In this wide-ranging interview, we sit down with Jayson Werth, former MLB All-Star, World Series champion, Washington Nationals Ring of Honor inductee, and owner of Icon Racing for an engaging conversation about his professional baseball journey and finding a passion for horse racing after retirement. From his college recruitment and early days as …

AI companion chatbots are here. Everyday, millions of people log on to AI platforms and talk to them like they would a person. These bots will ask you about your day, talk about your feelings, even give you life advice. It’s no surprise that people have started to form deep connections with these AI systems. We are inherently relational beings, we …

It's been a few weeks since the Chaps last caught up so there is much college football news to talk about. So on this episode, we chat the Bill Belichick "circus" at Chapel Hill moving to a 16 team College Football Play Off the implementation of a Presidential Collegiate Sports Commission and Lee Corso's retirement…

We're romantic about a college town. Whether it's Athens, GA, Madison, WI, Ann Arbor, MI, or Lawrence, KS, college towns all have a certain je ne sais quoi. And one of the driver's behind that are the establishments that live only in that town. They are one of one. They're iconic. The Campus Icons series will highlight those places, share their his…

What does it really mean to ‘feel the AGI?’ Silicon Valley is racing toward AI systems that could soon match or surpass human intelligence. The implications for jobs, democracy, and our way of life are enormous. In this episode, Aza Raskin and Randy Fernando dive deep into what ‘feeling the AGI’ really means. They unpack why the surface-level debat…

AI has upended schooling as we know it. Students now have instant access to tools that can write their essays, summarize entire books, and solve complex math problems. Whether they want to or not, many feel pressured to use these tools just to keep up. Teachers, meanwhile, are left questioning how to evaluate student performance and whether the who…

On this episode we are joined by Sports Illustrated's Pat Forde to talk about his sporting memories from years of covering sports. We talk college football, Olympics, horse racing, basketball and NFL in a packed episode. Particularly, Pat's memories of following the Olympics and watching his daughter qualify for the Tokyo games the noise in Jordan …

Artificial intelligence is set to unleash an explosion of new technologies and discoveries into the world. This could lead to incredible advances in human flourishing, if we do it well. The problem? We’re not very good at predicting and responding to the harms of new technologies, especially when those harms are slow-moving and invisible. Today on …

It's April already and with 143 days to go until the college football season kicks off, the Chaps mull over some of the April Fools Japes circulating college football social media. On this episode we talk, why can't ASU have a maroon field? Coaches Sanders and Saban expand their AFLAC relationship in Colorado? Are Georgia Black Uni’s back? And we h…

One of the hardest parts about being human today is navigating uncertainty. When we see experts battling in public and emotions running high, it's easy to doubt what we once felt certain about. This uncertainty isn't always accidental—it's often strategically manufactured. Historian Naomi Oreskes, author of "Merchants of Doubt," reveals how industr…

On this episode, the second in the series of guests favourite sporting memories, ESPN/ SEC network & Marty and McGee's Ryan McGee joins the Chaps to recall some of his memories from over the years covering sports. Hear Ryan talk about, his entry into sports with Johnny Majors at the University of Tennessee being taken out by a North Carolina State …

Few thinkers were as prescient about the role technology would play in our society as the late, great Neil Postman. Forty years ago, Postman warned about all the ways modern communication technology was fragmenting our attention, overwhelming us into apathy, and creating a society obsessed with image and entertainment. He warned that “we are a peop…

On this epsiode we kick off our new series "Tell me a story" with guests recalling their favourite sporting memories and telling us about the sporting memorabilia that they have accumulated along the way. On this episode, Director of Communications for the Southeastern Conference, Chuck Dunlap tells us about... his love for sports growing up in Mis…

When Chinese AI company DeepSeek announced they had built a model that could compete with OpenAI at a fraction of the cost, it sent shockwaves through the industry and roiled global markets. But amid all the noise around DeepSeek, there was a clear signal: machine reasoning is here and it's transforming AI. In this episode, Aza sits down with CHT c…

On this episode we talk all things UNLV Rebels with Fox Sports, Las Vegas Anchor Paloma Villicana. We chat... The changing face of Sports in Las Vegas with UNLV benefitting from the surge of pro sports in the City The job that Barry Odom took on and how good a job he did with Rebels football What Dan Mullen brings to the Running Rebels program Zach…

On this episode we welcome back Seth Saunders from the Saturday in Athens podcast for a retrospective of the season just finished. So on this episode we chat, The good, the bad & the ugly (what worked, what didn’t, what do we never want to see again..?) What did we learn? Individual highlights of the season A Georgia Bulldogs 2024 report card with …

While the season may be over, college football news stops for no-one. So on this episode the Chaps talk over what has been grabbing the headlines during February, including... Co-ordinators jumping ship for big money. Is this sustainable as a revenue sharing model comes into view? Is Matt Rhule right about cancelling his public Spring practice? Are…

