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48% of recent graduates say they follow a budget—while 17% struggle to stick to one and 13% don’t know how to start.
48% of recent graduates say they follow a budget—while 17% struggle to stick to one and 13% don’t know how to start.

The Odd Couple: Have We Forgotten How to Have Conversations?

September 30, 2026

Rachel and Gordon talk about talking and how discussion dynamics can be more like a game of jacks than catch.

48% of recent graduates say they follow a budget—while 17% struggle to stick to one and 13% don’t know how to start.
48% of recent graduates say they follow a budget—while 17% struggle to stick to one and 13% don’t know how to start.

Character in Higher Ed

September 16, 2026

Rachel and Gordon talk about teaching students how to truly be human and to live in a civil society with others.

Text message bubbles reading, "I'm here to teach you, grasshopper. I mean, Gordon."
Text message bubbles reading, "I'm here to teach you, grasshopper. I mean, Gordon."

Building a Cabinet

August 26, 2026

Gordon talks to Rachel about hiring upper-level administrators.

48% of recent graduates say they follow a budget—while 17% struggle to stick to one and 13% don’t know how to start.
48% of recent graduates say they follow a budget—while 17% struggle to stick to one and 13% don’t know how to start.

The Odd Couple: We’re Not Back in School

August 12, 2026

Another academic year starts and neither Gordon nor Rachel will be on campus.

48% of recent graduates say they follow a budget—while 17% struggle to stick to one and 13% don’t know how to start.
48% of recent graduates say they follow a budget—while 17% struggle to stick to one and 13% don’t know how to start.

The Odd Couple: Celebrating What We Love

July 29, 2026

Rachel and Gordon suffer a bout of the warm fuzzies in the heat of the summer and talk about the greatness that is U.S. higher education.

A text message bubble conversation reading: "Gordon, you didn’t make needed changes because you were scared you’d lose your job," green said. "Yes. I was scared," gray said.
A text message bubble conversation reading: "Gordon, you didn’t make needed changes because you were scared you’d lose your job," green said. "Yes. I was scared," gray said.

You Say Bologna; I Say Baloney

July 15, 2026

Rachel and Gordon make fun of academic traditions.

A text message bubble conversation reading: "Gordon, you didn’t make needed changes because you were scared you’d lose your job," green said. "Yes. I was scared," gray said.
A text message bubble conversation reading: "Gordon, you didn’t make needed changes because you were scared you’d lose your job," green said. "Yes. I was scared," gray said.

The Odd Couple: The Mess of Intercollegiate Athletics

June 17, 2026

Rachel asks Gordon to mansplain the nuttiness of big-time college sports.

48% of recent graduates say they follow a budget—while 17% struggle to stick to one and 13% don’t know how to start.
48% of recent graduates say they follow a budget—while 17% struggle to stick to one and 13% don’t know how to start.

Who’s Doing the Teaching at Universities?

June 3, 2026

Rachel and Gordon discuss the labor problem in academe.