Join this special season finale of 13 as three members of the Colgate University Computer Science Department share their insights into the history of AI development, understanding the power and limitations of current AI systems, and what, if anything, we should fear about this potentially world-changing technology.

AI Roundtable with Colgate Computer Scientists

The Charles Evans Hughes Visiting Chair of Government and Jurisprudence in the Department of Political Science Stephanie Miner joins the podcast to share her experiences as former mayor of the City of Syracuse. Miner discusses the ups and downs of running one of New York's largest cities in this all new episode.


Madam Mayor: A Conversation with Visiting Prof. Stephanie Miner

Kathy High ’77 is a prolific bio-artist and experimental filmmaker and a professor of video and new media in the arts at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. High joined us in the studio to discuss her work while on campus as part of the Eric J. Ryan and Film and Media Studies (FMST) Annual New Media Lecture Series.

A Conversation with Kathy High ’77

Join the Russell Colgate Distinguished University Professor Emeritus of Astronomy, Anthropology, and Native American Studies Anthony Aveni as he discusses his newest book, Aliens Like Us?: An Anthropologist’s Field Guide to Intelligent Extraterrestrial Life. Aveni's funny and irreverent work speaks to the trained astrophysicist and the curious layperson alike about a simple but previously unexplored question: Why do we assume aliens, if they are really out there, behave just like us? 

An Anthropologist’s Field Guide to Intelligent Extraterrestrial Life

Join Colgate's Vice President and Dean of the College Paul J. McLoughlin II, and Robert A.M. Stern Architects Associate Partner Kasey Tilove, for a discussion about the planning and progress related to the University's Third-Century Plan endeavor to create a new expanded West Campus along Broad Street in support of juniors and seniors living down the hill.  

The West Campus

Join Jeremy Wattles, Director of the Max A. Shacknai Center for Outreach, Volunteerism, and Education to learn more about how Colgate students are giving back in the community. 

The COVE will be celebrating 25 years of giving back next year. Since its inception in 2001, thousands of students have contributed more than 635,000 service hours, equaling almost $17.8 million in economic impact with community partners.

A Community of Care: How the COVE Supports Volunteerism

Join Colgate alumna Nicole Gordon ’10, as she shares her entrepreneurial journey to create Nikigo, which she has branded as the ultimate soy sauce replacement. Gordon shares how her liberal arts education, coupled with the steadfast support of Colgate's alumni network via the Thought Into Action program, turned her dream into reality.

The Story of Nikigo: How Alumni Support Helped to Bring A Soy Sauce Alternative to Market

Special guest host Jordan Doroshenko,
Director of Athletics Communications, is joined in the studio by Colgate's new Head Women's Basketball Coach Shannon Bush.

Meet Colgate's new Women's Basketball Head Coach

Join the Roy D. and Margaret B. Wooster Professor of the Classics Emeritus Robert Garland for a spooky exploration into the history of humanity's relationship with death in this all new episode of 13.
Professor Garland is an expert on Greek religion, Greek urban development, Greek society and social values, and Athenian topography. He also has an uncanny knack for finding the threads between antiquity and the modern world, and he is a well-respected scholar on the lives of everyday people in the ancient world. His most recent book, What to Expect When You're Dead: An ancient tour of death and the afterlife, was just published this year by Princeton University Press.

What to Expect When You're Dead: A Halloween Special with Prof. Emeritus Robert Garland

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. 


In His Voice: Peter Balakian's New York Trilogy

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.

The H-1B Visa Debate Part 2

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.