Newstalk Season I, The Crimson's First Flagship Weekly News Podcast.
Host Frank S. Zhou ’26 joins our reporters each week to break down top news from Harvard and beyond. Streamed in all 50 states and 100+ countries.
|| 2023 Associated Collegiate Press National Podcast of the Year (2nd Place) || Winner, 2023 Society of Professional Journalists Mark of Excellence Awards for Conversational Podcast || Winner, 2023 Society of Professional Journalists Mark of Excellence Awards for Narrative Podcast
Episode 24 —— Inside Harvard's Historic Leadership Crisis —— Act I: The Scandal | Act II: The Downfall | Act III: The Future || Frank S. Zhou ’26, Cam E. Kettles ’26, Emma H. Haidar ’26, Jack R. Trapanick ’26, Joyce E. Kim ’26, Michelle N. Amponsah ’26, Natalie K Bandura ’26, Sally E. Edwards ’26, Tilly R. Robinson ’26 Episode 23 —— BREAKING: HARVARD PRESIDENT RESIGNS, SHORTEST TENURE IN UNIVERSITY HISTORY || Frank S. Zhou ’26 Episode 22 —— Act I: BREAKING: Harvard President Survives Calls to Resign | Act II: Harvard’s Pro-Palestine Protests Now Led by Unrecognized Student Groups || Frank S. Zhou ’26, Miles J. Herszenhorn ’25, Claire Yuan ’25, J. Sellers Hill ’25, and Cam E. Kettles ’26 Episode 21 —— Act I: Harvard President to Testify on Antisemitism Before Congress | Act II: Harvard Faces Donor Backlash || Frank S. Zhou ’26, Miles J. Herszenhorn ’25, Emma H. Haidar ’26, and Cam E. Kettles ’26 Episode 20 —— Inside Harvard Yale 2023 || Guest host Yael S. Goldstein ’26 takes us inside the 2023 Harvard-Yale Game. We talk to the players, students, and alumni in the team’s 150th season, with the full Ivy League title on the line. Episode 19 —— Act I: Harvard Kennedy School Course ‘Walks the Razor’s Edge’ | Act II: Cambridge City Election Results || Frank S. Zhou ’26, Asher J. Montgomery ’26, Muskaan Arshad ’25, Sally E. Edwards ’26, and Jack R. Trapanick ’26 Episode 18 —— Act I: Sex Week at Harvard | Act II: Harvard Fails to Meet Boston Payment In Liu Of Taxes (PILOT) Request for 12th Straight Year || Frank S. Zhou ’26, Julia R. Bhuiyan ’25, and Jack R. Trapanick ’26 Episode 17 —— Act I: Harvard President Claudine Gay's First 100 Days | Act II: Harvard Reacts to Previous Term Course Registration || Frank S. Zhou ’26, Cam E. Kettles ’26, Emily R. Willrich ’25, and Camilla Wu ’26 Episode 16 —— Act I: Harvard President Claudine Gay's First 100 Days | Act II: Harvard Kennedy School's Search for a New Dean || Frank S. Zhou ’26, Miles J. Herszenhorn ’25, Claire Yuan ’25, Thomas J. Mete ’26, and Asher J. Montgomery ’26 Episode 15 —— Act I: Protesters Demand Dismissal of Officer in Fatal Faisal Shooting | Act II: Harvard Professor Claudia Goldin becomes Third Ever Female Nobel Laureate in Economics || Frank S. Zhou ’26, Ryan H. Doan-Nguyen ’25, Yusuf S. Mian ’25, Rahem D. Hamid ’25 Episode 14 —— Act I: Cambridge Candidates Under Fire for Racist, Transphobic Tweets | Act II: Barriers to Mental Health Resources at Harvard || Frank S. Zhou ’26, Muskaan Arshad ’25, Julian J. Giordano ’25, J. Sellers Hill ’25, and Nia