Everything Hertz
Episodes
95: All good presentations are alike; each bad presentation is bad in its own way
04 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Dan and James discuss why academia tolerates bad presentations and the strange distrust of polished presentations. Here's what else they discuss... J...
94: Predicting the replicability of research
21 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Dan and James chat with Fiona Fidler (University of Melbourne), who is leading the repliCATS project (https://replicats.research.unimelb.edu.au/), whi...
93: Double-blind peer review vs. open science
07 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Dan and James answer a listener question on how to navigate open science practices, such as preprints and open code repositories, in light of double-b...
92: Chaos in the brickyard
16 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Dan and James discuss the role of Google Scholar in citation patterns and whether we should limit academics to only publishing two papers a year. Link...
91: Shifting the goalposts in statistics (with Kristin Sainani)
02 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We chat with Kristin Sainani (Stanford University) about a popular statistical method in sports medicine research (magnitude based inference), which h...
90: Mo data mo problems
19 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Dan and James discuss two listener questions on performing secondary data analysis and the potential for prestige to creep into open science reforms. ...
89: Conflicts of interest in psychology (with Tom Chivers)
05 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We chat with Tom about whether psychology has a conflict-of-interest problem and how to best define such conflicts. Links and other stuff we cover... ...
88: The pomodoro episode
15 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Dan and James apply the pomodoro principle by tackling four topics within a strict ten-minute time limit each: James' new error detection tool, academ...
87: Improving the scientific poster (with Mike Morrison)
01 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We chat with Mike Morrison, a former User Experience (UX) designer who quit his tech career to research how we can bring UX design principles to scien...
86: Should I stay or should I go?
17 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Dan and James answer a listener question on whether they should stick it out for a few months in a toxic lab to get one more paper or if they should l...
85: GWAS big teeth you have, grandmother (with Kevin Mitchell)
03 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We chat with Kevin Mitchell (Trinity College Dublin) about what the field of psychology can learn from genetics research, how our research theories te...
84: A GPS in the Garden of Forking Paths (with Amy Orben)
21 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We chat with Amy Orben, who applies "multiverse" methodology to combat and expose analytical flexibility in her research area of the impact of digital...
83: Back to our dirty unwashed roots
08 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
By popular demand, Dan and James are kicking it old school and just shooting the breeze. They cover whether scientists should be on Twitter, if Fortni...
82: More janitors and fewer architects
15 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We answer a listener question on the possible negative consequences of the open science movement—are things moving too quickly? Links and things we ...
81: Too Young To Know, Too Old To Care
01 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We answer our first audio question, on whether academia is too broken to fix, and a second question on whether we’ve ever worried about the possible...
80: Cites are not endorsements (with Sean Rife)
17 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We chat with Sean Rife, who the co-founder of scite.ai (https://scite.ai), a start-up that combines natural language processing with a network of expe...
79: Clinical trial reporting (with Henry Drysdale)
03 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We chat with Henry Drysdale (University of Oxford), co-founder of the COMPare trials project (http://compare-trials.org), which compared clinical tria...
78: Large-scale collaborative science (with Lisa DeBruine)
17 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In this episde, we chat with Lisa DeBruine (University of Glasgow) about her experience with large-scale collaborative science and how her psychology ...
77: Promiscuous expertise
04 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Dan and James discuss how to deal with the problem of scientists who start talking about topics outside their area of expertise. They also discuss wha...
76: Open peer review
21 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Peer review is typically conducted behind closed doors. There's been a recent push to make open peer review standard, but what's often left out of the...
75: Overlay journals (with Daniele Marinazzo)
07 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
We’re joined by Daniele Marinazzo (University of Ghent) to chat about the recently launched overlay journal Neurons, Behavior, Data analysis and Th...
74: Seeing double (with Elisabeth Bik)
19 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dan and James chat with microbiologist Elisabeth Bik about about the detection of problematic images in scientific papers, the state ...
73: Update your damn syllabus
03 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Dan and James discuss what's missing from biobehavioral science course syllabi. Here's the episode lowdown: - A thank you to our new Patron supporters...
