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

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

Here's what else they discuss...

• 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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• [James on twitter](www.twitter.com/jamesheathers)
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Music credits: [Lee Rosevere](freemusicarchive.org/music/Lee_Rosevere/)

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