Stang Stories

In this episode of Stang Stories, Diane Asiedu ’24 and Aoidín Salmon ’22 interview Farah Pandith ’86 about her time at Milton, Smith College, and the Fletcher School at Tufts University; experience serving in the George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama administrations; work as the first-ever Special Representative to Muslim Communities; and perspective on the state of extremism and counterterrorism today.

In this episode of Stang Stories, Liam Kralik ’24 and Bryan Sukidi ’24 interview journalist Amy Kaufman ’04 about her time at Milton (0:46) and the University of Southern California (5:23), her introduction to professional journalism (9:08), her work covering entertainment and culture for the Los Angeles Times (14:23), and experience writing her New York Times Best Seller, Bachelor Nation (18:24), and shining a light on sexual harassment in Hollywood (21:36). (Image source: The Los Angeles Times)

In this episode of Stang Stories, professor Edward Cunningham ’94 discusses his time at Milton (0:50), Georgetown and Peking University(8:10), Harvard (14:42), and MIT and Tsinghua University (17:17); his work in energy and environmental markets, Chinese political economy, and trade (20:53); while offering perspective on China’s potential hegemonic intentions (21:41), his study of Chinese public opinion (24:38), and China’s energy policy (28:06). (Image source: Harvard's Ash Center)

In this episode of Stang Stories, Nancy Jiang ’22 interviews Sid Raju ’12 about his time at Milton (0:42) and Emory (4:29), path to finding quantitative biology (6:27), experience at Harvard Medical School (15:12), Covid-19 research at the Broad Institute (17:25), and work with single-cell genomics (18:55).

In this episode of Stang Stories, journalist Fred Melo ’94 discusses his time at Milton (0:51), City Year (4:40), and Brown (6:47); career beginnings in local journalism (8:40); coverage of a Ponzi scheme that landed him a $2 million lawsuit (13:53); and experience in the aftermath of George Floyd’s death in St. Paul and Minneapolis (20:42). (Image source: Milton Magazine // Marisa Donelan)

In this episode of Stang Stories, Rev. Dr. Chloe Breyer '87 discusses her time at Milton (0:56), Harvard (3:46), and The General Theological Seminary (9:01); experience in the aftermath of 9/11 (11:44); and work at The Interfaith Center of New York (15:39) — along with her perspective on aspects of religion and social justice (20:19). (Image source: The Interfaith Center of New York Facebook)

In this episode of Stang Stories, New York Times' Award-Winning children's book author and illustrator Tad Hills '81 discusses his time at Milton and Skidmore, career path, and writing and artistic process — along with the insight and perspective he has learned from it all. (Image source: Worldreader // Nancy Brown)

In this episode of Stang Stories, Jim Meeks '97 discusses his time at Milton, Harvard, and Stanford; two tours in Iraq; efforts to bolster subsistence farming in Tanzania; and mobile food cart startup — on top of the insight and perspective he has acquired along the way. (Image source: U.S. Department of Defense)

In this episode of Stang Stories, Kenzie Bok '07 discusses her time at Milton, Harvard, and Cambridge; initiatives in affordable housing; and experience as a member of the Boston City Council. (Image source: Keiko Hiromi)