# Season 6 Y'all: A Partner's Guide to a PhD

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Published: 2026-06-12T13:18:50+00:00
Episode link: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dr-thots/episodes/Season-6-Yall-A-Partners-Guide-to-a-PhD-e3kdgum
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## Resource

Do you struggle with balancing work and life? Does your partner read at all hours of the night? Have you not seen your boyfriend in 3 days because you are in a writing hole? Did you and your spouse decide to put your family through 5-7 years of an academic and theoretical gauntlet? Well do we have the podcast episode for you! Julian Johnson and Ben Hershey welcome Drs. Ryan Lavalley and Khalilah Johnson onto the first episode of Season 6 of the Dr. thOTs podcast to discuss all things partnering in academia. Highlights include: Khalilah's car breaking down at a taco stand, Ben saying no, and Julian actually having boundaries.

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