# Awkward Silences Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/awkward-silences-627406 Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/awkward-silences-627406.md RSS feed: https://feeds.transistor.fm/awkward-silences Official site: https://www.userinterviews.com Author: User Interviews Episodes: 195 ## Resource Welcome to Awkward Silences by User Interviews, where we interview the people who interview people. Listen as we geek out on all things UX research, qualitative data, and the craft of understanding people to build better products and businesses. Hosted by Erin May and Carol Guest, VPs of growth/marketing and product at User Interviews. Take this survey and let us know what topics you want to hear next! userinterviews.com/awkwardsurvey ## Machine-readable JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/awkward-silences-627406 Markdown: https://stenobird.com/podcast/awkward-silences-627406.md ## Episodes - [#189 - Throwback: Quantifying Research Impact with Ruby Pryor of Rex](https://stenobird.com/podcast/awkward-silences-627406/189-throwback-quantifying-research-impact-with-ruby-pryor-of-rex) — 2026-05-12T12:00:00+00:00 - [#188 - Why AI Can't Replace Qualitative Research with Sam Ladner of Workday](https://stenobird.com/podcast/awkward-silences-627406/188-why-ai-can-t-replace-qualitative-research-with-sam-ladner-of-workday) — 2026-04-28T12:00:00+00:00 - [#187 - Throwback: Harnessing AI For Better Insights with George Whitfield of MIT and Google](https://stenobird.com/podcast/awkward-silences-627406/187-throwback-harnessing-ai-for-better-insights-with-george-whitfield-of-mit-and-google) — 2026-04-14T12:00:00+00:00 - [#186 - Positioning Your Portfolio for AI Skills with Aneta Kmiecik of Be Your Own Design Team](https://stenobird.com/podcast/awkward-silences-627406/186-positioning-your-portfolio-for-ai-skills-with-aneta-kmiecik-of-be-your-own-design-team) — 2026-03-31T12:00:00+00:00 - [#185 - How to Use AI Without Losing Your Research Soul with Nikki Anderson of Drop in Research](https://stenobird.com/podcast/awkward-silences-627406/185-how-to-use-ai-without-losing-your-research-soul-with-nikki-anderson-of-drop-in-research) — 2026-03-17T12:00:00+00:00 - [#184 - Use Context For More Influence with Kristen DeLap of Econify](https://stenobird.com/podcast/awkward-silences-627406/184-use-context-for-more-influence-with-kristen-delap-of-econify) — 2026-03-03T15:12:52+00:00 - [#183 - The Best Ways to Use AI in UX Research with Laura Klein of NN/g](https://stenobird.com/podcast/awkward-silences-627406/183-the-best-ways-to-use-ai-in-ux-research-with-laura-klein-of-nn-g) — 2026-02-17T14:07:27+00:00 - [#182 - The Future of Research (In a Moment of Change)](https://stenobird.com/podcast/awkward-silences-627406/182-the-future-of-research-in-a-moment-of-change) — 2026-02-03T13:46:36+00:00 - [#181 - Why We Need Design Now More Than Ever with Karl Randay of 383](https://stenobird.com/podcast/awkward-silences-627406/181-why-we-need-design-now-more-than-ever-with-karl-randay-of-383) — 2026-01-20T14:20:20+00:00 - [#180 - What to Fix in '26 with Maria Rosala of NN/g & John Whalen of Brilliant Experience](https://stenobird.com/podcast/awkward-silences-627406/180-what-to-fix-in-26-with-maria-rosala-of-nn-g-john-whalen-of-brilliant-experience) — 2026-01-06T15:42:54+00:00 - [#179 - The Future of Research Operations with Kate Towsey LIVE](https://stenobird.com/podcast/awkward-silences-627406/179-the-future-of-research-operations-with-kate-towsey-live) — 