The College Admissions Scandal

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Claire Donald & Tess Bellomo

History, Tv & Film, Society & Culture

4.3 • 634 Ratings

🗓️ 30 June 2025

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

In this week's episode we talk about the ridiculous 2019 College Admissions Scandal which consisted of wealthy parents trying to get their children into elite colleges illegally, two of those parents being famous actresses Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin. Lori, famously being the mother of now influencer Olivia Jade had a very different process than Desperate Housewives' star, Felicity Huffman. We get into how it happened and what they paid to have done, how they plead, and the consequences of everyone after. The privilege is PRIVILEDING, honey. The FULL episode that is 90 minutes is on our premium channel, here. Created and produced by Tess Bellomo & Claire Donald For more RAM, go here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:33.4	It was also called Operation Varsity Blues, which like sound chic.
1:38.4	But it's not a chic, it's not a chic story today.
1:41.0	It's pretty dark.
1:42.3	It's a story of privilege.
1:44.0	And it's a story of today. It's pretty dark. It's a story of privilege and it's a story of privilege.
1:48.5	And at the end of the day, it's a story of privilege. And isn't that his story? Like, I mean, God, truly.
1:53.9	But I was excited to do it just because I knew about it, but I didn't even know, like, how these parents were getting their kids
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