Harvard University
3 statements across 2 episodes · 1 bullish · 1 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Dec 11, 2018 by Adam Robinson · said 100 times in 54 episodes since 2017 · across every show →
Mentions by year
brought up most by Shane Parrish (20), Joe Liemandt (7), Marshall Goldsmith (5), Dr. David Sinclair (4), Dr. Atul Gawande (4), Todd Herman (3), Neil Pasricha (3), Gary Taubes (3)
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2026 9 mentions in 3 episodes 3 per episode
2025 16 mentions in 10 episodes 2 per episode
- Hetty Green: The Witch of Wall Street [Outliers]
- Bernie Marcus: The Story of Home Depot
- Building Great Businesses | Tracy Britt Cool
- Elad Gil: How to Spot a Billion-Dollar Startup Before the Rest of the World
- Logan Ury: The Dating Myths You Need to Stop Believing
- 7 Principles of Inner Excellence to Stay Calm Under Fire | Jim Murphy
- Charlie Munger: The Psychology of Human Misjudgment [Outliers]
- Katharine Graham: The Woman Who Took Down a President [Outliers]
- 2 more episodes that year, every mention in 2025 →
2024 7 mentions in 5 episodes 1 per episode
2023 9 mentions in 6 episodes 2 per episode
- Todd Herman: Unleashing Your Secret Identity
- Dr. Gio Valiante (Part 1): Discipline and Resilience
- Paul Assaiante: Learning to Face Your Fears
- Proven Strategies to Accelerate Growth, Productivity and Profits with George Stalk, Jr.
- Jason Karp: Live A Healthier Life
- Jack Kornfield: Finding Inner Calm
- every mention in 2023, scene by scene →
2022 13 mentions in 6 episodes 2 per episode
2021 4 mentions in 2 episodes 2 per episode
2020 4 mentions in 4 episodes 1 per episode
2019 19 mentions in 7 episodes 3 per episode
- #72 Neil Pasricha: Happy Habits
- #69 Stephen Schwarzman: What It Takes
- #57 Sheila Heen: Decoding Difficult Conversations
- #56 Daniel Gross: Catalyzing Success
- #61 Jonathan Haidt: When Good Intentions Go Bad
- #60 Jim Dethmer: Leading Above the Line
- #51 Celeste Headlee: The Dying Art of Conversation
- every mention in 2019, scene by scene →
2018 14 mentions in 8 episodes 2 per episode
- #42 Atul Gawande: The Path to Perpetual Progress
- #31 Barbara Oakley: Learning How to Learn
- #43 Jennifer Garvey Berger: The Mental Habits of Effective Leaders
- #47 Adam Robinson: Winning at the Great Game (Part 1)
- #40 Ben Thompson: Thriving in a Digital World
- #36 William MacAskill: The Science of Doing Good
- #30 Margaret Heffernan: Collaboration and Competition
- #27 Chris Voss: The Art of Letting Other People Have Your Way
- every mention in 2018, scene by scene →
2017 5 mentions in 3 episodes 2 per episode
Everything said about Harvard University, oldest first
Dec 11, 2018
Mar 31, 2026 negative
Liemandt: Harvard grade inflation is driven by parent and student pressure
“Parents in general want low standards at their school, and part of why schools, even private schools, right, react. Why does Harvard have grade inflation? Harvard, right? And it's because there is pressure from parents and students to lower standards.”
Mar 31, 2026 bullish
Liemandt: Harvard study shows AI tutors outperform top Harvard teachers 2x
“Harvard published a paper that That their best teaching class is their physics one-on-one class, one of their best, you know, teachers, and they did an A-B test with AI tutors versus them, and they published that Harvard, you know, there's a great paper, Harva…”