Weapons of Mass Disruption
Weapons of Mass Disruption
Latest Episodes
Nation State Disrupted! Israel as a Symbol
Dr. Tamara Schwartz welcomes back Dr. Stephen Stern, Associate Professor of Judaic Studies at Gettysburg College, for the second installment of their conversation on Israel, anti-Zionism, antisemitism, and the politics of power. Building on the...
American Judaism Disrupted! Israel, Power, and the Politics of Legitimacy
In this episode of WMD, Dr. Tamara Schwartz welcomes Professor of Judaic Studies, Dr. Stephen Stern for a thought-provoking conversation about Israel, anti-Zionism, antisemitism, and the deeper question of power itself. Together, they ...
Classroom disrupted! AI calls for new pedagogies in the classroom.
The classroom is changing faster than most institutions can process. Large language models are no longer just tools students experiment with on the side—they are becoming cognitive companions that shape how students write, think, solve problems...
Outputs Disrupted! How Economics Shapes AI Outputs
Building on their ongoing conversation, Tamara Schwartz and Jena Jordahl examine how business models shape AI outputs, and why we often have little visibility into the incentives driving what we see. This episode explores the hidden relationshi...
Off the Map: Charting Meaning Spaces
Building on their last conversation meaning and how we learn, Tamara Schwartz and Jena Jordahl explore how we begin to map meaning itself. Using Lewis and Clark as an analogy, this episode examines how meaning forms across layers, perspectives,...