The Harvard Salient Podcast

Dr. Ian Marcus Corbin is a philosopher on faculty in Neurology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital / Harvard Medical School, where he co-directs the Human Network Initiative , and is a Faculty Member at the HMS Center for Bioethics . He serves as a Senior Fellow at the think tank Capita , co-directs the Trust and Belonging Initiative at Harvard’s Human Flourishing Program, and serves on the ethics com...

Dr. Christine Rosen is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, where she focuses on American history, society and culture, technology and culture, and feminism. She is a columnist for Commentary magazine and one of the cohosts of The Commentary Magazine Podcast . She is also a fellow at the University of Virginia’s Institute for Advanced Studies in Culture and a senior editor in an a...

Oren Cass is the founder and executive director of American Compass, a Financial Times contributing editor, and the author of The Once and Future Worker: A Vision for the Renewal of Work in America . He earned his J.D., magna cum laude, from Harvard Law School, where he was an editor of Volume 125 of the Harvard Law Review . This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other su...

Follow Dr. Swain on X: https://x.com/carolmswain Follow Dr. Swain on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drcarolmswain/# Grab a copy of Dr. Swain’s book, The Gay Affair: Harvard, Plagiarism, & the Death of Academic Integrity on Amazon or wherever you get your books. About Dr. Carol Swain Born into abject poverty in rural southwest Virginia, Dr. Carol Swain, a high school dropout, went on to earn...

Boris Houenou recently graduated from Harvard Kennedy School, where he studied public administration. Before arriving at Harvard, Boris worked for Viasat, a space and military satellite company, and taught economics at Washington State University. At the age of 26, he served as an advisor to the Beninese presidential candidate Adrien Houngbédji. Boris has a PhD in Economics from Washington State U...

Edward Somuk is a rising sophomore at Harvard concentrating in History. For 26 years, Edward was an infantry marine, retiring as a master sergeant in 2021 after serving in all four marine divisions and all three Marine Expeditionary Forces—East Coast, West Coast, and Okinawa. Edward serves as the director of administration at the Harvard Undergraduate Veterans Organization. 00:00 Introduction to t...

Spencer Sindhusen is an undergraduate student at MIT studying brain and cognitive science and management. Since he arrived at MIT in September 2023, Spencer has spearheaded a conservative resurgence on campus as the President of MIT Students for Open Inquiry, which works to expose the MIT community to a variety of viewpoints and promote honest dialogue. 00:00 Introduction 00:49 The Mission of MIT...

Carlos Larreategui is from Quito, Ecuador and is currently pursuing an MBA at Harvard Business School. He also earned an MPP from the University of Oxford and a bachelor’s in finance from George Washington University. After a brief stint in at JP Morgan in New York City, Larreategui transitioned to higher education management and public policy with projects in Ecuador and Spain. 02:33 Introduction...

Adam Omary is a Psychology Ph. D. Student in the Affective Neuroscience and Development Laboratory at Harvard University. His research centers on how hormones influence brain development and sex differentiation during sensitive windows of pubertal and perinatal development. Before coming to Harvard, Adam received his B.A. in Cognitive Science and M.S. in Biostatistics at the University of Southern...

Shabbos Kestenbaum is a graduate student at Harvard University researching the intersections between public policy and contemporary Jewish life in America. Presently, Shabbos is the lead plaintiff against Harvard University alleging pervasive and systemic antisemitism on campus.  We discuss Shabbos’ path to Harvard, his experiences at Harvard Divinity School, and his ongoing efforts to highlight t...

Gabriel Kelvin is a second-year master's student at Harvard Kennedy School. In this episode, he shares his journey overcoming personal and financial challenges to becoming an influential figure in the Harvard conservative scene. Gabriel shares insights into his roles as co-chair of the HKS Republican Caucus and the founder of the student policy institute at Berkeley. He discusses his passion for e...

In this episode of the Harvard Salient Podcast, hosts Sarah and Will interview Mr. William Brown, a history and German languages concentrator at Harvard College and co-founder of the Harvard Salient, Harvard’s only conservative publication. Mr. Brown discusses the mission of the publication, the initial challenges of starting the magazine during COVID-19 lockdowns, the influence of conservative id...