The Harvard Plan: And so it begins…

About this episode

The episode explores the ongoing conflict at Harvard University since Donald Trump's inauguration in 2025 through the perspectives of three key figures.

The Harvard Plan, a collaboration between On the Media and The Boston Globe, is about the fight for the soul of America’s oldest and most prestigious university. In the new season, they explore what has unfolded at Harvard since Donald Trump’s inauguration in 2025. Three main characters, inside Harvard, tell the story from their perspective: politics professor Ryan Enos, genetics professor and cancer researcher Kamila Naxerova and campus conservative Kit Parker, lieutenant colonel in the United States Army Reserve and Professor of Bioengineering and Applied Physics. Find more On the Media every week, here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/on-the-media/id73330715 . See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences. NPR Privacy Policy

People in this episode

Host: NPR

Topics covered

• Harvard
• politics
• education
• society
• culture
• university

Keywords

• Harvard
• Donald Trump
• politics
• education
• society
• On the Media
• The Boston Globe

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Organizations: Harvard, On the Media, The Boston Globe

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