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Harvard College Class of 2000: The Podcast
Join us as we talk to classmates and hear what they've been up to the past 25+ years and reminisce about our time at Harvard.
Episodes
- Harvard College Class of 2000: The Podcast
Harvard College 2000 Podcast: Dafna Hochman Rand
Dafna talks about her work in the foreign policy world, from working as a staffer in the Senate to her PhD work (where she met her husband, Doug Rand, a…
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Harvard College 2000 Podcast: Aadil Ginwala
You may know Aadil from his humor on WhatsApp, specifically ponies and Durkenheim (join if you haven’t yet!). When he’s not commenting on the WA, Aadil works…
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Harvard College 2000 Podcast: Carl Sjogreen
Dara talks to “King of the Nerds” Carl Sjogreen about his career - from starting a company in Mather House to creating a travel website with tips from locals…
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Harvard College 2000 Podcast: Matt Daniels
Grab your pastrami sandwich from the Nu Deli food truck or a pizza toscana at Verandah in Goa, India and listen to Matt Daniels tell Dara about how working at…
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Harvard College 2000 Podcast: Alex Myers
Dara talks to Alex Myers about teaching, writing, and his work as the Director of the Mountain School in Vermont. Alex talks fondly of his days at Dudley Coop…
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Harvard College 2000 Podcast: Josh Edelman
Josh talks to Dara about how a self-proclaimed theater nerd ended up in London marrying his interests in religion and theater. Josh is a professor at the…
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Harvard College 2000 Podcast: Lauren Klein
Lauren Klein talks to Dara about WHRB, being a bike messenger, subcultures, and data feminism. Check out Lauren's website and her books including Data Feminism…
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Harvard College 2000 Podcast: Jonathan Wintrode
Jonathan talks to Dara about his work in machine learning and speech processing and his interest in Mary Ann’s (episode 71) thesis. He talks about his joys in…
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Harvard College 2000 Podcast: Matt Povich
Matt talks to Dara about his work in astronomy, starting with his work after graduation continuing work on his thesis related to astronomy, which is what he…
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Harvard College 2000 Podcast: Marisa Echeverria
Marisa talks to Dara about how her experiences at Harvard solidified her love of acting and launched her acting career. Marisa was part of On Thin Ice (where…
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Harvard College 2000 Podcast: Arden O'Connor
Arden talks to Dara about her journey since college. Soon after graduating, she started a home for foster kids, Rediscovery House, which was directly related…
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Harvard College 2000 Podcast: Tina Henry Bou-Saba
Tina talks to Dara about her journey from Harvard to investment banking to HBS to Victoria’s Secret and then tying it all together, running her own investment…
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Harvard College 2000 Podcast: Lauren Wiliams
Lauren talks to Dara about her journey from studying math at Harvard to becoming the math department’s only female professor where she studies algebra and…
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Harvard College 2000 Podcast: Anna Rathbun (Jung Eun Oh)
Anna talks about her journey from South Korea to Florida, coming with no English at all. Anna is a musician who wrote her thesis on Mahler and met her husband…
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Harvard College 2000 Podcast: Niki Santo
Niki talks to Dara about her journey in the world of higher ed- from studying at Harvard and the University of Cambridge to working at multiple universities…
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Harvard College 2000 Podcast: Laela Sturdy
Dara talks to Laela Sturdy about Florida, basketball, and working at Let’s Go and liquor crew at reunion. Laela has gotten multiple degrees after college and…
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Harvard College 2000 Podcast: Ben Krefetz
Ben talks to Dara about data science, visiting breweries all over the U.S., including in every county in Massachusetts and Rhode Island, and biking across the…
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Harvard College 2000 Podcast: Matt Levine
Matt started his career as a Latin teacher in Wellesley, using that Classics degree. Matt then pivoted to law school and clerked and worked as a lawyer briefly…
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Harvard College 2000 Podcast: Lizzy Ayer Wright
We start the episode with a non-profit ad from classmate Jonathan Wintrode for the Annapolis Immigration Justice Network. Lizzy worked in government…
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Harvard 2000 Podcast: Dmitry Sagalovskiy
Dara talks to Dmitriy Sagalovskiy about the Harvard tunnels, sailing, and math education. Dmitry is an engineer who has worked at Google, with classmates as a…
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Harvard College 2000 Podcast: Christine Chen
You know and love Christine from her masterful Puns & Punctuation WA group comments- from angry vaginas to creating our beloved pony images, Christine’s sense…
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Harvard College 2000 Podcast: Ana Torres
Eileen interviews Ana Torres, who was one of our speakers at “The Paths We’ve Traveled” event at reunion. Today, Ana continues to share insights from her “life…
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Harvard College 2000 Podcast: Kaitlin McGaw
