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Defend, Publish & Lead Podcast

Defend, Publish & Lead (formerly Defend & Publish) offers a weekly podcast designed to help get you started (or restarted) on your academic writing projects. Episodes feature a range of topics on writing productivity, including writing project management, strategies for managing writer's block, dissertation advice for students and committee members, pandemic writing strategies, techniques for balancing parenting and writing, promoting your writing and research, and more. Every podcast offers strategies to try and resources to check out.

DP&L Episode 273: How Long Does It Take You to Start Writing in a Session?

10 mins; March 27, 2026

DP&L Episode 272: Choosing a University Press for Your Work

11 mins; March 20, 2026

DP&L Episode 271: The Next 30 Days

12 mins; March 13, 2026

DP&L Episode 270: Dissertation Rescue

5 mins; March 06, 2026

DP&L Episode 269: Four Reasons Your Dissertation is a Mess (Big Things)

21 mins; February 27, 2026

DP&L Episode 268: REMIX Make Writing an Event

6 mins; February 20, 2026

DP&L Episode 267: Faculty Writers Need Love

5 mins; February 13, 2026

DP&L Episode 266: Book Completion Battle Plan!

13 mins; February 06, 2026

DP&L Episode 265: Do One Paragraph

10 mins; January 30, 2026

DP&L Episode 264: Time Blocking Alternatives

16 mins; January 23, 2026

DP&L Episode 263: Interview with Brenda Ulrich, Academic Publishing Attorney

11 mins; January 16, 2026

DP&L Episode 262: Five Tweaks to Streamline Your Teaching

14 mins; January 09, 2026

DP&L Episode 261: Five Decisions to Make about Your Writing in 2026

13 mins; January 02, 2026

DP&L Episode 260: Celebrate Wins

10 mins; December 26, 2025

DP&L Episode 259: When Do You Start Writing After the Holidays?

9 mins; December 19, 2025

DP&L Episode 258: Skill Up Future You

12 mins; December 12, 2025

DP&L Episode257: 2025 Gift Ideas for Writers and Yourself

19 mins; December 05, 2025

DP&L Episode 256: Keep an Origin Story of Your Writing

18 mins; November 28, 2025

DP&L Episode 255: On Location Conference Strategies

11 mins; November 21, 2025

DP&L Episode 254: Four Tweaks for Academic Writing Month 2025

14 mins; November 14, 2025

DP&L Episode 253: How I Used AI to Make a Book Writing Plan

13 mins; November 07, 2025

DP&L Episode 252: How to Decide if You Have a Viable Idea

9 mins; October 31, 2025

DP&L Episode 251: Overwhelmed as an Academic Parent

7 mins; October 24, 2025

DP&L Episode 250: My Top 5 Favorite Episodes

9 mins; October 17, 2025

DP&L Episode 249: Keep Writing Top of Mind

7 mins; October 10, 2025

DP&L Episode 248: Don't Let Grading Steal Your Writing Time

10 mins; October 03, 2025

DP&L Episode 247: Do You Need a Restart?

9 mins; September 26, 2025

DP&L Episode 246: Three Lessons from Tuesday Toolbox

10 mins; September 19, 2025

DP&L Episode 245: Leave Margin

10 mins; September 12, 2025

DP&L Episode 244: Make a Weekly Template and Adjust

11 mins; September 06, 2025

DP&L Episode 243: Just Look (and Notice with a Comment)

5 mins; August 29, 2025

DP&L Episode 242: Teaching Overload

16 mins; August 22, 2025

DP&L Episode 241: Write the First Week of Class (Again)

4 mins; August 15, 2025

DP&L Episode 240: The Tuesday Toolbox

10 mins; August 09, 2025

DP&L Episode 239: Professional Development Funding

10 mins; August 01, 2025

DP&L Episode 238: When You Can't Do Revisions That Are Requested

11 mins; July 25, 2025

DP&L Episode 237: New Year Academic Writing Goals

12 mins; July 18, 2025

DP&L Episode 236: Favorite Writing and Thinking Podcasts

12 mins; July 11, 2025

DP&L Episode 235: Give Yourself a Conference Maintenance Day

10 mins; July 04, 2025

DP&L Episode 234 - Are You Behind This Summer?

12 mins; June 27, 2025

DP&L Episode 233 - Paragraphing

3 mins; June 20, 2025

DP&L Episode 232 - Look Yourself Up

7 mins; June 13, 2025

DP&L Episode 231 - Work or Play!

5 mins; June 06, 2025

DP&L Episode 230 - Closing Out Spring Semester

9 mins; May 31, 2025

DP&L Episode 229 - Tips for Academic Mom Summer Planning

29 mins; May 23, 2025

DP&L Episode 228 - Short Form Academic Books

11 mins; May 16, 2025

DP&L Episode 227 - Summer Writing Strategies for Restoration and Project Completion

8 mins; May 09, 2025

DP&L Episode 226 - Are You Maxed Out?

