Frank S. Zhou
Bio
Founding Host and Co-Producer, Newstalk at The Harvard Crimson (heard in 40+ states, 100+ countries, 2023 ACP National Podcast of the Year 2nd Place)Appears in 29 Episodes
Pro-Palestine Student Voices Inside the Harvard Yard Encampment
For than 100 hours and counting, dozens of Pro-Palestine students and protesters have camped overnight in Harvard Yard, calling on the university to divest from Israel...
Amid Turmoil, Harvard Faculty Demand Greater Say
As skepticism of Harvard's governance mounts amid a year of turmoil, a group of prominent Harvard professors is seeking to revive a body that hasn’t existed at Harvard...
Harvard's DEI Dilemma
As Harvard navigates its way out of a historic leadership crisis, DEI has come under heavy fire. Supporters point to DEI's capacity to support student wellbeing. Criti...
Is Harvard Next to Leave Standardized Testing Requirements Behind?
Harvard will release regular decisions for the Class of 2028 later this month. But as tens of thousands of students around the world brace themselves to hear Harvard’s...
Congress Subpoenas Harvard's Top Leadership
House Republicans subpoenaed three top Harvard officials last Friday, demanding internal documents and communications for an investigation into the University’s handli...
Harvard President’s Rocky Path Ahead
The tenure of interim Harvard President Alan M. Garber '76 will likely be one of the most consequential for the University in recent history as he looks to heal a deep...
Inside Harvard’s Historic Leadership Crisis
Harvard’s crisis didn’t end with Gay’s resignation.As the University faces a federal lawsuit and congressional investigation into antisemitism, Newstalk takes you insi...
BREAKING: HARVARD PRESIDENT RESIGNS
Harvard President Claudine Gay will resign Tuesday afternoon, bringing an end to the shortest presidency in the University's history. Gay’s resignation — just six mont...
BREAKING: Harvard President Survives Calls For Resignation
Harvard President Claudine Gay testified before the House Committee on Education and the Workforce hoping to tell the nation how she was fighting antisemitism at Harva...
Harvard President to Testify on Antisemitism Before Congress
In the days since Hamas’ October 7 attack against Israel, Harvard has faced division on campus and national backlash over its response. Tomorrow, Harvard President Cla...
Harvard Kennedy School Course ‘Walks the Razor’s Edge’
This week on The Harvard Crimson's Newstalk, reporter Asher J. Montgomery ’26 joins host Frank S. Zhou ’26 to dive deep into a controversial course at the Harvard Kenn...
Sex Week at Harvard
This week on The Harvard Crimson's Newstalk, Sex Week president Julia R. Bhuiyan ’25 joins host Frank S. Zhou ’26 to discuss Sex Week at Harvard, a weeklong series of ...
Harvard Undergrads Unionize Amid National Wave
This week on The Harvard Crimson's Newstalk, reporter Cam E. Kettles '26 joins host Frank S. Zhou '26 to discuss Harvard's first primarily undergraduate union and its ...
Harvard President Claudine Gay's First 100 Days
This week on The Harvard Crimson's Newstalk, reporters Miles J. Herszenhorn '25 and Claire Yuan '25 join host Frank S. Zhou '26 to discuss Harvard President Claudine G...
Protesters Demand Dismissal of Officer in Fatal Faisal Shooting
A note before our regular episode this week. In the days following Hamas’ attacks, the war in Israel and Gaza has reverberated across Harvard’s campus. Backlash agains...
Cambridge Candidates Under Fire for Racist, Transphobic Tweets
This week on The Harvard Crimson's Newstalk, reporters Muskaan Arshad ’25 and Julian J. Giordano ’25 join host Frank S. Zhou ’26 to discuss the racist, transphobic twe...
Harvard Admissions’ New Interview Guidelines
This week on The Harvard Crimson's Newstalk, reporters Michelle N. Amponsah ’26 and Emma H. Haidar ’26 join host Frank S. Zhou ’26 to discuss changes to admissions int...
Cambridge Teachers Remain Without Contract
This week on The Harvard Crimson's Newstalk, reporters Sally E. Edwards '26 and Azusa M. Lippit '26 join Frank S. Zhou '26 to discuss the contract impasse between unio...
Candidates Contend for Cambridge Council
This week on The Harvard Crimson's Newstalk, reporters Julian J. Giordano '25 and Samuel P. Goldston '26 join host Frank S. Zhou '26 to discuss the city of Cambridge's...
Affirmative Action Falls: Inside the Protests at Harvard and Washington D.C.
Winner, 2023 Society of Professional Journalists Mark of Excellence Awards for Conversational PodcastFights erupted in Washington D.C. and at Harvard when affirmative ...
Harvard's Denaming Dilemma
From The Harvard Crimson: Harvard sophomore Ricky R. Razon IV ’25 recalls his grandmother living off a highway named after Jefferson Davis, the first and only presiden...
Does Harvard Have an Academic Freedom Problem?
From The Harvard Crimson: some would say Harvard has an academic freedom problem. That superstar professors censor themselves for fear of blowback, and that the world’...
The Harvard Alumni Who Run Massachusetts
From The Harvard Crimson: Massachusetts governors Mitt Romney, Deval L. Patrick ’78, Charlie D. Baker ’79, and Maura T. Healey ’92 don’t share a party, vision, or even...
Chemistry Giant Charles Lieber Avoids Prison Time
This week on The Harvard Crimson’s Newstalk, Miles J. Herszenhorn ’25 and Managing Editor Brandon L. Kingdollar ’24 join host Frank Zhou ’26 to discuss the sentencing ...
The Unabomber
Winner, 2023 Society of Professional Journalists Mark of Excellence Awards for Narrative PodcastListen to The Unabomber: The Man, The Myth, and The Manifesto: https://...
Police Killing Spurs Protests at City Hall
This week on The Harvard Crimson's Newstalk, reporters Yusuf S. Mian '25 and Ryan H. Doan-Nguyen '25 join host Frank S. Zhou '26 to discuss activists' week-long picket...
A Harvard Acceptance Letter
This week on The Harvard Crimson's Newstalk, reporters Michelle N. Amponsah ’26 and Emma H. Haidar ’26 join host Frank S. Zhou '26 to discuss interviews with Harvard's...