For the first interview of season 3, Rick and Brennan are joined by Juan Espinoza, the Vice Provost for Enrollment Management at Virginia Tech to discuss his admission journey from applying to schools to becoming Vice Provost, how the mission of Virginia Tech drives his work, and what he is excited about how AI can positively influence the admissions process.

Links referenced in the episode:
CGN’s AVA: Bringing 24/7 "Enhanced Expert AI" Guidance to College and Career Planning and Success - Yahoo Finance
College Admission: An AI Revolution - Forbes
Colleges are using AI in admissions. How can they do it right? - WBUR
Morehouse College’s TJ Snowden on Institutional Priorities - The Truth about College Admission

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Books and essays mentioned in this episode:
Brave New Words: How Ai Will Revolutionize Education (And Why That's A Good Thing) - Salman Khan
Mindset Matters: The Power Of College To Activate Lifelong Growth - Dan Porterfield
I’m a College President and I Hope My Campus Is Even More Political This Year - New York Times
Third Place University - Chris Burke
Smile Because It Happened - Dr. Beth Cabrera

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To close season 2, we have a role reversal with producer Jack Purdy interviewing Rick and Brennan to talk about learnings from this season's guests, their work outside the podcast, some thoughts on AI afterApple's big WWDC announcements, and what to expect for season 3.

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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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Guest: Harlan Cohen
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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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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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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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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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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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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.

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