BDH Studios
BDH Studios produces multiple podcasts diving into news and life at Brown.
“The Bruno Brief” digs deep into a standout news story from the past week — giving you the news while getting new insights from the reporters who first brought these stories to us in written form and while sharing the context that ties together a generation.
"On the Green" is a look at student life and how students navigate their time at Brown.
"Bear With Me" is The Herald's political interview show, hosted by Evan Tao.
Episodes
75 episodes
Hustle on the Hill: Shop Bloom is reimagining what it means to shop local
Welcome to Hustle on the Hill, The Herald's entrepreneurship podcast. In each episode, we sit down with founders who've turned their vision into reality. We ask the questions every entrepreneur faces, and our guests share the risks they took, t...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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8:25
The Bruno Brief: The Herald's illustrators add an artistic flair to their stories
In this episode of The Bruno Brief, we spoke with Kendra Eastep, an illustration chief and senior staff writer for The Herald's Arts & Culture section. Kendra brings an artistic flair to each of her reviews, while supporting the rest of The...
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7:22
The Bruno Brief: How The Herald covered a Jan. 30 demonstration against ICE with over 1000 attendees
In this episode of The Bruno Brief, we spoke with members of The Herald’s photo, video and reporting teams to learn how they collaborated on coverage of a Jan. 30 protest against recent actions taken by federal Immigration and Customs Enforceme...
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Season 9
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Episode 2
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6:22
Hustle on the Hill: Las Delicias brings Bolivian flavors to Rhode Island
Welcome to Hustle on the Hill, The Herald's entrepreneurship podcast. In each episode, we sit down with founders who’ve turned their vision into reality. We ask the questions every entrepreneur faces, and our guests share the risks they took, t...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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4:25
The Bruno Brief: The first snow at Brown in photos
In this episode of The Bruno Brief, we spoke with members of The Herald’s photo team to learn about their process as photojournalists and some recent projects they’ve been working on, like a photo essay documenting Brown’s first snow day of the...
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Season 9
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Episode 1
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8:16
Bear With Me: Brown Rise Up
Welcome back to Bear With Me, a new interviews show on politics from the Brown Daily Herald newsroom. I’m your host, Evan Tao.Elite universities like Brown have been one of the main targets of the Trump administration’s efforts to reshap...
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Season 8
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Episode 5
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22:29
The Bruno Brief: Graduate students with children appreciate Brown’s resources but struggle to find child care
The University offers financial support and a variety of other resources to help graduate students with children balance their academic careers with parenting. In this episode of the Bruno Brief, we explore the experience of graduate student pa...
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Season 8
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Episode 4
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12:10
Bear With Me: Harm Reduction Coalition
Welcome to Bear With Me, a new interview show on politics from The Brown Daily Herald newsroom. I’m your host, Evan Tao. This first episode is about drugs. Providence is becoming an innovator in the realm of drug policy. This past y...
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Season 8
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Episode 3
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18:47
The Bruno Brief: The science behind 'Keeney Cough'
First-year flu, “Metcough,” “Keeney Cough” — it’s called a number of names, but they all signal one thing: Illness is in the air. About
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Season 8
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Episode 2
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6:50
The Bruno Brief: Club athletes detail the informal recruiting process that brought them to Brown
Proficiency in a sport can be a significant factor in college admissions, especially for students who get recruited at the varsity level. But it turns out, club sports at Brown also have some recruiting influence. In this episode of the Bruno B...
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Season 8
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Episode 1
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8:23
The Bruno Brief: 75 years of Spring Weekend, by the numbers
In 1950, the modern Spring Weekend was born and the Brown Concert Agency was founded in 1960, tasked with bringing up-and-coming artists to campus. In honor of Spring Weekend’s 75th anniversary this Saturday, The Herald took a look back at the ...
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Season 7
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Episode 7
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5:05
The Bruno Brief: At least $8 million of Brown’s research grants slashed by Trump admin, project staff let go
At least nine grants awarded to Brown researchers, totaling over $8 million, have been terminated since Trump took office, freezing studies in their tracks and leaving some participants without treatment. Affected researchers told The Herald th...
