Harvard College 2000 Podcast: Jeffrey Weinshenker

Harvard College 2000 Podcast: Jeffrey Weinshenker

Author: Harvard College Class of 2000 December 4, 2025 Duration: 48:52

Long-time listener, first time caller, Jeff Weinshenker recounts his journey around the world (he’s been to 50 countries) over the past 25 years. Originally from New Jersey, this jean-short wearing, Springsteen and Bon Jovi fan, joined the State Department as a foreign service officer. Jeff talks about how failing the Spanish language placement test freshmen year led to the start of his State Department career in Japan. Stay tuned for the first classmate to sing a jingle about Annenberg pesto! 

Jeff lived in Greys Middle and Lowell House and was a Government concentrator.



What happens after the cap and gown are put away? Harvard College Class of 2000: The Podcast explores that long, winding road. This isn't a formal reunion report but a series of conversations with classmates, catching up on more than two decades of life. You'll hear about careers that took unexpected turns, personal milestones, and the perspectives that only time and distance can provide. We also circle back to our shared origin point, swapping stories about those formative Cambridge years-the moments that stuck, the lessons that mattered, and the quirks of a particular time and place. Each episode is a different story, a unique path stemming from a common starting line. It's a chance to reconnect with voices from the past and discover where they've landed in the present. Tune in for a thoughtful, often surprising, and deeply human look at the journey from then to now, all through the specific lens of this class. This podcast is created by and for the Harvard College Class of 2000, offering a genuine audio chronicle of our group's evolving narrative.
Author: Language: English Episodes: 50

Harvard College Class of 2000: The Podcast
Podcast Episodes
Harvard College 2000 Podcast: Matt Daniels [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 50:55
Grab your pastrami sandwich from the Nu Deli food truck or a pizza toscana at Verandah in Goa, India and listen to Matt Daniels tell Dara about how working at Let's Go in the maps department eventually led to his life ru…
Harvard College 2000 Podcast: Alex Myers [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 39:36
Dara talks to Alex Myers about teaching, writing, and his work as the Director of the Mountain School in Vermont. Alex talks fondly of his days at Dudley Coop, and this was sadly recorded the day before Harvard announced…
Harvard College 2000 Podcast: Josh Edelman [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 54:29
Josh talks to Dara about how a self-proclaimed theater nerd ended up in London marrying his interests in religion and theater. Josh is a professor at the Manchester School of Theater and focuses on the intersection of pe…
Harvard College 2000 Podcast: Lauren Klein [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:03:20
Lauren Klein talks to Dara about WHRB, being a bike messenger, subcultures, and data feminism. Check out Lauren's website and her books including Data Feminism and Data by Design!
Harvard College 2000 Podcast: Jonathan Wintrode [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 35:10
Jonathan talks to Dara about his work in machine learning and speech processing and his interest in Mary Ann’s (episode 71) thesis. He talks about his joys in life- including his bird list, camping, scouting, and native…
Harvard College 2000 Podcast: Matt Povich [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 53:36
Matt talks to Dara about his work in astronomy, starting with his work after graduation continuing work on his thesis related to astronomy, which is what he teaches now at Cal Poly Pomona. Matt started his career serving…
Harvard College 2000 Podcast: Marisa Echeverria [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 55:10
Marisa talks to Dara about how her experiences at Harvard solidified her love of acting and launched her acting career. Marisa was part of On Thin Ice (where she met her husband, Paul), Gilbert & Sullivan Players, the Ha…
Harvard College 2000 Podcast: Arden O'Connor [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 48:10
Arden talks to Dara about her journey since college. Soon after graduating, she started a home for foster kids, Rediscovery House, which was directly related to her volunteer work at PBHA. Arden’s twists and turns includ…
Harvard College 2000 Podcast: Tina Henry Bou-Saba [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 57:11
Tina talks to Dara about her journey from Harvard to investment banking to HBS to Victoria’s Secret and then tying it all together, running her own investment firm, CXT Investments, which focuses on emerging brands in be…
Harvard College 2000 Podcast: Lauren Wiliams [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 51:25
Lauren talks to Dara about her journey from studying math at Harvard to becoming the math department’s only female professor where she studies algebra and combinatorics. She recently won the MacArthur Foundation Genius G…