Radiolab | The Architect | Radiolab Presents: More Perfect Podcast | Season 2 Episode 7 @Radiolabpod | Uploaded May 2022 | Updated October 2024, 12 hours ago.
Inside one man's quest to take down affirmative action once and for all.

On this episode, we revisit Edward Blum, a self-described “legal entrepreneur” and former stockbroker who has become something of a Supreme Court matchmaker: he takes an issue, finds the perfect plaintiff, matches them with lawyers and helps the case work its way to the highest court in the land. His target: laws that differentiate between people based on race — including ones that empower minorities.

More Perfect profiled Edward Blum in season one of the show. Listen to that episode here: youtube.com/watch?v=PHKLNKjD0lw
In this episode we catch up with him to hear about his latest effort to end affirmative action at Harvard.

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Illustration by Mitch Boyer of Edward Blum, director of the Project on Fair Representation.
Video by Michael Snyder, Kim Nowacki and Andrea Latimer.