Ilya Marritz
@ilyamarritz.bsky.social
journalist
heard/seen:
@bostonglobe, @niemanfdn, @propublica, @npr, @wnyc & more
reach me on Signal @ilya.95
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heard/seen:
@bostonglobe, @niemanfdn, @propublica, @npr, @wnyc & more
reach me on Signal @ilya.95
Pravda vítězí
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Big thanks to @npr.org for boosting The Harvard Plan, our new co-production with @bostonglobe.com about the Trump administration's war on science. Listen to Season 2 Episode 1 in the Embedded podcast feed:
The Harvard Plan: And so it begins… : Embedded
The Harvard Plan, a collaboration between On the Media and The Boston Globe, is about the fight for the soul of America’s oldest and most prestigious university. In the new season, they explore what h...
www.npr.org
November 18, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Big thanks to @npr.org for boosting The Harvard Plan, our new co-production with @bostonglobe.com about the Trump administration's war on science. Listen to Season 2 Episode 1 in the Embedded podcast feed:
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ICYMI, @ilyamarritz.bsky.social on academia and the Trump administration:
www.wnyc.org/story/the-fu...
www.wnyc.org/story/the-fu...
The Future of Academia | The Brian Lehrer Show | WNYC
The mini-series The Harvard Plan, from The Boston Globe and On the Media, looks at how the Trump administration has interfered with Harvard, and how it will affect academia.
www.wnyc.org
November 17, 2025 at 7:59 PM
ICYMI, @ilyamarritz.bsky.social on academia and the Trump administration:
www.wnyc.org/story/the-fu...
www.wnyc.org/story/the-fu...
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Season 2 of “The Harvard Plan,” a @bostonglobe.com and @wnyc.org podcast about Trump’s war on Harvard, has wrapped. I called up host @ilyamarritz.bsky.social to discuss Harvard-educated conservatives and how the school is responding to public backlash www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/17/n...
Is Harvard to blame for the public’s turn against universities? Inside Trump’s war on the school. - The Boston Globe
“The Harvard Plan” host Ilya Marritz discusses Claudine Gay vs. Alan Garber and how the administration is disrupting a decades-old consensus on higher education.
www.bostonglobe.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Season 2 of “The Harvard Plan,” a @bostonglobe.com and @wnyc.org podcast about Trump’s war on Harvard, has wrapped. I called up host @ilyamarritz.bsky.social to discuss Harvard-educated conservatives and how the school is responding to public backlash www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/17/n...
hey there!
I'm on Brian Lehrer about 11:10a eastern to discuss Trump's pressure campaign on universities
I'm on Brian Lehrer about 11:10a eastern to discuss Trump's pressure campaign on universities
Today:
- @eleanormueller.bsky.social on national politics, including the end of the shutdown and the Epstein releases;
- Working Families Party on Mamdani's win;
- @ilyamarritz.bsky.social on academia and the Trump admin;
- YOUR Friendsgiving menu
Live at 10 on 93.9 FM, AM820 or @wnyc.org
- @eleanormueller.bsky.social on national politics, including the end of the shutdown and the Epstein releases;
- Working Families Party on Mamdani's win;
- @ilyamarritz.bsky.social on academia and the Trump admin;
- YOUR Friendsgiving menu
Live at 10 on 93.9 FM, AM820 or @wnyc.org
November 17, 2025 at 2:57 PM
hey there!
I'm on Brian Lehrer about 11:10a eastern to discuss Trump's pressure campaign on universities
I'm on Brian Lehrer about 11:10a eastern to discuss Trump's pressure campaign on universities
our third & final episode of The Harvard Plan is out now, from @bostonglobe.com & @onthemedia.bsky.social
featuring:
- Trump highed ed strategist May Mailman
- Claudine Gay getting candid
- Vannevar Bush, the father of uni-gov't cooperation
www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...
featuring:
- Trump highed ed strategist May Mailman
- Claudine Gay getting candid
- Vannevar Bush, the father of uni-gov't cooperation
www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...