2025-12-22T17:16:27+00:00 - [#178 - How to Measure What Matters with Lyndsi Lee of Turnitin](https://stenobird.com/podcast/awkward-silences-627406/178-how-to-measure-what-matters-with-lyndsi-lee-of-turnitin) — 2025-12-09T14:15:34+00:00 - [#177 - From Informing to Influencing with Shalin Pei & Natalie Golub of Coinbase](https://stenobird.com/podcast/awkward-silences-627406/177-from-informing-to-influencing-with-shalin-pei-natalie-golub-of-coinbase) — 2025-11-25T14:13:52+00:00 - [#176 - Building a Research Program from the Ground Up ft. Microsoft Azure Data](https://stenobird.com/podcast/awkward-silences-627406/176-building-a-research-program-from-the-ground-up-ft-microsoft-azure-data) — 2025-11-11T14:14:06+00:00 - [#175 - The Scourge of Wasted Research with Jake Burghardt of Integrating Research](https://stenobird.com/podcast/awkward-silences-627406/175-the-scourge-of-wasted-research-with-jake-burghardt-of-integrating-research) — 2025-10-28T13:52:17+00:00 - [# 174 - Qualitative Research's Enduring Impact with Nancy Baum of C+R Research LIVE](https://stenobird.com/podcast/awkward-silences-627406/174-qualitative-research-s-enduring-impact-with-nancy-baum-of-c-r-research-live) — 2025-10-23T14:01:45+00:00 - [Research Ops 2.0, Episode 5: The People of ResearchOps](https://stenobird.com/podcast/awkward-silences-627406/research-ops-2-0-episode-5-the-people-of-researchops) — 2025-10-14T13:00:41+00:00 - [Research Ops 2.0, Episode 4: Building Enduring Systems Amidst Constant Change](https://stenobird.com/podcast/awkward-silences-627406/research-ops-2-0-episode-4-building-enduring-systems-amidst-constant-change) — 2025-09-30T13:55:07+00:00 - [Research Ops 2.0, Episode 3: Taking a Platform Approach to ResearchOps](https://stenobird.com/podcast/awkward-silences-627406/research-ops-2-0-episode-3-taking-a-platform-approach-to-researchops) — 2025-09-16T12:53:04+00:00 - [#173 - Prototyping AI in Live Research with Bold Insight & Panasonic Well](https://stenobird.com/podcast/awkward-silences-627406/173-prototyping-ai-in-live-research-with-bold-insight-panasonic-well) — 2025-09-12T19:31:46+00:00 - [Research Ops 2.0, Episode 2: Leveraging AI for Research Superstardom](https://stenobird.com/podcast/awkward-silences-627406/research-ops-2-0-episode-2-leveraging-ai-for-research-superstardom) — 2025-09-02T13:42:14+00:00 - [Special Release! Research Ops 2.0, Episode 1: The Evolution of ResearchOps](https://stenobird.com/podcast/awkward-silences-627406/special-release-research-ops-2-0-episode-1-the-evolution-of-researchops) — 2025-08-19T13:00:00+00:00 - [#172 - Summer Throwback: Caitria O'Neill on the Problems of Research Reports](https://stenobird.com/podcast/awkward-silences-627406/172-summer-throwback-caitria-o-neill-on-the-problems-of-research-reports) — 2025-08-07T14:48:50+00:00 - [#171 - Summer Throwback: Kate Towsey on Starting a ReOps Practice](https://stenobird.com/podcast/awkward-silences-627406/171-summer-throwback-kate-towsey-on-starting-a-reops-practice) — 2025-07-24T12:55:50+00:00 - [#170 - Summer Throwback: Andrea Amorós on Influencing Stakeholders with Strategic Research](https://stenobird.com/podcast/awkward-silences-627406/170-summer-throwback-andrea-amor-s-on-influencing-stakeholders-with-strategic-research) — 2025-07-10T12:56:08+00:00 ## Actions Episode pages expose an explicit `request_transcript` action. 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