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  • #18: Anthropology | Human-Centered Design | Everyday Carry - Lee Smith
    May 2 2026

    The guys are joined by Lee Smith to discuss anthropology, accessibility, human-centered design, and everyday carry (EDC).

    Links to Lee's studies/papers:

    What's in Your Pockets? (EDC)

    Perpetuating ableism in engineering education: The role of user abstraction and expertise hierarchies in the design process

    Hearing diversity and inequality of emergency services: perspectives on greater societal inclusion for deaf populations

    Design, Disability, and Critical Pedagogy in STS

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    All episodes are split up into chapters for your listening convenience.

    00:00:00 - Intro

    00:01:27 - Who is Lee Smith?

    00:02:36 - What is Anthropology?

    00:06:19 - Deaf Accessibility in Emergency Response and Interpreting

    00:38:47 - Human-Centered Design

    01:22:41 - Everyday Carry

    Music by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Wesley Chang⁠⁠⁠⁠

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    2 ore e 16 min
  • #17: AI Agents | Voice Mode | Future of the Job Market
    Jul 26 2025

    The guys talk about AI agents, the future of the job market with AI, and are joined by a special guest...

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    All episodes are split up into chapters for your listening convenience.

    00:00:00 - Intro

    00:02:42 - Our experiences with AI

    00:09:35 - Are we overusing AI?

    00:22:01 - Should AI take away jobs?

    00:25:35 - What happens after AI is perfected?

    00:36:22 - The luddites always lose / Need for humanity

    00:42:22 - The future of culture

    00:46:23 - A special guest

    00:57:43 - Our reaction

    01:04:05 - How is ChatGPT so good at talking?

    01:08:05 - How good is it going to get?

    01:11:38 - Wrap up

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    1 ora e 13 min
  • #16: Flavors of Math Research - Theo Lurie
    Jun 26 2025

    The guys are joined by Theo Lurie to discuss discrete math research, catalan numbers, and n-gon triangulation.

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    All episodes are split up into chapters for your listening convenience.

    00:00:00 - Intro

    00:02:13 - What’s the difference?

    00:04:53 - How do you study math?

    00:10:10 - What’s Theo up to?

    00:20:46 - How does this help us?

    00:27:26 - How to learn math

    00:36:41 - Who does math research?

    00:44:55 - What is Theo’s research?

    00:57:12 - Plan of attack for research

    Music by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Wesley Chang⁠⁠⁠⁠

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    1 ora e 8 min
  • #15: Insights Into the Deaf Community - Nathan Templeman
    Apr 17 2025

    The guys are joined by Nathan Templeman to discuss the aspects of being deaf while doing stand-up, Ultimate Frisbee, and a major in Interior Design.

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    00:00:00 - Intro

    00:01:42 - Stand-up comedy

    00:14:03 - Interior design as a major

    00:29:21 - GO FRIES!

    00:34:30 - Insights into being born deaf

    00:45:45 - There's more than just ASL

    00:54:56 - What causes the separation of deaf people?

    01:00:13 - The history of sign language

    01:06:09 - General experience with deaf accessibility

    01:12:24 - Being a reporter for RIT

    01:14:59 - The philosophy of being deaf

    Music by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Wesley Chang⁠⁠⁠

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    1 ora e 23 min
  • #14: Reimagining Education with Intuitive Software - Gavin Noktes
    Mar 11 2025

    The guys are joined by Gavin Noktes to discuss the pitfalls of education, his experience, and what he's doing to help fix it.

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    All episodes are split up into chapters for your listening convenience.

    00:00:00 - Intro

    00:02:56 - What is school for?

    00:13:22 - Is it possible fix education and what's its future

    00:22:37 - What is the best education system and what is tech's role?

    00:35:47 - Gavin's team and how he leverages research

    00:46:46 - Debate about grades and what they mean

    00:56:31 - Navigating the perfect LMS

    01:04:54 - 5 high schools in 4 years

    01:19:40 - Return of the grades

    Music by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Wesley Chang⁠⁠

    Audio recorded by WITR's Recording Department

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    1 ora e 36 min
  • #13: Free Will | Determinism | Life Philosophies - Brendan Gell
    Feb 25 2025

    The guys are joined by Brendan Gell to discuss free will, determinism, and life philosophies.

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    All episodes are split up into chapters for your listening convenience.

    00:00:00 - Intro

    00:02:09 - Defining free will and determinism

    00:04:38 - Our initial thoughts

    00:20:00 - Causa sui

    00:27:17 - Time travel and trains??

    00:34:20 - Can computers have free will?

    00:43:05 - What you know vs. what you choose to believe

    01:09:05 - Religion

    01:18:13 - Life philosophies

    01:48:16 - How free will fits into religion

    Music by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Wesley Chang⁠⁠

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    2 ore e 13 min
  • #12: Life of a Performer in NYC - Colin Hodgkin
    Feb 11 2025

    The guys are joined by musician, actor, and filmmaker Colin Hodgkin to discuss Dueling Pianos, filmmaking, and trying to make it on Broadway.

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    Colin's Website

    The Tape Room

    Heaven on the 7th Floor - Music Video

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    All episodes are split up into chapters for your listening convenience.

    00:00:00 - Intro

    00:00:50 - Dueling Pianos

    00:28:13 - Being an actor in NYC

    00:47:38 - Colin's experience in filmmaking

    00:55:03 - The Self Tape Room

    01:02:35 - Why filmmaking is Colin's favorite

    01:09:16 - Funny Dueling Pianos moments

    Music by⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Wesley Chang⁠

    Audio recorded by WITR's Recording Department

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    1 ora e 19 min
  • #11: Is Cloud-Based CAD the Future? - Prof. Kate Leipold
    Jan 28 2025

    The guys are joined by RIT's Professor Kate Leipold to discuss computer-aided design, the future of manufacturing, and teaching with technology.

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    All episodes are split up into chapters for your listening convenience.

    00:00:00 - Intro

    00:00:59 - Who is Prof. Kate Leipold?

    00:02:18 - What's the best CAD software?

    00:08:42 - Assembling parts in CAD

    00:15:48 - Is cloud-based CAD the future?

    00:20:41 - More CAD concepts

    00:27:35 - FIRST Robotics

    00:32:04 - Arguing over CAD mouse controls

    00:35:31 - Speed modeling

    00:42:05 - Touching on drawings

    00:43:50 - Mech-E vs. Mech-E Tech

    00:45:59 - Course requirements and ABET

    00:51:01 - Resolving learning gaps

    00:57:14 - Back to the CAD debate

    00:59:54 - Automating CAM?

    01:02:25 - Freestyle modeling

    01:03:51 - Ethics of ripping STEP files

    01:12:40 - Why do we still use 2D drawings?

    01:15:53 - Metric vs. US customary system

    01:20:27 - Professional Engineer License

    01:25:32 - More on Prof. Leipold's background

    01:34:37 - Organizational and communicational tools

    01:38:42 - Technology in education

    01:46:21 - Is cloud-based CAD the future?

    Music by ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Wesley Chang⁠

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    1 ora e 51 min