72: Anonymity in scientific publishing
16 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Dan and James discuss a new journal of "controversial ideas" that will allow authors to publish articles anonymously. They also launch their Patreon p...
71: Moving for your job
05 Nov 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we chat about whether it’s necessary to move for an academic job to demonstrate “independence”. Here's a rundown of the other ...
70: Doubling-blinding dog balls
15 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Dan and James discuss the recent "grievance studies" hoax, whereby three people spent a year writing twenty-one fake manuscripts for submission to var...
69: Open science tools (with Brian Nosek)
09 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
We’re joined by Brian Nosek (Centre for Open Science and University of Virginia) to chat about building technology to make open science easier to im...
68: Friends don’t let friends believe in impact factors (with Nathan Hall)
03 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This episode includes part two of a chat with Nathan Hall (McGill University), who is the person behind the ’Shit academics say’ account (@Academi...
67: Shit Academics Say (with Nathan Hall)
20 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
We’re joined by Nathan Hall (McGill University) to chat about the role of humour in academia. Nathan is the person behind the ’Shit academics say...
66: Ideal worlds vs grim truths
06 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Dan and James answer listener questions on tips for starting your PhD and the role of statistics in exploratory research. Other stuff they cover: Jam...
65: Blockchain and open science (with Jon Brock)
16 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Dan and James chat with Jon Brock (Cognitive scientist at Frankl) about the use of blockchain technology for open science. Here's what they cover: Wha...
64: Salami slicing
02 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Dan and James talk about the recent SIPS conference answer a listener question on "salami slicing" the outcomes from one study into multiple papers. H...
63: Science journalism (with Brian Resnick)
18 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Dan and James chat about science journalism with Brian Resnick (@b_resnick), who is a science reporter at Vox.com. Here’s what they cover: Should sc...
62: Adopting open science practices (with Dorothy Bishop)
04 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Dan and James chat about the adoption of open science practices with Dorothy Bishop, Professor of Developmental Neuropsychology at the University of O...
61: Performance enhancing thugs (with Greg Nuckols)
21 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Dan and James chat with Greg Nuckols, who is grad student in exercise physiology, strength coach, and writer at strongerbyscience.com What they cover ...
60: This is more of a comment than a question
08 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Dan and James answer listener questions on academic conferences, getting abreast of the literature, and conflicts of interest. Here are more details o...
59: Rethinking the scientific journal (with Rickard Carlsson)
16 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Despite cosmetic changes, scientific journals haven't changed that much over the past few decades. So what if we were to completely rethink how a scie...
58: Lessons from podcasting (with Simine Vazire)
02 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Dan and James are joined by Simine Vazire (University of California, Davis and co-host of the Black Goat podcast) to chat about the role of podcasting...
57: Radical Transparency (with Rebecca Willén)
15 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Dan and James are joined by Rebecca Willén (Institute for Globally Distributed Open Research and Education) to discuss transparency in scientific res...
56: Registered reports (with Chris Chambers)
02 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Dan and James are joined by Chris Chambers (Cardiff University) to discuss the Registered Reports format. Here’s an overview of what they covered: W...
55: The proposal to redefine clinical trials
18 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dan and James discuss the US National Institutes of Health's new definition of a “clinical trial”, which comes into effect on the...
54: Cuckoo Science
15 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, James sits in the guest chair as Dan interviews him on his recent work find and exposing inconsistent results in the scientific liter...
53: Skin in the game
17 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Dan and James discuss whether you need to have “skin in the game” to critique research. Here's what else they cover in the episode: Should scienti...
52: Give p's a chance (with Daniel Lakens)
20 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dan and James welcome back Daniel Lakens (Eindhoven University of Technology) to discuss his new paper on justifying your alpha level...
51: Preprints (with Jessica Polka)
06 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dan and James are joined by Jessica Polka, Director of ASAPbio, to chat about preprints. Highlights: What is ASAPbio? Differences bet...
50: Special 50th episode (LIVE)
14 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Dan and James celebrate their 50th episode with a live recording! They cover a blog post that argues grad students shouldn’t be publishing, what’s...
