# 13 Thirteen is a bi-weekly podcast where one Colgate University community member answers 13 questions about their work. Topics vary widely, with episodes that touch on ancient history, global politics, sociology and anthropology, literature, science, the arts, and more. Page: Feed: --- ## [Harnessing AI for Research with Prof. Noah Apthorpe](https://soundcloud.com/user-791646643/harnessing-ai-for-research) _2026-06-26_ Join Colgate Assistant Professor of Computer Science Noah Apthorpe as he discusses how he approached leading an AI workshop with the assistance of a Picker Interdisciplinary Science Institute grant. Faculty in the two-day long workshop experimented with several AI models and practiced with fictitious data sets to see how the systems may help to advance their own work. [Listen](https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2346806600-user-791646643-harnessing-ai-for-research.mp3) ## [The Future in Their Hands: Making Mexico's Foreign-Educated Elite with Prof. Rachel Grace Newman](https://soundcloud.com/user-791646643/the-future-in-their-hands) _2026-06-12_ Join Assistant Professor of History Rachel Grace Newman as she discusses the research and findings of her new book that explores the history and politics of foreign education in Mexico. [Listen](https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2338262558-user-791646643-the-future-in-their-hands.mp3) ## [Arts, Letters, and Liberty in Enlightenment America and Europe, with Prof. Carolyn Guile](https://soundcloud.com/user-791646643/arts-letters-and-liberty-in) _2026-05-29_ Professor Carolyn Guile's senior-level humanities course: Arts, Letters, and Liberty in Enlightenment America and Europe, asked students the question, “What does it mean to be an American?” In this new episode of 13, students from the class will share some of what they learned in developing their final projects, which included creating podcasts of their own. [Listen](https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2329695194-user-791646643-arts-letters-and-liberty-in.mp3) ## [When a Leaf is a Battery, with Prof. Ramesh Adhikari](https://soundcloud.com/user-791646643/13_ramesh_2) _2026-05-07_ What happens when electronics are no longer manufactured, but are grown? In this all-new episode of 13, Assistant Professor of Physics Ramesh Adhikari explains how he and his students are turning ordinary leaves into power-producing batteries with seemingly endless possibilities ahead. [Listen](https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2315795003-user-791646643-13_ramesh_2.mp3) ## [Bridging Coaching and Teaching at Colgate](https://soundcloud.com/user-791646643/13_flc) _2026-04-21_ A one-semester program that launched in the fall to bring together Colgate Division I coaches with classroom faculty was so well received by participants that they all volunteered to continue their conversations in the spring. Colgate Co-Director for the Center for Learning, Teaching & Research Jeffrey Nugent joins the podcast along with Assistant Professor of Japanese Nicholas Albertson, Russell… [Listen](https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2306161694-user-791646643-13_flc.mp3) ## [White Flank with Prof. Chandra Russo](https://soundcloud.com/user-791646643/white-flank-with-prof-chandra) _2026-03-25_ Colgate Associate Professor of Sociology and Chair of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology Chandra Russo joins the podcast to discuss her newest book, White Flank, Organizing White People for Racial Justice, published by Stanford University Press. The book tells the story of a new generation of white antiracist efforts in a range of local contexts, from Los Angeles to rural Appalachia. [Listen](https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2289720494-user-791646643-white-flank-with-prof-chandra.mp3) ## [NPR Tiny Desk Producer Bobby Carter](https://soundcloud.com/user-791646643/npr-tiny-desk-producer-bobby) _2026-03-10_ Colgate’s Spring 2026 Clifford Family Innovator in Residence Bobby Carter, producer of the wildly popular NPR Tiny Desk Concert series, shares his passion for music and takes listeners behind the scenes of the world's most famous music series that is recorded in an actual office. [Listen](https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2281174904-user-791646643-npr-tiny-desk-producer-bobby.mp3) ## [Cancer Research at Colgate University](https://soundcloud.com/user-791646643/cancer-research-at-colgate) _2026-02-06_ Colgate Professor of Biology Engda Hagos returns to the show to discuss the cutting edge research that he conducts with his students. \*EDITOR'S NOTE: Professor Hagos reached out to share a slight correction. He said that the mother and father each contribute 23 chromosomes, not 26. We apologize for the error. [Listen](https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2261139056-user-791646643-cancer-research-at-colgate.mp3) ## [The H-1B Visa Debate Part 2](https://soundcloud.com/user-791646643/the-h-1b-visa-debate-part-2) _2025-12-22_ Colgate Professor Chad Sparber returns to the program to discuss recent developments with the H-1B Visa program in the United States. Sparber is the W. Bradford Wiley Chair in International Economics; Professor of Economics and the Director of the Lampert Institute. [Listen](https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2233992317-user-791646643-the-h-1b-visa-debate-part-2.mp3) ## [Reach prospects with real signals (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/A4oeSblGENuj) _2025-12-22 · **Sponsored**_ Find prospects talking about your problem and get context-backed moments to engage ## [In His Voice: Peter Balakian's New York Trilogy](https://soundcloud.com/user-791646643/in-his-voice-peter-balakians-new-york-trilogy) _2025-11-14_ Peter Balakian, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and Colgate University Donald M. and Constance H. Rebar professor in humanities and professor of English, reads selections from his newest work of poetry, recently published by The University of Chicago Press, New York Trilogy. [Listen](https://feeds.soundcloud.com/stream/2212609865-user-791646643-in-his-voice-peter-balakians-new-york-trilogy.mp3)