Carolina Way - Part 3 | Carolina's Favorite Son

Campus Files

Audacy

Society & Culture, History, True Crime, Documentary

4.6 • 7.2K Ratings

🗓️ 9 April 2025

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Holden Thorp was the chancellor of UNC when the university faced the worst atheltic scandal in its history. This week, he opens up about his experience—revealing what he knew, what he kept hidden from the public, and what he would do differently if given the chance. For a transcript of this episode: https://bit.ly/campusfiles-transcripts To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:30.5	Before diving into this episode, make sure to listen to UNC Parts 1 and 2.
0:36.0	This one picks up right where we left off.
0:41.6	The email took me by surprise. It landed in my inbox just as we were wrapping up the
0:48.6	UNC story. The sender was Holden Thorpe, the former chancellor of UNC. He was the guy in charge when the
0:56.7	university faced one of the worst athletic scandals in the history of college sports. To refresh
1:02.9	your memory, the scandal involved hundreds of fake classes created to keep athletes eligible.
1:09.2	I'd reached out to Thorpe for an interview expecting to hear nothing back.
1:13.5	But then, there it was in my inbox.
1:16.7	Does this come with Free Zanax?
1:18.4	He joked.
1:19.9	Then he said,
1:20.9	J.K., when would you like to do this?
1:23.9	Okay, testing one, two, three.
1:26.2	This is Holden Thorpe.
1:38.9	I'm Margo Gray. This week on campus files, we explore what it was like to navigate one of the most tumultuous periods in UNC's history.
1:45.8	What did Holdenthorpe really know? What would he do differently if given the chance? And can any university president manage the monstrosity that college athletics have become?
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