Mark Oppenheimer hosts an All-Star New-Haven Nose Panel from New Haven.
For as long as fraternities have acted poorly, adults have quietly tolerated and even gloried in it. Who can forget John Belushi and Animal House? Too often, parents and college administrators have excused the all-night parties, destruction of property, and drunken brawls as the rude, yet benign acts of those on the brink of entering adulthood, the last gasp of carefree youth.
Blinded by our own nostalgia, we quietly tolerate the unacceptable. Yet rampant sexual assaults throughout the country, racist slurs from the University of Oklahoma and the cruelty of Yik Yak may reflect the tip of something far more ominous in college students today. We talk about that.
Next, "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt" isn't "30 Rock," but it comes close enough.
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Mark Oppenheimer guest hosted today's show. Chion Wolf and Jonathan McNicol contributed to today's show.
GUESTS:
- Brian Slattery is the arts editor of The New Haven Independent
- Sophfronia Scott is a novelist, essayist, and faculty member for Regis University’s Mile-High MFA in writing.
- Bruce Barber is a long-time radio host, founder of Barber Productions and an evening host on WNPR
MUSIC:
- "Your Racist Friend" by They Might Be Giants
- "The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt Theme"
