Episodes 8
Avg. Duration 44m
Activity Dormant
Apple Rating 3.4 (104)
Since Dec 2024
Latest Episode Nov 2025

Publishing Details

Schedule
Weekly
Format
Serial
Consistency
74%
Hosting
feeds.megaphone.fm

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About This Podcast

The Harvard Plan is about the fight for the soul of America’s oldest and most prestigious university. Hosted by award-winning reporter Ilya Marritz, the podcast is a co-production of The Boston Globe and WNYC’s On The Media. Season One explores the chaos at Harvard University in 2024, with the rise and fall of its first Black president, Claudine Gay. Season Two  reveals the broken friendships and knotty moral quandaries caused by the Trump administration’s pressure campaign on higher education.

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Recent Episodes

S2E3 The Endless Frontier

Nov 15, 2025 51m

Universities were not always so vulnerable to the whims of politics. The whole system of taxpayer-funded, university-led scientific research came about at the end of World War II, and was the…

S2E2 Jay & Alan

Nov 05, 2025 51m

Harvard president Alan Garber and National Institutes of Health director  Jay Bhattacharya are at the heart of the national fight over the future of academia. Alan Garber has been cast as the…

S2E1 And so it begins...

Oct 29, 2025 50m

What happened at Harvard after Donald Trump’s inauguration? Three main characters, all Harvard insiders, tell the story from their perspective: politics professor Ryan Enos, genetics professor and…

S2 Season Two Trailer

Oct 23, 2025 1m Trailer

Season One of The Harvard Plan anticipated what could happen to Harvard and academia once the new Trump administration came to power. Season Two picks up where the story left off. Host Ilya Marritz…

S1E3 “The Universities Are The Enemy”

Dec 20, 2024 47m

In part three of this collaboration with WNYC’s On The Media, the deep history of Harvard and the distinctly American idea of “diversity” is the hidden subtext for much of the recent strife. For most…

S1E2 “Diversity Hire”

Dec 12, 2024 30m

In part two of this collaboration with WNYC’s On The Media, Claudine Gay is accused of academic plagiarism, just days after giving testimony to Congress. The drip-drip of new allegations keeps the…

S1E1 A President on Trial

Dec 05, 2024 34m

In part one of this collaboration with WNYC’s On The Media, Claudine Gay’s history-making inauguration as Harvard’s first Black president in September 2023 is seen by many as an inspirational moment…

S1 The Harvard Plan Season One Trailer

Dec 04, 2024 1m Trailer

Universities have become a battlefield in the American culture wars in a way that’s dramatic and new. In the past year, Congress subpoenaed and investigated the inner workings of private colleges for…

Frequently Asked Questions

How many episodes does The Harvard Plan have?

The Harvard Plan has published 8 episodes since December 2024, covering topics in Documentary, News.

Is The Harvard Plan still active?

The Harvard Plan is currently dormant with new episodes weekly. Average episode length is 44m.

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