12 mins; May 02, 2025

DP&L Episode 225 - Interview with Kiley Thornton - Textbook and Academic Authors Association

12 mins; April 25, 2025

DP&L Episode 224 - Academic Article Writing Norms

11 mins; April 18, 2025

DP&L Episode 223 - Complete that Dissertation

7 mins; April 11, 2025

DP&L Episode 222: Your Book Got Published. Now What?

10 mins; April 04, 2025

DP&L Episode 221: How to do a Virtual Conference

21 mins; March 28, 2025

DP&L Episode 220: Interview with James Lang - Write Like You Teach

13 mins; March 21, 2025

DP&L Podcast Episode 219: Prioritizing in a Busy March

11 mins; March 14, 2025

DP&L Podcast Episode 218: Funding Emergencies

8 mins; March 07, 2025

D&P Podcast Episode 217: DPL Success Story - An Interview with Janice Ross

14 mins; February 28, 2025

DPL Podcast Episode 216: Final Dissertation Push Series

6 mins; February 21, 2025

DPL Podcast Episode 215: Take Stock of Professional Memberships

6 mins; February 14, 2025

DPL Podcast Episode 214: Fragmented Tasks for Fragmented Days

12 mins; February 08, 2025

DPL Podcast Episode 213: Get Reading to Start Writing

7 mins; January 31, 2025

DPL Podcast Episode 212: Go Big or Go Home

9 mins; January 24, 2025

DPL Podcast Episode 211: Make a Semester Blueprint

14 mins; January 18, 2025

DPL Podcast Episode 210: Clean Slate

5 mins; January 10, 2025

DPL Podcast Episode 209: Get Help (Get Ready to Write Series)

7 mins; January 10, 2025

DPL Podcast Episode 208: Get Tools (Get Ready to Write Series)

7 mins; December 27, 2024

DPL Podcast Episode 207: Your Next Writing Year, Part 2

12 mins; December 20, 2024

DPL Podcast Episode 206: Your Next Writing Year, Part I

11 mins; December 14, 2024

DPL Podcast Episode 205: 2024 Holiday Gift Suggestions for Writers and Yourself

12 mins; December 07, 2024

DPL Podcast Episode 204: More December Writing Strategies

7 mins; November 29, 2024

DPL Podcast Episode 203: Working When Sick

5 mins; November 22, 2024

DPL Podcast Episode 202: How CHOICE Helps on Slow Writing Days

9 mins; November 15, 2024

DPL Podcast Episode 201: The Academic Author Newsletter

11 mins; November 08, 2024

DPL Podcast Episode 200: Our Top 5 Episodes and Why They Resonate

20 mins; November 02, 2024

DPL Podcast Episode 199: Civil and Collegial Scholarship

14 mins; October 25, 2024

DPL Podcast Episode 198: Quote, Paraphrase, or Citation String?

11 mins; October 18, 2024

DPL Podcast Episode 197: Use Voice Dictation to Cut Teaching Prep

10 mins; October 11, 2024

DPL Podcast Episode 196: How I Used Four Hours of Writing Time

9 mins; October 04, 2024

DPL Podcast Episode 195: Listener Q and A, Part II

16 mins; September 27, 2024

DPL Podcast Episode 194: Listener Q and A

14 mins; September 21, 2024

DPL Podcast Episode 193: Incorporating New Research

11 mins; September 14, 2024

DPL Podcast Episode 192: Try a Writing Log

9 mins; September 07, 2024

DPL Podcast Episode 191: Your Priority Project

11 mins; August 30, 2024

DPL Podcast Episode 190: Write the First Week of Class, Part II

6 mins; August 24, 2024

DPL Podcast Episode 189: Tips for Before the Semester Starts

14 mins; August 16, 2024

DPL Podcast Episode 188: End of Summer Overwhelm

17 mins; August 09, 2024

DPL Podcast Episode 187: Making Your Case and Providing Your Evidence for Tenure and Promotion

13 mins; August 03, 2024

DPL Podcast Episode 186: Planning for a Teaching-Intensive Fall Semester

12 mins; July 26, 2024

DPL Podcast Episode 185: Why Use Omeka and Scalar

14 mins; July 19, 2024

DPL Podcast Episode 184: Dream Academic Year

17 mins; July 12, 2024

DPL Podcast Episode 183: Strategies for University Service Requirements

20 mins; July 05, 2024

DPL Podcast Episode 181: When an Old Project Comes Back

14 mins; June 21, 2024

DPL Podcast Episode 180: No Guilt Summer Writing

10 mins; June 14, 2024

DPL Podcast Episode 179: Summer 2024 Micro-Goals

9 mins; June 07, 2024

DPL Podcast Episode 178: Summer Teaching and Meeting Your Writing Goals

17 mins; May 31, 2024

DPL Podcast Episode 177: Where to Get Writing Ideas

19 mins; May 25, 2024

DPL Podcast Episode 176: When Does an Idea Become a Writing Project?

16 mins; May 17, 2024

DPL Podcast Episode 175: Idea Capture

18 mins; May 10, 2024

DPL Podcast Episode 174: Using the Golden Month of May

18 mins; May 03, 2024

DPL Podcast Episode 173: Finals Week File Cleanup

13 mins; April 26, 2024

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