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PhD Lounge

Late-night podcast where I interview PhD students about their research subjects, their decision on studying it and its importance throughout academic lifeA podcast for entertainment and education, whose aim is to approach students and graduates who want to go through their…

Podcast · By Luis Maia de Freitas · English · Official site

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Sep 9, 2026
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  1. Episode · Sep 9, 2026

    Solo Session: What If The PhD Skill Gap Is A Myth? (opens the original)

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    Students and Graduates! The “PhD skill gap” gets repeated so often that it starts to feel like fact, but I don’t buy it. What I see is a communication gap: brilliant researchers describing real, employable work in language that employers can’t quickly understand. Drawing on a Nature article and my own experience as a PhD applying for roles and collecting feedback, I break down why so many of us underestimate what we already bring to the table. We talk about the transferable skills a doctorate qu

  2. Episode · Aug 26, 2026

    Late-Night Talk: Shellee Howard. College Ready. You Can Graduate Debt Free If You Plan Early (opens the original)

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    Students and Graduates! Shellee Howard is the founder and CEO of College Ready, the 2026 Global Educational Consultant of the year, a college admissions and financial strategist, and two-time best selling author. Shellee has helped families worldwide earn top-choice acceptances and over $80 million in scholarships. Shellee has been featured on FOX, NBC, CBS, U.S. News & World Report, and Next Level CEO with Daymond John and is a sought-free after voice on strategic, debt-free college planning. S

  3. Episode · Aug 19, 2026

    Late-Night Talk: Joic Majo. If Multiple Sclerosis Is So Personal Why Treat It Broadly (opens the original)

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    Students and Graduates! Joic Majo is a PhD Candidate researching multiple sclerosis (MS), a chronic neurological disease that affects over 2.5 million people globally. Joic's research interests falls in neuropathology, the microscopic study of the brain and spinal cord tissue and their perturbances in disease. He analyses the donated postmortem brain tissue from over 300 MS cases to understand how different patterns of damage can have an impact on someone with MS. His background is in medical bi

  4. Episode · Aug 12, 2026

    Late-Night Talk: Ambrogio Caiani, PhD. When Catholicism flirts with Evil (opens the original)

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    Students and Graduates! Ambrogio A. Caiani, PhD, is currently Senior Lecturer in Modern European History at the University of Kent in Canterbury and lives in Southwark. He is the author of four books which have focused on European History, especially the French Revolution, Napoleon and Catholicism's fraught relationship with modernity. His second book, To Kidnap a Pope: Napoleon and Pius VII 1800-1815, was published by Yale University Press in April 2021, just before the bicentenary of Napoleon’

  5. Episode · Aug 5, 2026

    Solo Session: Your PhD Does Not Have To Lead Every Chat (opens the original)

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    Students and Graduates! PhD life has a way of leaking into everything, especially conversation. You meet friends for a simple coffee, but the moment there is a pause you fill it with your dissertation, your supervisor feedback, your deadline anxiety, or the latest problem in your methods. Talking about research outside working hours feels normal because the PhD consumes eight or nine hours a day and often stretches into weekends. Yet constant PhD talk can quietly erode your work life balance, we

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