
Hi there—welcome to Small Talk with Myself, a podcast for PhD students and early-career academics.
I’m your host, Zuduo Zheng. I’m an award-winning researcher and educator, and also a university professor, which basically means - I get paid to ask questions and - occasionally pretend I know the answers.
I try to support you by sharing my experiences—or, sometimes, by openly exposing my ignorance... more
| Publishes | Twice monthly | Episodes | 7 | Founded | a month ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Categories | Self-ImprovementEducation | |||

In this new episode, I explore a question that many academics eventually face:
What does it really take to supervise PhD students well?
If you have ever wondered:
• What type of supervisor you are—or want to become
• How to select PhD students ca... more
In this episode, Professor Markos Papageorgiou reflects on his distinguished career and candidly shares his experiences, advice, and wisdom with PhD students and early-career academics.
To learn more about Professor Papageorgiou’s remarkable career ... more
This episode — this conversation — comes from a personal place. My experience as someone who once sat on the international student side of the table… and now sits on the supervisor side.
I make this podcast in my free time, and everything is shared ... more
Habit 6: Self-care is self-improvement;
Habit 7: Build a thick skin for failure and embarrassment — and stop comparing, stop over-thinking.
Plus some embarrassing stories.
This episode covers three habits:
Habit 3: Discipline executes. Consistency transforms.
Habit 4: Stay positive, stay confident, and don’t quit.
Habit 5: Surround yourself with people who are smarter than you.
7 habits for achieving excellence in academia.
Part I: the first two habits.
How this podcast ranks in the Apple Podcasts, Spotify and YouTube charts.
Apple Podcasts | #98 |










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