T5: Talking Through Teaching Tensions Together
Teaching is hard work. As educators, we feel a tension between what we feel like we should be doing and what we are doing in the classroom. We interview professors from across academia to discuss how they navigate these challenges at the post-secondary level. Welcome to T5 - Talking Through Teaching Tensions Together.
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May 15, 2026
May 15, 2026
27 min
In this episode, the T5 team comes together to recap the episodes in this series. We discuss what we learned in speaking with our guests, the questions that still remain, and what we look forward to as we prepare our courses.
As always, if you have ideas for topics you would like us to discuss, or if you would like to be a guest on T5, email us as t5podteam@gmail.com.
Jul 3, 2026
Jul 3, 2026
29 min
Guest: Mark Minster | Professor of English | Department of Humanities, Social Sciences, and the Arts | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Generative AI continues to progress rapidly, and higher education continues to grapple with its implications. We speak with educators to ask how they are using generative AI as a co-creator when developing content for their courses.
As always, if you have ideas for topics you would like us to discuss, or if you would like to be a guest on T5, email us as t5podteam@gmail.com.
Jul 10, 2026
Jul 10, 2026
25 min
Guest: Wiebke Kuhn | Director of Academic Technology | Information Technology Services | Carleton CollegeLink to Carleton College's AI Site: https://www.carleton.edu/ai/
Generative AI continues to progress rapidly, and higher education continues to grapple with its implications. We speak with educators to ask how they are using generative AI as a co-creator when developing content for their courses.
As always, if you have ideas for topics you would like us to discuss, or if you would like to be a guest on T5, email us as t5podteam@gmail.com.
Jul 17, 2026
Jul 17, 2026
25 min
Guest: Andrew Piper | Professor | Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures | McGill University
Generative AI continues to progress rapidly, and higher education continues to grapple with its implications. We speak with educators to ask how they are using generative AI as a co-creator when developing content for their courses.
As always, if you have ideas for topics you would like us to discuss, or if you would like to be a guest on T5, email us as t5podteam@gmail.com.
Jul 24, 2026
Jul 24, 2026
33 min
In this episode, the T5 team comes together to recap the episodes in this series. We discuss what we learned in speaking with our guests, the questions that still remain, and what we look forward to as we consider creation course materials with generative AI.
As always, if you have ideas for topics you would like us to discuss, or if you would like to be a guest on T5, email us as t5podteam@gmail.com.
Sep 4, 2026
Sep 4, 2026
31 min
Guest: Mine Cetinkaya-Rundel | Professor of the Practice and the Director of Undergraduate Studies | Department of Statistical Science | Duke University
Generative AI continues to progress rapidly, and higher education continues to grapple with its implications. We speak with educators to ask how they have woven generative AI into their course design, and policies limiting generative AI.
As always, if you have ideas for topics you would like us to discuss, or if you would like to be a guest on T5, email us as t5podteam@gmail.com.
Sep 11, 2026
Sep 11, 2026
25 min
Guest: Emily Ruff | Associate Professor of Biochemistry | Department of Chemistry | Winona State University
Generative AI continues to progress rapidly, and higher education continues to grapple with its implications. We speak with educators to ask how they have woven generative AI into their course design, and policies limiting generative AI.
As always, if you have ideas for topics you would like us to discuss, or if you would like to be a guest on T5, email us as t5podteam@gmail.com.
Sep 18, 2026
Sep 18, 2026
28 min
Guest: George Cusack | Director of AI Academic Initiatives, Director of Writing Across the Curriculum, and Senior Lecturer in English | Department of English | Carleton College
Generative AI continues to progress rapidly, and higher education continues to grapple with its implications. We speak with educators to ask how they have woven generative AI into their course design, and policies limiting generative AI.
As always, if you have ideas for topics you would like us to discuss, or if you would like to be a guest on T5, email us as t5podteam@gmail.com.
3 days ago
3 days ago
29 min
Guest: Ashley Biddle | Associate Professor of Psychology | Department of Social Sciences | Leeward Community College
Generative AI continues to progress rapidly, and higher education continues to grapple with its implications. We speak with educators to ask how they have woven generative AI into their course design, and policies limiting generative AI.
As always, if you have ideas for topics you would like us to discuss, or if you would like to be a guest on T5, email us as t5podteam@gmail.com.


