05-30-2023

Donald Lurye talks to fellow physician Yan Chow about the surprising twists and turns of a life well-lived, including a return to the clarinet.

05-16-2023

Michael Bromwich talks to Quincy House roommate David Goldbloom about his life’s work in the criminal justice system.

05-05-2023

Phil Lazebnik talks about ancient Greece, Harpo Marx, and the importance of musical comedy with David Goldbloom, the antic star of Mad About Mintz, Phil’s fabled undergraduate musical whose meaning continues to elude them both.

03-27-2023

James Kaye Doane talks to old pal Yan Chow about how serendipity and gratitude have defined his life path. And he answers the $64,000 question about Costco.

03-10-2023

Deborah Frost talks to Joy Horowitz about the origins of her rock ‘n roll obsession.

03-08-2023

A funny thing happened to Rick Nance after he began working at a Cleveland law firm for The Man. As he tells classmate George Yeadon: “I kinda became The Man.”

02-06-2023

Harold Hongju Koh talks with Will Englund about how his father’s legacy defined his life as both diplomat and academic.

12-12-2022

Joan Porter MacIver talks to Sukie Taylor Amory about helping restore looted treasures to a new museum in Basra, Iraq.

12-09-2022

Greg Pennington talks to Joy Horowitz about what happens when we slow down enough to appreciate each other—and the awe that sometimes ensues.

11-20-2022

Cynthia Perrin Schneider reminds her Currier House freshman year suite mate Joy Horowitz that being rejected from clown school would lead to her rejection of Rembrandt in favor of a peripatetic life of cultural diplomacy.

11-17-2022

Jonathan Sheffer talks to Sarah Crichton about drawing inspiration from the genius of Leonard Bernstein while the world-famous conductor and composer was living at Harvard to deliver his Norton Lecture series and his daughter Jamie was an undergraduate at Adams House.

07-06-2022

Gloria Yu tells Cora Yamamoto why growing up in Cuba during the revolution played a major role in shaping her identity.

07-06-2022

Gary Mathews talks to his old Hotel Continental roommate Yan Chow about how John Finley, the legendary humanities professor, shaped his life path that led him to Noh theater.

03-23-2022

Roxane Zand talks to Sukie Taylor Amory about the remarkable twists and turns in her life, from being one of the very first Iranians to attend Harvard-Radcliffe to being the first Iranian appointed by the Queen to serve as a Deputy Lord Lieutenant of England, an honor established by, truly, Henry VIII.

12-06-2021

Thom Krystofiak talks to Susan Hodara about how his belief that he could save the world through Transcendental Meditation led him on a lifelong exploration of trying to come to terms with himself as a skeptic.

08-23-2021

Gordon Rutledge how are you? I haven’t spoken with you in more than a minute! I heard you moved to Oregon but couldn’t imagine what motivated such a midlife change of scenery. I, Dr. Verna Gibbs, can only say…… it’s not California (which has been good to me since 1979). So, what’s going on?

08-13-2021

Logan Johnston , who passed away in 2022, talks to Joy Horowitz about being one of too many Roberts, Robs, Robbies and Bobs at Harvard and how the origins of his nickname (hint: think Boston airport) popped up one day in the Adams House dining hall.

06-21-2021

June Cross talks to Sarah Crichton about the need for mentors and maps on the road to becoming an award-winning documentary producer.

03-18-2021

Richard Peña talks to Jeff Melvoin about becoming a film historian after his time at Harvard shed little light on the subject.

03-16-2021

Patty Marx talks to Sarah Crichton about becoming the first woman member of the Lampoon.