Episode Archive
188 episodes of Everything Hertz since the first episode, which aired on March 2nd, 2016.
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28: Positive developments in biomedical science
September 30th, 2016 | 49 mins 4 secs
Pre-registration, p-hacking, power, protocols. All these concepts are pretty mainstream in 2016 but hardly discussed 5 years ago. In this episode, James and Dan talk about these ideas and other developments in biomedical science.
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27: Complaints and grievances
September 23rd, 2016 | 52 mins 45 secs
Dan and James discuss complaints and grievances. Stay tuned for part 2 (next episode) where things get positive.
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26: Interpreting effect sizes
September 9th, 2016 | 45 mins 31 secs
Dan and James discuss Dan's recent preprint describing an effect size distribution analysis on HRV studies.
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25: Misunderstanding p-values
August 27th, 2016 | 55 mins 2 secs
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 correctly interpret p-values in a sample of academic psychologists.
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24: Incentive structures in science
August 17th, 2016 | 1 hr 20 secs
Science funding has a series of built in incentive structures, but what sort of science does this produce?
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23: Serious academics
August 11th, 2016 | 52 mins 40 secs
Can you be a "serious academic" while still posting photos on Instagram? In this episode, James and Dan discuss a recent article bemoaning the infiltration of the "selfie epidemic" into academia.
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22: Pokemon and public health
August 3rd, 2016 | 59 mins 15 secs
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 another fad?
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21: This is your brain on steroids
July 22nd, 2016 | 58 mins 17 secs
Dan and James discuss a new paper that compared brain structure in long-term steroid users and non-using weightlifters
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20: Sample sizes in psychology studies
July 13th, 2016 | 1 hr 1 min
Can psychologists learn more by studying fewer people?
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19: Let us spray: oxytocin and spirituality
July 6th, 2016 | 47 mins 24 secs
Dan and James discuss a recent paper on intranasal oxytocin and spirituality
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18: Data sharing
June 29th, 2016 | 51 mins 28 secs
Withholding data: bad science or scientific misconduct?
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17: Journals: Do we need them?
June 22nd, 2016 | 51 mins 2 secs
Do we really need scientific journals?
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16: What makes a good psych study?
June 15th, 2016 | 49 mins 10 secs
What are the defining characteristics of a good psychology study?
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15: Software and coding
June 8th, 2016 | 45 mins 27 secs
Dan and James discuss software and coding, including the tools they use
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14: Science communication
June 2nd, 2016 | 32 mins 49 secs
Dan and James discuss public engagement, science communication, and the internet outrage machine.
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13: Academic horror stories
May 26th, 2016 | 52 mins 12 secs
Dan and James discuss a few academic horror stories sent in by their listeners.