L. Orakwue ’25 Episode 13 —— Act I: Harvard Admissions’ New Interview Guidelines | Act II: The Future of Harvard Humanities || Frank S. Zhou ’26, Michelle N. Amponsah ’26, Emma H. Haidar ’26, Rahem D. Hamid ’25, and Elias J. Schisgall ’25 Episode 12 —— Act I: Cambridge Teachers Remain Without Contract | Act II: Harvard Professor Abraham "Avi" Loeb's Search for Extraterrestial Life || Frank S. Zhou ’26, Sally E. Edwards ’26, Azusa M. Lippit ’26, Jasmine Palma ’26, and Austin H. Wang ’26 Episode 11 —— Act I: Candidates Contend for Cambridge Council | Act II: Harvard Kennedy School Dean to Step Down || Frank S. Zhou ’26, Julian J. Giordano ’25, Samuel P. Goldston ’26, Thomas J. Mete ’26, and Asher J. Montgomery ’26 Episode 10 —— Winner, 2023 Society of Professional Journalists Mark of Excellence Awards, Conversational Podcast || Affirmative Action Falls: Inside the Protests at Harvard and Washington D.C. || Fights erupted in Washington D.C. and at Harvard when affirmative action fell. In the crowds, a dozen Harvard student journalists set out to find what the protests — the fights, the fears — were really about. Dozens of interviews. 10+ hours of tape. A look inside Harvard, from the students who saw it all. || Frank S. Zhou ’26 Episode 9 —— Commencement 2023 Act III: Harvard's Denaming Dilemma || Frank S. Zhou ’26 , Nia L. Orakwue ’25, and Natalie K Bandura ’26 Episode 8 —— Commencement 2023 Act II: Does Harvard Have an Academic Freedom Problem? || Frank S. Zhou ’26 , Rahem D. Hamid ’25, and J. Sellers Hill ’25 Episode 7 —— Commencement 2023 Act I: The Harvard Alumni Who Run Massachusetts || Frank S. Zhou ’26 , Sally E. Edwards ’26, and Jack R. Trapanick ’26 Episode 6 —— Act I: Chemistry Giant Charles Lieber Avoids Prison Time | Act II: Harvard Kennedy School Students Demand Mental Well-Being Support || Frank S. Zhou ’26, Miles J. Herszenhorn ’25, Brandon L. Kingdollar ’24, Asher J. Montgomery ‘26 Episode 5 —— Winner, 2023 Society of Professional Journalists Mark of Excellence Awards, Narrative Podcast || Act I: The Unabomber: The Man, The Myth, and The Manifesto | Act II: Sexual Harassment Allegations Against Harvard Professor John L. Comaroff || Frank S. Zhou ’26, Maya M.F. Wilson '25, Jem K. Williams '25, Rahem D. Hamid ’25, and Elias J. Schisgall ’25 Episode 4 —— Act I: Police Killing Spurs Protests at City Hall | Act II: Republican megadonor Kenneth C. Griffin's $300 million donation to Harvard's Faculty of Arts and Sciences || Frank S. Zhou ’26, Yusuf S. Mian ’25, Ryan H. Doan-Nguyen ’25, Rahem D. Hamid ’25, and Elias J. Schisgall ’25 Episode 3 —— Act I: A Harvard Acceptance Letter | Act II: Emotional Distress Claim Against Harvard to Proceed in Suit Over Photos of Enslaved People || Frank S. Zhou ’26, Michelle N. Amponsah ’26, Emma H. Haidar ’26, and Jasmine Palma ’26 Episode 2 —— Act I: Harvard's Newest Phi Beta Kappa Students | Act II: Harvard's Board of Overseers Candidates || Frank S. Zhou ’26, Rahem D. Hamid ’25, Ryan H. Doan-Nguyen ’25, Miles J. Herszenhorn ’25, Claire Yuan ’25, and Marina Qu ‘25 Episode 1 —— ACP 2023 Podcast of the Year (2nd Place) || Act I: Harvard Housing Day | Act II: Boston's new ‘Night Czar’ Corean Reynolds || Frank S. Zhou ’26, J. Sellers Hill ’25, John N. Pena ’25, Jack R. Trapanick ’26, and Dylan H. Phan ’26
