In the first episode of a two-part series on academia and entrepreneurship, Peter Boettke and Emily Chamlee-Wright share a conversation on their experiences in the economics profession. In particular, they reflect on the importance of being taken seriously as a young scholar and the impact it has on one's academic development. Later in the conversation, Emily Chamlee-Wright reflects on her work regarding female entrepreneurship and explains why "becoming a scholar is a process of becoming encultured within a community."