NACAC Podcast Network
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Welcome to the NACAC Podcast Network! We’ve collected an outstanding group of recommended podcasts about the college admission process. You can count on these for accurate and insightful information for students, families, college counselors, and college admission professionals.
Leaders Are Human Podcast
For college admission counseling professionals.
What does it truly take to lead in today’s complex, divided, and rapidly changing world? The Leaders Are Human Podcast peels back the surface of leadership to reveal the deeply human journey behind it. Hosted by Angel B. Pérez, a national leader in higher education and CEO of the National Association for College Admission Counseling, this series features candid conversations with some of today’s most impactful leaders across education, nonprofit, and civic sectors. Guests share not just what they’ve accomplished, but who they’ve had to become along the way.
Through honest and often vulnerable storytelling, they reflect on the inner work that has shaped their leadership and the ongoing process of self-discovery. We also explore a powerful truth: the way we lead and the decisions we make about our careers are deeply connected to our upbringing, our personal stories, and the challenges and triumphs that define us.
Whether you’re an established leader or just beginning your journey, this podcast will challenge you to reflect more deeply, lead more intentionally, and serve others with greater clarity and courage.
Leaders are Human Podcast
What does it truly take to lead in today’s complex, divided, and rapidly changing world? The Leaders Are Human Podcast peels back the surface of leadership to reveal the deeply human journey behind it. Hosted by Angel B. Pérez, a national leader in higher education and CEO of the National Association for College Admission Counseling, this series features candid conversations with some of today’s most impactful leaders across education, nonprofit, and civic sectors. Guests share not just what they’ve accomplished, but who they’ve had to become along the way.
College Admissions Decoded
For parents and students.
College Admissions Decoded is produced by the National Association for College Admission Counseling. Every episode features insiders from the world of admissions breaking down the facts, myths, and rules of engagement for today’s college landscape.
College Admissions Decoded
Created by the National Association for College Admission Counseling, every episode features insiders from the world of admissions breaking down the facts, myths, and rules of engagement for today’s college landscape.
Our Partner Podcasts
The Admissions Beat
For students. parents, counselors and mentors.
On the Admissions Beat, veteran dean of admissions Lee Coffin from Dartmouth College provides high school juniors, seniors and parents, as well as their counselors and other mentors, with “news you can use” at each step on the pathway to college. With a welcoming, reassuring perspective and an approach intended to build confidence in prospective applicants, Dean Coffin offers credible information, insights, and guidance — from the earliest days of the college search, to applications, decision-making, and arrival on campus. He does so by drawing on nearly 30 years of experience as an admissions leader at some of the nation’s most prestigious institutions.
The Admissions Directors Lunchcast
For college-side admissions professionals, specifically admissions directors and deans, or those aspiring to become a director.
Our proposal: the most productive lunch meeting you’ll take all week. Each episode, Nathan and Teege will discuss an issue directly related to college admission. We don’t have all the answers, so we’ll bring in two guests each time – one influencer and one practitioner.
ALP: The Admissions Leadership Podcast
For college and university admission professionals and everyone.
Ken Anselment hosts a series of one-on-one conversations with people who have been climbing the leadership mountain in the world of college admissions.
The Anchor Exchange: A PCACAC P(C)odcast
For college admission professionals.
The Anchor Exchange is a podcast and conversation space developed by college admission professionals for college admission professionals, hosted by Jonathan Gowin of PCACAC. The Anchor Exchange is produced by PCACAC and promises to be a source of relevant and purposeful support by providing a new space for the voices of college admission to be heard. Seasoned professionals will share their insight, but we’ll also highlight our colleagues who often work and innovate under the radar: the “unsung heroes” of our world.
Application to Admission
For parents, students, and high school counselors.
Do you have 45 minutes for fun, intelligent dialogue about all things college admissions, education and parenting? Welcome to the Application to Admission Podcast! College admission experts Timothy Fields and Shereem Herndon-Brown pull from their 50 years of college admission experience and feature guests who help students and families to navigate the college admissions process. This is a must-listen-to for parents and advocates who want college admission success for their children and students!
Character Counts
For college admission, secondary admission and high school counselors.
A series on the role of character in a holistic admissions process.
College Admissions Insider
For students and families.
On each episode of College Admissions Insider, we talk to real college admissions counselors and other professionals to bring you expert advice for your college journey — from the initial search through enrollment and beyond. Learn how to find the right college fit, build a list of finalists, create an application that gets noticed and much more. This podcast is an initiative of Bucknell University but is designed for students applying to any school.