Episode 24 —— Inside Harvard's Historic Leadership Crisis —— Act I: The Scandal | Act II: The Downfall | Act III: The Future || Frank S. Zhou ’26, Cam E. Kettles ’26, Emma H. Haidar ’26, Jack R. Trapanick ’26, Joyce E. Kim ’26, Michelle N. Amponsah ’26, Natalie K Bandura ’26, Sally E. Edwards ’26, Tilly R. Robinson ’26 Episode 23 —— BREAKING: HARVARD PRESIDENT RESIGNS, SHORTEST TENURE IN UNIVERSITY HISTORY || Frank S. Zhou ’26 Episode 22 —— Act I: BREAKING: Harvard President Survives Calls to Resign | Act II: Harvard’s Pro-Palestine Protests Now Led by Unrecognized Student Groups || Frank S. Zhou ’26, Miles J. Herszenhorn ’25, Claire Yuan ’25, J. Sellers Hill ’25, and Cam E. Kettles ’26 Episode 21 —— Act I: Harvard President to Testify on Antisemitism Before Congress | Act II: Harvard Faces Donor Backlash || Frank S. Zhou ’26, Miles J. Herszenhorn ’25, Emma H. Haidar ’26, and Cam E. Kettles ’26 Episode 20 —— Inside Harvard Yale 2023 || Guest host Yael S. Goldstein ’26 takes us inside the 2023 Harvard-Yale Game. We talk to the players, students, and alumni in the team’s 150th season, with the full Ivy League title on the line. Episode 19 —— Act I: Harvard Kennedy School Course ‘Walks the Razor’s Edge’ | Act II: Cambridge City Election Results || Frank S. Zhou ’26, Asher J. Montgomery ’26, Muskaan Arshad ’25, Sally E. Edwards ’26, and Jack R. Trapanick ’26 Episode 18 —— Act I: Sex Week at Harvard | Act II: Harvard Fails to Meet Boston Payment In Liu Of Taxes (PILOT) Request for 12th Straight Year || Frank S. Zhou ’26, Julia R. Bhuiyan ’25, and Jack R. Trapanick ’26 Episode 17 —— Act I: Harvard President Claudine Gay's First 100 Days | Act II: Harvard Reacts to Previous Term Course Registration || Frank S. Zhou ’26, Cam E. Kettles ’26, Emily R. Willrich ’25, and Camilla Wu ’26 Episode 16 —— Act I: Harvard President Claudine Gay's First 100 Days | Act II: Harvard Kennedy School's Search for a New Dean || Frank S. Zhou ’26, Miles J. Herszenhorn ’25, Claire Yuan ’25, Thomas J. Mete ’26, and Asher J. Montgomery ’26 Episode 15 —— Act I: Protesters Demand Dismissal of Officer in Fatal Faisal Shooting | Act II: Harvard Professor Claudia Goldin becomes Third Ever Female Nobel Laureate in Economics || Frank S. Zhou ’26, Ryan H. Doan-Nguyen ’25, Yusuf S. Mian ’25, Rahem D. Hamid ’25 Episode 14 —— Act I: Cambridge Candidates Under Fire for Racist, Transphobic Tweets | Act II: Barriers to Mental Health Resources at Harvard || Frank S. Zhou ’26, Muskaan Arshad ’25, Julian J. Giordano ’25, J. Sellers Hill ’25, and Nia L. Orakwue ’25 Episode 13 —— Act I: Harvard Admissions’ New Interview Guidelines | Act II: The Future of Harvard Humanities || Frank S. Zhou ’26, Michelle N. Amponsah ’26, Emma H. Haidar ’26, Rahem D. Hamid ’25, and Elias J. Schisgall ’25 Episode 12 —— Act