Why we can’t stop talking about Harvard

10/01/2024 39 min
Why we can’t stop talking about Harvard

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Episode Synopsis

Harvard and elite institutions like it have been in the news a lot lately. Following the outbreak of war in Gaza, three university presidents — Liz Magill, Claudine Gay, and Sally Kornbluth — testified in a congressional hearing about antisemitism on campus. And since that hearing, two of those three presidents have resigned from their posts. But the criticism of inadequate responses to antisemitism — and the accusations of plagiarism — are just the tip of the iceberg. Weeds host Jonquilyn Hill sits down with the Atlantic’s Adam Harris to discuss. 

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An Existential Threat to American Higher Education — The Atlantic  
Republicans are weaponizing antisemitism to take down college DEI offices — Vox 
The State Must Provide: Why America's Colleges Have Always Been Unequal—and How to Set Them Right (Hardcover) | Loyalty Bookstores 


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Credits:
Jonquilyn Hill, host
Sofi LaLonde, producer
Erica Huang, engineer
A.M. Hall, editorial director of talk podcasts

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