<p>Happy midsummer! Bringing you a cheerful episode - honest! - even though we broach a tough topic that we&apos;re all familiar with: rejection with a capital R. It seems like an unavoidable part of the academic and scientific life (and beyond), so I brought together a great group to talk through how we deal with it when it inevitably comes. My main guest today is <a href='http://www.elizabethcarlen.com'>Dr Elizabeth Carlen</a> - as well as rejection, we talked about her work on urbanisation ecology! The two amazing guests joining Liz and I in the discussion are <a href='http://www.meganpetersdorf.com'>Dr Megan Petersdorf</a> and <a href='https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=TN2-G60AAAAJ&amp;hl=en'>Alexus Roberts</a>. And the paper in focus this episode is such a cool one: everything you ever wanted to know about sperm morphology with <a href='https://arielkahrl.weebly.com'>Dr Ariel Karl</a> (and possibly a little bit more 😂). Please note I&apos;m dropping the dedicated email address at the end of this month! You can still contact me via the socials @the_wee_podcast.<br/><br/><b>Links and resources:</b></p><ul><li>Le Twitter handles: @E_Carlen @meganpetersdorf @Alexuss_Symone @arielkahrl</li><li>Database of Sperm Morphology: <a href='https://spermtree.org'>https://spermtree.org</a></li><li>Paper in Focus: <a href='https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-021-01488-y'>Fertilization mode drives sperm length evolution across the animal tree of life. </a></li></ul>