The Year of Curiosity Podcast

Kendall George, Cybersecurity Officer for Carleton and St. Olaf Colleges

We talk to Kendall George, the Cybersecurity Officer for Carleton and St. Olaf Colleges, about how AI is affecting the cybersecurity industry, how AI might make email scams harder to spot, and how to successfully argue with ChatGPT about the definition of a horror movie.

Melissa Eblen-Zayas, Professor of Physics

Melissa Eblen-Zayas, Professor of Physics joins us to talk about the ways she’s been using AI to help students learn Physics and quantitative reasoning skills, and we also discuss mushroom-robot hybrids.

Eric Alexander, Associate Professor of Computer Science

Jennifer and George talk with Eric Alexander, Associate Professor of Computer Science.

Nathan Grawe, Lloyd P. Johnson-Norwest Professor of Economics and the Liberal Arts

Jennifer and George talk with Nathan Grawe, Lloyd P. Johnson-Norwest Professor of Economics and the Liberal Arts about the ways that AI might affect the labor market and how he thinks students and colleges should respond to it.

Don Vosburg, Academic Technologist of Learning Innovation

Jennifer and George talk with Don Vosburg, Carleton's Academic Technologist of Learning Innovation and former head of the Language Center, about the ways AI is changing the way we learn languages and the options for making courses accessible to all students.

Carleton College President Alison Byerly

For the first episode, Jennifer and George talk with Alison Byerly, President of Carleton College, about the Year of Curiosity initiative and the ways she sees AI impacting teaching, learning, and working at Carleton.