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Let's Talk SciComm — 142 episodes

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140. Listen To This If...You Want To Up Your Email Game

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139. Interview with scicomm researcher and evolutionary linguist Dr Hannah Little

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138. Listen To This If… You Want to Disagree with Someone Effectively

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137. Interview with ecologist and author Professor Deb Bower

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136. Listen To This If… You Need To Prepare for Question Time

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135. Interview with parasitologist and artist Dr Tommy Leung

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134. Listen To This If…You Get Invited To Talk With A Journalist

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133. Interview with science communicator Emma Donnelly

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132. Listen To This If… Networking feels scary (or just a bit icky)

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131. Interview with "Bee Man" Clancy Lester

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130. Listen To This If… you’re struggling to find the story in your research

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129. Interview with balloon scientist Dr Chloe Lim

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128. Listen To This If Your Paper or Grant Just Got Rejected

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127. Interview with cell biologist and science communicator Tina Katsaros

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126. Listen To This If…You need to write a 100-word lay summary

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125. Interview with artist, author and scientist Dr James O’Hanlon

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124. Listen To This If…. You need to say no to an invitation

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123. Interview with Dr. Tullio Rossi about AI in scicomm

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122. Listen to This If….. Your family doesn’t understand what you do at work or uni

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121. Interview with Communications Advisor Rebecca Colless

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120. Listen to This If… You Need a Killer Headline

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119. Interview with medical entomologist Dr Véronique Paris

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118. Listen To This If… You’ve Just Received Negative Feedback

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117. Interview with science writer and performer Dr Phil Dooley

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116. Listen To This If…You’re trying to choose a PhD topic

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115. Interview with neuroscientist and author Dr Ariel Zeleznikow-Johnston

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114. Listen To This If You've fallen out of love with science and need to rekindle your curiosity

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113. Interview with Communications and Partnerships Manager, Troy Beer

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112. Listen To This If You Need to Recover Your Confidence After Giving a Bad Talk

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111. Interview with early career scientist and science communicator Dr Kira Hughes

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110. Listen To This If You’re Preparing a 3MT talk

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109. Interview with ‘Mother of Sharks’ Melissa Cristina Márquez

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108. Listen To This If… You need to write about a topic that’s been done to death

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107. Listen To This If… You need to work effectively in a group

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106. Listen To This If… You’re searching for motivation

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105. Listen To This If… You want to kickstart your career

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104. Listen To This If… You want to make your writing more conversational

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103. Listen To This If… You’re feeling overwhelmed by a big task

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102. Listen To This If… Your powerpoint slides are BORING

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101. Listen To This If… You want to start a new habit

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100. Twenty questions with Jen and Michael

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99. Our scicomm highs and lows - with the UniMelbSciComm teaching team

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98. Interview with speech pathologist Dr Georgie Johnson

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97. Interview with wildlife scientist and science communicator Dr Vanessa Pirotta

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96. Interview with sustainability leader and climate justice advocate Linh Do

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95. Interview with science communication consultant Rachael Vorwerk

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94. Interview with science communicator Professor Nancy Longnecker

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93. Interview with author and illustrator Sarah Firth

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92. Listen to This If….you want to grab your audience’s attention

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91. Listen to This If… you want to conquer public speaking nerves

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90. Listen to This If... you can't stop doom scrolling on your phone

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89. Listen to This If… you are over the word count

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88. Listen to this if… you’re preparing for a job interview

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87. Introduction to Listen To This If!

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86. Interview with climate change communicator Dr Simon Torok

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85. How to make science funny with David Crisante

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84. Interview with medical writer and editor Dr Catherine Richards Golini

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83. How to communicate about science in English as a non-native language with Sara Garfield

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82. Interview with Tilly Boleyn, head of Curatorial at Science Gallery Melbourne

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81. Interview with science journalist Dr Jackson Ryan

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80. Interview with consultant, scientist and editor Dr Rachel Nowak

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79. Interview with science writer Sara Phillips

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78. How to get into the business of science communication with Brendon Bosworth

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77. Interview with poet Alicia Sometimes

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76. How to communicate about science using an evidence-based approach with Dr Craig Cormick

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75. Interview with researcher Laura Bibiana Ospina-Rozo

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74. How to create a scicomm outreach program with Dr Jen Payne

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73. Interview with scientist and adventurer Milly Formby

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72. Interview with Brian Lin from EurekAlert!

