Can't be bothered with email or speak pipe? Text us! Buckle up folks, this is a long one! It's been a big couple of weeks since Jason and Inger caught up. Inger went to Tassie and experienced crossing bass strait in gale force winds on the way back while Jason got rained on while camping and discovered 'Truckie Twitter' on the UHF band radio during an unexpected 2.5 hour journey home from work.... Oh, and Thesiswhisperer Jnr is now being paid to play with puppies at a pet store, which Inger and ...
Nov 13, 2022•2 hr 16 min•Season 3Ep. 46
Can't be bothered with email or speak pipe? Text us! Inger and Jason catch up to get their nerd on HARD in this episode - you have been warned. After the usual catch up - with only a little bit of old person health problems - Inger reads out some nice feedback (17:50). People loved our last episode on 'Building a second brain for writing' where we talked about Tiago Forte's book. Because of this conversation, Jason had an epiphany and started using Obsidian - a database program which Inger descr...
Oct 22, 2022•1 hr 47 min•Season 3Ep. 45
Can't be bothered with email or speak pipe? Text us! There's a lot of sweary words in this one, headphones in! Inger brought a sword to work and Jason is back on the mats at Brazillian Ju Jitsu (BJJ) so it's business as usual at On The Reg. Big shout out to Jason's wife Cath, who has nearly finished her course, which somehow leads to a long discussion of Jason's first experience of removing unwanted body hair. In other words, the usual catch up, but if you want to skip it, go straight to 24:32 ,...
Oct 02, 2022•1 hr 48 min•Season 3Ep. 44
Can't be bothered with email or speak pipe? Text us! Inger and Jason have been busy, you know - the usual. Inger has been deep in three minute thesis land (ie: the annual ANU 'high school musical') and Jason paid $250 to learn he doesn't have to have surgery (yay!). There's only a little bit of 'old people complaining about their health' in the first bit before they listen to a speak pipe from Tseen Khoo (17:14). Tseen has finally read and reviewed the Navy SEALs romance that Inger sent her, and...
Sep 11, 2022•1 hr 41 min•Season 3Ep. 42
Can't be bothered with email or speak pipe? Text us! Inger and Jason are both complaining about their health again. Jason has 'mild degeneration' of his shoulder joint and Inger has 'mild degeneration' of her eye lens. The duo agree that it means they are falling apart, but as Jason says ' slowly'. After the whinging about health, and a few things about the Jeep/Tesla/Tinny there 's a bit about academic administration before a Speakpipe from Dasha from Finland (27:10) and another email from Heat...
Aug 21, 2022•1 hr 54 min•Season 3Ep. 41
Can't be bothered with email or speak pipe? Text us! Inger and Jason catch up on Inger's 24th wedding anniversary (with Mr Thesis Whisperer's permission!). Inger went to Newcastle in the Tesla and had fun doing a workshop in a bathroom. It's been a weird couple of weeks: she also encountered giant animatronic wombats on the lawns of parliament house while taking part in an NTEU event. Jason's had Covid in the house (9:47), but avoided getting it, despite using his Aunt's method of taking tempera...
Jul 31, 2022•2 hr 1 min•Season 3Ep. 40
Can't be bothered with email or speak pipe? Text us! Jason has Novid now, but he dragged himself to the mic. Inger’s been sick again and, honestly - the first 20 minutes or so of this podcast is just ‘old people complaining about their health’ (but we know some of you really like that stuff, so we left it in). Katherine Firth rings in (18m:17s) to give Jason another romance novel recommendation for the upcoming On the Reg competitive reading cage death match. In our work problems segment (25m:43...
Jul 11, 2022•1 hr 40 min
Can't be bothered with email or speak pipe? Text us! Jason and Inger are behind on their podcasting schedule because Inger had Not-Covid/ Not-flu and too sick to record last Sunday. Meanwhile Jason has injured himself at Brazilian Ju Jitsu - again. Jason texts a picture of his inner thigh to Inger, live on air, to show her the damage. She is shocked (not at the body part itself, because she lives with a pair of 50 year old male inner thighs) because she didn't know bruises could actually be that...
Jun 26, 2022•1 hr 53 min•Season 3Ep. 38
Can't be bothered with email or speak pipe? Text us! Inger and Jason are back to their usual format now the election is done. This is the first weekend in 18 months that Inger doesn't have any political activism planned for the weekend - and she is happy about the election result because a well hung parliament is a good parliament in her book (totally worth a 6 vodka hang over). Meanwhile, Jason has been super busy with being #bigboss but he does have an awesome executive assistant who is now in...
May 29, 2022•1 hr 46 min•Season 3Ep. 37
Can't be bothered with email or speak pipe? Text us! Warning - there's a LOT of swearing in this one, so if there are sensitive little ears present, maybe save it till later... We recorded this on the 10th of April as Scott Morrison called the election. It's another short one as Inger was already deep in campaigning for the Greens, We did manage to cover a lot of ground though (actually, it's not that short because we can't shut up once we get going). Jason is still enjoying #newjob where he is ...
