Best Crit Happens Podcasts (2025)

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193: The pop-up journal 59:03

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Dan and James chat about a a new 'pop-up journal' concept for addressing specific research questions. They also answer a listener question from a journal grammar editor and discuss a new PNAS article on paper mills Links The pop-up journal The episode where Dan's wife went into labor The PNAS paper mill paper A blog post from the PNAS paper lead au…

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192: Outsourcing in academia 47:42

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Dan and James answer listener questions on outsourcing in academia and differences in research culture between academic institutions and commercial institutions. Social media links Dan on Bluesky James on Bluesky Everything Hertz on Bluesky Citation Quintana, D. S., & Heathers, J. (2025, July 1). 192: Outsourcing in academia, Everything Hertz [Audi…

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191: Cleaning up contaminated medical treatment guidelines 48:24

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James and Dan discuss James' newly funded 'Medical Evidence Project', whose goal is to find questionable medical evidence that is contaminating treatment guidelines. Links James' blog post from last year The carthorse child blog post The blog post announcing the project A write up in Nature about the project Other links Dan on Bluesky James on Blue…

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NAT Happens, D&D Podcast Ep. 2/3: (Arc 2: Ghostleaf High Madness) 49:39

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Welcome to Arc 2 of NAT Happens: chaos, drugs, and emotional baggage await. A DND Podcast so chaotic it’ll crit your funny bone! Episode 2/3: (Arc 2: Ghostleaf High Madness) Our heroes meet the gnome’s shady brother-in-law… and things go downhill fast. DND Story - Episode Highlights: 🧌 A bard bleeds out unattended. 🐒 An evil pink monkey causes psyc…

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NAT Happens, D&D Podcast Ep. 1/3: (Arc 2: Ghostleaf High Madness) 37:38

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Welcome to Arc 2 of NAT Happens: chaos, drugs, and emotional baggage await. A DND Podcast so chaotic it’ll crit your funny bone! Episode 1/3: (Arc 2: Ghostleaf High Madness) In a cursed forest near Baldur’s Gate, a party of misfits, a snarky ghost cat companion, and a ghost leaf-tripping satyr druid roll NAT 1s into hilarious Dungeons & Dragons may…

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190: What happens when you pay reviewers? 44:25

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We chat about two new studies that took different approaches for evaluating the impact of paying reviewers on peer review speed and quality. Links James' 450 movement proposal The paper from Critical Care Medicine The preprint from Biology Open Other links Dan on Bluesky James on Bluesky Everything Hertz on Bluesky Citation Quintana, D. S., & Heath…

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189: Crit me baby, one more time 53:40

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Dan and James discuss a recent piece that proposes a post-publication review process, which is triggered by citation counts. They also cover how an almetrics trigger could be alternatively used for a more immediate post-publication critique. Links The Chonicle piece by Andrew Gelman and Andrew King [Free to read with email registration] The paper b…

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188: Double-blind peer review vs. scientific integrity 54:56

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Dan and James discuss a recent editorial which argues that double-blind peer review is detrimental to scientific integrity. Links The editorial from Christopher Mebane: https://doi.org/10.1093/etojnl/vgae046 Other links Everything Hertz on Bluesky Dan on Bluesky James on Bluesky Everything Hertz on Bluesky Support us on Patreon and get bonus stuff!…

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187: What started the replication crisis era? 55:08

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We chat about the events that started the replication crisis in psychology and Dorothy Bishop's recent resignation from the Royal Society Links The resignation blogpost from Dorothy Bishop The bluesky post from Sarah Weiten that asked the question, "If you had to cite an event that opened the "replication crisis" era, what would you point to?" The …

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186: Evaluating journal quality 43:11

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In this episode we chat about a Nordic approach for evaluating the journal quality and how we should be teaching undergraduates to evaluate journal and article quality Links The Norwegian journal register The Finnish journal register Episode 22, where we played "Pokemon or Cholesterol medication?" Other links Everything Hertz on social media Dan on…

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185: The Retraction 1:08:40

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We discuss the recent retraction of a paper that reported the effects of rigour-enhancing practices on replicability. We also cover James' new estimate that 1 out of 7 scientific papers are fake. Links The story about data integrity concerns in 130 women’s health papers James' new preprint with the estimate that 1 out of 7 scientific papers are fak…

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184: A race to the bottom 48:17

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Open access articles have democratized the availability of scientific research, but are author-paid publication fees undermining the quality of science? The preprint by Morgan and Smaldino - https://osf.io/preprints/osf/3ez9v Paul Smaldino's text book - Modeling social behavior Main edisode takeaways (AI-assisted summary) There is a wide variabilit…

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183: Too beautiful to be true 45:05

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Dan and James discuss a paper describing a journal editor's efforts to receive data from authors who submitted papers with results that seemed a little too beautiful to be true Main edisode takeaways (AI generated summary) This editorial on the reproducibility crisis emphasizes the importance of providing raw data in scientific publications and hig…

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The Rainbow Dragon Awakens, or Who Is Aido Hwedo (Shaarp Edges Episode 4) 1:42:11

1y ago1:42:11

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Join Jessiye as she takes Deanna and Tor for a rift romping ride in this epic conclusion of the Shaarp Edges storyline. Then dive into the folklore behind the series as Jessiye shares insights into her inspiration for the story. This is our last actual play episode for a while, so we hope you enjoy! You can see video of this entire series at Patreo…

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182: What practices should the behavioural sciences borrow (and ignore) from other research fields? 51:09

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Dan and James answer a listener question on what practices should the behavioural sciences borrow (and ignore) from other research fields. Here are the main takeaways: Keeping laboratory records and using electronic lab management software is beneficial practices biology that would benefit the behavioral sciences The rate of pre-registration of met…

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193: The pop-up journal 59:03

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192: Outsourcing in academia 47:42

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191: Cleaning up contaminated medical treatment guidelines 48:24

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NAT Happens, D&D Podcast Ep. 2/3: (Arc 2: Ghostleaf High Madness) 49:39

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NAT Happens, D&D Podcast Ep. 1/3: (Arc 2: Ghostleaf High Madness) 37:38

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190: What happens when you pay reviewers? 44:25

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189: Crit me baby, one more time 53:40

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188: Double-blind peer review vs. scientific integrity 54:56

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187: What started the replication crisis era? 55:08

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186: Evaluating journal quality 43:11

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185: The Retraction 1:08:40

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184: A race to the bottom 48:17

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183: Too beautiful to be true 45:05

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The Rainbow Dragon Awakens, or Who Is Aido Hwedo (Shaarp Edges Episode 4) 1:42:11

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182: What practices should the behavioural sciences borrow (and ignore) from other research fields? 51:09