S2 - Episode 3: The Harvard Plan | On the Media | WNYC Studios
The Trump administration is asking universities to sign an agreement in exchange for preferential access to federal funding. On this week’s On the Media, how the arrangement would rad...
www.wnycstudios.org
November 16, 2025 at 5:29 PM
our third & final episode of The Harvard Plan is out now, from @bostonglobe.com & @onthemedia.bsky.social
featuring:
- Trump highed ed strategist May Mailman
- Claudine Gay getting candid
- Vannevar Bush, the father of uni-gov't cooperation
www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...
featuring:
- Trump highed ed strategist May Mailman
- Claudine Gay getting candid
- Vannevar Bush, the father of uni-gov't cooperation
www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...
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JOB ALERT! We are hiring a business editor.
You have an unerring instinct for the jugular of the wealthy & powerful? Build a team with me and we’ll get after it!
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You can email me or on Signal at 718-496-5233
You have an unerring instinct for the jugular of the wealthy & powerful? Build a team with me and we’ll get after it!
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You can email me or on Signal at 718-496-5233
Senior Editor, Business
New York City, United States
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November 12, 2025 at 2:43 PM
JOB ALERT! We are hiring a business editor.
You have an unerring instinct for the jugular of the wealthy & powerful? Build a team with me and we’ll get after it!
job-boards.greenhouse.io/propublica/j...
You can email me or on Signal at 718-496-5233
You have an unerring instinct for the jugular of the wealthy & powerful? Build a team with me and we’ll get after it!
job-boards.greenhouse.io/propublica/j...
You can email me or on Signal at 718-496-5233
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There's an exclusive, closed-to-media MAHA summit tomorrow. Here's the full agenda I was leaked
In attendance will be JD Vance, RFK Jr, Bhattacharya, Makary, actor Russell Brand (who is facing rape and sexual assault charges), and dozens of other MAHA influencers and people in Trump's orbit
In attendance will be JD Vance, RFK Jr, Bhattacharya, Makary, actor Russell Brand (who is facing rape and sexual assault charges), and dozens of other MAHA influencers and people in Trump's orbit
November 11, 2025 at 11:01 PM
There's an exclusive, closed-to-media MAHA summit tomorrow. Here's the full agenda I was leaked
In attendance will be JD Vance, RFK Jr, Bhattacharya, Makary, actor Russell Brand (who is facing rape and sexual assault charges), and dozens of other MAHA influencers and people in Trump's orbit
In attendance will be JD Vance, RFK Jr, Bhattacharya, Makary, actor Russell Brand (who is facing rape and sexual assault charges), and dozens of other MAHA influencers and people in Trump's orbit
I like "audio documentary"
thank you for listening!
thank you for listening!
There needs to be a new word for radio journalism to distinguish incredible outfits like @onthemedia.bsky.social from “podcasts”. This series on the trump’s war on academia is phenomenal- open.spotify.com/episode/729x...
S2 - Episode 2: The Harvard Plan
open.spotify.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:53 PM
I like "audio documentary"
thank you for listening!
thank you for listening!
everyone should subscribe to @bartona104.bsky.social's Continuous Wave newsletter >>
November 6, 2025 at 2:07 PM
everyone should subscribe to @bartona104.bsky.social's Continuous Wave newsletter >>
what an *incredible* voice Koko Taylor was...
...here's hoping her archive can be re-assembled and properly looked after
...here's hoping her archive can be re-assembled and properly looked after
This story *is* the Blues. Rest in power, Koko. chicago.suntimes.com/music/2025/1...
'Queen of the Blues' Koko Taylor's prized possessions — including a Grammy — sold at Chicago flea market
A treasure trove of her items were put on sale for dirt cheap after a junk dealer's random purchase of the contents of Taylor's storage locker in Orland Park.
chicago.suntimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:53 PM
what an *incredible* voice Koko Taylor was...
...here's hoping her archive can be re-assembled and properly looked after
...here's hoping her archive can be re-assembled and properly looked after
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Don’t miss this: @onthemedia.bsky.social at its best. www.wnycstudios.org/story/the-ha...
The Harvard Plan is Back. Episode 1: And So It Begins... | On the Media | WNYC Studios
President Trump is compelling universities across the country to adopt a more conservative agenda in exchange for access to federal funds. On this week’s On the Media, how this pressu...
www.wnycstudios.org
November 3, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Don’t miss this: @onthemedia.bsky.social at its best. www.wnycstudios.org/story/the-ha...
