{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/d556eb54-6160-4c85-95f4-47d9f5216c49/689083cc4c7681cc0ee96f16?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Degrees of freedom? Harvard’s shakedown dilemma","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/62e286a934d4d93d6587424a/1754301260073-6804fd0a-a218-475f-ac24-259f2a56c8aa.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Donald Trump’s mission to bend higher education to his will maintains its <a href=\"https://www.economist.com/united-states/2025/07/30/what-donald-trump-is-teaching-harvard?utm_campaign=a.io&amp;utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&amp;utm_source=theintelligence&amp;utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&amp;utm_term=sa.listeners\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">sharpest focus</a> on Harvard. Will the venerable university settle—and should it? Our correspondents meet with France’s <a href=\"https://www.economist.com/europe/2025/07/31/frances-top-general-says-russia-could-attack-in-five-years?utm_campaign=a.io&amp;utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&amp;utm_source=theintelligence&amp;utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&amp;utm_term=sa.listeners\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">top general</a>, who believes Russia will threaten Europe sooner than many people think. And a look at how <a href=\"https://www.economist.com/culture/2025/07/24/how-satire-is-adapting-to-the-second-coming-of-donald-trump?utm_campaign=a.io&amp;utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&amp;utm_source=theintelligence&amp;utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&amp;utm_term=sa.listeners\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">satire changes</a> when politics is beyond parody and its practitioners cannot be shamed.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p><em>Impressions courtesy of </em><a href=\"https://www.tiktok.com/@ghsimpo\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>George Simpson</em></a></p><p><br></p><p><em>Get a world of insights by </em><a href=\"https://subscribenow.economist.com/podcasts-plus\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>subscribing to Economist Podcasts+</em></a><em>. For more information about how to access Economist Podcasts+, please visit our </em><a href=\"https://myaccount.economist.com/s/article/What-is-Economist-Podcasts\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>FAQs page</em></a><em> or watch </em><a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gczo71bg1uY\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><em>our video</em></a><em> explaining how to link your account.</em></p>","author_name":"The Economist"}