Back to Biz with Katie and Boz: University presidents Michael Roth and James Ryan
Next Question with Katie Couric
Katie Couric Media
4.4 • 4.7K Ratings
🗓️ 13 August 2020
⏱️ 50 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
It’s that time of the year when students typically descend upon university campuses around the country — moving into dorm rooms, filling up stadiums, cramming into classrooms and swelling small towns to capacity. Unfortunately, that is not the college scene this year. After the coronavirus forced schools to shut down last March, those same institutions are struggling to figure out how — or if — students can safely come back this fall. On this episode of Back to Biz with Katie and Boz, co-hosts Katie Couric and Bozoma Saint John tackle this thorny issue with the presidents of their alma matters, James Ryan of the University of Virginia, a public research school in Charlottesville, and Michael Roth of Wesleyan University, a private liberal arts school in Connecticut. The presidents talk about their fall plans, how much of a financial hit their institutions will take, and how the pandemic — and this moment of racial unrest — could change the higher education system for good.
For more, subscribe to Katie Couric’s morning newsletter, “Wake-Up Call.”
Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Picture Miami. Picture its beaches. Picture three radio journalists assassinated in cold blood. |
| 0:09.2 | This is silenced, the radio murders. |
| 0:12.4 | You left the body there for reason. It was the calling card. It's like the mafia used to do. |
| 0:17.2 | The mastermind has never been caught. To find him, we had to go deep into a world of drugs and darkness. |
| 0:24.4 | And there were these hints of a much bigger conspiracy. |
| 0:30.8 | I'm Osvalotian. Listen to silenced, the radio murders. On the iHart radio app, Apple podcasts, |
| 0:37.5 | or wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 0:40.5 | Things are getting spooky at iHeartland in fortnight. Then Matt and Noll, the hosts of stuff they |
| 0:45.6 | don't want you to know, are going to investigate paranormal day. State Farm Park will be the |
| 0:49.6 | epicenter of all things ghosts, Ouija boards, crazy scientific tools, and maybe a visit from the |
| 0:55.1 | Great Beyond. Don't miss the spooky event starting Wednesday, May 3rd at 7pm Eastern, |
| 0:59.6 | and available for limited time. Get to iHeartRadio.com slash iHeartland to start playing today. |
| 1:04.6 | Whose bump's not included. Head to State Farm Park right in the middle of iHeartland for the |
| 1:08.5 | biggest events happening in the metaverse. America loves its founding fathers, but that's a tough |
| 1:13.4 | fact to follow as a founding son. I'm Bob Crawford. Join me, Patrick Warburton, and Nick |
| 1:20.0 | Offerman, as we bring the sixth president to life. Was there ever witnessed such a barefaced |
| 1:25.1 | corruption in any country before? Let justice be done, though the heavens fall. |
| 1:31.9 | Listen to founding son, a curiosity podcast on the iHeartRadio app, Apple podcasts, |
| 1:38.5 | or wherever you get your podcasts. Still living in 2021 and manually taking notes, |
| 1:43.5 | there is a better way start the new year with otter.ai automatically get meeting notes. Otter.ai |
| 1:48.9 | works for virtual meetings like Zoom, Microsoft Teams, and Google Meet. |
| 1:52.0 | Sign up on the web for free or download in the app stores. Otter.ai that's ott-e-r.ai. |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Katie Couric Media, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Katie Couric Media and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.