The Admissions Directors Lunchcast
Aug 25, 2026 · 27 min · 10 segments
In this special cross-listed episode, Teege and Nathan discuss whether Teege's new book, College Is Broken, is inherently pessimistic or optimistic. If you are reader, pick up the book on amazon and…
Nathan AmentHostTeege MatilHost
As my co-host and the person on the receiving end of more half-formed theories than either of us would care to count, he has a particular talent for letting me finish a rant and then asking the one question that reveals I hadn't thought of it through.

So Hello and welcome to a special episode of the Admissions Director's Lunchcast.

I'm Nathan, Vice President of Enrollment at Knox College, and Teej Matil, my co-host, but more importantly, the author of College is Broken, the book, is out now.

So Teague wrote a book indicting 10 stakeholder groups, one at a time, and he insists that it's an optimistic book.

By the end of your lunch break or your lunch hour, you'll have enough to decide whether he's right and two clink,
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As my co-host and the person on the receiving end of more half-formed theories than either of us would care to count, he has a particular talent for letting me finish a rant and then asking the one question that reveals I hadn't thought of it through.

So Hello and welcome to a special episode of the Admissions Director's Lunchcast.

I'm Nathan, Vice President of Enrollment at Knox College, and Teej Matil, my co-host, but more importantly, the author of College is Broken, the book, is out now.

So Teague wrote a book indicting 10 stakeholder groups, one at a time, and he insists that it's an optimistic book.

By the end of your lunch break or your lunch hour, you'll have enough to decide whether he's right and two clink,