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Mildly Intellectual, Mostly Nonsense
by Manpreet and Tess
Mildly Intellectual, Mostly Nonsense is a conversational podcast hosted by Manpreet, a biotech scientist, and Tess, a PhD student in statistics. Together, they talk about life in and around STEM - academia, industry, gender bias, nonlinear careers, friendships, injuries, and whatever else comes up. Sometimes thoughtful, sometimes unserious, often both. New episodes when life allows (hopefully every Wednesdays).
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Cringe, Burnout, and Other Shower Thoughts
In this episode, we talk about life updates, weddings, tattoos, cats, and absolutely no outline. Somewhere between Martha Stewart lore and Coachella discourse, we end up talking about burnout, balance, and why everyone is so tired all the time.This is Mildly Intellectual, Mostly Nonsense.
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Artemis II Was Just the Beginning
In this episode we start with Artemis II and what it might feel like to see Earth from space, before drifting into paint and sip nights, 3 a.m. chicken tenders, and mild existential crises about academia.From there, things spiral into research life, causality skepticism, ChatGPT and LinkedIn cringe.A little science, a lot of nonsense.
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We're back!!
After a few quiet weeks, we’re back with a catch-up episode.We talk about what we’ve been up to, why recording didn’t go as planned, Thanks for sticking with us — more nonsense soon.
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Recorded Without Peer Review
A solo mini episode while Tess is away at a conference and our pre-recorded episodes… vanished.A quick update, a little reflection, a bit of molecular cloning, and zero peer review.Regular episodes return soon.
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Post-Viral and Pre-Deadline
Tess is sick, Manpreet is deep in manuscript avoidance, and neither of us is emotionally prepared to be productive.We talk academic burnout, fake productivity, reality TV drama, bad audio feedback, and why tone is apparently a crime.This is Mildly Intellectual, Mostly Nonsense.
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I Texted My Supervisor at 3AM!!!
Tess recounts the chaos leading up to her PhD candidacy exam — from anxiety spirals and last-minute panic to passing with flying colours.We talk imposter syndrome, academia brain, AI study tools, workplace sexism, and the question: if money didn’t matter, would we still choose this life?This is Mildly Intellectual, Mostly Nonsense.Audio disclaimer: editing was attempted. Results unclear.
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So… What Do We Actually Do?
We named the podcast!!!! In this episode, we explain our jobs, and talk about what working in STEM actually looks like - failures, misconceptions, industry vs academia, and all the uncertainty in between.This is Mildly intellectual, Mostly nonsense.
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Unnamed!
We finally did it. No name, no script, no plan.In this episode, we introduce ourselves, talk about our very different paths into STEM, what it’s like being women in science.This is Mildly Intellectual, Mostly Nonsense.
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Mildly Intellectual, Mostly Nonsense is a conversational podcast hosted by Manpreet, a biotech scientist, and Tess, a PhD student in statistics. Together, they talk about life in and around STEM - academia, industry, gender bias, nonlinear careers, friendships, injuries, and whatever else comes up. Sometimes thoughtful, sometimes unserious, often both. New episodes when life allows (hopefully every Wednesdays).
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Manpreet and Tess
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Mildly Intellectual, Mostly Nonsense is a conversational podcast hosted by Manpreet, a biotech scientist, and Tess, a PhD student in statistics. Together, they talk about life in and around STEM - academia, industry, gender bias, nonlinear careers, friendships, injuries, and whatever else comes up....
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