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Welcome to Hustle on the Hill, The Herald's entrepreneurship podcast. In each episode, we sit down with founders who've turned their vision into reality. We ask the questions every entrepreneur faces, and our guests share the risks they took, the doubts they overcame and the lessons they learned along the way. In this episode, we talked with the founders of Shop Bloom about how they are...

In this episode of The Bruno Brief, we spoke with Kendra Eastep, an illustration chief and senior staff writer for The Herald's Arts & Culture section. Kendra brings an artistic flair to each of her reviews, while supporting the rest of The Herald's multimedia staff. Subscribe to the podcast on Spotify or Apple Podcasts or listen via the RSS feed. Send tips and feedback for the next...

In this episode of The Bruno Brief, we spoke with members of The Herald’s photo, video and reporting teams to learn how they collaborated on coverage of a Jan. 30 protest against recent actions taken by federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. The rally and march had over 1,000 attendees, and The Herald released an in-depth article, photo essay and vertical video about the protest.  Sub...

Welcome to Hustle on the Hill, The Herald's entrepreneurship podcast. In each episode, we sit down with founders who’ve turned their vision into reality. We ask the questions every entrepreneur faces, and our guests share the risks they took, the doubts they overcame and the lessons they learned along the way. In this episode, we talked with the founder of Las Delicias Bakery about her journe...

In this episode of The Bruno Brief, we spoke with members of The Herald’s photo team to learn about their process as photojournalists and some recent projects they’ve been working on, like a photo essay documenting Brown’s first snow day of the Spring 2026 semester.  Subscribe to the podcast on Spotify or Apple Podcasts or listen via the RSS feed. Send tips and feedback for the next episode to her...

Welcome back to Bear With Me, a new interviews show on politics from the Brown Daily Herald newsroom. I’m your host, Evan Tao. Elite universities like Brown have been one of the main targets of the Trump administration’s efforts to reshape American civil society. Brown is no exception.  In September, the federal government proposed a compact with Brown and eight other schools which it deemed “good...

The University offers financial support and a variety of other resources to help graduate students with children balance their academic careers with parenting. In this episode of the Bruno Brief, we explore the experience of graduate student parents at Brown with Herald reporter Ian Ritter. Subscribe to the podcast on Spotify or Apple Podcasts or listen via the RSS feed. Send tips and feedback for...

Welcome to Bear With Me, a new interview show on politics from The Brown Daily Herald newsroom. I’m your host, Evan Tao.  This first episode is about drugs. Providence is becoming an innovator in the realm of drug policy. This past year, it opened the first overdose prevention center in the United States outside of New York. It represents something of a revolution in drug policy. Instead of aggres...

First-year flu, “Metcough,” “Keeney Cough” — it’s called a number of names, but they all signal one thing: Illness is in the air. About 35% of all college students in the United States were reported to be diagnosed with a cold or other respiratory illness in the past year. On College Hill, as the leaves change color and a chill creeps into the air, the wave of sickness among students seemingly mir...

Proficiency in a sport can be a significant factor in college admissions, especially for students who get recruited at the varsity level. But it turns out, club sports at Brown also have some recruiting influence. In this episode of the Bruno Brief, we explore what the admissions process looks like for athletes in sports like squash and rugby. Subscribe to the podcast on Spotify or Apple Podcasts...

In 1950, the modern Spring Weekend was born and the Brown Concert Agency was founded in 1960, tasked with bringing up-and-coming artists to campus. In honor of Spring Weekend’s 75th anniversary this Saturday, The Herald took a look back at the artists who defined past Spring Weekends by analyzing Billboard charts, Grammy awards and more. In this episode of the Bruno Brief, we learn more about the...

At least nine grants awarded to Brown researchers, totaling over $8 million, have been terminated since Trump took office, freezing studies in their tracks and leaving some participants without treatment. Affected researchers told The Herald they had to lay off some staff from their studies. In this episode of the Bruno Brief, we learn more about the details of this story and fill you in on other...

