Tag: podcast
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Do Students Benefit from College Athletics?
James V. Koch, a former university president, prolific writer about college governance, and huge college sports fan, chats with Jim Bacon about the seismic changes in the college sports landscape. In his new book, “The Economic Impact of Intercollegiate Athletics on Former Students,” Koch explores the pros and cons of college athletics for students and…
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Finding Common Ground — the Podcast
Bacon’s Rebellion’s AI podcasters, Lila Maverick and Jaxon Wilder, are back, this time to talk about the Hoos Connected program at the University of Virginia. The avatars use content in the article as a jumping-off point for making their own observations, drawing original conclusions, and waxing philosophical. I love hearing AI avatars talking about what…
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DEI Training Makes Race Relations Worse — the Podcast
Lila Maverick and Jaxon Wilder, Bacon’s Rebellion’s AI-generated avatars, are back with a new podcast based on my recent post, “DEI Training Makes Race Relations Worse.” For those not inclined to wade through my dense prose, they cover the same ground in an easy conversational manner. It’s fascinating to hear the avatars depart from the article about…