feminist Collective
S04E20 | Not Your Apolitical Asians: Rachel Kuo on the Asian American Feminist Collective
Are Asians apolitical? What is the term "Asian American" anyway? PhDiva Xine talks to Rachel Kuo of the Asian American F... Read more
31 May 2019
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47mins
Ranked #19
S5E9 | The Migrant Precariat & the Scientific Method: Dr. Furaha Asani Against the Academic Pedestal
S5E9 | The Migrant Precariat & the Scientific Method: Dr. Furaha Asani Against the Academic Pedestal
Even scientists face deportation in an anti-immigration environment. But Dr. Furaha Asani cautions that academics should... Read more
2 Apr 2020
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33mins
Ranked #20
S03E21 | April Showers: End of Semester Stress
S03E21 | April Showers: End of Semester Stress
April is the cruelest month! It's a rough time in higher ed: originally our theme for this episode was just "being tire... Read more
7 Apr 2017
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53mins