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In this episode you’ll hear: about being an imbedded journalist, the senior years of kids in LA, the importance of mentors and college counselors at school, some challenges and obstacles of getting to college, and a discussion of the book Show Them You’re Good.
Our guest is: Jeff Hobbs, the author of Show Them You’re Good. Jeff graduated with a BA in English language and literature from Yale in 2002. He is also the author of The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace; and The Tourists. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife and two children.
Your host is: Dr. Christina Gessler, a historian of women, gender, and sexuality. She specializes in decoding diaries written by rural women in the 19th century. She chose her college because it 1) had great academic programs, 2) offered her great funding, 3) was on the beach, and 4) allowed pets to live in the dorms. It was the right choice for her.
Listeners to this episode might be interested in:


Substitute by Nicholson Baker


Quiet by Susan Cain


Raising Cain by Dan Kindlon, PhD and Michael Thompson, PhD


Raising Victor Vargas, a film directed by Peter Sollet


Just Like Us by Helen Thorpe


Yale's Invisible Price Tags -- Yale Daily News article by Carlos Rodriguez


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