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71. Interview with Marnie Ogg, a leader in science-based tourism

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70. Interview with Dr Samantha Grover

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69. How to be strategic when communicating science

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68. Interview with Jessie Panazzolo, the lonely conservationist

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67. How to put Figures First!

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65. How to get started in scicomm

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66. Interview with Professor Jo Salmon

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63. How to ask good questions with Dr Shane Huntington OAM

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64. Interview with Olly Dove from That's What I Call Science

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56. Interview with Zoos Victoria CEO Dr Jenny Gray

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62. Interview with nutrition misinformation expert Emily Denniss

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61. How to be a confident networker

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60. How to write an excellent CV and job application

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59. How to present science concisely

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58. How to find a fantastic research supervisor (and work well with them)

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57. Interview with science journalist Belinda Smith

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55. How to get kids excited about science

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54. Top 6 ‘How to’ episodes: How to get your thesis written

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53. Top 6 ‘Best of’ episodes: How to improve your science writing

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52. Top 6 ‘Best of’ episodes: How to NOT be boring

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51. Top 6 ‘Best of’ episodes: How to tackle imposter syndrome

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50. Top 6 ‘Best of’ episodes: How to give a better science talk

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49. Top 6 ‘Best of’ episodes: How to tackle procrastination

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48. How to manage public speaking nerves

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47. How to communicate about controversial topics (like aliens)

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46. How to communicate about your work with industry

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45. How to communicate about science with high school students

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44. Interview with visual science communicator Dr Tullio Rossi

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43. Interview with science educator Dr Jarrod McKenna

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42. Interview with environmentalist and author Andrew Kelly

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41. Interview with physicist, author and science communicator, Associate Professor Suzie Sheehy

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40. Interview with speaker, author and performance coach, Christine Burns

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39. Interview with Austrian exchange student Isolde Gottwald

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38. Interview with ARC Future Fellow Professor Natalie Hannan

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37. Interview with writing coach Dr Malini Devadas

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36. Interview with immunologist Dr Kylie Quinn

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35. Interview with physical activity and mental health researchers Associate Professor Megan Teychenne and Dr Niamh Mundell

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34. Interview with nutrition and mental health researchers Dr Helen Macpherson and Sara Dingle

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33. Interview with visual communicator Dr Sue Pillans

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32. How to look after your mental health with Psychiatrist Professor Sandra Radovini

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31. Interview with Emily King from Voices of Academia

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30. Interview with climate scientist Professor David Karoly (Part 2)

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29. Interview with climate scientist Professor David Karoly (Part 1)

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28. How to get the most out of attending a conference

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27. Interview with Associate Professor in genetics and genomics, Francine Marquez

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26. How to use crowdfunding to raise money for your work in STEM

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25. Interview with Professor Andy Pask

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24. How to make time for SciComm

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23. Interview with healthcare Managing Director Dr Michael Winlo

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22. How to write successful grant applications

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21. Interview with scientist & visual artist Kate Cranney

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20. How to get your thesis written

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19. Interview with #covid19 science advisor Professor James McCaw

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18. How to give a fantastic very short talk

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17. Interview with physicist and science comedian Dr. Jessamyn Fairfield

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Special: Introducing #MyScienceMay

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16. How to tackle procrastination

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15. Interview with Science Communicator Amy LeBlanc

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14. How to make videos about science

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13. Interview with Wildlife photojournalist Doug Gimesy

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12. How to edit your writing effectively

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11. Interview with Dr Catherine Wheller

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10. How to build a professional online profile

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9: Interview with science radio broadcaster Dr Shane Huntington OAM

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8: How to tackle the imposter syndrome

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7. Interview with the singing scientist Catriona Nguyen-Robertson

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6. How to improve your science writing

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5. Interview with science journalist Dr Graham Phillips

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4. How to give a better science talk

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3. Interview with climate scientist Dr Linden Ashcroft

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2. How to NOT be boring

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1. Interview with ecologist Professor Euan Ritchie

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