Quantum Potential
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SEASON 2, EPISODE 4: Breakthrough techniques to improve hearing with engineer Jack Noble
Jack Noble, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering (Vanderbilt University) More than 50 million people in the United States have some form of hearing loss. The intricate science around improving hearing is advancing at a rapid pace with the help of innovative researchers like Jack Noble, assistant professor… Read MoreMarch 12, 2026
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SEASON 2, EPISODE 3: Finding Meaning in Music with musicologist Melanie Lowe
Melanie Lowe, associate professor of musicology (Vanderbilt University) What songs have a spot on the playlist of your life? What music sparks emotions around specific moments in time? In this episode of the Quantum Potential podcast, Provost C. Cybele Raver and Melanie Lowe, associate professor of musicology, explore… Read MoreFebruary 25, 2026
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SEASON 2, EPISODE 2: Vanderbilt’s Next Era: Campuses, Partnerships and the Power of Place with Chancellor Daniel Diermeier
What does it mean to build a great research university for the 21st century—one that is both deeply rooted and boldly distributed? Provost C. Cybele Raver talks with Vanderbilt Chancellor Daniel Diermeier during the Quantum Potential podcast. (Vanderbilt University) In our latest episode of the Quantum Potential podcast, Provost… Read MoreFebruary 11, 2026
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SEASON 2, EPISODE 1: AI and Hope: How to cultivate human flourishing through faith, technology and imagination with Jaco Hamman
On the Quantum Potential Podcast, Provost C. Cybele Raver interviews Jaco Hamman, director of the program in theology and practice and professor of religion, psychology and culture at Vanderbilt Divinity School. (Vanderbilt University) How can we cultivate systems of human flourishing and expand compassion, joy and faith while also integrating… Read MoreJanuary 28, 2026
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SPECIAL PODCAST EPISODE: Connecting our lives to AI and robotics with Matthew Johnson-Roberson
What does the future of AI and robotics look like in our daily lives and as a career field? In a special episode of Quantum Potential, Provost C. Cybele Raver talks with Matthew Johnson-Roberson, the inaugural dean of the College of Connected Computing, about the accelerating evolution of AI and robotics. Read MoreDecember 11, 2025
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SPECIAL EPISODE: Connecting our lives to AI and robotics with Dean Matthew Johnson-Roberson
Matthew Johnson-Roberson, Dean of the College of Connected Computing, University Distinguished Professor of computer science and of electrical and computer engineering (Vanderbilt University) What does the future of AI and robotics look like in our daily lives and as a career field? In a special episode… Read MoreDecember 10, 2025
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Quantum Potential Podcast SPECIAL EPISODE: AI, Propaganda and Democracy with Brett Goldstein and Brett Benson
Political propaganda and artificial intelligence–driven misinformation are infiltrating social media accounts, and Americans need to do something about it. That’s the warning revealed in research from two Vanderbilt professors and discussed on this special episode of the Quantum Potential podcast. Read MoreOctober 20, 2025
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SPECIAL EPISODE: AI, Propaganda and Democracy: Inside a Groundbreaking Discovery by Vanderbilt Researchers
Political propaganda and artificial intelligence–driven misinformation are infiltrating social media accounts, and Americans need to do something about it. That’s the warning revealed in research from two Vanderbilt professors and discussed on this special episode of the Quantum Potential podcast. The researchers explain their breakthrough red… Read MoreOctober 20, 2025
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Tracy Sharpley-Whiting: Illuminating the interior lives of trailblazing historical figures
Tracy Sharpley-Whiting's research explores the interior lives of historical figures whose artistic influence shaped their worlds. Her impressive accomplishments led to her recent election to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, one of the nation’s oldest and most prestigious honorary societies. Read MoreJuly 30, 2025
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Quantum Potential Podcast Episode 11: The price of deregulation with Ganesh Sitaraman
In this episode of Quantum Potential, Ganesh Sitaraman, New York Alumni Chancellor’s Chair in Law, professor of law, director of the Program in Law and Government, and director of the Vanderbilt Policy Accelerator for Political Economy and Regulation, joins Provost C. Cybele Raver to explore why businesses that provide essential services—like energy, transportation, communication and banking—should be governed differently than small businesses. Read MoreJuly 17, 2025