Episodes

  • Episode 8: The (Un)Official Harvard Dictionary: Fifteen Words and Where They Came From
    Jan 14 2023

    As with any other language, each Harvard term or phrase has a complex backstory that reveals something about campus culture. Join Fifteen Minutes Staff Writers Hewson Duffy, Mariah M. Norman, and Kaitlyn Tsai as they break down 15 words that capture the "Harvard experience."

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    If you are interested in reading more from The Harvard Crimson, visit us here at thecrimson.com.

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    46 mins
  • Episode 7: 'Termite Justice': Prison Justice Advocacy, Within and Outside Harvard's Gates
    Jan 14 2023

    Whether Harvard has an obligation to educate students about mass incarceration — and how it should do so — is a question that looms large. Join Fifteen Minutes Staff Writers Michal Goldstein and Ciana J. King as they investigate Harvard's prison advocacy programs.

    If you would like to read about this issue, or follow along with the podcast, visit us here at Fifteen Minutes: 'Termite Justice': Prison Justice Advocacy, Within and Outside Harvard's Gates

    If you are interested in reading more from The Harvard Crimson, visit us here at thecrimson.com.

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    30 mins
  • Episode 6: Dropping Out and Cashing In: The Rise of DAOHQ
    Dec 11 2022

    Lucas Chu and Emmet Halm, Harvard drop-outs and founders of crypto startup DAOHQ, see themselves as part of a new vanguard of anti-institutional entrepreneurs. But have they really distanced themselves from the institutions they critique? Join Fifteen Minutes Staff Writers Talia M. Blatt and Isabel T. Mehta as they profile Lucas and Emmet.

    If you would like to read about this issue, or follow along with the podcast, visit us here at Fifteen Minutes: Dropping Out and Cashing In: The Rise of DAOHQ

    If you are interested in reading more from The Harvard Crimson, visit us here at thecrimson.com.

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    48 mins
  • Episode 5: Steven Pinker and the Fight Over Academia’s Future
    Dec 11 2022

    Public intellectual and Harvard professor Steven A. Pinker believes that academia needs to be saved from itself. He is prepared to do his part. Join Fifteen Minutes Staff Writers Rebecca E. J. Cadenhead and Miles J. Herszenhorn as they uncover the mystery of Steven Pinker.

    If you would like to read about this issue, or follow along with the podcast, visit us here at Fifteen Minutes: Steven Pinker and the Fight Over Academia’s Future

    If you are interested in reading more from The Harvard Crimson, visit us here at TheCrimson.com.

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    46 mins
  • Episode 4: The Fires Underneath Pforzheimer House
    Nov 14 2022

    Join Fifteen Minutes Editor Io Y. Gilman and Staff Writer Graham R. Weber as they set out to uncover and understand the system that keeps Harvard running — from heating and cooling to electricity. Through there investigations a deeply complex system emerged — one at once modern and old-fashioned — and one that will have to change as climate change accelerates.

    If you would like to read about this issue, or follow along with the podcast, visit us here at Fifteen Minutes: The Fires Underneath Pforzheimer House

    If you are interested in reading more from The Harvard Crimson, visit us here at TheCrimson.com.

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    32 mins
  • Episode 3: Treeland: The High-Rises Harvard Never Built
    Nov 3 2022

    In the 1970s, the University was primed to build an immense graduate student housing complex in the Riverside neighborhood — until grassroots resistance led it to scrap the project altogether. Join Fifteen Minutes Staff Writers Henry N. Lear and Benjy Wall-Feng as they explore the story of the last time Harvard tried to expand into Cambridge.

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    If you are interested in reading more from The Harvard Crimson, visit us here at TheCrimson.com.

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    42 mins
  • Episode 2: The Last Harvard Giant
    Oct 13 2022

    As the University's 25th president, Derek C. Bok shaped the ideal of Harvard in ways that echo to this day. Join Isabella B. Cho, Central Administration Reporter for The Harvard Crimson, as she investigates how Bok shaped Harvard during his tenure and beyond, and in turn, how it shaped him.

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    If you are interested in reading more from The Harvard Crimson, visit us here at TheCrimson.com.

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    51 mins
  • Episode 1: ‘The Hardest Summer You’ll Ever Love’: Inside PBHA’s Summer Urban Program
    Oct 8 2022

    Join Fifteen Minutes Staff Writer Sophia C. Scott and Editor Amber H. Levis as they dive deep into the PBHA's Summer Urban Program. Despite being described in recruitment materials as “the hardest summer you’ll ever love,” some counselors felt unprepared for just how hard it would be, and left the program disillusioned with public service at PBHA, wondering if doing social good must necessarily come at the cost of their own well-being.

    If you would like to read about this issue, or follow along with the podcast, visit us here at Fifteen Minutes: ‘The Hardest Summer You’ll Ever Love’: Inside PBHA’s Summer Urban Program

    If you are interested in reading more from The Harvard Crimson, visit us here at TheCrimson.com.

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    29 mins