Apr 30, 2022•59 min•Season 3Ep. 36
Can't be bothered with email or speak pipe? Text us! We've been busy, but you know - in a good way. Inger and Jason are both exhausterated - both exhausted and exhilarated at the same time. Sort of like how you feel after a good workout. Jason has started his new job at Latrobe, where he has an office above the pub and #awesometeam. Meanwhile Inger has a huge face to face teaching thing after 2 years of teaching via a screen, and is swinging into full election campaign mode with the Greens. Whil...
Apr 08, 2022•39 min•Season 3Ep. 35
Can't be bothered with email or speak pipe? Text us! Warning - there's a lot of swearing in this one, so maybe shield from sensitive little ears... Jason is between jobs, which means he's nearly killing his family on a hike and getting suits delivered. Oh - and reading Cal Newport's book 'So good they can't ignore you'. Meanwhile Inger is surprised she hasn't caught Covid at any of the 50 year old birthday parties. Oh, and Mr Thesiswhisperer laughed at her for shopping in the 'Influencer' sectio...
Mar 25, 2022•1 hr 44 min•Season 3Ep. 34
Can't be bothered with email or speak pipe? Text us! This episode of On the Reg is slightly delayed because of children being stranded in Western Port Bay, internet upload speeds and an ill-advised attempt to record in the evening after work. In other words, it took time to get our shit together (and not just because we are both now over 50 and the government is starting to show an interest in the contents of our poo (long story). This is the first of our special episode series called 'Is This B...
Mar 06, 2022•1 hr 35 min•Season 3Ep. 33
Can't be bothered with email or speak pipe? Text us! Content warning! In this episode we talk briefly about anxiety and addiction. If either of those two topics are not your thing today, click away friend! Jason and Inger are back from holidays - if you can call it that. December and January were marred by the Omicron Surge which, like all bad sci-fi novels, has produced a lot of boredom. Inger made progress on her book and the rest of her 'holiday to do list' while Jason actually got to doing s...
Feb 05, 2022•1 hr 27 min•Season 3Ep. 10
Can't be bothered with email or speak pipe? Text us! Jason and Inger are on summer holidays! This episode is one Inger recorded last year with Mark Carrigan and Tyler shores. There's lot of nerdy stuff about productivity in here, including name checking a whole lot of note taking apps. We kept this one in the can for the summer break and it has fresh resonance now that Australia seems to be in the 'trickledown responsibility' part of the pandemic where we aren't having a lockdown, but seem to be...
Jan 14, 2022•1 hr 20 min•Season 2Ep. 31
Can't be bothered with email or speak pipe? Text us! It's been a busy couple of weeks leading up to the end of the year for both Inger and Jason. There's a lot of cars on their respective work highways. While Inger was 'snappish', Jason suddenly found himself Overwhelmed by everything. Jason describes his terrible, no good Tuesday and tells Inger how he ate hot chips, went to afternoon Brazillian JuJitsu and bullet journaled his way out of it. Inger knows the ways of Burnout after she got carrie...
Dec 21, 2021•1 hr 50 min
Can't be bothered with email or speak pipe? Text us! Inger had a unexpected visit to the hospital and Jason had trouble getting the tinny out to sea and back again, so it was quite a week for the On The Reg Team. Full of the dramas. Inger digs out a paper her 'interesting shit' folder on Zotero, which is basically stuff she found while Jason was on #epictrip and saved for later. The findings of the paper send the pair into a deep nerd spiral on all things email but you know, in a fun way. Inger ...
Dec 05, 2021•1 hr 40 min•Season 2Ep. 29
Can't be bothered with email or speak pipe? Text us! Jason and Inger finally have time to really catch up properly... with a well over 2 hour conversation... Inger edited it down to 1 hour 53, so hey - listen in segments? Crank it up for a long session of housework or gardening? Go for a really long run? We believe in you! It's long because frankly, there was a lot of backed up conversation to be had after Jason had 14 weeks off. We discuss the origins and future of the idea of long service leav...
Nov 13, 2021•1 hr 54 min•Season 2Ep. 29
Can't be bothered with email or speak pipe? Text us! Jason just got back from 14 weeks driving around Australia on #epictrip2021! So it seemed like a good idea to throw him right into podcasting via a live key note for Australian Educational Podcast Conference 2021. The event was called "Planning for podcasting: dissecting the process", so we did a normal On The Reg... but with a time limit, in front of a live audience, while people watched the show notes scroll by... This wasn't at ALL anxiety ...
Oct 17, 2021•1 hr 5 min•Season 2Ep. 28
Can't be bothered with email or speak pipe? Text us! Inger recorded this guestapooloza version of On The Reg just before Canberra was locked down... as she says in the pod "things might change before you hear this". Luckily her guest was Narelle Lemon from the Wellbeing Whisperer, who was able to impact many relaxation tips. Inger is crap at relaxing, so Narelle's suggestions were extremely helpful. The pair have a surprisingly intense conversation about sleep: how to fall asleep, stay asleep an...