49: War and p's
31 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Dan and James discuss a forthcoming paper that's causing a bit of a stir by proposing that biobehavioral scientists should use a 0.005...
48: Breaking up with the impact factor (with Jason Hoyt)
21 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Dan and James are joined by Jason Hoyt, who is the CEO and co-founder of PeerJ, an open access journal for the biological and medical sciences. Here's...
47: Truth bombs from a methodological freedom fighter (with Anne Scheel)
07 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dan and James are joined by Anne Scheel (LMU Munich) to discuss open science advocacy. Highlights: - How Anne became an open science...
46: Statistical literacy (with Andy Field)
23 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dan and James are joined by Andy Field (University of Sussex), author of the “Discovering Statistics” textbook series, to chat ab...
45: Conferences and conspiracy theories
02 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
It’s conference season so in this episode Dan and James discuss the ins and outs of scientific conferences. Here’s what they cover: Research par...
44: Who’s afraid of the New Bad People? (with Nick Brown)
19 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
James and Dan are joined by Nick Brown (University of Groningen) to discuss how the New Bad People — also known as shameless little bullies, vigilan...
43: Death, taxes, and publication bias in meta-analysis (with Daniel Lakens)
05 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel Lakens (Eindhoven University of Technology) joins James and Dan to talk meta-analysis. Here’s what they cover: Daniel’s opinion on the cu...
42: Some of my best friends are Bayesians (with Daniel Lakens)
21 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel Lakens (Eindhoven University of Technology) drops in to talk statistical inference with James and Dan. Here’s what they cover: How did Dani...
41: Objecting to published research (with William Gunn)
07 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Dan and James are joined by William Gunn (Director of Scholarly communications at Elsevier) to discuss ways in which you can object t...
40: Meta-research (with Michèle Nuijten)
24 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Dan and James are joined by Michèle Nuijten (Tilburg University) to discuss 'statcheck', an algorithm that automatically scans papers for statistical...
39: Academic hipsters
10 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
We all know hipsters. You know, like the guy that rides his Penny-farthing to the local cafe to write his memoirs on a typewriter - just because its m...
38: Work/life balance - Part 2
24 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Dan and James continue their discussion on work/life balance in academia. They also suggest ways to get your work done within a sane amount of hours a...
37: Work/life balance in academia
17 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we talk work/life balance for early career researchers. Do you need to work a 70-hour week to be a successful scientist or can you ac...
36: Statistical inconsistencies in published research
27 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In episode 34 we covered a blog post that highlighted questionable analytical approaches in psychology. That post mentioned four studies that resulted...
35: A manifesto for reproducible science
20 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Dan and James discuss a new paper in the inaugural issue of Nature Human Behaviour, "A manifesto for reproducible science". Some of the topics cov...
34: E-health (with Robin Kok)
22 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Dan and James have their very first guest! For this episode they're joined by Robin Kok (University of Southern Denmark) to talk e-health. They also c...
33: Zombie theories
16 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Dan and James discuss Zombie theories, which are scientific ideas that continue to live on in the absence of evidence. Why do these ideas persist and ...
32: Can worrying about getting sick make you sicker?
01 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Dan and James discuss a new population study that linked health anxiety data with future heart disease. Some of the topics covered: Web MD and health...
31: Discover your psychiatric risk with this one weird trick
16 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Dan and James discuss a recent study of over one million Swedish men that found that higher resting heart rate late adolescence was associated with an...
30: Authorship
02 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Dan and James discuss authorship in the biomedical sciences
29: Learning new skills
16 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Dan and James talk about how they learn new things. Some of the topics discussed: Internet memes Consolidating old ideas rather than learning new ones...
28: Positive developments in biomedical science
30 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Pre-registration, p-hacking, power, protocols. All these concepts are pretty mainstream in 2016 but hardly discussed 5 years ago. In this episode, Jam...
27: Complaints and grievances
23 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Dan and James discuss complaints and grievances. Stay tuned for part 2 where things get positive. Some of the topics discussed: Conflicts of interest...
