Dan and James discuss why academia tolerates bad presentations and the strange distrust of polished presentations.

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James had a Filipino feast https://twitter.com/jamesheathers/status/1188582859528949766?s=20
We’re approaching 100 episodes!
ReproducibiliTea is spreading worldwide!
Why do some people not trust polished presentations?
The Mike Morrison episode on the Better Poster
The “I want a refund for a bad presentation” blog post
What does James consider a ‘good’ presentation?
Conference apps
Why don’t we teach PhD students to do things that they’ll need further in their careers, like making presentations and writing emails?
Vague emails
James wants to help out an email spammer
Email vs. Twitter DM
Anonymous people on the internet
James discovers coin collecting
Blocking people on Twitter
Dan’s got a show recommendation: Money Heist / Paper house
Why do we hate spoilers?
Spoiling the end of a movie on Pompeii

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Music credits: [Lee Rosevere](freemusicarchive.org/music/Lee_Rosevere/)

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95: All good presentations are alike; each bad presentation is bad in its own way