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Harvard College Class of 2000: The Podcast
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Join us as we talk to classmates and hear what they've been up to the past 25+ years and reminisce about our time at Harvard.
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Harvard College 2000 Podcast: Niki Santo
3d ago01:03:48Tap to summarizeNiki talks to Dara about her journey in the world of higher ed- from studying at Harvard and the University of Cambridge to working at multiple universities, focusing on innovation and education. Niki recently had a big pivot to become the co-founder and CEO of Swaza, a non-invasive nanofluid technology to reverse acute oxygen loss. Niki has been involved in Harvard since her days as the Mather HoCo finance chair to being the President of the Harvard Club of Silicon Valley during COVID, to her current role as a member of the Harvard Alumni Association Board of Directors. Niki lived in Hollis South and Mather. She was a Biology concentrator. Niki is from the SF Bay Area and lives in Berkeley.
Transcribe →Harvard College 2000 Podcast: Laela Sturdy
1w ago00:39:24Tap to summarizeDara talks to Laela Sturdy about Florida, basketball, and working at Let’s Go and liquor crew at reunion. Laela has gotten multiple degrees after college and now is the head of CapitalG, Google's growth fund- investing in companies you know like Waymo, Stripe, Duolingo, and Cloudflare. Laela lived in Greenough and Eliot and was a Biochemical Sciences concentrator. Laela is from South Florida and lives in San Francisco.
Transcribe →Harvard College 2000 Podcast: Ben Krefetz
2w ago00:43:56Tap to summarizeBen talks to Dara about data science, visiting breweries all over the U.S., including in every county in Massachusetts and Rhode Island, and biking across the U.S. Follow Ben’s adventures via his biking and beer blog and IG. The tv news article about him is here: https://www.kfyrtv.com/content/news/Man-bikes-across-country-visits-breweries-512657991.htmlBen lived in Matthews and PfoHo and Quincy. He was a Physics concentrator with a math minor. Ben is originally from Worcester and lives in Cambridge.
Transcribe →Harvard College 2000 Podcast: Matt Levine
3w ago00:28:20Tap to summarizeMatt started his career as a Latin teacher in Wellesley, using that Classics degree. Matt then pivoted to law school and clerked and worked as a lawyer briefly before pivoting again into investment banking. Matt then worked as a blogger with Elie Mystal (episode 9). You can read Matt’s daily articles for Bloomberg called Money Stuff and listen to his podcast- look for it in your podcast player. When he wasn’t in First Nights or studying Latin, he ran Tequila Tuesdays at Cabot and helped Bryan Leach woo his wife (episode 17).Check out Matt’s website and LinkedIn profile.Matt lived in Greenough and Cabot. He was a Classics concentrator. He is originally from Syosset, NY and lives in Westchester.
Transcribe →Harvard College 2000 Podcast: Lizzy Ayer Wright
May 701:08:37Tap to summarizeWe start the episode with a non-profit ad from classmate Jonathan Wintrode for the Annapolis Immigration Justice Network. Lizzy worked in government intelligence after graduation, including tracking Bin Laden, later switching to consulting and now is an author. Lizzy and her husband took a sabbatical and traveled around the world with a non-profit. Upon her return, she decided to pursue a creative career and has published multiple books including: Aggressively Human (with her husband, former NFL player Steve Wright), Marinovich: Outside the Lines in Football, Art, and Addiction, and the forthcoming Saffron Spy- a novel loosely based on her work in intelligence.Check out her website and Instagram.Lizzy was a Government concentrator. She is originally from Vermont and now lives in Southern California. Lizzy lived in Pennypacker and Cabot House.
Transcribe →Harvard 2000 Podcast: Dmitry Sagalovskiy
Apr 3000:54:35Tap to summarizeDara talks to Dmitriy Sagalovskiy about the Harvard tunnels, sailing, and math education. Dmitry is an engineer who has worked at Google, with classmates as a co-founder of Hudson River Trading, a teacher, co-founder of New York Math CircleDmitry moved to NYC as a child and still lives in New York City. Dmitry lived in Mather.
Transcribe →Harvard College 2000 Podcast: Christine Chen
Apr 2301:04:03Tap to summarizeYou know and love Christine from her masterful Puns & Punctuation WA group comments- from angry vaginas to creating our beloved pony images, Christine’s sense of humor shines through from the first second of her interview. Christine talks about her love of Peloton (she has probably gone to the most live classes of anyone in this class) to her globe-trotting, baking lifestyle that we can all aspire to. Christine spent most of her college time helping others in PBHA. Follow Christine's adventures on IG and follow Madison as well!Christine lived in Matthews and Currier. She is from the SF Bay Area and lives in San Francisco.
Transcribe →Harvard College 2000 Podcast: Ana Torres
Apr 1601:16:29Tap to summarizeEileen interviews Ana Torres, who was one of our speakers at “The Paths We’ve Traveled” event at reunion. Today, Ana continues to share insights from her “life of extremely low probability events.” At Harvard, Ana lived in Wigglesworth and Cabot and concentrated in psychology. She also earned her MBA from HBS and worked in the corporate world before “dropping out” in 2020. She and her husband, classmate Mike Lin, are raising four kids in Colorado. Her youngest son, Jacob, is the child of our classmate Zoe Wydroug (who you might have known as Zoya Vydrug-Vlasenko) who passed away in December 2022. Jacob was born, and welcomed into Ana and Mike’s family, in July 2023. The “Emotions Wheel” Ana describes in her interview.
Transcribe →Harvard College 2000 Podcast: Kaitlin McGaw
Apr 900:50:55Tap to summarizeDara talks to Kaitlin about her Grammy and Emmy-winning career with the Alphabet Rockers and we hear more about the JV women’s hockey team that came up in earlier episodes! Follow Kaitlin on her Instagram. Listen to her music on her website and buy their book and watch the music video to the book, You Are Not Alone, here. Here's an unreleased video for Get It Right.Kaitlin lived in Weld and Quincy. She concentrated in Afro-American Studies. Kaitlin is from Belmont, MA and lives in Oakland, but is moving back to Belmont.
Transcribe →Harvard College 2000 Podcast: Yayoi Shionoiri
Apr 200:46:29Tap to summarizeDara talks to Yaoi Shionoiri, who is an art lawyer- a career we have not yet seen on the podcast! Yayoi has worked for a museum, art company, artists’ estates, and is now at Powerhouse Arts in Brooklyn (go visit her!). Yayoi reminisced about serving coffee in the Greenhouse Cafe and dining at the Signet. Yayoi lived in Hollis and Winthrop or Throp as she calls it. Yayoi was a Government concentrator. She is from Toronto and now lives in New York City. Follow Yayoi and her creative and law endeavors on Instagram or her website.
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