Major Revisions

Grace, Jon, and Jeff talk about #SinceIWasYoung.

Grace, Jon, and Jeff reconvene book club to chat about the Professor is In!

Grace, Jon, and Jeff are back in book club this episode, talking about the book "How to do Ecology." The gang also talk about how academics and scientists spend their holidays.

Grace, Jon, and Jeff jump right into the fray this week to talk about a recent, divisive article in Nature Ecology and Evolution about the papers every ecologist should be reading.

It is time for the inaugural Impact Factor Draft! Grace, Jon, and Jeff pick journals based on how they think the IF will change next year. Really it is just an excuse to talk about the landscape of ecological journals.

Grace, Jon, and Jeff revisit the first year of the podcast, including the most and least popular episodes--and we look forward to the future.

Grace and Jeff, sans Jon, talk about some of the latest in carbon cycling research--terrestrial and aquatic! We also talk Jon's recent wedding, examine a new paper in Science focusing on the tropics, a great piece on science blogging, and talk about the podcast's upcoming anniversary. Oh, and cow farts. Lots about cow farts.

Grace, Jon, and Jeff do a deep dive into having difficult conversations in the classroom around the current political and social climate and how to respond to situations in a thoughtful, and supportive manner.

Grace, Jon, and Jeff talk about how to get the most out of grad school including setting priorities, making friends with the smart people, thinking about it as a career, and whether classes "really" matter.

In our first banter-only episode, Grace, Jon, and Jeff talk about the eclipse, the comings and goings of the Ecological Society of America 2017 meeting in Portland, pre-registering ecology articles and studies, and the question of censorship of science.

Grace, Jon, and Jeff talk Intermediate Disturbance Hypothesis (IDH), the idea that diversity peaks at "intermediate" levels of disturbance. We also preview ESA 2017 and ponder the relationship between food quality and the amount of taxidermy in North Wood's bars.

Grace, Jon, and Jeff discuss their own trials and tribulations of trying to make a career in the sciences jive with a home life that approaches normality. Jeff pines about the early summer flailing nature of one member of the Red Sox pitching staff and the gang talk dog fashion shows. And science. Some science too.

Grace, Jon, and Jeff *finally* get around to talk about Hope Jahren's book "Lab Girl" and what it meant to them as ecologists and early career scientists.

Grace just got back from an NSF conference on grants and gives the low-down to the gang and we talk different kinds of grants, application strategies, and also alternative funding sources. The gang also pours one out for DDIG.

Grace, Jon, and Jeff talk about a recent blog post for Jeremy Yoder on his journey towards the tenure track. The gang also talk about the beloved and reviled ecoevo jobs board and Jon's recent 1600 mile cross-country journey as he moves from Kansas back to Virginia.

Following up a conversation from Twitter about academic publishing, Jeff talks to special guest Terry McGlynn, Professor of Biology at Cal State Dominguez Hills, about everything from strategies in suggesting reviewers to how junior and senior scientists approach publishing differently.

Grace, Jon, and Jeff talk about what motivates them as scientists and discuss a Dynamic Ecology post from Jeremy Fox about basic vs. applied science. The gang also play a game of five questions.

Grace, Jon, and Jeff relate (pretty near) everything they know about the perils and pitfalls of ecological fieldwork--from buying the good footwear to making sure your permits are filed on time. The gang catch up on their March Mammal Madness brackets and also tell stories about their worst experiences in the field.

Grace, Jon, and Jeff talk about the recent ASLO and Royal Society meetings they attended and then debate the March Mammal Madness bracket and English breakfast. Teaser...Marmite is gluten-free.

Grace, Jon, and Jeff talk about what it is like to get your manuscript rejected and how to deal with it. The gang also talk about a Reiners et al. 2016 paper about the topics in ecology that ecologists value based on utility and then offer their two cents about areas they fill are underrepresented.