The parents caught in Varsity Blues went to extraordinary lengths to get their kids into elite colleges. But the system was already tilted in their favor. Journalist Paul Tough explains how decades of rising competition, college rankings and enrollment management transformed higher education into a marketplace where wealth can open doors — and why fixing it may require changing the way America thinks about college itself.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice

You probably saw the news: the condition formerly known as Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) is now Polyendocrine Metabolic Ovary Syndrome (PMOS). So...what does that mean exactly? Why did the name need to be changed? And why did it take 20 years to actually make it happen? Dr. Helena Teede, the Director of the Monash Centre for Health Research Implementation in Australia, has been leading this effort. She gives us the lowdown on why PCOS was a medically inaccurate name, how the name of a condition

Calum Best is the son of one of the greatest footballers of all time, George Best. He is also the son of an alcoholic.In this intimate and challenging BBC Children in Need special, Calum confronts the harsh realities of growing up with an alcoholic parent. Meeting some of the 1.3 million children who are growing up with a parent that abuses alcohol, and sharing with them intimate tales of his own upbringing, Calum begins to accept that his life continues to be affected even now by his father’s

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Six members of a space expedition find themselves hunted by a shapeshifting monster that appears from nowhere on a desolate alien world, seeming to pick them off one by one.EPISODE BLOG PAGE (includes sources): https://weirddarkness.com/SixFrightenedMenSOURCES and RESOURCES: “Six Frightened Men” by Randall Garrett (Originally published in ‘Imagination Stories of Science and Fantasy’ June 1957)WeirdDarkness® is a registered trademark. Copyright ©2026, Weird Darkness.Midnight In The Macabre (MITM),

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Sometimes culture can seem invisible like when we're surrounded by signals that tell us we're with others who are like us, but if we live or travel somewhere where the traits that define social norms are not our traits, culture can suddenly seem everywhere. In the next few episodes, we're going to start exploring the fundamental aspects of culture and how those with and without power are affected by culture, from cultural mixing to cultural violence. We'll also discuss the differences between race,

At 16, Sean Pica made a decision that landed him in a maximum security prison. Now he holds multiple master's degrees and serves as president of Hudson Link - the nonprofit whose prison education programs once gave him a reason to believe his life wasn't over. In this episode, Sean shares his story and tells us why fewer than 2% of Hudson Link's graduates return to prison. ARMY ACTIONS Subscribe to the podcast and rate & review us! Signup to join the Army, visit NormalFolks.org Join or start an

What is really behind the SRA claims, documents and unanswered questions surrounding the LDS Church? Goel joins us for an in-depth look at his research into court documents, historical material, testimony, media coverage and disputed claims that have circulated for years.GOEL — RESEARCH & LINKSGOEL Substackhttps://1830goel.substack.comGordon Bowen Court Documentshttps://gordonbowencourtdocuments.com/Rise To Liberty   / @risetoliberty  Latter-day Chad

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At 16, Sean Pica made a decision that landed him in a maximum security prison. Now he holds multiple master's degrees and serves as president of Hudson Link - the nonprofit whose prison education programs once gave him a reason to believe his life wasn't over. In this episode, Sean shares his story and tells us why fewer than 2% of Hudson Link's graduates return to prison. ARMY ACTIONS Subscribe to the podcast and rate & review us! Signup to join the Army, visit NormalFolks.org Join or start an

Send us Fan Mail In Part 3 of our Jodi Arias series, we dive into the shocking and brutal murder of Travis Alexander, Jodi's bizarre behavior and her even more bizarre police interview, and the events that ultimately lead to her arrest. As the picture begins to come into focus, so do the secrets surrounding Jodi Arias. TODAY'S SOURCES INCLUDE: Exposed: The Secret Life of Jodi Arias - Jane Velez-Mitchell https://murderpedia.org/female.A/images/arias-jodi/travis-alexander-autopsy-report.p...