Rebecca Roache
@rebeccaroache.bsky.social
Philosophical rent-a-gob. Podcasting @AcademicImp.bsky.social
www.academicimperfectionist.com
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Freshly-hatched new episode! And it's a corker: Professor Wendelien van Eerde on the science of procrastination. Stop your faffing and have a listen wherever you get your podcasts, or here: www.academicimperfectionist.com/podcast/120 #academicsky #procrastination #productivity #motivation
October 17, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Freshly-hatched new episode! And it's a corker: Professor Wendelien van Eerde on the science of procrastination. Stop your faffing and have a listen wherever you get your podcasts, or here: www.academicimperfectionist.com/podcast/120 #academicsky #procrastination #productivity #motivation
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New episode! How does an academic philosopher get into coaching and podcasting? Listen and find out: www.academicimperfectionist.com/podcast/118 #academicsky #podcast #coaching #perfectionism #productivity
September 19, 2025 at 7:27 AM
New episode! How does an academic philosopher get into coaching and podcasting? Listen and find out: www.academicimperfectionist.com/podcast/118 #academicsky #podcast #coaching #perfectionism #productivity
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New episode! Do you constantly struggle to work out how long things will take? It's more than just a planning problem. Help is at hand! Listen here (or wherever you get your podcasts): www.academicimperfectionist.com/podcast/117
#academicsky #timemanagement #productivity
#academicsky #timemanagement #productivity
September 5, 2025 at 7:43 AM
New episode! Do you constantly struggle to work out how long things will take? It's more than just a planning problem. Help is at hand! Listen here (or wherever you get your podcasts): www.academicimperfectionist.com/podcast/117
#academicsky #timemanagement #productivity
#academicsky #timemanagement #productivity
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I'm back with a new episode! Do you think of yourself as a procrastinator? If you do, then stop it. There's a better way to understand and overcome your struggles to get things done. Listen: www.academicimperfectionist.com/podcast/116
#academicsky #procrastination #productivity #anxiety
#academicsky #procrastination #productivity #anxiety
August 22, 2025 at 11:52 AM
I'm back with a new episode! Do you think of yourself as a procrastinator? If you do, then stop it. There's a better way to understand and overcome your struggles to get things done. Listen: www.academicimperfectionist.com/podcast/116
#academicsky #procrastination #productivity #anxiety
#academicsky #procrastination #productivity #anxiety
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Grey day on the patio. Painting, drawing and listening to the @academicimp.bsky.social
July 1, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Grey day on the patio. Painting, drawing and listening to the @academicimp.bsky.social
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Join us in signing and sharing this petition to prevent layoffs of over 400 people (both academic & professional services staff) at Lancaster University. We are all at risk and it's a scary time.
Hello UK friends - please, please could you sign this petition against the job cuts at my place of work - 1 in 4 us will be out of a job by August next year if we don't stop the cuts. And once you've signed it, please share. We need your help! www.change.org/p/stop-mass-...
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July 30, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Join us in signing and sharing this petition to prevent layoffs of over 400 people (both academic & professional services staff) at Lancaster University. We are all at risk and it's a scary time.
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Friends, I'm about to take a summer break. Next episode will be 22nd August, when I'll be telling you some mind-blowing stuff about procrastination that you never realised you needed to know - don't miss it! In the mean time, here is Lou drinking from a tap. #academicsky
July 31, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Friends, I'm about to take a summer break. Next episode will be 22nd August, when I'll be telling you some mind-blowing stuff about procrastination that you never realised you needed to know - don't miss it! In the mean time, here is Lou drinking from a tap. #academicsky
For F*ck's Sake is currently half price! Perfect summer read and looks pretty on your bookshelf 🌞
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For F*ck's Sake: Why Swearing is Shocking, Rude, and Fun: Amazon.co.uk: Roache, Rebecca: 9780190665067: Books
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July 25, 2025 at 5:06 PM
For F*ck's Sake is currently half price! Perfect summer read and looks pretty on your bookshelf 🌞
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I haven't been here for a while but the episodes haven't stopped coming! Do you worry that you haven't achieved enough? This is for you. Listen at www.academicimperfectionist.com/podcast/115 or wherever you get your podcasts! #academicsky #achievement
July 25, 2025 at 3:36 PM
I haven't been here for a while but the episodes haven't stopped coming! Do you worry that you haven't achieved enough? This is for you. Listen at www.academicimperfectionist.com/podcast/115 or wherever you get your podcasts! #academicsky #achievement
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“Awkward silences” (by @rebeccaroache.bsky.social, June 26, 2025, via @aeon.co)
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What’s so awkward about an awkward silence? | Aeon Essays
What is it about lulls in conversation that make them so very uncomfortable? It has to do with how we connect with each other
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June 26, 2025 at 6:24 PM
“Awkward silences” (by @rebeccaroache.bsky.social, June 26, 2025, via @aeon.co)
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So this is where everyone is! Opened this app for the first time in many months - how lovely to be greeted by so many followers. Will get around to doing something with this soon. In the meantime here is Grayson.
