In this episode of Science Sisters, Simon Clark (content creator, author) and I talk about the loaded decision to leave academia when you find out it isn't for you and the many ways in which you can do science communication and how to do it well. How long does it take to write a book for example? Do you need a good strategy before you start writing? And how exactly do you make the youtube algorithm ignore you completely? Also, Simon talks me into an existential crisis during a particularly passionate monologue on doing what makes you happy.

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***** More Science Sisters ***** Announcement - https://youtu.be/StyunNJ-JzY Trailer - https://youtu.be/vdqvYx_3VYg Ethical fieldwork | Thirze Hermans - https://youtu.be/dofyDP70mZI Switching careers | Leah-Nani Alconcel - https://youtu.be/er0ZwkYK5wg Science communication | Simon Clark - https://youtu.be/hagf8KMnBzE Postdoc Life | Tamarah King - https://youtu.be/qvajLpWI4AM Leadership | Richard Ghail - https://youtu.be/Gnc3GSGjilQ Women in science | Diana Avadanii - https://youtu.be/yiAyNPTqWGs Job applications | Paula Koelemeijer - https://youtu.be/_h9CDL1VhN8

Resources*: Guide to science communication - https://www.hindawi.com/resources/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=owned%20referral&utm_campaign=HDW_MRKT_GBL_AWA_TWTR_OWN_OSOC_HIND_X_10436

• Note: very incomplete. These are just some suggestions for starting points.

Original art & music by Lucía Pérez-Díaz: https://twitter.com/drperezdiaz https://twitter.com/theflattype

Secret paper: Ulrich et al., 2019 (PAGeoph): Coupled, Physics-Based Modeling Reveals Earthquake Displacements are Critical to the 2018 Palu, Sulawesi Tsunami https://doi.org/10.1007/s00024-019-02290-5

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