I: Cambridge Teachers Remain Without Contract | Act II: Harvard Professor Abraham "Avi" Loeb's Search for Extraterrestial Life || Frank S. Zhou ’26, Sally E. Edwards ’26, Azusa M. Lippit ’26, Jasmine Palma ’26, and Austin H. Wang ’26 Episode 11 —— Act I: Candidates Contend for Cambridge Council | Act II: Harvard Kennedy School Dean to Step Down || Frank S. Zhou ’26, Julian J. Giordano ’25, Samuel P. Goldston ’26, Thomas J. Mete ’26, and Asher J. Montgomery ’26 Episode 10 —— Winner, 2023 Society of Professional Journalists Mark of Excellence Awards, Conversational Podcast || Affirmative Action Falls: Inside the Protests at Harvard and Washington D.C. || Fights erupted in Washington D.C. and at Harvard when affirmative action fell. In the crowds, a dozen Harvard student journalists set out to find what the protests — the fights, the fears — were really about. Dozens of interviews. 10+ hours of tape. A look inside Harvard, from the students who saw it all. || Frank S. Zhou ’26 Episode 9 —— Commencement 2023 Act III: Harvard's Denaming Dilemma || Frank S. Zhou ’26 , Nia L. Orakwue ’25, and Natalie K Bandura ’26 Episode 8 —— Commencement 2023 Act II: Does Harvard Have an Academic Freedom Problem? || Frank S. Zhou ’26 , Rahem D. Hamid ’25, and J. Sellers Hill ’25 Episode 7 —— Commencement 2023 Act I: The Harvard Alumni Who Run Massachusetts || Frank S. Zhou ’26 , Sally E. Edwards ’26, and Jack R. Trapanick ’26 Episode 6 —— Act I: Chemistry Giant Charles Lieber Avoids Prison Time | Act II: Harvard Kennedy School Students Demand Mental Well-Being Support || Frank S. Zhou ’26, Miles J. Herszenhorn ’25, Brandon L. Kingdollar ’24, Asher J. Montgomery ‘26 Episode 5 —— Winner, 2023 Society of Professional Journalists Mark of Excellence Awards, Narrative Podcast || Act I: The Unabomber: The Man, The Myth, and The Manifesto | Act II: Sexual Harassment Allegations Against Harvard Professor John L. Comaroff || Frank S. Zhou ’26, Maya M.F. Wilson '25, Jem K. Williams '25, Rahem D. Hamid ’25, and Elias J. Schisgall ’25 Episode 4 —— Act I: Police Killing Spurs Protests at City Hall | Act II: Republican megadonor Kenneth C. Griffin's $300 million donation to Harvard's Faculty of Arts and Sciences || Frank S. Zhou ’26, Yusuf S. Mian ’25, Ryan H. Doan-Nguyen ’25, Rahem D. Hamid ’25, and Elias J. Schisgall ’25 Episode 3 —— Act I: A Harvard Acceptance Letter | Act II: Emotional Distress Claim Against Harvard to Proceed in Suit Over Photos of Enslaved People || Frank S. Zhou ’26, Michelle N. Amponsah ’26, Emma H. Haidar ’26, and Jasmine Palma ’26 Episode 2 —— Act I: Harvard's Newest Phi Beta Kappa Students | Act II: Harvard's Board of Overseers Candidates || Frank S. Zhou ’26, Rahem D. Hamid ’25, Ryan H. Doan-Nguyen ’25, Miles J. Herszenhorn ’25, Claire Yuan ’25, and Marina Qu ‘25 Episode 1 —— ACP 2023 Podcast of the Year (2nd Place) || Act I: Harvard Housing Day | Act II: Boston's new ‘Night Czar’ Corean Reynolds || Frank S. Zhou ’26, J. Sellers Hill ’25, John N. Pena ’25, Jack R. Trapanick ’26, and Dylan H. Phan ’26