{"podcast":{"title":"Research Adjacent","slug":"research-adjacent-5954790","podcast_index_feed_id":5954790,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/researchadjacent/","website_url":"https://researchadjacent.com/podcast/","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/ef41010e-5060-4d9e-a5b6-e7ced6338ff2/podcast-artwork-2025-20250310-fkpw9zrafk.png","author":"Sarah McLusky","episode_count":99,"summary":"Research Adjacent is a podcast that shines a light on everything that goes into making research successful, except the research. I’m talking about public engagement, knowledge exchange, outreach, project management, research communications, publishing, funding, events, training, partnerships, facilitation, and the rest. Too often, all we hear about are the researchers and the research outputs. Well, not here! In the podcast Sarah McLusky talks to amazing research-adjacent professionals about what they do and why it makes a difference. Tune in to find out why we think the research-adjacent space is where the real magic happens.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-21T14:20:47.983709+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/research-adjacent-5954790"},"episode":{"title":"Why impact matters more than labels with Tamika Heiden (Episode 75)","slug":"why-impact-matters-more-than-labels-with-tamika-heiden-episode-75","published_at":"2025-08-12T05:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/research-adjacent-5954790/why-impact-matters-more-than-labels-with-tamika-heiden-episode-75","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/research-adjacent-5954790","url":"https://researchadjacent.com/why-impact-matters-more-than-labels-with-tamika-heiden-episode-75","audio_url":"https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/27170490-e0f0-4eb5-acda-c1456d130d6a.mp3","summary":"Tamika Heiden is the founder and director of impact consultancy Research Impact Academy. Her company works with researchers around the globe and also runs the Research Impact Summit. Sarah and Tamika talk about How her career and business evolved from research to knowledge translation to impact The language and practice of impact around the world Overcoming the mindset challenges that came with starting her own business How the current funding systems are holding back progress Find out more Read the show notes and transcript on the podcast website Connect with Tamika on LinkedIn Sign up for the Research Impact Summit Find Research Impact Academy on the web, LinkedIn, Facebook, X, BlueSky, YouTube and Instagram About Research Adjacent Fill out the research-adjacent careers quiz Sign up to the Research Adjacent newsletter Follow Research Adjacent on LinkedIn Instagram and BlueSky Email a comment, question or suggestion Leave Sarah a voice message","meta_description":"Tamika Heiden is the founder and director of impact consultancy Research Impact Academy. Her company works with researchers around the globe and also runs…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2133,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/research-adjacent-5954790/episodes/why-impact-matters-more-than-labels-with-tamika-heiden-episode-75/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/research-adjacent-5954790/why-impact-matters-more-than-labels-with-tamika-heiden-episode-75.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}