Dara talks to Kaitlin about her Grammy and Emmy-winning career with the Alphabet Rockers and we hear more about the JV women’s hockey team that came up in…
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Harvard College 2000 Podcast: Yayoi Shionoiri
Dara talks to Yaoi Shionoiri, who is an art lawyer- a career we have not yet seen on the podcast! Yayoi has worked for a museum, art company, artists’ estates…
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Harvard College 2000 Podcast: Mary Ann Cockerill Walter
Eileen talks to linguist Mary Ann (Cockerill) Walter about her love of languages, living and teaching in 10 different countries (she’s currently at the…
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Harvard College 2000 Podcast: Anna Malsberger Laurent
Dara talks to Jonathan Dawid about his late fiancee Anna Laurent, known as Anna Malsberger in college. Anna worked in graphic design and documentary film after…
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Harvard College 2000 Podcast: Andrea Volfova Filipi
Dara talks to Andrea about “life being extraordinary” and “mulling over grand plans for the future.” Andrea discusses moving to the United States to attend…
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Harvard College 2000 Podcast: Melina McTigue Garland
Eileen talks to the thoughtful, hilarious Melina McTigue Garland about moving back to her hometown of Worcester, MA, her love of music and of words, and…
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Harvard College 2000 Podcast: Cori Racela
Cori talks about working at multiple jobs (including Putney Student Travel- which she hooked Dara up with a job in Alaska!) before going to law school and…
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Harvard College 2000 Podcast: Ming Hsu Chen
Ming Hsu Chen talks about her goal to become the first Asian American Thurgood Marshall, but pivoted to create a career with her main interests: ethnicity…
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Harvard College 2000 Podcast: Nathaniel Ekman
Today, Eileen interviews Nathaniel Ekman, one of The Paths We’ve Traveled speakers at reunion. Nathaniel opens up about his mental health struggles while at…
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Harvard College 2000 Podcast: Kyle Clayton
Kyle talks about pivoting from pre-med to technology, with an interesting role in technology at City Harvest, a food rescue organization in NYC (after a cool…
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Harvard College 2000 Podcast: Kim McManama O'Brien
Congrats to Kim on her new book, Mentality Wins, that came out this week! Kim has a couple of irons in the fire- in addition to being an author, she runs a…
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Harvard College 2000 Podcast: Judith Danovitch
Judith talks about how shopping period changed her career trajectory to stay in school forever and become a psychology professor at the University of…
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Harvard College 2000 Podcast: Jeannie Lang Rosenthal & Brian Rosenthal
Today we have another couple interview! From their meetcute early freshman year, to their years abroad, in California, and now back in Jeannie’s hometown…
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Harvard College 2000 Podcast: Megan Henry
Megan talks about how she discovered nutritional anthropology, worked at WIC (Women, Infants, and Children), and ended up doing a PhD in international health…
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Harvard College 2000 Podcast: Jasmin Sethi
Today, Eileen talks to entrepreneur Jasmin Sethi, CEO of Sethi Clarity Advisers. Jasmin works with clients to improve efficiency in compliance using AI…
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Harvard College 2000 Podcast: Nick Weiss
Nick’s story is a unique one, starting with taking time off of school for a year which led to a new path, allowing him to think about what he wanted to do…
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Harvard College 2000 Podcast: Judy Batalion
We have our first drinking game podcast- take a drink every time Judy mentions her favorite place, the Science Center! In addition to her love of the Science…
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Harvard College 2000 Podcast: Michael Stern
Michael Stern talks about his life from being dropped off at the Philadelphia Zoo as a kid to his thesis and life work in Uganda. Michael is both a…
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Harvard College 2000 Podcast: Jeffrey Weinshenker
Long-time listener, first time caller, Jeff Weinshenker recounts his journey around the world (he’s been to 50 countries) over the past 25 years. Originally…
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Harvard College 2000 Podcast: Alexis Todor Walsh
Today, Eileen talks to her blockmate Alexis Todor Walsh about her work in the wine industry, the dedication it took to be a star member of the Harvard Swimming…
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Harvard College 2000 Podcast: What We Left Unsaid Book Club
Get a peek into our first class book club, hosted by Eileen and featuring What We Left Unsaid by classmate Winnie Li. This is the second part of the book club…
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Harvard College 2000 Podcast: Jesse Needleman
Dara talks to Jesse Needleman about his travels, career in business and marketing, yoga and meditation, and his love of live music (which he now gets to work…
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Harvard College 2000 Podcast: Jason Larocque
Dara talks to Jason Larocque about his journey from Harvard baseball to the Red Sox, and then into a long career in education. While still an educator, and…
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Harvard College 2000 Podcast: Our 50th Episode!
