Harvard

Mentioned as an institution that sued the Trump administration over attempts to dictate course content and hiring.

“... you know, some months back. The reason why Harvard wound up refusing to deal with the Trump administration and when it started to sue them was because the administration was trying to actually decide who would teach what courses at Harvard. I don't believe…”

The university where the subject's brother studied and later became a professor of theology.

“But her brother loved books so much that the family doctor finally said to them, "Your son is never going to be any good to you in the family bakery, so you might as well send him to Harvard." So they did. They sent him to Harvard. He then went on and became a…”

The institution associated with Clayton Christensen and his influential business theories.

“... Harvard Business School, a book called The Innovator's Dilemma.”

Cited by Steve Inskeep as the source of polling data regarding Trump's approval ratings.

“Well, the, the Harvard surveys-”

Mentioned as an institution where super geniuses come from.

“... with my patients, and this is what I've learned from it. And, um, the other thing is just your ability to simplify. It's remarkable. Listen, I sit here all day with super geniuses from this university and Harvard and Stanford and whatever else, and I'm str…”

Used as a location reference for where obnoxious mimes are found.

“And our seat cushion tester is Mike Easter. Our chief counsel from the law firm of Dewey, Cheatum, and Howe is Ulua Stewie, known to the obnoxious mimes in Harvard Square as.”

Jim Balsillie attended this institution after his undergraduate graduation.

“Jim went off to Harvard Business School right after graduation.He could have gotten a job anywhere, but he chose RIM, right near where I grew up in Waterloo, Ontario, and RIM's rise was swift.”

The academic institution where Leslie John works as a psychologist.

“Leslie John is a psychologist at Harvard University. She's the author of Revealing: The Underrated Power of Oversharing. Leslie, thank you so much for joining me today on Hidden Brain.”

Academic institution where Leslie John conducts her research.

“This is Hidden Brain. I'm Shankar Vedantam. When we overshare with the wrong person, it can be embarrassing. But at Harvard University, Leslie John says not sharing anything at all could be worse.”

Identified as the institution where Leslie John works as a psychologist.

“This is Hidden Brain. I'm Shankar Vedantam. Leslie John is a psychologist at Harvard University. She's the author of Revealing: The Underrated Power of Oversharing. Leslie, we've been talking today about self-disclosure of secrets that are often painful or emb…”

The site of a bombing by the Weather Underground.

“Yeah, 15 days later, they attacked New York City police headquarters, the headquarters of the NYPD. They smuggled a dynamite bomb into the headquarters, put it in an empty bathroom, and that night, they called in a warning, and then the bomb exploded. That was…”

Mentioned as the location where Conan is giving a commencement speech.

“Thank you. And you know, a few weeks ago I did a keynote speech at the Writer's Workshop in Dayton, the Irma Bombeck Writer's Workshop. I wrote a speech, and I s- I remember I sent you a text 'cause you're doing the Harvard commencement speech this year.”

Dax Shepard mentions that none of the successful people he knows attended Harvard.

“Of all the people I know who are successful and working, I don't think any of them went to Harvard. None of them did the right thing. I barely graduated high school. I don't think it's that big of a deal. I think if you, if you want it, you're gonna get it, an…”

Mentioned regarding its Department of Government and academic programs.

“So any Near East studies program, also known as political science program, also known as government program, so at Harvard you call it the, the Department of Government, and this, right?”

Cited as an example of an institution that buckled under external pressure.

“Ex- well, and by the way, to, to that point, so when I now got this beau- beautiful position at University of Mississippi, I don't have tenure there. I don't really care that much. But they put a clause in the contract that says that my rights to say, speak, a…”

Chaplains at the university report a significant increase in religious interest among students.

“Of course, and I want to be very clear. We are not seeing a revival of religiosity. What I am hearing about is a renewed interest or a new renewed curiosity in religion. For example, even chaplains at Harvard tell me that in the last 25 years, they haven't see…”

Mentioned by Andrew Huberman as his alma mater, representing a highly competitive academic environment.

“Do people tend to kind of distribute along a, a normal distribution, or is it a binary distribution in terms of competitiveness? And to what extent are people th- that are competitive, like we have the example of Mi- Michael Jordan, who apparently was c- like …”

The academic institution where Leslie John conducts her research.

“I learned that statistic from Leslie John. She's a psychologist at Harvard University and the author of Revealing: The Underrated Power of Oversharing.”

The academic institution where Leslie John serves as a psychologist.

“Leslie John is a psychologist at Harvard University. She's the author of Revealing: The Underrated Power of Oversharing. Leslie, thank you so much for joining me today on Hidden Brain.”

Academic institution where Leslie John conducts her research.

“Leslie John at Harvard University has found that it can harm our physical and mental health and damage our relationships.”

The academic institution where Leslie John conducts her research.

“[gentle music] This is Hidden Brain. I'm Shankar Vedantam. Leslie John is a psychologist at Harvard University. She studies the science of secrets and self-disclosure, how much we share of ourselves, and the benefits and costs of doing so.”