Balancing Acts: Navigating the Utility of Religion and Facing the Abyss with Terence

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Links (Education and potentially useful resources to supplement the podcast)

APS Bridge Program:

• https://aps.org/programs/minorities/bridge/

Details on Bitter Electromagnets:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitter_electromagnet

How to get healthcare (in the US) when unemployed:

• https://www.healthcare.gov/unemployed/

Narcissism (and their communal variants):

• Crash Course on Narcissim by Dr. Ramani: https://youtu.be/V87G95bGTTk
• Video focusing on Communal Narcissm: https://youtu.be/aF8fiHTbGtY
• Article on Communal Narcissism: https://www.choosingtherapy.com/communal-narcissism/

Rough Timestamps (hh:mm:ss)

Introduction: Start to 00:02:20

Why pursue physics / astronomy: 00:02:30 to 00:06:00

Beginning Observational Astronomy: 00:0600 to 00:11:30

Time-domain Astronomy, Gravitational lensing: 00:11:30 to 00:13:00

Astronomy in Alabama to Michigan: 00:13:30 to 00:16:10

Ancient people having connection with the sky: 00:17:00 to 00:18:30

Brazil travel: 00:18:30 to 00:19:30

Back to why astronomy, Connecting to the universe: 00:20:00 to 00:25:00

“Putting numbers to things”, Learning the physics: 00:25:00 to 00:37:00

• “So much work to enjoy one of my five classes”: 00:33:00
• “Theme that echoes into grad school”: 00:33:25

In Grad School, when do you get to do what you love?: 00:38:00 to 00:43:00

What did you learn in school vs on the job? : 00:43:00 to 00:50:00

• Masters in Neutron Star astrophysics: 00:46:45

What’s next? : 00:51:00 to 00:53:00

New school, New problems Advisor, Research opportunities (Bait and switch): 00:53:00 to 01:02:00

• “Stink” associated with being a bridge student
• “Left more meetings in tears than not” : 00:57:00

Jaded on the bridge program: 00:57:00 to 00:59:00

Forced into condensed matter, research experience: 01:02:30 to 01:

Counseling (in and out of school): 01:13:00 to 01:15:00

Near death experience: 01:15:00 to 01:34:30

At the present, so to speak, Finding Balance, Confidence, Counseling: 01:35:00 to 01:50:00

Connection to Joe’s break “I don’t know who I am after I leave”: 01:51:30 to 01:54:15

What is your purpose without astronomy? (Bird, astrophotography. Skateboarding): 01:54:15 to 2:00:00

Expectations to provide and be emotionless: 02:00:00 to 02:08:40

Suffering leads to compassion: 02:08:40 to 02:10:00

Joe’s experience with his advisor: 02:10:00 to 02:26:00

How would you view your past experience now? : 02:26:00 to 02:30:00

How do you feel now that you are out of grad school?: 02:32:00 to End

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