No Medical Miracle | The Rise and Fall of Paolo Macchiarini
The Karolinska Institute is one of the world’s leading medical universities. When it hired Paolo Macchiarini, it saw a surgeon with a groundbreaking new procedure. But the university ignored warning s...
26 Elo 35min
Bodies Upon The Gears | The Free Speech Movement of 1964 Part 2
After Mario Savio's historic speech, students occupy Sproul Hall, leading to the largest non-war time arrest in US history to that point. The response from administration begins to turn the tide, but ...
19 Elo 28min
Ghost Credits | Academia's Hidden Industry Ties
Academics were in classrooms, at conferences, on stages around the world, defending the safety of GMOs and herbicides. They looked independent. They weren't. Some of the most credentialed voices in ag...
5 Elo 27min
Missing Ole Miss: Lane Kiffin's Dramatic College Football Career
Over the last decade, college football has undergone a dramatic transformation. Universities now have a growing financial stake in the game, blurring the line between college athletics and professiona...
22 Heinä 31min
Above the Rules: Baylor's Sexual Assault Crisis
Baylor is the largest Baptist university in the country. The rules there revolve around scripture. For most of its history, the school banned premarital sex. That meant no policy on sexual assault. No...
15 Heinä 32min
The Gophers Beat: The University of Minnesota Cheating Scandal
In 1997, a young out of town reporter moves from Los Angeles to Minnesota to cover the University of Minnesota Gophers. That year, the Gophers basketball team had made it to the NCAA Final Four in a s...
8 Heinä 30min
AI Apocalypse: What’s the Point of College?
AI has arrived on college campuses, and professors and administrators are racing to respond. But there’s no clear rulebook, and the stakes are high. At Ohio State, one professor believes many universi...
1 Heinä 25min