November 19, 2024 at 10:21 AM
So this is where everyone is! Opened this app for the first time in many months - how lovely to be greeted by so many followers. Will get around to doing something with this soon. In the meantime here is Grayson.
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New episode! Is your fear of regret holding you back? It doesn't need to. It doesn't even make sense. Listen: www.academicimperfectionist.com/podcast/81
#81: Are you trying to live a final draft life? — The Academic Imperfectionist
Are you hesitant to make certain changes in your life, like changing
careers or ending a relationship, because you don't want the time and
energy you've invested in your life so far to be wasted? If...
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March 8, 2024 at 9:22 AM
New episode! Is your fear of regret holding you back? It doesn't need to. It doesn't even make sense. Listen: www.academicimperfectionist.com/podcast/81
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Latest episode: are you procrastinating, holding back, stalling? Reflecting compassionately on why can help you move forward. Listen: www.academicimperfectionist.com/podcast/80
#80: What are you so afraid of? — The Academic Imperfectionist
When you're procrastinating, reluctant to knuckle down and get on with your
work, taking way too long to do what ought to be a straightforward task, do
you respond with self-compassion and non-judgm...
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February 26, 2024 at 7:16 AM
Latest episode: are you procrastinating, holding back, stalling? Reflecting compassionately on why can help you move forward. Listen: www.academicimperfectionist.com/podcast/80
On Monday I'm going to be a guest on
The Guilty Feminist podcast, which is recorded in London with a live audience - come along!
Eleanor Conway
is also a guest. Tickets available here: shop.kingsplace.co.uk/30025/30026
The Guilty Feminist podcast, which is recorded in London with a live audience - come along!
Eleanor Conway
is also a guest. Tickets available here: shop.kingsplace.co.uk/30025/30026
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February 16, 2024 at 7:43 AM
On Monday I'm going to be a guest on
The Guilty Feminist podcast, which is recorded in London with a live audience - come along!
Eleanor Conway
is also a guest. Tickets available here: shop.kingsplace.co.uk/30025/30026
The Guilty Feminist podcast, which is recorded in London with a live audience - come along!
Eleanor Conway
is also a guest. Tickets available here: shop.kingsplace.co.uk/30025/30026
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New episode! What my working pattern looks like today, vs how it was a few years ago before I started to work on my procrastination, inner critic, unrealistic standards, and all the rest. Listen: academicimperfectionist.com/podcast/79
#79: My imperfect but adequate working day — The Academic Imperfectionist
I keep getting asked what my working day looks like. You know, as if I've
cracked this whole productivity thing. I definitely haven't, but I have
managed to make positive changes over the past few y...
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February 9, 2024 at 3:29 PM
New episode! What my working pattern looks like today, vs how it was a few years ago before I started to work on my procrastination, inner critic, unrealistic standards, and all the rest. Listen: academicimperfectionist.com/podcast/79
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Are you kind to everyone except yourself? Philosophy can help you view yourself - and treat yourself - in the compassionate way you view others. Listen: www.academicimperfectionist.com/podcast/78
#78: Fix your self-compassion with the metaphysics of personal identity (and an Aeropress) — The A...
Your problem with self-compassion: the one that leads you to be kind and
supportive to other people, but nasty and vindictive to yourself. One
reason you struggle with the 'self' part of 'self-compa...
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January 29, 2024 at 12:20 PM
Are you kind to everyone except yourself? Philosophy can help you view yourself - and treat yourself - in the compassionate way you view others. Listen: www.academicimperfectionist.com/podcast/78
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New episode: #78: Fix your self-compassion with the metaphysics of personal identity (and an Aeropress)! Listen: academicimperfectionist.com/podcast/78
#78: Fix your self-compassion with the metaphysics of personal identity (and an Aeropress) — The A...
Your problem with self-compassion: the one that leads you to be kind and
supportive to other people, but nasty and vindictive to yourself. One
reason you struggle with the 'self' part of 'self-compa...
academicimperfectionist.com
January 26, 2024 at 9:01 AM
New episode: #78: Fix your self-compassion with the metaphysics of personal identity (and an Aeropress)! Listen: academicimperfectionist.com/podcast/78
I'm on BBCRadio Wales Science Café at 6:30pm today! The Art and Science of Swearing. If you miss it, you can catch up at this link 😃
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BBC Radio Wales - Science Cafe, The Art and Science of Swearing
Adam Walton explores the art and science of swearing with philosopher Rebecca Roache.
