Scibling Showdown: Grad School Podcast

The other day, Jason, Sci, Travis and I got together to chit chat about various aspects of grad student life. You know - likes, dislikes, how we ended up in grad school, etc. Anyhow, here's our little chat for your enjoyment:

You can also download the MP3 directly for your iPod, etc from this link HERE.

Is there anything we left out? Any questions you have about being a grad student, or anything really? We intend to make this podcast (tentatively named "Scibling Showdown") a regular habit, so if you've got something you want to know, don't be shy.

PS: Y'all missed the five minutes prior where we made fun of how Travis says "about." Next time, we've decided, we're instating a two drink minimum to loosen things up. Now that will be one to tune in for...

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ahahahaha. i totally made fun of travis's ridiculous canadian accent on my post, too!

One subject - a favorite of mine - is faculty preferences for their own illegitimate children, and those of their colleagues. Have you run into this?

One guy (name withheld), did no graduate work at all - just plagiarized articles out of the library and got a position at Penn State.

How do students feel about biasing data sets as is done in global warming? Good feeling as a scientist? How do you protect yourself from faculty stealing your intellectual property?

What about the new world order? DO people feel comfortable with Chinese and Russian faculty and students?

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