Consilience with Pete and Charlie: the Intersection of Science and the Humanities

Pete and Charlie chatter about teaching design, studios, labs, lipids, Anne Bancroft, pumps, salmon, multidisciplinary teams, and plastics.

Pete and Charlie continue with iterative design, simulations, M*A*S*H, octopuses, Breaking Bad, invention, molecular dynamics, architecture, and a no-hitter from 43 years ago. 

Pete and Charlie battle bad sound, the honor code, student-faculty interaction, small audiences, test-taking, snakes, dogs, and fear itself. 

Pete and Charlie attack cooking, Tic Tacs, iterative design, Houdini, wrestling, Uri Geller, hinges, taste and aesthetics, Dragon Con, shanty drinking, and bitterness.

Pete and Charlie make short work of Stephen Pinker, Atlanta traffic, trolling, trawling, the intersection of science and the humanities, Harry Kroto, and lack of structure.

Pete and Charlie mess with honesty, Tom Clancy, lectures, Jimmy Carter, administrators, radio shows, MOOCs, the University of Virginia, physics classes, and GT-1000.

Pete and Charlie choke on carcinogens, kitchen science, This Is 40, creative work, Diet Coke, and country music.

Pete and Charlie handle GT-1000, scaffolding, class design, more freshman issues, the Office of the Vice-Provost of Undergraduate Education, the point of the podcast, learning outcomes, and recycled jokes.

Pete and Charlie experiment with live recording, RFID, brownies, audience participation, water, student engagement, freshmen and their issues, and FASET. 

Pete and Charlie mix preparation, statistics, narrative, Studs Terkel, Solo cups, differential equations, scaling theory, whale skeletons, oil baths, and BLEVEs.