The Harvard Plan

Well produced, well spoken, zero opposing view. Would receive a D + by any professor worth their salt. But with Harvard’s grade inflation everyone gets an A. Seriously though, if Harvard wants credibility in the equity, DEI, and democratic lens the ONE and only thing they can do is EXPAND. They have billions of dollars to do so. What’s stopping them? They care more about creating an closes off elite environment for connections than they do about education.

Early on, the podcasts imagines how difficult it would be for an alien to understand how the OCT 7 terrorist attacks could have ultimately resulted in the president of Harvard losing her job. I don’t know about aliens, but the fact that these journalists struggled to understand to follow along with what happened probably says more about their own bias than the story itself. The first season feels more like a one-sided exercise of biased journalists who think Harvard was the victim and is more interested in discovering the motives of critics rather than the substance of their criticisms. The podcast discusses interesting historical and cultural context, but arguably oversells it in a way comes across as obfuscation, red herrings, and an attempt to absolve Harvards mishandling of the situation.

Would love to listen more this kind of podcast. It was so well written and informative. The best thing is background music and the voiceover. Good luck for the show.

It’s funny how they mindlessly repeat talking points about “representing opposing views”. Perhaps when my kid claims a bear came in and emptied the cookie jar, I should treat that position seriously and give it equal weight to the theory that he just ate the cookies. That makes just as much sense as including the Trump admin’s incoherent arguments- which are a paper-thin excuse for their real objective: getting universities to toe the party line- in order to “represent opposing views”.

Do not waste a moment on this podcast if you’re expecting actual journalism without an agenda.