An ever-growing series of tutorials (with detailed notes) filled with practical, experience-driven tips and tricks for being effective, happy and successful in modern day academia and related careers.
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Hacking Academia is hosted by Michael. The show has published 76 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Matchmaking Problems and Solutions" (13 August 2026, 10 minutes), "Two or Three Steps from Disaster" (9 August 2026, 8 minutes), and "Screwing Up" (2 August 2026, 10 minutes).
Hacking Academia publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 11 minutes across 76 episodes.
Booking probability for Hacking Academia is 40%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Hacking Academia requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Hacking Academia's contact route on record: public web form.
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Michael hosts Hacking Academia, an arts podcast with 76 episodes published.
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Episode #10
New Hacking Academia video out on Matchmaking Problems and Solutions in research It's *that* time of year again - submissions for the main international robotics conference ICRA2027 close in just over a month. In...
Episode #9
I've caught up with a large number of senior research leaders recently, and have had a particularly interesting experience repeat itself a lot: I will congratulate them on some amazing achievements or successes that...
Episode #8
? I have - and it can be a challenging situation to detect, navigate, repair, and learn from. That's the topic of today's #HackingAcademia video: screwing up in your professional career. I make a few key points: I'm...
Episode #7
If you go into an academic or research career, chances are you'll spend a lot of your time in meetings. I am by no means an expert (and don't always do a great job of following my own advice), but over the years I have...
Episode #6
? , ? These are two of the questions that I get the most often, and also one of the most requested #HackingAcademia questions. As anyone who has seen my videos or talks knows, I'm all about individualization of advice...
Episode #5
๐ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ One of the nuanced phenomena in academic and research careers occurs when individuals put great effort into developing themselves, persisting against all the...
Episode #4
๐คฏ A somewhat less cheerful but oh-so-important topic to cover in #HackingAcademia : dealing with Difficult Situations! I'm always happy when I'm learning, and as I've stepped up in leadership responsibilities these...
Episode #3
A slight twist on my normal Hacking Academia video intended audience: today's "On Expertise" video is targeted more at the myriad industry, government and other sector workers who are interested in getting expert advice...
Episode #2
Do You Ever Sleep??? ๐ด I periodically get variants of this question: "When do you sleep?", "Do you ever sleep", and the more constructive, "how the heck do you manage your time?" In today's #HackingAcademia video, I...
Episode #1
I have a massive backlog of #HackingAcademia videos to shoot: right at the top of the pile, prompted by a heap of conversations in recent months, is this one: the art of: Separating PROCESS from OUTCOMES This is one of...
Episode #31
๐ Free leftover food in the kitchen โ first come, first served! As a PhD student, those emails were great - Iโd drop everything and sprint to the tea room. Free food - what's not to love! Two decades later, I still...
Episode #30
๐ Did you know there are (at least) four ways to combine supervisors and PhD students for your regular meetings โ and that each serves a different purpose? That's the topic of todayโs ๐๐๐๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ฆ๐ข๐...
Episode #29
๐ฅ New #HackingAcademia episode just dropped โ and it's a sensitive but hopefully somewhat cathartic one, perfect for a Friday afternoon: ๐ ๐๐ค๐๐ฌ, ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ฎ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐๐๐ข๐๐ฌ ๐คฏ โThat guy sounds like a...
Episode #28
They say you should see the forest for the trees ๐ฒ๐ณ - to understand the larger context rather than getting lost in the details without grasping this vital bigger picture ๐งฉ Thatโs what todayโs hashtag#HackingAcademia...
Episode #27
There's a laundry list of phrases that trigger me in #academia and related professions: one of the most frequent ones is "I don't have time" / "They don't have time." The reason it triggers me so often isn't so much...
Episode #26
When is having a good awareness of the "big picture" in a PhD or general research not helpful? When you need to focus in on the "little picture", to preserve your sanity, lower your sky high stress levels, and make some...
Episode #25
This week I had coffee with a new colleague and the conversation got onto the realities and challenges of recruiting, and retaining, the talent you want to work with and need to fulfill all those exciting research...
Episode #24
This meeting is driving me INSANE ๐ก๐คฏ I regularly take requests for my #HackingAcademia series: today's request was one of many about how to deal with meetings where you're frustrated beyond belief, and want to tear...
Episode #23
๐ค ๐๐ก๐ฒ ๐๐? ๐คทโโ๏ธ ๐๐ก๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ญ ๐๐? In your career, youโll regularly hit moments where your confidence doesnโt match everyone elseโs. ๐ค โWhy Me?โ Someone suggests nominating you for an award - and you think, โNo...
Episode #22
Time for an update on #ArtificialIntelligence, from my personal perspective in a professional context: my continued exploration of its intense usage in a day-to-day career (2 and a bit years and counting). Key concepts...
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