Episode 38: Leon Botstein

Steven Colbert has called him a smarty pants and an egghead. Bard College President Leon Botstein says he’s one of those people who’s easy to make fun of and he’s okay with that. In addition to being the head of an institution of higher learning for the past 45 years, Botstein is the Conductor of the American Symphony Orchestra. And while other educators are worried about what’s going to happen to colleges now, Botstein says it’s going to be okay. We talk about what it takes to run a college in a pandemic and how the creativity of students will save the day.