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Alternate Realities: Double or Nothing
As soon asAlternate Realities publishes, Zach Mack calls his dad to hear his reactions to the series. The conversation takes an unexpected turn, launching them into another year-long experiment.
Alternate Realities: Double or Nothing
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The Harvard Plan: The Endless Frontier
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 brainchild of a man named Vannevar Bush. He felt the partnership of government and academics had to be equal in order to yield breakthroughs. Today, the Trump administration is proposing a new “compact” that would make the President the dominant partner. We speak with one of the authors of the Trump compact, May Mailman. Find On the Media every week, here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/on-the-media/id73330715
The Harvard Plan: The Endless Frontier
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The Harvard Plan: Jay & Alan
Harvard president Alan Garber and National Institutes of Health head Jay Bhattacharya are two main characters at the heart of the national fight over the future of academia. Alan Garber has been cast as the defender of academic freedom and democracy; Jay Bhattacharya is Donald Trump’s pick to lead the NIH, the agency withholding billions of dollars in research grants from Harvard. Oddly enough, the two men go way back: Garber was Bhattacharya’s undergraduate thesis advisor and mentor in the late 1980s. This episode tells the story of how the two men found themselves adversaries — and what it means for the future of science. Find moreOn the Mediaevery week, here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/on-the-media/id73330715
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The Harvard Plan: And so it begins…
The Harvard Plan, a collaboration betweenOn the Media andThe 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.
The Harvard Plan: And so it begins…
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Alternate Realities: A Question for Listeners
After we releasedAlternate Realities, hundreds of listeners reached out, sharing stories about friends and family members who had also fallen under the spell of conspiracy theories. Many of them had tried everything they could think of to get that person back... and failed.
Alternate Realities: A Question for Listeners
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Behind the Scenes: Reporting on "The Network" in Latin America (Embedded+)
In this bonus episode of The Network, hosts Marta Martinez and Victoria Estrada discuss what it took to report this series from multiple countries. In this conversation, Marta and Victoria talk to Maria Hinojosa, the host of Futuro Media'sLatino USA — Embedded'sproduction partner for the series.
Behind the Scenes: Reporting on "The Network" in Latin America (Embedded+)
Behind the Scenes: Reporting on "The Network" in the US (Embedded+)
In this bonus episode of The Network, lead producer Abby Wendle discusses her years of reporting on the growth and acceptance of self-managed abortion in the US, even among doctors. In this conversation, Abby talks to Maria Hinojosa, the host of Futuro Media'sLatino USA — Embedded'sproduction partner for the series.
Behind the Scenes: Reporting on "The Network" in the US (Embedded+)
The Network: Déjà vu
Part 3: The network and its method took off in countries where women didn't have a legal option for abortion. SinceRoe v. Wade was overturned, many Americans have found themselves in that very situation.
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The Network: Breaking Bread
Part 2: The network had developed a method that had the potential to get women widespread access to safe abortions. But to make that happen, a whisper network wasn't enough.
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