Chicago Maroon

Special Episode: Annotating the Kalven Report with Jamie Kalven

By Celeste Alcalay and Anu Vashist / March 6, 2025

The Maroon’s Anushree Vashist and Celeste Alcalay spoke with Jamie Kalven about the legacy of the Kalven Report and its relevance to academic freedom today.

Special Episode: “Does UChicago Have a Culture of Free Speech?”

By Nicole Ochoa / March 6, 2025

The Maroon’s Nicole Ochoa conducted interviews with non-tenure-track faculty and student interns from the Department of Physics and the Pozen Center.

Special Report: Perspectives on the Pro-Palestine Encampment (Collected Interviews)

By Celeste Alcalay / October 13, 2024

Celeste Alcalay conducted interviews over the encampment with an organizer for Students for Justice in Palestine.

Special Report: 2024 Pearson Global Forum Preview with Professor Richard English

By Celeste Alcalay, Grey City Deputy Editor / September 30, 2024

The Maroon's Celeste Alcalay interviews Richard English, Professor of Politics at Queen's University Belfast, in anticipation of the 2024 Pearson Global Forum.

Special Report: Interviews from May 3 Encampment Protests

By Gregory Caesar, William Kimani, and Jake Zucker / May 4, 2024

Podcasts conducted a series of interviews on the quad as pro-Palestinian and pro-Israeli protesters faced off on day five of the encampment.

Special Report: Interviews with Pro-Israeli and Pro-Palestinian Protesters

By Gregory Caesar / November 10, 2023

The following is a series of audios recorded on the main quad of the University of Chicago on Thursday, October 19, 2023.

Special Report: Professor James Robinson and the 2023 Pearson Global Forum

By Gregory Caesar / October 9, 2023

The Maroon's Gregory Caesar interviews Harris School of Public Policy professor, leading political economist, and Pearson Institute director James Robinson.

Special Report: Writing Faculty United Unionization Interview

By Gregory Caesar, William Kimani, and Carter Beckstein / April 28, 2023

The Maroon interviews Cameron Powell, a full-time Writing Specialist in the College and member of Writing Faculty United's (WFU) organizing committee, about WFU's recent push for unionization.

Special Report: Math, a Human Endeavor (Ft. Mark Bly)

By Owen Dominguez / November 8, 2022

Though, to the everyday person, math may seem quite static, Mark Bly joins us to breathe life into the subject. He calls it a “human endeavor,” a subject with a history that puts most other disciplines...

Special Report: College Council Elections

By Jake Zucker / October 26, 2022

Lead podcast editor Jake Zucker sits down with the newly elected Class of 2026 College Council Representatives. They discuss their campaigns, what they want to get done, and their spirit animals. Hosted...

Special Report: 2022 Pearson Global Forum

By Miki Yang and Jake Zucker / October 19, 2022

Lead podcast editors Jake Zucker and Miki Yang interviewed Professor Blattman, faculty member in The Pearson Institute for the Study and Resolution of Global Conflicts, to discuss his work and the 2022...

Special Report: Big Brains

By Jake Zucker / October 19, 2022

A one-on-one between lead podcast editor Jake Zucker and Paul Rand, host for the Big Brains podcast. Hear about Big Brains's history, its 100th episode milestone, and what its future has in store.