The Year of Curiosity Podcast
1) Mira Xenia Schwerda, Visiting Assistant Professor in Art and Art History
2) Chad Ellsworth, Associate Director of the Career Center
We talk to Chad Ellsworth, Associate Director of the Career Center, about the ways AI is affecting the job market and the ways students can prepare for it.
3) Sunny Sun '26 and Justin Rodriguez '27
Jennifer and George talk to Sunny Sun ‘26 and Justin Rodriguez ‘27, the student representatives on the AI Coordinating Committee, about their experiences with AI and what their peers are telling them.
4) Greg Back (P’27) and Lauren Back '27
Jennifer and George talk to Lauren Back ‘27 and her dad Greg Back, the co-founder of CatchLight Capital Partners, about the ways AI is changing the landscape in academic and Silicon Valley.
5) Melanie Cashin, Kristen Vogel, Zoe McDaniel '27, and Cordelia Whitman '27
Jennifer and George interview the two directors of the Carleton Writing Center as well as two student writing consultants. We discuss the ways that they work with student writers, the ways students ar...Show More
6) Sarah Hooker '13, Vice President for Research at Cohere
We talk to Sarah Hooker ‘13, the Vice President for Research at Cohere, who Time Magazine named one of the 100 Most Influential People in AI. We discuss how the machine learning community has evolved ...Show More
7) Reference Librarians Sarah Calhoun and Sean Leahy
George and Jennifer welcome two of Carleton’s reference librarians, Sean Leahy and Sarah Calhoun. We talk about the ways AI is changing the ways students read and conduct research. We also touch on th...Show More
8) Melissa Scott, the Robert A. Oden, Jr. Postdoctoral Fellow for Innovation in the Liberal Arts and Music, John Hurtubise and Henry Burkhart
In this episode, we talk to Melissa Scott, the Robert A. Oden, Jr. Postdoctoral Fellow for Innovation in the Liberal Arts and Music, and two current Computer Science majors, John Hurtubise and Henry B...Show More
9) Jay McKinney, Visiting Assistant Professor of Cognitive Science
Jay McKinney, our newly-hired Assistant Professor of Cognitive Science, joins Jenn and George to share his perspective on how AI generative thinks, the likelihood that this technology will lead us to ...Show More
10) Sam Thayer, Director of the Office of Accessibility Resources
Sam Thayer, Director of the Office of Accessibility Resources (and our second alum from the Class of 2010) talks with us about the ways that AI technology is providing new options for meeting student ...Show More