Episodes

  • The Truth About the College Transition - Harlan Cohen
    May 29 2024

    For our final guest of season 2, Rick and Brennan are joined by Harlan Cohen, author of multiple books including WIN or LEARN: The Naked Truth About Turning Every Rejection Into Your Ultimate Success. The trio goes over lots of Harlan's story of going to and transferring colleges, how to build resilience during these transformative years, and the main takeaways from WIN or LEARN.

    Links:
    Harlan's website
    The Naked Roommate: And 107 Other Issues You Might Run Into in College - Cohen

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    Hosts: Brennan Barnard, Rick Clark
    Guest: Harlan Cohen
    Production: Jack Purdy

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    32 mins
  • The Truth About the College Admission Landscape - Michael Horn
    May 14 2024

    Rick and Brennan are joined by Michael Horn (author of multiple books, Forbes contributor, host of multiple podcasts, and writer of the Substack newsletter The Future of Education) to discuss making dual enrollment class choices, evaluating intellecutal safety on campuses, and how he likes to approach evaluating a college when deciding where to go.

    Links:
    Michael Horn's website
    Future U Podcast
    From Reopen to Reinvent: (Re)Creating School for Every Child - Horn
    Michael's Twitter account

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    Hosts: Brennan Barnard, Rick Clark
    Guest: Michael Horn
    Production: Jack Purdy

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    33 mins
  • The Truth About College Admission and Wellness - Dr. Beth Cabrera
    Apr 30 2024

    With finals season approaching at colleges across the country, Rick and Brennan are joined by Dr. Beth Cabrera, an organizational psychologist and author specializing in positive psychology and well-being, to go through her admission journey, her advice on how to maintain healthy relationships during the college application process, and practical ways to make that process smoother for kids and families.

    Links:
    Beth's TEDx Talk at George Mason
    Beth Cabrera's website
    Beth's Twitter Page

    Where You'll Go Is Not Who You'll Be - Frank Bruni
    David and Goliath - Malcolm Gladwell

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    Hosts: Brennan Barnard, Rick Clark
    Guest: Dr. Beth Cabrera
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    36 mins
  • The Truth About College Admission and Athletics - Tony Altimore
    Apr 16 2024

    Rick and Brennan are joined by experienced strategy consultant and master of college sports data graphics on Twitter, Tony Altimore, to discuss the landscape of college athletics in relation to admission, how the transfer portal can help or hurt students in their academic journey, and what the oncoming demographic cliff can mean for schools that rely on athletics.

    Links:

    Tony Altimore's Twitter page
    Demographic Cliff chart - Tony Altimore

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    Guest: Tony Altimore
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    41 mins
  • The Truth About the Admissions Landscape - David Hawkins
    Apr 2 2024

    With Brennan on vacation, Rick gets his first one on one interview of season 2, talking with David Hawkins from NACAC about his admission experience, the lastest effects from the FAFSA delay, and how to frame to the general public why college is an important piece to a functioning community.

    Links:
    David Hawkins' profile
    Just Equations

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    Guest: David Hawkins
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    38 mins
  • The Truth About Family and College Admission - Dr. Lisa Damour
    Mar 19 2024

    With Rick out chauferring a youth soccer team, Brennan gets a one on one with Dr. Lisa Damour, clinical psychologist, 3x New York Times best seller, host of the Ask Lisa podcast to talk about the added stress the college search process brings, how to deal with that stress, and where families can potentially be freed up to be more happy during and after the process.

    Links:
    Lisa Damour's website
    Lisa's early admission Instagram video
    A panel on supporting youth mental health (feat. Lisa) - Harvard + Making Caring Common Project
    CGN "Teenagers Decoded" Registration

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    Guest: Dr. Lisa Damour
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    30 mins
  • The Truth About The College Search - Candice Mackey
    Mar 5 2024

    Rick and Brennan this week are joined by Candice Mackey, College Counselor at
    Los Angeles Center for Enriched Studies and Co-Chair of the National Association for College Admission Counseling’s Public School Counselor Group. They talk about her experience going through college, what keeping an open mind in the search process can do for a student, and going through important conversations with your family unit early to ensure everyone is on the same page during the entire college search process.

    Links:

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    Guest: Candice Mackey
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    34 mins
  • The Truth About Institutional Priorities - TJ Snowden
    Feb 20 2024

    TJ Snowden, the Chief of Staff for the President of Morehouse College in Atlanta, joins Rick and Brennan to go through his admissions experience when he was choosing a college, explaining what institutional prorities are and how to find them, along with advice for juniors and parents of juniors heading into their college application cycle.

    Links:

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    Guest: TJ Snowden
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    32 mins