39 min

My Little Hundred Million Revisionist History

    • Society & Culture

Listen on Apple Podcasts
Requires subscription and macOS 11.4 or higher

In the early ’90s, Hank Rowan gave $100 million to a tiny public university in Glassboro, New Jersey: not Harvard, not Yale, not even to his alma mater, MIT. What was Rowan thinking? And why has it proven so difficult for other philanthropists to follow his lead?
To learn more about the topics covered in this episode, visit www.RevisionistHistory.com

Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the early ’90s, Hank Rowan gave $100 million to a tiny public university in Glassboro, New Jersey: not Harvard, not Yale, not even to his alma mater, MIT. What was Rowan thinking? And why has it proven so difficult for other philanthropists to follow his lead?
To learn more about the topics covered in this episode, visit www.RevisionistHistory.com

Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

39 min

Top Podcasts In Society & Culture

Miss Me?
BBC Sounds
The Louis Theroux Podcast
Spotify Studios
How To Fail With Elizabeth Day
Elizabeth Day and Sony Music Entertainment
The Witch Trials of J.K. Rowling
The Free Press
Happy Place
Fearne Cotton
Modern Wisdom
Chris Williamson

More by Pushkin Industries

Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford
Pushkin Industries
The Happiness Lab with Dr. Laurie Santos
Pushkin Industries
Revisionist History
Pushkin Industries
Deep Cover: The Nameless Man
Pushkin Industries
Broken Record with Rick Rubin, Malcolm Gladwell, Bruce Headlam and Justin Richmond
Pushkin Industries
Against the Rules with Michael Lewis: The Trial of Sam Bankman-Fried
Pushkin Industries