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Viva Survivor Select 05 cover. Dark background with yellow-orange sparks floating on the breeze; foreground two text boxes. The first "Viva Survivors Select 05, The Sparks Issue, August 2025". The second: "Nathan Ryder"

August 13, 2025

In 2012 a little spark came to me: "I wonder if people would be interested in hearing viva stories from PhD graduates?" Eight years ago I realised I couldn't continue the podcast but wanted to use my website to still do something helpful. A spark: "...

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July 16, 2025

Viva Survivors Select 04, out now!

Viva Survivors Select 04, The Focus Issue is ready and I'm very excited to release it into the world! As with the first three issues, The Focus Issue is made up of twenty posts from the Viva Survivors archive and two new original piec...

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Nathan Ryder June 11, 2025

Viva Survivors Select 03, out now!

It's come around so quickly hasn't it? Or maybe that's just how I feel... In any case the third issue of Viva Survivors Select is out today! Viva Survivors Select 03, The Preparation Issue is here and I'm very excited to release ...