E23. Liz Wolfe is Waiting for the College Bubble to Burst

Walk-Ins Welcome with Bridget Phetasy

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🗓️ 21 March 2019

⏱️ 120 minutes

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Summary

Liz Wolfe, managing editor for The Federalist and part-time editor for Reason, has an in-depth discussion with Bridget about why she thought college was a huge waste of money and wanted to drop out, how she managed to get her degree in two years, and the fact that most people have no understanding of the debt they are taking on when they take out student loans. They bond over being self-starters and hustlers and how it’s a skill that helps them find ways around the “gatekeepers” in life, how being from big families teaches you that life isn’t fair at an early age, and discuss why sometimes having low expectations about an experience is the best way to approach it. They coin the phrase “weaponized fragility,” lament over how being patriotic has somehow become a bad thing, and note that you’ll never change someone’s mind by calling them names. Liz offers fascinating insight into being raised in a home where her parents fostered children, and the hidden costs of that experience, and Bridget shares the name of the self-help book she wants to write, Laziness Motivates Me.

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0:00.0	Thank you for listening to this Podcast One production.
0:02.4	Now available on Apple Podcasts.
0:04.1	Podcasts, Spotify, and anywhere else you get your podcasts.
0:08.3	This is Walk-In's Welcome with Bridget Petacy.
0:10.9	I'm Bridget Petacy, I'm Bridget Petacy and you are welcome. You know the drill.
0:25.0	the drill.
0:27.0	Please subscribe, rate, comment, share, reach out, tell your friend, send smoke signals, whatever.
0:32.0	We love your feedback and we want to hear from you. your
0:33.0	feedback and we want to hear from you.
0:35.0	This week I'm really excited to have Liz Wolf on the program.
0:38.0	She's the managing editor at the Federalist and part-time editor for reason.
0:42.0	Liz and I both have the same bylines of Federalist and part-time editor for reason.
0:42.9	Liz and I both have the same bylines of the Federalist and Playboy,
0:47.1	making her another one of those interesting people
0:50.5	you will be excited to get to know and hear her take.
0:53.6	She's really fascinating, young, brilliant,
0:56.6	upcoming star.
0:57.9	I'm here with Liz Wolf.
0:59.7	Welcome to the podcast.
1:01.0	Thanks for having me.
1:02.0	Thanks for coming all the way from Austin just for this podcast. Thanks for having me. Thanks for coming all the way from Austin
1:03.8	just for this podcast. Liz Wolf, tell us who you are. I am managing editor at
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