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January 23, 2024 at 5:27 PM
I'm on BBCRadio Wales Science Café at 6:30pm today! The Art and Science of Swearing. If you miss it, you can catch up at this link 😃
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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Feeling jaded because you've already ballsed up your new year resolutions? Here's a lifeline! Listen: academicimperfectionist.com/podcast/77
#77: Mediocrity is underrated! — The Academic Imperfectionist
Here we are, a third of the way through January. Have you slipped up on
your new year resolutions yet? Will you be kind to yourself if you do? Or
will you tell yourself that you're a failure, you ca...
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January 18, 2024 at 10:21 AM
Feeling jaded because you've already ballsed up your new year resolutions? Here's a lifeline! Listen: academicimperfectionist.com/podcast/77
Me: *knitting*
Leaves: I HALP
Leaves: I HALP
January 15, 2024 at 6:25 PM
Me: *knitting*
Leaves: I HALP
Leaves: I HALP
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I'm back! First episode of 2024 is out. #77: Mediocrity is underrated! Your antidote to all that 'new year, new me' pressure you've been piling on yourself. Listen: academicimperfectionist.com/podcast/77
#77: Mediocrity is underrated! — The Academic Imperfectionist
Here we are, a third of the way through January. Have you slipped up on
your new year resolutions yet? Will you be kind to yourself if you do? Or
will you tell yourself that you're a failure, you ca...
academicimperfectionist.com
January 12, 2024 at 10:16 AM
I'm back! First episode of 2024 is out. #77: Mediocrity is underrated! Your antidote to all that 'new year, new me' pressure you've been piling on yourself. Listen: academicimperfectionist.com/podcast/77
I had an excellent time chatting about swearing on RadioWest, an @npr.org station all the way over in Salt Lake City, Utah! (Sadly I didn't get to go there in person)
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The Offensive Magic of Swearing
A good swear is like a bomb, shocking and offensive to all in the blast-radius. Except for those times when swears don’t quite go off. So, what’s the difference?
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January 11, 2024 at 8:36 PM
I had an excellent time chatting about swearing on RadioWest, an @npr.org station all the way over in Salt Lake City, Utah! (Sadly I didn't get to go there in person)
radiowest.kuer.org/show/radiowe... stationg-works
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New from me on the @stronglang.bsky.social blog: the sweariest words of the year. | ht @benzimmer.bsky.social @jessesword.com @americandialect.bsky.social @katzish.bsky.social stronglang.wordpress.com/2024/01/07/t... #woty2023 #woty
The sweary WotYs
The calendar year 2023 was a miserable one in countless ways — wars, abortion rights, record high temperatures, the decline and fall of Twitter/X — but it was the best of times for the mainstreami...
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January 7, 2024 at 2:55 PM
New from me on the @stronglang.bsky.social blog: the sweariest words of the year. | ht @benzimmer.bsky.social @jessesword.com @americandialect.bsky.social @katzish.bsky.social stronglang.wordpress.com/2024/01/07/t... #woty2023 #woty
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New year isn't a software upgrade for your personality! My article for IAI on taking a self-compassionate approach to your new year resolutions:
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The benefit of breaking your New Year's resolutions
<p><em>The beginning of the year has become the temporal landmark for setting out new goals and making promises of transcending our old faulty selves. But this practice is accompanied by the all-too-f...
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January 9, 2024 at 7:08 PM
New year isn't a software upgrade for your personality! My article for IAI on taking a self-compassionate approach to your new year resolutions:
iai.tv/articles/the...
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20 years ago we were suing teenagers for millions of dollars because they were torrenting a single Metallica album and now billionaires are demanding the free right to every work in history, so that they can re-sell it.
The law only ever serves capital.
The law only ever serves capital.
‘Impossible’ to create AI tools like ChatGPT without copyrighted material, OpenAI says
‘Impossible’ to create AI tools like ChatGPT without copyrighted material, OpenAI says
Pressure grows on artificial intelligence firms over the content used to train their productsBusiness live – latest updatesThe developer OpenAI has said it would be impossible to create tools like its groundbreaking chatbot ChatGPT without access to copyrighted material, as pressure grows on artificial intelligence firms over the content used to train their products.Chatbots such as ChatGPT and image generators like Stable Diffusion are “trained” on a vast trove of data taken from the internet, with much of it covered by copyright – a legal protection against someone’s work being used without permission. Continue reading...
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January 8, 2024 at 4:34 PM
20 years ago we were suing teenagers for millions of dollars because they were torrenting a single Metallica album and now billionaires are demanding the free right to every work in history, so that they can re-sell it.
The law only ever serves capital.
The law only ever serves capital.