{"id":3727,"date":"2025-10-21T16:18:26","date_gmt":"2025-10-21T20:18:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/president\/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=3727"},"modified":"2025-10-22T15:40:35","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T19:40:35","slug":"monmouth-matters-episode-2","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/president\/podcast\/monmouth-matters-episode-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Monmouth Matters &#8211; Episode 2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>President Patrick Leahy and Matt Harmon welcome UCI Director Tony MacDonald and Assistant Director Tom Herrington to share their thoughts on the Institute\u2019s 20th anniversary, the recent Champions of the Ocean Symposium, MacDonald\u2019s forthcoming retirement, and the ongoing environmental work ahead. Leahy and Harmon also touch on recent campus events, including the career fair and homecoming, within the context of Monmouth\u2019s steady rise in external rankings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"President Patrick Leahy and Matt Harmon welcome UCI Director Tony MacDonald and Assistant Director Tom Herrington to share their thoughts on the Institute\u2019s 20th anniversary, the recent Champions of the Ocean Symposium, MacDonald\u2019s forthcoming retirement, and the ongoing environmental work ahead. Leahy and Harmon also touch on recent campus events, including the career fair and [&hellip;]","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":3731,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"episode_type":"audio","audio_file":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/president\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/726\/2025\/10\/Monmouth-Matters-Ep-2.mp3","transcript_file":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/president\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/726\/2025\/10\/Monmouth-Matters-Ep-2.txt","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/president\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/726\/2025\/09\/Monmouth-Matters-Logo.png","cover_image_id":"3713","duration":"48:20","filesize":"66.39M","filesize_raw":"69611865","date_recorded":"2025-10-21 16:18:26","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":""},"tags":[],"series":[92],"speaker":[48,45,104,55],"class_list":["post-3727","podcast","type-podcast","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","series-default-podcast","speaker-matt-harmon","speaker-patrick-f-leahy","speaker-tom-herrington","speaker-tony-macdonald"],"episode_featured_image":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/president\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/726\/2025\/10\/013A0062.jpg","episode_player_image":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/president\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/726\/2025\/09\/Monmouth-Matters-Logo.png","download_link":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/president\/podcast-download\/3727\/monmouth-matters-episode-2.mp3","player_link":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/president\/podcast-player\/3727\/monmouth-matters-episode-2.mp3","audio_player":null,"episode_data":{"playerMode":"light","subscribeUrls":{"apple_podcasts":{"key":"apple_podcasts","url":"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/monmouth-weekly\/id1504496752","label":"Apple Podcasts","class":"apple_podcasts","icon":"apple-podcasts.png"},"google_podcasts":{"key":"google_podcasts","url":"","label":"Google Podcasts","class":"google_podcasts","icon":"google-podcasts.png"},"pocketcasts":{"key":"pocketcasts","url":"https:\/\/pca.st\/sg4b53wh","label":"PocketCasts","class":"pocketcasts","icon":"pocketcasts.png"}},"rssFeedUrl":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/president\/feed\/podcast\/default-podcast","embedCode":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"q0FTRdDIPO\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/president\/podcast\/monmouth-matters-episode-2\/\">Monmouth Matters &#8211; Episode 2<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/president\/podcast\/monmouth-matters-episode-2\/embed\/#?secret=q0FTRdDIPO\" width=\"500\" height=\"350\" title=\"&#8220;Monmouth Matters &#8211; Episode 2&#8221; &#8212; Office of the President\" data-secret=\"q0FTRdDIPO\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/president\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/podcast\/3727","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/podcast"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/podcast"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3727"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3727"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/series?post=3727"},{"taxonomy":"speaker","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/president\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speaker?post=3727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}