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Season 7
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Episode 6
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7:01
The Bruno Brief: Providence Place Mall restricts unaccompanied minors, horseplay and more
If you’ve ever ventured off of College Hill to Providence Place Mall, you’ve likely seen packs of high schoolers roaming between stores. But recent crackdowns on mall security take aim at large groups and unaccompanied minors, as well as horsep...
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Season 7
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Episode 5
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5:45
The Bruno Brief: Brown librarians, professors lead effort to archive government data under threat by Trump administration
Over the past two months, numerous federal data sets related to public health and the environment have been removed from government websites. But some professors have been trying to save the data before it is scrubbed. In this episode of the Br...
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Season 7
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Episode 4
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5:52
The Bruno Brief: Businesses are shelling out for eggs in the face of shortage, price hikes
Recently, local businesses and consumers may have noticed inflated egg prices. These come amid a nationwide shortage of eggs caused by a national outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza, commonly known as bird flu. The bird flu has killed...
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Season 7
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Episode 3
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4:58
The Bruno Brief: RIDOH’s new dashboard helps residents locate lead pipes
The Rhode Island Department of Health released an interactive dashboard displaying the location of lead pipes across the state. Out of all the counties in Rhode Island, Providence has the highest percentage of lead pipes. There are even some le...
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Season 7
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Episode 2
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5:04
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The Bruno Brief: How parts of Hitler’s reading list ended up at Brown
In this episode of the Bruno Brief, editor Jacob Smollen talks about his reporting on the little-discussed collection of books from Hitler’s personal library at Brown’s John Hay Library. Most were donated nearly 40 years ago, but why do they ma...
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Season 7
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Episode 1
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16:17
Pandas on Ice: Looking at the Pandas' legacy
In the third and final episode of Pandas on Ice, BDH Studios catches up with the Pandas at their reunion and hears about the legacy of the inaugural team today.
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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16:41
The Bruno Brief: Students interrupt Paxson at Main Green vigil for Palestinian junior
At a Monday night vigil for Hisham Awartani last week, students shouted President Christina Paxson ’19 P’MD’20 off the stage, calling for University divestment from companies affiliated with Israel and weapons manufacturing. In this episode of ...
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Season 6
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Episode 10
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6:43
Pandas on Ice: How the Pembroke Pandas became a national hockey powerhouse
In the second episode of The Herald’s new podcast series “Pandas On Ice,” podcast editor and metro editor Jacob Smollen speaks with former Pembroke Pandas to tell the story of how the first intercollegiate women’s ice hockey team in the c...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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19:45
The Bruno Brief: RISD and Textron's relationship, explained
In this episode of the Bruno Brief, Tom Li and Ciara Meyer discuss their reporting on recent arrests and student activism at the Rhode Island School of Design surrounding the school’s relationship with Textron.Subscribe to the podcast on...
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Season 6
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Episode 10
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5:24
Pandas On Ice: The story of America's first women's college hockey team
In the first episode of The Herald’s new podcast series “Pandas On Ice,” podcast editor and metro editor Jacob Smollen speaks with former Pembroke Pandas to tell the story of how the first intercollegiate women’s ice hockey team in the co...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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19:26
The Bruno Brief: 20 Jewish students calling for ceasefire, divestment arrested in U. Hall sit-in
On Wednesday evening, The Department of Public Safety arrested 20 student Jewish students who had begun a sit-in at University Hall that afternoon. The students had refused to willingly leave the building until President Christina Paxson ’19 P’...
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Season 6
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Episode 9
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9:46
The Bruno Brief: Brown soccer’s “unprecedented dynasty” prepares for the postseason
Ahead of this weekend’s Ivy League women’s soccer tournament, Bruno Brief podcast producer Carter Moyer speaks with Nicholas Miller, senior staff writer, about the program’s continued success over the last four years. In this episode of the Bru...
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Season 6
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Episode 8
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5:39
On the Green: Brown's favorite photos
In the third episode of The Herald’s new podcast series, “On The Green,” podcast producer and contributing writer Jaanu Ramesh and Tevah Gevelber, podcast producer and staff writer, talk to fellow Brunonians about the stories behind their favor...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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