Browsing Consilience with Pete and Charlie by Title
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Episode 001: Bald, Angry, and Stuck in the Ivory Tower
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2/27/2013)To launch this new podcast, Pete and Charlie grapple with the ivory tower vs. the real world, along with bacon, John Mayer, Randy Olson, narrative in science education, online degrees, higher education, jargon spin, and ... -
Episode 002: Failure, Ivy, and Plaid Stuffed Bunnies
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 3/6/2013)Pete and Charlie wrestle with religious narratives, economics, innovation, failure, safe spaces, and aloha shirts. The books mentioned during the show: D'Aulaires’ Book of Greek Myths, D'Aulaires’ Book of Norse Myths, and ... -
Episode 003: Factoids, Consensus, and Fighting Wikipedia
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 3/13/2013)Pete and Charlie chase after teleology, gravity, Wikipedia, fact-checking, refutation, and the platypus. -
Episode 004: Classrooms, Quarks, and Claiming the Conch
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 3/20/2013)Pete and Charlie circle lecture styles, classroom behavior, science narratives old and new, Lord of the Flies, the Higgs-Boson blues, student engagement, Facebook, and James Joyce. Mentioned during the show: The Greatest ... -
Episode 005: Management, Marketing, and Making the Grade
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 3/27/2013)Pete and Charlie chew on test-taking, grading, Scantron, marketing STEM, sports in their youth, Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer, assessment plans, Back To School, teaching vs. research, and weed-out courses. -
Episode 006: Triangles, Taxidermy, and Bloom's Taxonomy
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 4/3/2013)Pete and Charlie tackle Bloom’s Taxonomy of Learning Domains along with carbohydrates, the Flat Earth Society, mnemonics, multiplication, titration, smoking, scaffolding, being on fire, and turkey bacon. -
Episode 007: Balance, Nostalgia, and Reading Moby-Dick
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 4/10/2013)Pete and Charlie sort out Happy Days, cynicism, rainy days, cold opens, digital natives, gratuitous sex, cross-products, cornstarch, product integration, and Jolly Ranchers. -
Episode 008: Qualitative, Quantitative, and Inside Baseball
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 4/17/2013)Pete and Charlie toss around Moneyball, parenthood, STEM, The Trouble With The Curve, jargon, Hokies, and biodegradable packaging. -
Episode 009: Coffee, Hedgehogs, and Ten-apple Pies
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 4/24/2013)Pete and Charlie struggle with urchins, The Sixth Sense, transport, baldness, driving forces, coffee, unit conversion errors, and fracking. -
Episode 010: Kanye West, Chemistry, and the Check Engine Light
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 5/1/2013)Pete and Charlie dabble in opera, catalysts, holiday staffing, WOVEN, car maintenance, fail-safes, floor coverings, witches, science fiction, vegetarianism, jazz, and questioning doctors. -
Episode 011: Inventions, Engineers, and Learning by Doing
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 5/8/2013)Pete and Charlie pursue class creation, the GaTech/UGA rivalry, studio teaching, Vulcans, artists, design, problem-based learning, Z-racks, PVC pipe, cyanide salts, BPA, homasote, pretzel bread, and chicken wire. -
Episode 012: Artists, Models, and the End of the World
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 5/15/2013)Pete and Charlie flicker through painters, poets, The Big Bang Theory, simulations, Tom Clancy, losers, apocalyptic narratives, Blue Thunder, and Die Hard. -
Episode 013: Ulcers, Intuition, and the Hairy Edge of Science
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 5/22/2013)Pete and Charlie serve up Linus Pauling, cartoons, Batman, cafeteria Catholicism, urine, cantilevers, getting engaged, celibacy, and the Standard Model. -
Episode 014: Cynicism, Optimism, and Telling Your Story Well
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 5/29/2013)Pete and Charlie digest podcasts, food choices, self-promotion, radio shows, Morgan Spurlock, Nikki Glaser, The Laughing Skull Lounge, Neil Degrasse Tyson, and stardust. -
Episode 015: Death, Drugs, and Finding Lost Books
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 6/5/2013)Pete and Charlie sift through classification systems, atoms, pre- and post-scientific religions, atheists, Penn Jillette, tracking neutrinos, City of Angels, instrumental science, existentialism, the Boy Scouts, and moral ... -
Episode 016: High School, Self-Improvement, and a Girl Named Sandoz
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 6/12/2013)Pete and Charlie take on back pain, flag girls, seminarians, more Penn Jillette, more Happy Days, jumping the shark, to-do lists, research, power, Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher, and immortality. -
Episode 017: Atheism, Drinking, and Anecdotes of Belief
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 6/19/2013)Pete and Charlie tussle with Boston, dating, agnostic circles, the Pope’s retirement, religious denominations, the origin of life, hypocrisy, ghosts, and library late fees. -
Episode 018: Improv, Bucky Balls, and Disruptive Thinking
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 6/26/2013)Pete and Charlie bounce around chronotopes, bitterness, cough syrup, Powerpoint, inventions, idea spaces, Eddie Izzard, obfuscation, and the best pi joke Pete ever heard. -
Episode 019: Television, Moles, and the Island of Stability
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 7/3/2013)Pete and Charlie won’t stop talking about Jesus, cancelled shows, miracles, cultural activism, movie science, Avogadro’s number, the periodic table, Glenn T. Seaborg, science communication, artistic connection, and ... -
Episode 020: Rules, Retention, and Keeping It Light
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 7/10/2013)Pete and Charlie float through baldness, comedy, personas, podcasts, artistic processes, John Cage, rules for students and teachers, and enjoying your learning environment. As mentioned on the podcast: “Some Rules For ...