Podcasts by On the reg
Inger and Jason talk about work, but you know - not in a boring way. Practical, implementable productivity hacks to help you live a more balanced life. Find us talking to each other between episodes on Mastodon: @thesiswhisperer@aus.social and @jasondowns@ravenation.club
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Obsessive passion and the Omicron variations from 2022-02-06T08:00
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 ho...
Tips for the lockdown you have when you're not really having a lockdown. from 2022-01-15T08:00
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 na...
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The one about Overwhelm from 2021-12-21T21:00
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&apo...
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Should I open this email and other stories, including one about the tinny from 2021-12-05T20:00
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...
Long service leave: artefact of colonisation or just bloody awesome? from 2021-11-13T12:00
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 se...
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Jason is back in The Matrix from 2021-10-17T12:00
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 Podca...
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Bottoming our way through pandemic lockdowns (with lavender mist and pills) from 2021-10-02T14:00
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 ...
Articulation work isn't just a cool research paper from 1992 (even though it kind of is) from 2021-09-18T14:00
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 w...
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Networking is more than nibbling wine and cheese (in a doomsday bunker) from 2021-08-28T12:00
Inger has a guest host while @Jasondowns is gallivanting his way around Australia on #epictrip2021. Tseen Khoo (@tseenster) from the Research Whisperer Bl...
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Academic permafrost and the vital few from 2021-08-14T23:00
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 ...
'Good waste'and yak shaving from 2021-08-07T03:00
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 ...
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Dealing with other people's procrastination (and a few tips on how to keep your feet warm) from 2021-07-24T22:00
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. W...
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Procrastination reconsidered and driving through spider rain. from 2021-07-04T08:00
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 ...
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Procrastination and the poisonous algorithmic'nudge' from 2021-06-13T15:00
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 prou...
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An emergency Melbourne pandemic lockdown broadcast! from 2021-06-03T01:00
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 ...
Eating secular vegan hot cross buns while starting with the end in mind. from 2021-05-16T23:00
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...
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The seven habits, revisited (well, Chapter One at least) from 2021-04-25T02:00
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 J...
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University bullshit and working out when to shut up from 2021-03-15T01:00
Inger and Jason have both been dealing with challenges.
For Inger it's finding time to work on her romance novels when doing a 37.5 hour week entirely on Zoom. She did, however, m...
White solidarity and the bullet journal from 2021-02-22T02:00
Inger and Jason are now fully back at work. Jason is is relieved people have welcomed him back into his new/old job and got his boat license so he can cruise around Port Phillip Bay. Inger has r...
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Spooky dancing robots and the presence bleed from 2021-01-31T00:00
Inger and jason have had a holiday - sort of. A lot of it seemed to involve making a dash for state borders before they closed... Jason bought a drone and Inger bought a mid life crisis car.
That All Terrain Vehicle in Aliens Two and a treatise on Canberra parking problems from 2020-12-13T16:00
It's our last episode for 2020 (don't worry, we'll be back. Jason can't get out of it now).
Jason is finishing one job and starting another with a listening tour. Th...
Lucy Liu in leather pants or a middle aged lady wizard who can turn into a cat from 2020-11-29T16:00
Inger has a big news for Jason - but you'll have to listen for about six minutes before we got to the point. Enjoy!
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That guy who does no work on Saturdays and how to remember if one of your colleagues was on the olympic skating team (Live from #Whisperfest 2020) from 2020-11-24T20:00
This recording was made from a live taping session during 'Whisperfest 2020' in front of a live crowd of around 70 people on Zoom.
In this episode, Jason and Inger tell thei...
Gantt charting your way to heaven while Team Trump does a presser next to an adult book store from 2020-11-08T18:00
We start by taking a moment to acknowledge that The Trump presidency has come to an end, ignominiously, in front of a landscape gardening gardening business, next to the 'Fantasy Island&apo...
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All quiet on the email front and how Jason became the mayor of Baker's Delight from 2020-10-25T17:00
Jason is emerging from Lockdown, getting a long over due hair cut and having cross-town adventures in his Jeep. Inger is despairing over Thesis Whisperer Jnr's decision to 'rest' ...
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Everything is terrible, but at least we have pandemic homewares from 2020-10-04T21:00
This episode carries a content warning... best not to listen if hearing about the pain of losing a job is triggering for you.
Jason's job has been 'dis-established' and w...
The'To Be Read'pile and the academic Burning Man festival from 2020-09-13T16:00
Lockdown continues in Melbourne, but Jason is looking forward to being able to visit his mother in law without being arrested for breaching the Victorian lockdown 5km travel limits.
In...
Love Heart Emoji Eyes and the Optimum Dose of Caffeine from 2020-08-30T01:00
We start with Inger's aborted holiday in a cottage in the country when Thesis Whisperer Jnr and Mr Thesis Whisperer had to be tested for Covid (it's ok, they both had colds, but it&apo...
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International Roast and the work iceberg from 2020-08-16T16:00
This podcast was the first one recorded with Zencastr, which makes for a slightly nervewracking beginning, but the duo quickly hit their stride. Jason is endu...
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Dry July and the Text Expander cult from 2020-08-02T20:00
Where Inger and Jason eventually end up wondering if money is actually real, by way of promotion applications, the appalling badness of ReadCube and an American soldier who really liked to tell ...
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Covid fatness and the merely urgent from 2020-07-18T23:00
Inger and Jason talk about how work intensification is becoming more and more evident and how this impacts people in different ways - and how to cope. We dive into the topic of internal PR and w...
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Episode one: where we conquer our technical difficulties from 2020-06-28T12:00
Where we talk about committees, working from your car, the 12 cups of coffee method. Oh yeah - plenty of Omnifocus as well.
Jason is reading 'Re...
Episode one: where we conquer our technical difficulties from 2020-06-28T12:00
Where we talk about committees, working from your car, the 12 cups of coffee method. Oh yeah - plenty of Omnifocus as well.
Jason is reading 'Re...
Episode one: where we conquer our technical difficulties from 2020-06-28T12:00
Where we talk about committees, working from your car, the 12 cups of coffee method. Oh yeah - plenty of Omnifocus as well.
Jason is reading 'Re...