Is boredom your academic superpower?

About this episode

The episode discusses the concept of boredom as a potential academic superpower and shares experiences from the first video recording.

Can't be bothered with email or speak pipe? Text us! Welcome to the first Youtube video version of the pod! Watch it here Sorry for the sound quality for the first 10 minutes - promise it gets better when we remembered to turn the mics on! The filming/recording took ages, through many interruptions, and bad technical decisions... so much effort in fact, that we are not sure if we will do it again. Let us know if you like it and we might persist! In this episode we talk about Boredom at ...

Topics covered

• boredom
• academic superpower
• self-improvement
• education
• technical challenges

Keywords

• boredom
• academic
• superpower
• self-improvement
• podcast
• Youtube
• technical issues

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