Oct 02, 2021•1 hr 12 min
Can't be bothered with email or speak pipe? Text us! After hearing briefly from Jason, who seems to be making progress on his digital detox, Inger is joined by Dr Ben Kraal. Ben used to be an academic, but escaped into the wilds of UX consulting where he makes a very nice living - but still runs an excellent academic-ish newsletter on the side which is called '1992'. Ben tells Inger about the inspiration for 1992, particularly the concept of Articulation work. This is a concept which comes from ...
Sep 18, 2021•1 hr 24 min
Can't be bothered with email or speak pipe? Text us! Inger has a guest host while @Jasondowns is gallivanting his way around Australia on #epictrip2021. Tseen Khoo (@tseenster) from the Research Whisperer Blog joins Inger to talk about a topic that gets them both fired up: networking. They share their networking tips and techniques, especially the stuff that works online during Covid times when the dreaded wine and cheese events are no longer available (hooray!). Inger reckons they are both pret...
Aug 28, 2021•1 hr 18 min
Can't be bothered with email or speak pipe? Text us! It's the last episode of On the Reg before Jason goes on #epictrip2021 but don't worry - Inger will keep the ship afloat with a guesthostapolooza until he returns. Before he leaves Jason just has a bit more marking to do as well as tricking out the Jeep. Inger is relieved her dislocated toe no longer looks like a balloon animal and that Thesis Whisperer Jnr will still put the seat warmers on in the Tesla when he picks her up from work. We are ...
Aug 14, 2021•1 hr 38 min•Season 2Ep. 23
Can't be bothered with email or speak pipe? Text us! This week Inger is joined by Jonathan O'Donnell from the Research Whisperer as Jason is still away on #epictrip2021. Jonathan has given us lots of suggestions for On The Reg, so now is the time to talk to him directly! We start off talking about why innovation is hard inside universities, which have been fine tuned to avoid waste and increase transperency and accountability. This increases their sensitivity to risk. Sometimes the best way to g...
Aug 07, 2021•1 hr 27 min
Can't be bothered with email or speak pipe? Text us! Jason is wondering how long he is going to be constrained to a 25km radius as he tries to plan #epictrip2021 around Australia. Meanwhile Inger's Tesla is complaining about a cold battery. While Jason contemplates 14 weeks off work for long service leave, Inger is powering on with her PostAc work (you can find out more about the PostAc project here ). This week we conclude (for now) our 3 episode long opus on procrastination with some thoughts ...
Jul 25, 2021•1 hr 14 min•Season 2Ep. 22
Can't be bothered with email or speak pipe? Text us! Jason has been in #markinghell, but dreaming of his #epictrip2021 (which you can follow on Instagram!). Meanwhile Inger took a break and drove through spider rain in Victoria before dislocating her toe in NSW. So - it's been busy. Jason goes long and deep on procrastination again - this time looking at different sorts of procrastination and educating Inger on how to deal with lists of stuff you don't want to do. Inger then educates Jason on th...
Jul 03, 2021•1 hr 18 min
Can't be bothered with email or speak pipe? Text us! Inger and Jason are very touched by a lovely message Chad left on Speakpipe - we ate the praise up like delicious yogurt. Jason and Shainul took the tinny on a last cruise before winter and proudly reports that he can fit back into his Brazillian Ju Jitzu gear. Inger has succeeded in a science experiment, and worried ThesisWhisperer Jnr by not having any notes on his psych essay. Inger has started work on a new academic book and is finding it ...
Jun 13, 2021•1 hr 30 min
Can't be bothered with email or speak pipe? Text us! Where Inger and Jason release an emergency broadcast in support of everyone who is working through conditions which have heightened levels of difficulty. Jason has just heard that the snap lockdown announced in Melbourne a week ago has just been extended for another 7 days (and maybe more). This got Jason and Inger thinking - how do you cope with this? What are some of the ways that a person can take back control over something that is definit...
Jun 03, 2021•27 min•Season 2Ep. 21
Can't be bothered with email or speak pipe? Text us! Inger and Jason both enjoyed a brief Easter break, but for different reasons. Inger has been zooming around in her new baby (the Tesla) while Jason has been participating in an intense hot cross bun competition. Inger is looking forward to a planned writing retreat in an Instagram ready barn conversion to write her romance novels while Jason is back, hard at work in the academic salt mines. In our work problems segment we continue our dissecti...
May 16, 2021•1 hr 21 min•Season 2Ep. 18
Can't be bothered with email or speak pipe? Text us! Inger was too scared to drive her new Tesla and Jason was scared he'd lost his drone at sea. Luckily Jason did not have to tell Cath the boy toy went missing and at least Thesis Whisperer Jnr thinks Inger's new book Level Up Your Essays is 'not that boring'. We take up the challenge, put to us by a sadly anonymous listener on SpeakPipe, to talk about why the famous book 'Seven Habits of Highly Effective People' by Stephen Covey is a problemati...
Apr 25, 2021•1 hr 21 min
