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Academic Recovery Squad Podcast

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Episodes 9

Avg. Duration 55m

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Since Feb 2025

Latest Episode Jul 2025

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Every 2 Weeks

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About This Podcast

Short explanation: Stories, questions, and answers about/from people recovering from the utopia/dystopia that was/is getting a diploma from an accredited academic institution. Ask our crew anything about how to survive and thrive before, during, after, and in-between the student era(s) and we’ll talk about our perspectives, how we stayed sane while achieving that (or not), and any other random tangents that may occur. It’s like asking your older sibling a question and then before you know it an hour went by. But I promise we’ll actually answer the question. If you want to challenge me on how well I can keep that promise, submit a question to [email protected]. Long explanation: Were you coerced into drinking from the academic firehose for more than half your life? You may be entitled to compensation. Is said compensation going to be enough to survive as an adult off of? Maybe. You can go back and exchange more firehose time for more money. Will you actually make more money? Maybe. Is that actually better? Probably yes, but someone has to care about how much you drank from the firehose and what else you were doing while doing that for you to get that benefit. So I guess still maybe. How do you get someone to care about that? I don’t know. I heard that being related to someone whose great^4 grandfather owned a railroad and/or serendipitously saving their niece’s friends’ emotional support peacock from being eaten by alligators on a California golf course helps. Did you find that above sequence unhelpful? So did we. School sucks sometimes. Trying to adjust to being a regulation adult after all you’ve known is school is underratedly difficult. Let’s talk about it. The Academic Recovery Squad is here for your questions! Unfiltered takes on (student) life from current and former students hacking it through/recovering from the undergrad and grad school experience. Ask us anything at [email protected]. Our best minds will get back to you shortly. Also follow us on socials! Threads/Instagram @arsquadpod Blue Sky @arsquadpod.bsky.social

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Recent Episodes

S1E8 7.5: White mage casts Raise // The squad returns this July!

Jul 12, 2025 16m

What happened while I was gone?? Everyone seems mad. Academic Recovery Squad returns with full episodes next week July 15th-ish Got questions or stories about navigating surviving or exiting…

S1E7 7: To buy or not to buy the deluxe edition of this paper, but this paper is a degree

Mar 25, 2025 1h 5m

Today's question: Why did you or did you not decide to go back to school? Subquestion - what's the value of field specific certifications? Carlos and Carlita return to compare and contrast reasons…

S1E6 6: I want to be your (scientific) motivation

Mar 11, 2025 1h 26m

Today's Question: What's keeping you motivated right now (to do science/as a scientist)? Carl and Dan explore the drivers of their internal motivation, including what it means to be hyper focused in…

S1E6 5: Three letters, PhD, say a lot - remind me again what that was?

Mar 04, 2025 1h 8m

Today's question: What does having a PhD mean to you? Carl and Zach talk at length about their grad school journeys and the definition of what having a PhD (in sciences) means we got certified for.…

S1E5 4: Are you where past you thought you would be? (Law School Version)

Feb 25, 2025 1h 9m

Today's question - Are you doing now what you thought you would do with your (advanced) degree? How do you feel about that? Carl and Jade tackle how Jade felt jaded about the law (as a…

S1E4 3: Did you like that schooling you bought?

Feb 18, 2025 1h 10m

Today's question: Do you think you went to the right school for undergrad? Do you have buyer's remorse about that? Carl and his siblings, Carlos, and Carlita (yes our parents were very creative),…

S1E3 2: Engineering returns (to school)

Feb 12, 2025 39m

Today's question - Why did you decide to go back to school? Carl tries not doing an episode preamble before he talks to his friend Jack about his experience with school, what motivated him to go back…

S1E2 1: 18 years, 18 years, You want that degree? Got you for 18 years

Feb 12, 2025 54m

Today's question - what is your opinion of the concept of school in general? Carl and Julia discuss the fact that they've been in school literally forever and how it feels now that they're no longer…

S1E1 0: Introduction // ReadMe

Feb 12, 2025 26m

Hello internet! Welcome to the Academic Recovery Squad feed - the show about transitions from school kid to adult kid and how to get there. Got a question you'd be curious to hear some random people…