SNAPPED: The Podcast

Using listener-submitted questions, the production supervisor of SNAPPED interviews Lucy about the early phases of the podcast, moments of regret, and a cease and desist from Alpha Phi that left the team scrambling.

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Topics covered (in order)
Who is Meg?
How Lucy and Meg met
Meg Helps Lucy Escape the Sorority House
The Early Stages of SNAPPED
Season 4?
Lucy’s Controversial Social Media Conduct
Singing Allegations
Meg is Banned from Sorority Reddit
Are Business Frats Safe?
What to Tell Someone Who Is Considering Rushing
How to Deal with the Aftermath of Dropping
CEASE AND DESIST from Alpha Phi
Did Lucy have any Positive Moments in her Sorority?
Any regrets?

Mentioned:

• Slut The Play
• Terror, Love, and Brainwashing by Alexandra Stein
• The SNAPPED Recruitment Special
• Aphi’s alleged racist recruitment practices
• Open Letter to Alpha Phi International Executive Board about Recruitment Strategy
• The First Amendment
• Anti SLAPP laws
• SNAPPED Patreon

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James, the self-proclaimed 'token gay' of the fraternity, is elected as social chair. Lucy revisits past interviewees to explore the concluding chapters of their Greek life journeys, and whether or not they disaffiliated.

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Mentioned:

• SNAPPED Patreon
• Terror, Love, and Brainwashing by Alexandra Stein
• The SNAPPED Recruitment Special
• Cultish by Amanda Montell
• SNAPPED Crewneck
• SNAPPED Tote Bag
• NDA Reddit
• NDA Greekchat
• Aphi’s alleged racist recruitment practices
• The First Amendment
• Anti SLAPP laws

On February 2, 2017, 19-year-old Tim Piazza accepted a bid to join the Beta Theta Pi fraternity at Penn State. His first night of pledging would be the last of his life. In this episode, we’ll talk to Tim’s mom, Evelyn Piazza, and former Beta brother Kordel Davis to uncover the abuse, negligence, and cultic dynamics that resulted in Tim’s death, and the cover up that came next.

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Mentioned:

• Grand Jury Report
• CBS Mornings
• The H Word (Part One)
• Death at a Penn State Fraternity by Caitlin Flanagan
• Grand Jury Presentment
• Beta Theta Pi Permanently Banned
• Deleted Camera Footage- The Daily Collegian
• Courtroom, NY Times
• Inside Edition News Clip
• Tim Bream
• No Hazing Deaths in 2020
• Penn State President|TODAY

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Lucy travels to fraternity world to try and understand the inner workings behind their notorious induction process. AKA Hazing.

Mentioned:

• Terror, Love and Brainwashing
• Nick Syrett
• Grand Jury Report
• Reddit Pledge Master

Lucy asks a question that no one seems to have a clear answer to: where does all the money go?


Mentioned:

• “Why fraternities need to be abolished”
• 2017 Alpha Phi New Member Finance Presentation
• Alpha Phi Financial Agreement
• Housing Powerpoint
• Alpha Phi’s Website
• Bama Rush Fee
• Zeta website
• Zeta biennial report
• Nonprofits
• SNAPPED discord
• ZTA embezzlement
• ZTA embezzlement
• Cullinane Law Group
• IRS
• Zeta Foundations Website
• The Tax Law of Colleges and Universities
• Inside Higher Ed
• Jezebel
• ABC News
• Fraternity and Sorority Political Action Committee
• Fraternity and Sorority PAC Video 2
• Fordham Observer
• Safe Campus Act Inside Higher Ed
• Amanda Marcotte of Slate
• FratPAC Wikipedia page
• Women of Discriminating Taste
• David Glovin of Bloomberg
• MJ Insurance
• The Daily Mississippian
• The College of William and Mary’s student newspaper
• Rich Jungman from Holmes Murphy
• Death at a Penn State Fraternity
• Caitlin Flannagan with NPR
• Beware Greek Organizations Bearing Insurance Coverage

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Spotted: In 2020 the protests drew bigger crowds than recruitment, so sororities called an emergency meeting and rebranded as anti-racist. Their newest position = the diversity chair. 


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Mentioned:

• SNAPPED S2 E2
• Terror, Love and Brainwashing
• Women of Discriminating Taste
• Fraternities Without Brotherhood
• Zigziggy7 Reddit Post
• The Daily Northwestern
• Jail n’ Bail response
• ADPI DEI
• Tri delt DEI
• SNAPPED S3 E1
• https://kirstenhernandez.com/
• margaretlfreeman.com

"It's okay, as long as the frat doesn't get in trouble."

From Babe and a Bottle to away weekend, Lucy and former sisters from across the country describe drinks spiked as a "joke," a blackout rewritten as a "threesome," and a punishment of two days on door duty. 

Mentioned:

• Lizzie’s FULL Interview
• The Dark Power of Fraternities
• Acquaintance Rape: The hidden crime
• Women of Discriminating Taste
• Aquaintance Rape of College Students
• Callisto
• One in Five

Delete the bikini pic. But don't you dare leave the frat party before midnight. Lucy and former sisters from across the country reveal the rules that shaped their bodies, photos, and love lives: a chapter's celebrity "classy meter," a secret relationship between two sisters, and the meaning of SNAP, finally revealed.

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Mentioned:

• New Member Letter
• Women of Discriminating Taste
• Aphi Recruitment Expose
• Terror, Love and Brainwashing
• Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism.
• Pledged into Harm: Sorority and Fraternity Members Face Increased Risk of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment

A hook-up on the sorority house couch🚨🚨. By brunch, everyone knows, and soon 200 sisters are voting on whether to kick her out. Lucy and former sisters from across the country reveal who's really watching inside the chapter house, from 3am bed-checks, to debts read aloud at chapter, to the pledge-night secrets your sisters never forget.

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Mentioned:

• Women of Discriminating Taste
• Fraternities Without Brotherhood
• Terror, Love and Brainwashing
• SNAPPED S2 E1
• 2017 Financial Agreement