Life is complicated, isn’t it? I’m forever trying to untangle a web of understanding, by reading and listening as far and wide as I can on topics like macroeconomics, neuroscience, friendship and communication, and all round mental and physical health.
This substack is a way of communicating what I’ve learnt and found inspiring so that it might help you too, with a few insights and ideas of my own thrown in.
Some days, I just think about sharks. So it’s a lucky dip of variety. We can’t get bogged down in too much seriousness. What ever it is, it will be FUN, accompanied by my own cartoons and illustrations. Sometimes, I’ll explain entire concepts or research topics using comics.
WHY ARE YOU THIS WAY
My background is in astrophysics, I got my DPhil (aka PhD) from the University of Oxford in 2020. Academic writing is DRY, anyone who has brushed with the academic world will tell you most things are hard to read, even when you’re an expert in the field. A desire to bring clarity fuelled my journey into science presenting and communicating ideas with others in an entertaining and deliberately understandable way.
Couple this with a love of ;
performing/directing/teaching improvised comedy and singing,
generally being a bit of a goblin,
drawing funny characters all my life,
LEARNING,
academic rigour and caring about things being accurate,
and here we are.
Some people say specialise: I say do them all at once.
WHAT NOW
If you’re new here, these are some of my favourites;
HOW CAN I HELP
Paid subscribers, a sincere thank you. It means a lot. You keep this curiosity train chugging along the tracks. This all takes time and I’d love to devote as much of it as possible to making this substack the best that it can be.
As a paid subscriber, you’ll get
additional posts
access to the Josie Peters book club
the knowledge that you’re keeping me from withering away
Other (free!) ways to support, are by sharing posts with friends or colleagues or local shopkeepers or whoever you like to hang out with. Personal recommendations are the most powerful way for people to discover this substack. :)
You could even book me for a talk, workshop, or commission a comic explaining your own research. See my contact details on my website.
Thanks for joining me. See you every other Friday :)
Josie P x
for additional comics and illustrations: Instagram
to be reminded about my substack posts in more ways than one: Twitter
