Breaking Down Operation Varsity Blues (Eat The Rich!)
Eating For Free
Joan Summers and Matthew Lawson
4.8 • 535 Ratings
🗓️ 21 March 2019
⏱️ 77 minutes
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Summary
We fell asleep. And the next day woke up into a world where venture capitalists, Youtube influencers, and Mossimo for Target were sharing headlines with a widespread college admissions scandal. Not only do we break down the latest and greatest in Operation Varsity Blues, we look at the future of the overwhelming capitalist industries currently exploiting our personhood and the future of this planet. Eat the rich! Reclaim their assets! Dismantle the college industrial complex!
Article Links:
- Who Was Behind 'The Key' (Wall Street Journal)
- Official Affidavit (The Washington Post)
- College Admissions Scandal: What We Know So Far (Variety)
- Parents and The Aftermath (LA Times)
- Which Kids Knew About The Scheme (NYMag)
- Everything I Learned About Olivia Jade in 2 Hours (Jezebel)
- The College Admissions Scandal Tells Us How Much School is Worth (NYMag)
Video Links:
- How William Singer Sold His Company (New York Times)
- Olivia Jade: College Room Dorm Tour
- Olivia Jade: Apology "im sorry"
- Olivia Jade: WEEKLY VLOG l spend time w me at college! (friends, parties, class, etc.)
Books:
- The Romance Of American Communism (Vivian Gornick)
- Kids These Days: Human Capital And The Making Of Millennials (Malcolm Harris)
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | This is the man at the center of what the Justice Department says is one of the biggest college admissions scandals in history. |
| 0:07.0 | Prosecutors say William Singer, also known as Rick, took money from parents to get around the admissions process at elite schools. |
| 0:14.0 | It shined a light on the extensive and sometimes illegal methods some wealthy parents used to get their kids into colleges. |
| 0:20.0 | Singer reportedly ran the scam under the guise of his education consulting firm called The Key. |
| 0:26.1 | My key method unlocks the full potential of your son or daughter and sets them on a course to excel in life. |
| 0:33.6 | What do I think of her? |
| 0:34.5 | Yes? |
| 0:36.2 | I don't think of her. |
| 0:38.6 | Shut your fucking mouth. That's not enough of her? Yes. I don't think of her. Shut your fucking mouth. |
| 0:40.2 | That's not enough of you, you need. |
| 0:42.3 | Beast? |
| 0:42.9 | Yeah. |
| 0:43.7 | How dare you? |
| 0:45.5 | Bless a red wine in a switch up. |
| 0:48.1 | I think you get the bitch a bitch a bitch. |
| 0:52.0 | How dare you? |
| 0:53.3 | Well, this episode |
| 0:54.5 | Already I don't know. |
| 0:56.4 | Oh my God. |
| 0:57.8 | Hi. |
| 0:58.6 | Hi, welcome. |
| 1:00.2 | You know what? |
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