WEEKEND LISTEN
This year, the Trump admin threw everything it had at the nation's oldest and richest university
3 Harvard profs tell the story of what they saw
@naxerova.bsky.social
@ryanenos.bsky.social & Kit Parker
www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...
This year, the Trump admin threw everything it had at the nation's oldest and richest university
3 Harvard profs tell the story of what they saw
@naxerova.bsky.social
@ryanenos.bsky.social & Kit Parker
www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...
S2 - Episode 1: The Harvard Plan | On the Media | WNYC Studios
The Harvard Plan - our collaboration with the Boston Globe, is back! In episode one, we hear what unfolded at Harvard from Donald Trump’s inauguration to convocation 2025. Three main ...
www.wnycstudios.org
November 1, 2025 at 1:25 PM
WEEKEND LISTEN
This year, the Trump admin threw everything it had at the nation's oldest and richest university
3 Harvard profs tell the story of what they saw
@naxerova.bsky.social
@ryanenos.bsky.social & Kit Parker
www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...
This year, the Trump admin threw everything it had at the nation's oldest and richest university
3 Harvard profs tell the story of what they saw
@naxerova.bsky.social
@ryanenos.bsky.social & Kit Parker
www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...
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We’re back with Season 2 of our award-winning series THE HARVARD PLAN. To quote @ilyamarritz.bsky.social in episode 1 “this struggle is not academic…it’s a bare knuckled fight for money, prestige and power” www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...
S2 - Episode 1: The Harvard Plan | On the Media | WNYC Studios
The Harvard Plan - our collaboration with the Boston Globe, is back! In episode one, we hear what unfolded at Harvard from Donald Trump’s inauguration to convocation 2025. Three main ...
www.wnycstudios.org
October 29, 2025 at 3:03 PM
We’re back with Season 2 of our award-winning series THE HARVARD PLAN. To quote @ilyamarritz.bsky.social in episode 1 “this struggle is not academic…it’s a bare knuckled fight for money, prestige and power” www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...
over the past 9 months, the Trump admin has used just about every lever available to pressure universities to follow his vision for higher ed...
how it's going, so far>>
my lastest miniseries w/ @bostonglobe.com & @onthemedia.bsky.social
pls listen & share!
www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...
how it's going, so far>>
my lastest miniseries w/ @bostonglobe.com & @onthemedia.bsky.social
pls listen & share!
www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...
S2 - Episode 1: The Harvard Plan | On the Media | WNYC Studios
The Harvard Plan - our collaboration with the Boston Globe, is back! In episode one, we hear what unfolded at Harvard from Donald Trump’s inauguration to convocation 2025. Three main ...
www.wnycstudios.org
October 29, 2025 at 11:49 AM
over the past 9 months, the Trump admin has used just about every lever available to pressure universities to follow his vision for higher ed...
how it's going, so far>>
my lastest miniseries w/ @bostonglobe.com & @onthemedia.bsky.social
pls listen & share!
www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...
how it's going, so far>>
my lastest miniseries w/ @bostonglobe.com & @onthemedia.bsky.social
pls listen & share!
www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...
The Harvard Plan Season Two Trailer
YouTube video by The Boston Globe
youtu.be
October 23, 2025 at 11:50 AM
What constitutes "greater China"?
September 26, 2025 at 4:09 PM
What constitutes "greater China"?
the DOJ atty (& 2x Harvard grad) who suggested Harvard showed "wanton indifference to antisemitism" once wrote a paper from the perspective of Hitler & expressed admiration for Mein Kampf
stunning reporting from
@hilaryburns.bsky.social @talkopan.bsky.social
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/02/m...
stunning reporting from
@hilaryburns.bsky.social @talkopan.bsky.social
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/02/m...
A DOJ lawyer accused Harvard of ‘indifference to antisemitism.’ As a Harvard undergrad he wrote a paper from Hitler’s perspective. - The Boston Globe
Michael Velchik once also told a peer that "Mein Kampf" was among his favorite recent reads.
www.bostonglobe.com
September 2, 2025 at 11:39 AM
the DOJ atty (& 2x Harvard grad) who suggested Harvard showed "wanton indifference to antisemitism" once wrote a paper from the perspective of Hitler & expressed admiration for Mein Kampf
stunning reporting from
@hilaryburns.bsky.social @talkopan.bsky.social
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/02/m...
stunning reporting from
@hilaryburns.bsky.social @talkopan.bsky.social
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/09/02/m...
