Ilya Marritz

do prediction markets belong on CNN? The CFTC Chairman has an opinion...

www.ft.com/content/4b6d...

congrats!

S2 - Episode 2: The Harvard Plan | On the Media | WNYC Studios This week, it gets personal ... 

have a listen! we made a podcast and it's a great tale

www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/otm...

when I spoke with Bhattacharya's friends and colleagues, they praised his intelligence and judgment, but said following science while aligning with MAGA is gonna be tough

I double-profiled Bhattacharya and his former mentor, current Harvard president Alan Garber, for @bostonglobe.com last summer. Former friends, now adversaries.

www.bostonglobe.com/2025/08/11/m...

Ousted CDC director testifies she was fired for resisting pressure from RFK Jr. Susan Monarez says RFK Jr. told her to commit to decisions in advance, without reviewing evidence and to dismiss vaccine experts.

unlike another Trump pick for the CDC, Bhattacharya has refrained from criticizing his boss, HHS Sec'y RFK Jr

www.npr.org/sections/sho...

NIH Director Bhattacharya to lead CDC after O’Neill’s exit He's the third leader of the public health agency since this summer.

www.statnews.com/2026/02/18/c...

Jay Bhattacharya, the NIH director, will lead the CDC on an acting basis, becoming the agency's third leader since last summer

WHAT

new study of scientists and NIH funding recipients by @bostonglobe.com:
—more than half have delayed hiring in their labs and 1/3 have made layoffs
—68% said funding cuts and federal policy changes had moderately or significantly reduced the scope of their work

One Generation Runs the Country. The Next Cashed In on Crypto. Sons of top Trump administration officials made billions for their families, but their investors didn’t always fare so well.

"Witkoff, Eric and Don Jr. are preparing to host the first 'World Liberty Forum' on Feb. 18, with speakers including Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon and several top U.S. officials and Republican senators. The venue: Mar-a-Lago."

www.wsj.com/finance/curr...

It upsets me when I see an actual banana peel on the street. Which happens pretty often! Kicked this one into a tree well

When Trump met crypto : Planet Money In 2019, President Trump tweeted: "I am not a fan of Bitcoin and other Cryptocurrencies." Today, the Trumps are all over crypto.There are memecoins for Trump and the first lady. They own a stablecoin,...

when @andreabernstein.bsky.social & I attended a bitcoin conf in Vegas last year, the abiding vibes were dynastic (lots of sons!) & international with the US gov't & industry mixing freely

have a listen to this piece we did for @planetmoney.bsky.social

www.npr.org/2025/06/27/1...

‘Spy Sheikh’ Bought Secret Stake in Trump Company $500 million investment for 49% of World Liberty came months before U.A.E. won access to tightly guarded American AI chips.

"the World Liberty deal is the only known case of a foreign government official purchasing a major stake in a Trump company after his election"

impressive and deeply important reporting here from @wsj.com

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

@jburnmurdoch.ft.com in the FT this weekend

of all the things that could go wrong with AI in university settings, this is one possibility I had not imagined >>

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I think one of my least favourite kind of posts on here is the “This headline does not sufficiently express my moral outrage at the event it is trying to squeeze into a single line of type” post.

u up early JB

One of the most fun things I've done this year is to help make a Russian-language science podcast accessible to English speakers

The Naked Mole Rat is offbeat, surprising, always fun. Pls have a listen!

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must-read from @hilaryburns.bsky.social @globepatty.bsky.social & Mike Damiano

New College of Florida is a preview of Trump’s plan for Harvard Trump and MAGA want to remake higher education. New College is their blueprint for how to do it.

"At a campus dedication ceremony in 1962, New College’s founders brought soil from the Harvard campus in Cambridge and mixed it with Sarasota earth. It was a symbolic gesture, meant to represent the 'shared lofty ideals of the two institutions'"

apps.bostonglobe.com/2025/12/metr...

Re-up for 2025

bsky.app/profile/bart...

... ok not technically a 'best of' list, but along those lines...

10 Narrative Podcasts We Loved This Year Though chat shows and political series continue to dominate the medium, an old-school audio gem still has its own rewards.

a. I'm so happy there are still enough narrative pods being made for best-of lists to be made

b. delighted that The Harvard Plan s2 is on @nwquah.bsky.social's list in @vulture.com
www.vulture.com/article/best...

“You should start a Substack,” they said.
“It’ll be fun,” they said.
“People will subscribe,” they said.

So I did.

It’s called Based in Bohemia, and the first post looks at Andrej Babiš’s vast business empire.

Give it a read. You might like it.

open.substack.com/pub/robjcame...

The Harvard Plan: The Endless Frontier : Embedded Universities were not always so vulnerable to the whims of politics. The whole system of taxpayer-funded, university-led scientific research came about at the end of World War II, and was the brainchi...

I'm really delighted that NPR's Embedded added The Harvard Plan s2 to their feed

it's all about Trump's pressure campaign on higher ed

this final episode includes NEW audio of fmr Harvard prez Claudine Gay AND Trump advisor May Mailman

Pls listen & share!

www.npr.org/2025/12/01/n...

I'm the host & I hope you'll try it

s2 starts with Harvard, then expands to be a story about how diff institutions, and the people within them respond to Trump's pressure campaign. I spent months reporting the series for @bostonglobe.com & @onthemedia.bsky.social & appreciate their commitment

I wish you would give it a try!
S1 E2 closely examines the media side in the Claudine Gay story

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...

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: