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  <title>Ep. 249: FIRE Reacts — Where does Harvard go from here? With Larry Summers</title>
  <description>2025 has not been kind to Harvard. To date, the Trump administration has revoked nearly $3 billion in research funding to the university, demanding violations of free speech, academic freedom, and institutional autonomy in return for restoring the funding. In response, Harvard  filed a lawsuit, raising First Amendment claims.&amp;amp;nbsp; Helping us unpack all things Harvard are:   Larry Summers, President Emeritus, professor (Harvard) &amp;amp;amp; advisory council member (FIRE)   Greg Lukianoff, President &amp;amp;amp; CEO (FIRE)   Timestamps:&amp;amp;nbsp; 00:00 Intro 02:32 Harvard’s disputes with the Trump administration 08:29 The need for internal reforms at Harvard 42:50 Institutional neutrality debate 46:16 IHRA definition of anti-Semitism 01:01:28 Latest update on potential Harvard-Trump administration settlement Read the transcript here:  https://www.thefire.org/research-learn/so-speak-podcast-transcript-fire-reacts-where-does-harvard-go-here-larry-summers Enjoy listening to the podcast? Donate to FIRE today and get exclusive content like member webinars, special episodes, and more. If you became a FIRE Member through a donation to FIRE at thefire.org and would like access to Substack’s paid subscriber podcast feed, please email sotospeak@thefire.org. Show notes:   The War on Words: 10 Arguments Against Free Speech—and Why They Fail by Greg Lukianoff &amp;amp;amp; Nadine Strossen (2025)   &amp;amp;nbsp; </description>
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