Career Thoughts Over Coffee
By Dr. Akram Al-Wahabi
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Career Thoughts Over Coffee is a podcast about how people actually build careers—across science, academia, industry, media, and entrepreneurship.
Hosted by Dr. Akram Al-Wahabi, a dentist-scientist, science communicator, and global corporate insider, the show features candid conversations with researchers, professionals, creators, and leaders who have navigated unconventional paths. Each episode explores career pivots, failures, immigration journeys, personal branding, and the real trade-offs behind success—without the LinkedIn filter.
Whether you’re a PhD student, early-career professional,
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He Ran NYC Nightclubs. Now He Teaches in Nagoya. with Allen Nelson
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Jul 29, 2026 |
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The Signal Has to Come From Inside with Heather Dobbin
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Jun 24, 2026 |
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Your Career Doesn’t Have to Be One Thing with Brandon Whittaker
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Jun 03, 2026 |
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He Turned Chaos Into a Career with Matt Ketchum
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May 20, 2026 |
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Being Different Became My Biggest Career Advantage with Monika M. Sadkiewicz
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May 06, 2026 |
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I Hit a Wall: Burnout, Ambition, and Career Confusion
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Apr 22, 2026 |
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Why Most Careers Don't Go As Planned | With Amr
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Apr 15, 2026 |
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How Stoicism Helps You Control Your Emotions | With Sherif
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Apr 08, 2026 |
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I Moved to Japan to Build a Startup… I Had No Idea What Was Coming | With Elder
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Apr 01, 2026 |
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Why Building Your Own Path Can Be Lonely | With Alejandro
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Apr 01, 2026 |
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Reading the Air: Life as a Half-Japanese Hospitality Worker with Sasha
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Aug 07, 2025 |
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Tattooing Pokémons with Lisa
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Aug 07, 2025 |
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Human Computer Interface Careers in a Nutshell with Bektur
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Mar 14, 2025 |
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Coincidence vs Planning a Career Move with Dr. Ayumi Koso
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Mar 12, 2025 |
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Career shift as a scientist with Dr. Adam Phillips
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Feb 18, 2025 |
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Chemistry and YouTube - Dr. Andrew Robertson
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Feb 09, 2025 |
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10 months of Post Doc in the US with Dr. Mahmoud
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Feb 06, 2025 |
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Podcasting about career growth
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Feb 03, 2025 |
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Preparing for career opportunities as a PhD researcher !!!
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Oct 16, 2024 |
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Growing teeth!? How far are we ? #40
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Jun 18, 2024 |
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Finding SciComm jobs in Japan #39
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Jun 07, 2024 |
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Hi, its been a while #38
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Jun 07, 2024 |
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I’m losing faith in humanity
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Oct 20, 2023 |
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037 PhD program for fat people???
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Oct 06, 2023 |
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036 Burnt out during PhD
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Sep 30, 2023 |
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035 Hypnosis, Bioactive Materials and Quitting Your PhD Program
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Sep 25, 2023 |
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034 The light at the end of the tunnel
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Sep 08, 2023 |
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033 The PhD Commandments
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Aug 31, 2023 |
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032 Food supplements and empty promises - Dr. Wanping AW
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Jun 26, 2023 |
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031 Evolution research - Dr. Thomas Hitchcock
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Jun 19, 2023 |
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030 Exploring authentic Japan through food - Dr. Wanping AW
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May 26, 2023 |
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029 The ScienDist X Tokyo Nerd Nite
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May 08, 2023 |
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028 - Iran to Japan, a PhD Journey - Dr. Shiva Jafarnia
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Mar 31, 2023 |
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027 In the US for the first time in 8 YEARS !
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Mar 24, 2023 |
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026 The ups and downs of PhD with Ms. Ria Chopra
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Mar 06, 2023 |
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025 The truth about Academia - Dr. Andy Stapleton
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Feb 06, 2023 |
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024 The Human side of research and Academia - Dr. Zulema Arias
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Jan 23, 2023 |
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024 No response from my PI, what do I do ?
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Dec 19, 2022 |
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023 Stealing Your Hard work!!!
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Dec 12, 2022 |
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022 When Art and Science merge - Ella Marushchenko
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Dec 05, 2022 |
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021 Getting Bullied into a PhD program?
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Nov 28, 2022 |
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020 How PhD changes you - Dr. Citra Kusumasari
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Nov 21, 2022 |
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019 Why am I broke? I have a PhD! doesn't that mean anything?
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Nov 14, 2022 |
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018 💩 positions - NO BS behind the scenes of Ph.D. Life
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Nov 05, 2022 |
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017 Communicating science with HipHop - Mr. Maynard Okereke (HipHop MD)
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Oct 10, 2022 |
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016 Why is Japan a dream place to work for civil engineers? - Dr. Mauro Simao
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Sep 26, 2022 |
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015 Dr. Sherif Adel - Balancing science and art
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Sep 12, 2022 |
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014 Dr. Thilina Heenatigala - From astronomy to science communication
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Aug 15, 2022 |
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013 Dr Maryam Alkubati - Letting go of machines (IT) to work with people (social studies)
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Jul 18, 2022 |
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012 Dr. Hani Al Shareif - From carpenting to cancer research
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Jul 11, 2022 |
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011 Dr. Rodi Abdalkader - Research with magic cells (iPSCs)
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Jul 04, 2022 |
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010 Dr. Eugene Shumilov - Harnessing Ai (Artificial Intelligence) ability to support dentists
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Jun 27, 2022 |
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009 Dr. Sari Jammo - The origins of funeral rituals and the importance of anthropology
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Jun 20, 2022 |
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008 Dr. Nezar Al-Hebshi - Humans having more micro organisms than cells/ research life: Yemen to US
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Jun 13, 2022 |
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007 Maha Mahyub - Helping find broken machines and a different perspective on post graduate studies
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Jun 06, 2022 |
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006 Dr. Christina El saaidi - Public health research, war, and learning from different cultures
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May 30, 2022 |
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005 Dr. Bektur Ryskeldiev - Science fiction related research and human cyborgs technology
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May 17, 2022 |
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004 Dr. Mahmoud Sayed - to stay or not to stay in the lab? - The ScienDist Interviews
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May 12, 2022 |
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003 SciComm Sunday - Mental Health and Burnout
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May 07, 2022 |
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002 How to prepare for your PhD in STEM? 5 (6) things I wish I knew before starting my PhD
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May 03, 2022 |
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001 SciComm Sunday - The future of dentistry is painless and digital
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Apr 30, 2022 |
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ScienDist Trailer
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Apr 28, 2022 |
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The Start of a new chapter: The ScienDist
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Apr 25, 2022 |
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Moved from the US to Japan to be a content creator with @masatanahashi (P.O.E.P. 006)
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Aug 13, 2020 |
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From comedy and comics to photography and directing with Marwan Imam (POEP 05)
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Aug 10, 2020 |
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Instagram isn't the only way with @makkusu.photo
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May 15, 2020 |
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The journey of a photographer with @_ippoippo_photography_ (P.O.E.P 004)
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May 11, 2020 |
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Cinematic street photography with @apolotary (P.O.E.P. 001)
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May 03, 2020 |
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Outdoor photography with @mccann_compositions (P.O.E.P. 002)
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May 03, 2020 |
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Cyberpunk vibe editing style with @albertoskytwins (P.O.E.P. 003)
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May 02, 2020 |