Kenyon College
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Sep 18, 2026
Ted LinhartNARRATOR
As the letter of Bishop McIlvaine expresses so clearly and so fully the views of all, and as a specimen of the whole, I give it entire.
Ted LinhartNARRATOR
Quote, Kenyon College, July 26, 1837.
Ted LinhartNARRATOR
Dear Sir, Long absence from home has prevented my answering your circular letter sooner than the present.
Ted LinhartNARRATOR
It requires but little time to make up an opinion on the question you propose.
Emily MillerHOST
He is joining us from Delray Beach, Florida.
Emily MillerHOST
He's a political science grad from Kenyon College, go Owls, who found his way into the telecom world.
Emily MillerHOST
He spent nearly 20 years building his career across I-Corps Network's Allied Telecom Program.
Emily MillerHOST
Vonage and Nextiva, working his way from customer support rep to VP.
Alex LaporteGUEST
Thanks, Emily.
Alex LaporteGUEST
Appreciate the introduction.
Emily MillerHOST
Yeah, I had to look up Kenyon College's mascot.
Emily MillerHOST
I think Jim would appreciate that.
Andrew XuHOST
What advice would you have to Zoomers who do see politics as their way of getting purpose in life? And what would you advise to them?
Kevin WilliamsonGUEST
I would go back and read David Foster Wallace's famous graduation speech at Kenyon College, which is sometimes published under the title, This is Water.
Kevin WilliamsonGUEST
And his argument is that, and he's not someone who was a religious believer, but his argument is that essentially everyone worships something.
Kevin WilliamsonGUEST
And there are some things you can worship that will destroy you.
Ken CarmanHOST
You had Joey text John yesterday.
Ken CarmanHOST
Joey's at where? Denison? Kenyon College.
Ken CarmanHOST
Kenyon College.
Ken CarmanHOST
He's assistant wide receivers coach.
Ken CarmanHOST
He's down there.
Ken CarmanHOST
You had Joey text John yesterday.
Ken CarmanHOST
Joey's at where, Denison? Kenyon College.
Ken CarmanHOST
Kenyon College.
Ken CarmanHOST
He's assistant wide receivers coach.
Ken CarmanHOST
He's down there.
David WalesNARRATOR
As the report of these labors spread abroad, the opportunities to go elsewhere began to arise.
David WalesNARRATOR
One of them brought with it the possibility of a quieter life in the presidency of Kenyon College at Gambier, Ohio.
David WalesNARRATOR
but the quieter life never appealed so strongly to Mr. Brooks as the turmoil of the city, and in this case there was an additional reason for declining the proffered place.
David WalesNARRATOR
His chin dropped into his collar, writes a friend, who recalls the act of decision, and he said, No, they wouldn't let me have free swing, and I wouldn't take the post unless they did.
Mike MadridGUEST
We're going to record again tomorrow morning.
Mike MadridGUEST
Brother, were you serious? I was at Kenyon College in Grand Beer, Ohio, Central Ohio.
Mike MadridGUEST
And I said I was at Kenyon and he said, Kenya, what are you doing in Kenya? I was like, not Kenya,
Corey NathanHOST
Kenyon.
Mike MadridGUEST
I used to write a lot when I was a teenager and a young kid.
Mike MadridGUEST
And I wrote poetry and I would read Langston Hughes.
Mike MadridGUEST
And so I wrote this piece on Langston Hughes going to Kenyon College and giving a very similar talk to what I was asked to come speak at Kenyon College too.
Mike MadridGUEST
So there's this kind of cathartic thing.
speaker_1HOST
Wittenberg is here.
speaker_1HOST
Covenant College, Methodist University, Everett University, Gettysburg College, Kenyon College, Transy, Berry, Huntington, and Shenandoah.
speaker_1HOST
Okay, so we just saw Shenandoah play great at Transy.
speaker_1HOST
Well, how does that translate down here? We just saw Guilford not play great at Transy.
David WalesNARRATOR
For them and for the rich he labored with an equal zeal, As the report of these labors spread abroad, the opportunities to go elsewhere began to arise.
David WalesNARRATOR
One of them brought with it the possibility of a quieter life in the presidency of Kenyon College at Gambier, Ohio.
David WalesNARRATOR
But the quieter life never appealed so strongly to Mr. Brooks as the turmoil of the city, and in this case there was an additional reason for declining the proffered place.
David WalesNARRATOR
His chin dropped into his collar, writes a friend, who recalls the act of decision, and he said, No, they wouldn't let me have free swing, and I wouldn't take the post unless they did.
Sarah LongwellGUEST
And I wanted to share it, and I wanted to put it in a bigger context.
Sarah LongwellGUEST
But, you know, there also is just something – like, I went to Kenyon College, which is something I mention even more frequently than the fact that I've written a book.
Sarah LongwellGUEST
And I used to study in the bookstore.
Sarah LongwellGUEST
It has this great little bookstore.
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