It's our 50th episode!! Dara and Eileen take a minute to reflect on the podcast, our process, and some themes we've seen. Sign up to record your own episode or…
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Harvard College 2000 Podcast: Wendy May (Lu)
Today Wendy (known as Wendy Lu in college) and Eileen discuss Wendy’s book, Regenerative Purpose, and the radical reframe of purpose not as a goal-driven…
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Harvard College 2000 Podcast: Alisa Meny Freed
Dara talks to Alisa Meny Freed about being a family medicine doctor, taking care of parents, her upcoming trip around the world, Maine, photography, theater…
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Harvard College 2000 Podcast: Izzy Ruiz
Dara talks with Izzy Ruiz about his journey through the world of high fashion and design to his new-found passion of oenology and wine. Izzy explains his red…
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Harvard College 2000 Podcast: Bhakti Mirchandani
Dara talks to Bhakti about sustainable finance and investing, keeping in touch with friends, and her work teaching and writing about sustainability and…
Harvard College Class of 2000: The PodcastHarvard College 2000 Podcast: Michael Blaugrund
Dara talks to Michael Blaugrund who tells us about his journey from Ohio to Cambridge to NYC. Michael talks about his band, the Headset, with classmates in NYC…
Harvard College Class of 2000: The PodcastHarvard College 2000 Podcast: Sunana Sohi
You’ve seen her puns and jokes on the WhatsApp thread, now it’s time to get to know Sunana Sohi. Sunana is a gastroenterologist who makes talking about…
Harvard College Class of 2000: The PodcastHarvard College 2000 Podcast: Paul Gutman
Dara talks to Paul today about his life as a NYC lawyer in the music business, representing such epic clients such as Dave Matthews Band and Pearl Jam…
Harvard College Class of 2000: The PodcastHarvard College 2000 Podcast: Chris Amar
Today’s episode features Chris Amar. Chris was a Class Marshal senior year. Chris talks about his journey from random jobs after college to publishing…
Harvard College Class of 2000: The PodcastHarvard College 2000 Podcast: Amanda Brown Baldwin
Dara talks to Amanda Brown Baldwin about the throughlines of design, beauty, and business in her life. From turning left, not right when comping the Crimson…
Harvard College Class of 2000: The PodcastHarvard College 2000 Podcast: Chris Cowherd
Dr. Christopher Cowherd is an educator and school leader who is passionate about innovation, student agency, and self-directed learning. Having worked in New…
Harvard College Class of 2000: The PodcastHarvard College 2000 Podcast: Lano Williams
In today’s episode, Dara interviews Lano Williams. Lano lived in Hollis North and Winthrop. Lano talks to Dara about his writing (which many of you have read…
Harvard College Class of 2000: The PodcastHarvard College 2000 Podcast: Reunion Memorial Service
On Sunday, June 8, 2025, our class held a Memorial Service in Memorial Church for the classmates we have lost. The service was organized by Sienna Leis and led…
Harvard College Class of 2000: The PodcastHarvard College 2000 Podcast: The Science of Living the Good Life
Today we have another reunion throwback! On Saturday, June 7th, Kibi Anderson and Sara Blanchard hosted Professor Robert Waldinger for a session that was…
Harvard College Class of 2000: The PodcastHarvard College 2000 Podcast: The Paths We’ve Traveled- Unexpected Journeys Across 25 Years
This podcast episode features an edited audio recording of the 25th Reunion session, “The Paths We’ve Traveled: Unexpected Journeys Across 25 Years,” held on…