If you’ve ever ventured off of College Hill to Providence Place Mall, you’ve likely seen packs of high schoolers roaming between stores. But recent crackdowns on mall security take aim at large groups and unaccompanied minors, as well as horseplay and dress code.  In this episode of the Bruno Brief, we learn more about the details of this story and fill you in on other important stories from the w...

Over the past two months, numerous federal data sets related to public health and the environment have been removed from government websites. But some professors have been trying to save the data before it is scrubbed. In this episode of the Bruno Brief, we learn more about the details of this story and fill you in on other important stories from the week. Subscribe to the podcast on Spotify or Ap...

Recently, local businesses and consumers may have noticed inflated egg prices. These come amid a nationwide shortage of eggs caused by a national outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza, commonly known as bird flu. The bird flu has killed more than 30 million birds this year, according to the March 7 U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Egg Markets Overview. Many Providence egg establishments ha...

The Rhode Island Department of Health released an interactive dashboard displaying the location of lead pipes across the state. Out of all the counties in Rhode Island, Providence has the highest percentage of lead pipes. There are even some lead pipes connected to Brown’s very own Sciences Library. But does it pose a risk to students? In this episode of the Bruno Brief, we learn more about the de...

In this episode of the Bruno Brief, editor Jacob Smollen talks about his reporting on the little-discussed collection of books from Hitler’s personal library at Brown’s John Hay Library. Most were donated nearly 40 years ago, but why do they matter today? Or, maybe they don’t. Subscribe to the podcast on Spotify or Apple Podcasts or listen via the RSS feed. Send tips and feedback for the next epis...

In the third and final episode of Pandas on Ice, BDH Studios catches up with the Pandas at their reunion and hears about the legacy of the inaugural team today.

At a Monday night vigil for Hisham Awartani last week, students shouted President Christina Paxson ’19 P’MD’20 off the stage, calling for University divestment from companies affiliated with Israel and weapons manufacturing. In this episode of the Bruno Brief, we learn more about the details of this story as well as filling you in on other important stories from the week. Subscribe to the podcast...

In the second episode of The Herald’s new podcast series “Pandas On Ice,”  podcast editor and metro editor Jacob Smollen speaks with former Pembroke Pandas to tell the story of how the first intercollegiate women’s ice hockey team in the country became a national powerhouse. Subscribe to BDH Studios on Spotify or Apple Podcasts or listen via the RSS feed. Send tips and feedback for the next episod...

In this episode of the Bruno Brief, Tom Li and Ciara Meyer discuss their reporting on recent arrests and student activism at the Rhode Island School of Design surrounding the school’s relationship with Textron. Subscribe to the podcast on Spotify or Apple Podcasts or listen via the RSS feed. Send tips and feedback for the next episode to herald@browndailyherald.com. The Bruno Brief is produced in...

In the first episode of The Herald’s new podcast series “Pandas On Ice,”  podcast editor and metro editor Jacob Smollen speaks with former Pembroke Pandas to tell the story of how the first intercollegiate women’s ice hockey team in the country came to be.   Subscribe to BDH Studios on Spotify or Apple Podcasts or listen via the RSS feed. Send tips and feedback for the next episode to herald@brown...

On Wednesday evening, The Department of Public Safety arrested 20 student Jewish students who had begun a sit-in at University Hall that afternoon. The students had refused to willingly leave the building until President Christina Paxson ’19 P’MD’20 publicly committed to “include and support a divestment resolution in the next meeting of the Brown Corporation,” according to their demands. In this...

Ahead of this weekend’s Ivy League women’s soccer tournament, Bruno Brief podcast producer Carter Moyer speaks with Nicholas Miller, senior staff writer, about the program’s continued success over the last four years. In this episode of the Bruno Brief, we learn more about the details of this story and fill you in on other important stories from the week.  Subscribe to the podcast on Spotify or Ap...

In the third episode of The Herald’s new podcast series, “On The Green,” podcast producer and contributing writer Jaanu Ramesh and Tevah Gevelber, podcast producer and staff writer, talk to fellow Brunonians about the stories behind their favorite photos at Brown. Subscribe to the podcast on Spotify or Apple Podcasts or listen via the RSS feed. Send tips and feedback for the next episode to herald...