26: Interpreting effect sizes
09 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
When interpreting the magnitude of group differences using effect sizes, researchers often rely on Cohen's guidelines for small, medium, and large eff...
25: Misunderstanding p-values
27 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
P-values are universal, but do we really know what they mean? In this episode, Dan and James discuss a recent paper describing the failure to correctl...
24: Incentive structures in science
17 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Science funding has a series of built in incentive structures, but what sort of science does this produce? Some of the topics discussed: Feedback from...
23: Serious academics
11 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Can you be a "serious academic" while still posting photos on Instagram? In this episode, James and Dan discuss a recent article bemoaning the infiltr...
22: Pokemon and public health
03 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Pokemon Go is sweeping the world and getting people walking again! But is the Pokemon Go 'model' a golden opportunity to tackle obesity or just anothe...
21: This is your brain on steroids
22 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
It's well established that steroid use is associated with many adverse healthy outcomes, but what does it actually do to your brain? Dan and James di...
20: Sample sizes in psychology studies
13 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Can psychologists learn more by studying fewer people? Some of the topics discussed: Brexit and science Can the UK take the 'Norway' option? Horizon ...
19: Let us spray: oxytocin and spirituality
06 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Dan and James discuss a recent paper on intranasal oxytocin and spirituality Some of the topics discussed: A summary of a recent paper on oxytocin an...
18: Data sharing
29 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Withholding data: bad science or scientific misconduct? Some of the topics discussed: Dan raises privacy issues surrounding sharing data What are the...
17: Journals: Do we need them?
22 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Do we really need scientific journals? Some of the topics discussed: James trolling predatory journals with jibberish papers on the 'DONG' effect How...
16: What makes a good psych study?
15 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
What are the defining characteristics of a good psychology study? We received this excellent question from a listener and decided to do a whole episod...
15: Software and coding
08 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Dan and James discuss software and coding, including the tools they use Links (lots this week) Introduction to Python course - http://python.swaroo...
14: Science communication
02 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Dan and James discuss public engagement, science communication, and the internet outrage machine. Links: James' GRIM pre-print https://peerj.com/pr...
13: Academic horror stories
26 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Dan and James discuss a few academic horror stories sent in by their listeners. Links: The Gawker story on leaving academia http://gawker.com/i-left-...
12: Reporting heart rate variability studies
21 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Heart rate variability is becoming incredibly popular in the biobehavioral sciences yet there's no standard for how this research is reported. In this...
11: The placebo effect
10 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, James and Dan discuss issues surrounding the placebo effect. Links: Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/everythinghertzpodcast/ Tw...
10: Failure
04 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, James and Dan talk about failure. What's the benefit of openly sharing your failures - is this an antidote to the imposter syndrome ...
9: What happens if your research is wrong?
28 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, James and Dan discuss what happens if your research is wrong. They talk about the recent controversy surrounding tDCS, why many peop...
8: The PhD to Postdoc transition
20 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, James and Dan discuss how to navigate the PhD to Postdoc transition. They provide advice to a hypothetical first-year graduate studen...
Episode 7: 7: The writing process
15 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
How do you write a lot and do it well? In this episode, James and Dan discuss the writing process and the tools they use to get things done. Links: T...
6: The research pipeline - getting from idea to publication
07 Apr 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, James and Dan talk about getting from research idea to publication. They discuss the ethical approval process, getting research publi...
5: Do you even replicate?
30 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, James and Dan talk about replication in science, self-control, and the file-drawer problem in oxytocin research. Links: Facebook page...
4: Meta-analysis or mega-silliness?
22 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Meta-analysis has become an increasingly popular tool used by many scientists to synthesise data. However, it's not without its detractors — from H....
3: Scientific publishing
16 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Dan and James talk about Scihub and open access publishing.
2: Nutrition and Psychiatry
09 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Dan and James talk about nutrition and psychiatry. They also introduce themselves (you know, because that's what you do for your second episode) and e...
1: So you want to measure heart rate variability...
02 Mar 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Dan and James discuss what to do if you want to collect heart rate variability (HRV) data, oxytocin parties (yes, they're a thing), and the peer revie...