You had me at "The failed payoff — a wad of cash in a red envelope stuffed inside an opened bag of Herr’s Sour Cream & Onion ripple potato chips..."
August 21, 2025 at 1:22 AM
You had me at "The failed payoff — a wad of cash in a red envelope stuffed inside an opened bag of Herr’s Sour Cream & Onion ripple potato chips..."
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"The relationship is so meaningful to Bhattacharya that after he was nominated by President-elect Trump to lead the NIH, Bhattacharya asked [Harvard prez] Garber to introduce him at his Senate confirmation hearing, according to 2 sources" www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/11/m... via @bostonglobe.com
Alan Garber’s former student now holds the keys to Harvard’s future - The Boston Globe
Two of the frontline antagonists in the battle between Harvard and President Trump are bound by deep social ties and a shared academic interests.
www.bostonglobe.com
August 15, 2025 at 8:38 PM
"The relationship is so meaningful to Bhattacharya that after he was nominated by President-elect Trump to lead the NIH, Bhattacharya asked [Harvard prez] Garber to introduce him at his Senate confirmation hearing, according to 2 sources" www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/11/m... via @bostonglobe.com
ICON
so many hours of enjoyment and delight
thank you, Susan Stamberg
so many hours of enjoyment and delight
thank you, Susan Stamberg
When I joined NPR almost 30 yrs ago as a complete outsider with no qualifications other than being a lifelong fan, nobody welcomed me more avidly and kindly than Susan. She loved what we were trying to do, and helped us do it.
www.npr.org/sections/npr...
www.npr.org/sections/npr...
Susan Stamberg, iconic NPR voice and broadcast journalism legend, is retiring
www.npr.org
August 13, 2025 at 3:17 PM
ICON
so many hours of enjoyment and delight
thank you, Susan Stamberg
so many hours of enjoyment and delight
thank you, Susan Stamberg
it has become something like cw that scientific research has a credibility problem
what I find so powerful about Mike Damiano's reporting is how clearly it shows the incentives in high-stakes high-$$ research encourage self-deception & looking away
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/13/m...
what I find so powerful about Mike Damiano's reporting is how clearly it shows the incentives in high-stakes high-$$ research encourage self-deception & looking away
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/13/m...
A fraudulent cancer breakthrough, a test for the future president of MIT, and a new age of doubt in science - The Boston Globe
It seemed like Duke scientists had developed a “Holy Grail” of cancer treatment. Then the truth came out.
www.bostonglobe.com
August 13, 2025 at 2:20 PM
it has become something like cw that scientific research has a credibility problem
what I find so powerful about Mike Damiano's reporting is how clearly it shows the incentives in high-stakes high-$$ research encourage self-deception & looking away
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/13/m...
what I find so powerful about Mike Damiano's reporting is how clearly it shows the incentives in high-stakes high-$$ research encourage self-deception & looking away
www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/13/m...
Jay Bhattacharya on mrna vaccines:
"I do not dispute its potential... But as a vaccine intended for broad public use, especially during a public health emergency, the platform has failed a crucial test: earning public trust."
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
"I do not dispute its potential... But as a vaccine intended for broad public use, especially during a public health emergency, the platform has failed a crucial test: earning public trust."
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
Opinion | Jay Bhattacharya: Why the NIH is pivoting away from mRNA vaccines
As a vaccine for broad public use, mRNA technology has failed to earn the public’s trust.
www.washingtonpost.com
August 12, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Jay Bhattacharya on mrna vaccines:
"I do not dispute its potential... But as a vaccine intended for broad public use, especially during a public health emergency, the platform has failed a crucial test: earning public trust."
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
"I do not dispute its potential... But as a vaccine intended for broad public use, especially during a public health emergency, the platform has failed a crucial test: earning public trust."
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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when was the last time you girded something that wasn’t a loin
August 12, 2025 at 3:22 PM
when was the last time you girded something that wasn’t a loin