Princeton Alumni Weekly Podcasts

PAWcast: Dating at Princeton? Part 2: It’s Even More Complicated

On Part Two of the PAWcast’s look at Princeton’s dating culture, Lia Opperman ’25 continues talking with three graduating seniors about how relationships, breakups, and digital disruptions are shaping student life today. If you haven’t listened to Part One yet, be sure to go back and check it out first. We covered everything from campus-wide dating apps to the broader evolution of romance on campus. In this episode, we pick up where we left off and dive even deeper into the realities, challenges, and uniqueness of dating at Princeton today. (The transcript is online at paw.princeton.edu.)

PAWcast: Dating at Princeton? Part 1: It’s Complicated.

On this episode of the PAWcast, Lia Opperman ’25 speaks with three current seniors about the most perennial of topics in higher education: campus dating culture. Romance has always been a big part of the college experience at Princeton and elsewhere. But in recent years, it’s faced digital disruptions. New apps like Date Drop, Datamatch, and Marriage Pact have appeared alongside the usual Hinges, Tinders, Bumbles, and Grindrs. Does anyone just ask each other out the old-fashioned way anymore? Join us as we dissect the ways that dating has changed for better or for worse, and all the ways that maybe, it really hasn’t. (Read the transcript at paw.princeton.edu)

PAWcast: Valedictorian Daniel Yu ’26 Seeks a Life In Pursuit of Justice

On this episode of the PAWcast, Princeton valedictorian Daniel Yu ’26 discusses his research in African American and gender and sexuality studies and his plans for the future: Next year he’ll begin studying in the U.K. as a Marshall Scholar, working toward a master’s degree in race and gender studies at SOAS University of London with the eventual goal of a public-facing career that contributes to global debates on LGBTQ+ justice. In a University statement, assistant professor Marcus Lee praised Daniel as “an exceptionally talented, diligent and enterprising student” who pays attention to the real-world stakes of academic research. Daniel’s work, Lee said, “will continue to enlarge our understanding of the human condition.” Find a transcript at paw.princeton.edu/pawcast.

PAWcast: Alumni Travel Journalist-Adventurers Tell You Where to Go

On this episode of the Princeton Alumni Weekly’s PAWcast, we bring you a conversation from PAW’s Tiger Travels section, between travel journalist Laura Dannen Redman from the Class of 2003 and Jaqui Gifford ’02, who is currently editor in chief of the gold standard magazine for jetsetters, Travel + Leisure. They say travel journalism is a field in flux, but the lure of adventure will never die. If you’ve ever wanted to go gorilla trekking, or visit Disneyland Paris, or if you’ve wondered whether seeing cherry blossoms bloom in Kyoto is worth the trip — this is the conversation for you. Visit paw.princeton.edu/pawcasts to read the transcript.

Memorials PAWcast: Remembering Charles Helms ’80

PAW Memorials editor Nicholas DeVito sat down with Doug Eberhart ’80 to discuss Charles Helms ’80. Chuck was a lawyer, teacher, and had a deep faith in his family and Catholicism.