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eLife Community Voices is a podcast that delves into the human side of research. Through personal and inspiring interviews, we explore and spotlight the diversity of journeys, passions and people behind the science.

The cognitive sciences have been dominated by English-speaking researchers studying other English speakers. To live up to its mission of understanding the representational and computational capacities of the human mind, cognitive science needs to broaden the linguistic diversity represented in its participants and researchers.

To secure a one-year extension beyond age 65 at ETH Zurich, I had to change departments—despite 31 years of distinguished service in the Physics Department. The "canary in the coal mine" metaphor resonates with me, as I seek to shed light on the toxic environments that drive exceptional women out of academia at alarming rates.

Dr Amy Barr Mlinar worked for 17 years as a NASA-funded researcher and then as an Ivy League professor before stepping away from academia due to her disillusionment by the lack of support she received.

Ilya Smolensky from Switzerland, and Katherine Deane from the UK, members of the ALBA Disability & Accessibility working group, join ECNP Scientific Coordinator Rosanne Ausems from the Netherlands, in an episode of ECNP's Brains on Brains podcast series to discuss impactful research on lab accessibility, their lived experience and a compelling call to action.