{"podcast":{"title":"Unfixed: How AI Is Reshaping the University","slug":"unfixed-how-ai-is-reshaping-the-university-7342550","podcast_index_feed_id":7342550,"rss_url":"https://www.meltsintoair.org/unfixedpodcast?format=rss","website_url":"https://www.meltsintoair.org/unfixedpodcast/","image_url":"https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f624c707d4c797a5b5177f9/32f95797-75c1-4c5e-9218-8797b4f010e7/Unfixed+Podcast+Cover+Art+3.png?format=1500w","author":"Zach Justus and Nik Janos","episode_count":29,"summary":"Unfixed is a podcast for anyone interested in how generative AI is transforming higher education, from teachers and administrators to students and curious learners. Hosted by the faculty behind the blog Melts into Air, it offers candid reflections on a university system in flux, where even the mission of higher ed is up for debate.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/unfixed-how-ai-is-reshaping-the-university-7342550"},"episode":{"title":"Ep. 20 Make College Great Again? Nostalgia, AI, and Academic Anxiety","slug":"ep-20-make-college-great-again-nostalgia-ai-and-academic-anxiety","published_at":"2026-01-12T08:05:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/unfixed-how-ai-is-reshaping-the-university-7342550/ep-20-make-college-great-again-nostalgia-ai-and-academic-anxiety","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/unfixed-how-ai-is-reshaping-the-university-7342550","url":"https://www.meltsintoair.org/unfixedpodcast/ep-20-make-college-great-again-nostalgia-ai-and-academic-anxiety","audio_url":"https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5f624c707d4c797a5b5177f9/t/6963e4ca687af23b5058841b/1768154413692/Nostaglia+-+RTG.mp3","summary":"In this episode of Unfixed, Nik and Zach take on a difficult but necessary conversation about nostalgia in higher education. Using real media headlines, faculty experiences, and their own teaching histories, they explore how AI panic taps into a deeper longing for a pre-pandemic, pre-ChatGPT past that may never have been as stable as we remember. The discussion unpacks what nostalgia is, why it’s so powerful right now, and how scapegoating AI can obscure long-standing challenges around reading, writing, and motivation. Rather than a call to “go back,” this episode walks the line between insight and wake-up—arguing that AI often reveals what’s already broken and, in some cases, opens space to fix it.","meta_description":"In this episode of Unfixed, Nik and Zach take on a difficult but necessary conversation about nostalgia in higher education. Using real media headlines, f…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1653,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/unfixed-how-ai-is-reshaping-the-university-7342550/episodes/ep-20-make-college-great-again-nostalgia-ai-and-academic-anxiety/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/unfixed-how-ai-is-reshaping-the-university-7342550/ep-20-make-college-great-again-nostalgia-ai-and-academic-anxiety.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}