So What? A Podcast
So What? is a quarterly CMU podcast that draws out key ideas from public events at Canadian Mennonite University. Host Jonas Cornelsen (CMU '16) guides you through these discussions by asking, 'So What?'
OMG! featuring David Balzer
Host Jonas Cornelsen (CMU '16) catches up with David Balzer, Associate Professor of Communications and Media, on his multi-year "OMG!" documentary project exploring the everyday use of this phrase.
Listen to the OMG audio doc at omgthedoc.com.
Listen NowA New Bible?
What does the new Anabaptist Community Bible have to offer? Jonas tries his hand at selling Bibles (to himself), even though it's admittedly been some time since he read one.
Full CMU event: youtube.com/watch?v=Ll3NZ3j-YfM
Listen NowMath Test
Are pre-calculus math classes a waste of time? Jonas looks back on his high school experience with help from a CMU Scientist in Residence lecture by mathematician Dr. Frances Siu.
Find Dr. Siu's full lecture here:
youtube.com/watch?v=gYb1yrOP0CA
Talking to AI
In this short form episode we ask, how do we stay human when conversations with AI chatbots feel so real? Jonas looks at a CMU alum's story on using a chatbot to hear about his son's day at school.
The Walrus, "When Your Lover is a Bot": https://thewalrus.ca/when-your-lover-is-a-bot/
Listen NowBreakup Songs
Kicking off season five is a back-to-school poetry lesson about why pop music matters with Dr. Paul Dyck, Professor of English at CMU.
Credits
Theme Music: Urbana-Metronica (wooh-yeah mix) by spinningmerkaba © copyright 2011 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/jlbrock44/33345 Ft: Morusque, Jeris, CSoul, Alex Beroza
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