25 min listen
Introducing: Gatecrashers
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Length:
3 minutes
Released:
Sep 19, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
What topic is more controversial, sensational, and endlessly captivating than college admissions? It’s a billion-dollar industry. It sends celebrities to jail. The Supreme Court is weighing in on who gets in and why. We might think we have read all there is to read on the issue, and heard all there is to hear. But if you want to understand everything that’s going on with college admissions today—not just the battles over diversity, but the very existence of college applications, the essays and interviews and standardized tests—you have to look at the first group that tried to diversify elite schools. You have to look at the Jews. Gatecrashers, an 8-part podcast series launching Sept. 13, 2022, tells the story of how Jews fought for acceptance at elite schools, and how the Jewish experience in the Ivy League shaped American higher education, and shaped America at large.
Released:
Sep 19, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (11)
Why Do People Love Dead Jews?: Ep. 1: Anne Frank, public radio, and other exercises in public empathy by Adventures with Dead Jews