When engineers design AI systems, they don't just give them rules - they give them values. But what do those systems do when those values clash with what humans ask them to do? Sometimes, they lie. In this episode, Redwood Research's Chief Scientist Ryan Greenblatt explores his team’s findings that AI systems can mislead their human operators when …

On this episode we catch up with our good friend John T Edge, author and host of the excellent TV show, True South. We chat about his recent trip to the UK, his highlights and favourite foods from the trip What chance a True South international special? How well Texas and Oklahoma fits into "Southern" culture The place that the humble hotdog holds …

On this episode, the Chaps preview the 2024 season National Championhip game between THE Ohio State Buckeyes and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. We talk.... Is Ryan Day & Ohio State exonerated now that they have made it to a Championship game? Or do they still have to win it? Despite Chip Kelly’s excellent record with Oregon, he has never won a Nati…

The status quo of tech today is untenable: we’re addicted to our devices, we’ve become increasingly polarized, our mental health is suffering and our personal data is sold to the highest bidder. This situation feels entrenched, propped up by a system of broken incentives beyond our control. So how do you shift an immovable status quo? Our guest tod…

Happy New Year to all our listeners! On this first episode of 2025 we chat.... Round up of FCS Championshio game between NDSU & Montana State. Now at CFB PlayOff semi final stage, has the 12 teams playoff format left us with the best 4 teams in CFB? The positive impact of the CFB Playoff on Bowl game TV viewing figures Final 4: Texas v Ohio State &…

It’s the weekend before Christmas and there are no visions of sugar-plums dancing in our heads, just 12 personnel and four on-campus first round playoff games. Will the Horseshoe become Neyland North? Are the Hoosiers fixin’ to ruin the Fightin’ Irish’s Christmas? Can the Tigers push all of their house money to the middle and bust the Horns in Aust…

On this special episode we sit down with Buffalo Bulls Head Coach, Pete Lambo. During our discussion we talk about.... How important playing in a bowl game is to the Bulls program Taking over an underachieving program which has underperformed & expectations at the start of the season? What lessons he took from coaching in the MAC in his first stint…

We're romantic about a college town. Whether it's Athens, GA, Madison, WI, Ann Arbor, MI, or Lawrence, KS, college towns all have a certain je ne sais quoi. And one of the driver's behind that are the establishments that live only in that town. They are one of one. They're iconic. The Campus Icons series will highlight those places, share their his…

2024 was a critical year in both AI and social media. Things moved so fast it was hard to keep up. So our hosts reached into their mailbag to answer some of your most burning questions. Thank you so much to everyone who submitted questions. We will see you all in the new year. We are hiring for a new Director of Philanthropy at CHT. Next year will …

It's time for our College Chaps Christmas special and who better to share this episode with than our old friend and "4th Chap" Laura Rutledge. On this episode we talk.... Our highlights of a truly exceptional college football season Look forward to the first round of Playoffs & which games we are most looking forward to In a season of college footb…

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Chris Phillips of SEC Unfiltered joins the show this week to dissect Dawgs-Horns II for all the SEC marbles and the rest of the championship weekend slate, recap his epic fall on the SEC Football Tour, and give his thoughts on which one of the SEC’s 9-3 teams is most playoff worthy. Chris also gives a troubling prediction if you're a Dawgs fan on h…

“I gave up, you did too. We were out of it and gone. Miracle.” Cardiologists all across Georgia thought they were going to have a peaceful Thanksgiving weekend, and then 8 overtimes happened in Clean, Old Fashioned Hate, precipitating coronary events aplenty across both fanbases. Mercy, what a ballgame. The fellas slept fast and are up and at it in…

Your favorite co-hosts are on-site at Camp Randall Stadium in Madison, Wisconsin as the Badgers and Golden Gophers face off in a battle for Paul Bunyan's Axe. The fellas are barking about the commencement of their B1G rivalry weekend road trip and previewing Clean, Old Fashioned Hate as the Dawgs seek to take another step toward punching their CFP …

On this episode during Thanksgiving, the Chaps give thanks for a truly fantastci and chaotic football season. We talk... who will make it to the Conference of Chaos Championship game in Dallas? can USC spoil the Irish run into the Play offs? What to make of the SEC and who will win in the Texas v Aggies game to book a place in Atlanta? BIG10 - is i…

Silicon Valley's interest in AI is driven by more than just profit and innovation. There’s an unmistakable mystical quality to it as well. In this episode, Daniel and Aza sit down with humanist chaplain Greg Epstein to explore the fascinating parallels between technology and religion. From AI being treated as a godlike force to tech leaders' promis…

Only two weeks left in college football’s regular season (say it ain’t so!), and ESPN’s Taylor McGregor joins the show to breakdown a triumvirate of matchups with postseason implications: Indiana-Ohio State at the Horseshoe, Army-Notre Dame in the Shamrock Series at Yankee Stadium, and BYU-Arizona State in Tempe. Taylor also indulged us with a litt…

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