The College Admissions Process Podcast
For students and parents.
Welcome to the CAPP, “The College Admissions Process Podcast.” I am your host, John Durante, and I am here to introduce you to college admissions representatives, and other professionals in the field of college admissions. Our purpose is to serve you the students and parents, so that you may gain insight and advice straight from the people who ultimately make the decisions. Regardless of whether you will apply to a particular school being highlighted in a given podcast episode, you should listen to all of them, as each guest will give you tremendous insight and advice on every aspect of the college admissions process, prompting you to come up with your own follow up questions, for when you visit campus or meet with a college admissions representative yourself. Lastly, if you have any questions you’d like me to cover on future episodes, or any comments you’d like to share, please email me at: collegeadmissionstalk@gmail.com
College Charge - a Shorecrest College Counseling Podcast
Journey with us on the exciting and daunting path to higher learning and the college admissions process! The College Counseling Office at Shorecrest Preparatory School of St. Petersburg, FL serves as your guide to ensure a smooth and successful process. In this podcast series you will hear from Dan Burkett, the Assistant Director of College Counseling, his Shorecrest colleagues, and other college admissions professionals as they address all aspects of the college application, selection, and matriculation process.
The College Essay Guy Podcast: A Practical Guide to College
For counselors, students, and parents.
Ethan Sawyer (aka College Essay Guy) aims to bring more ease, joy, purpose, and access to the college admission process by interviewing college admissions experts and distilling their advice into practical steps for college-bound students and their counselors.
The Crush
For parents and students.
Davin Sweeney is a college counselor who thinks “the crush” sums up the way most people feel about college and college admissions. Experiences with higher education are fundamentally human ones, and this interview series explores this world with experts in a diverse range of fields.
Getting In: A College Coach Conversation
For parents and students.
Tune in each week for expert insights from hosts Elizabeth Heaton, Ian Fisher, and Sally Ganga and former admissions and financial aid officers. They offer candid, behind-the-scenes talk about courses to take, financial aid, myths about admission decisions, and more.
The Reeves & Ford Podcast
For secondary school counselors and everyone.
Chris Reeves and Joel Ford are high school counselors who spend a lot of time on college admission. Working with students and talking about college admissions are their favorite things to do! They discuss key topics and bring on experts to highlight the issues they care about.
Inside Admission
For students, parents, and counselors.
The podcast giving listeners a peek behind the curtain of college admission.” Host Andrew Palumbo gives listeners an insider’s view interviewing professionals working in and around the admission process about their own college search, common admission topics, and their advice to college-bound students and their parents. Episodes – offered in video and audio-only formats – feature interviews with well-known individuals in the world of college admission providing practical knowledge for families going through the college search
Inside the Admissions Office: Advice from Former Admissions Officers
For parents and students.
Need help navigating the admissions process? This podcast features interviews with former admissions officers, graduates from top universities, and admissions experts. Each episode is filled with application tips and first-hand experiences to help students get into their dream school.
RB's 300 Sec Podcast
For everyone.
Hosted by Ramon Blakley, this podcast is educational, thought-provoking, spiritual, and entertaining. It is 300 seconds/5 minutes of inspiration. Quite often people look at others’ glory, but don’t know their story. Without a doubt we all have challenges and roadblocks, yet we can overcome and continue to push forward. Through this show we will celebrate people who have done just that!
The Truth about College Admission
For students and parents.
The college admission experience can be overwhelming and complicated. This podcast helps students and the adults who support them cut through the noise around searching for, applying to, and deciding on a college. In each episode, you can expect guests who are national experts working in the field of college admission and enrollment who will give you honest takes, helpful perspective, and in many cases some much needed levity and solace
Your College-Bound Kid: Admission Tips, Admission Trends, Admission Interviews
For students and parents.
Our mission is to “make college knowledge available to all”. Each Thursday, the “Your College-Bound Kid” podcast will discuss a hot college topic in the news; we will answer a question or two that listeners send in, we will interview a “thought leader” in the world of college admissions, and do a “deep-dive”, we call Spotlights on a College. Every Monday we have a second episode where we discuss a “hot topic” and interview a “thought-leader” in the world of admissions or college life. YCBK combines “in-depth knowledge” with a light easy to listen to conversational style. We have eight co-hosts, six college counselors and two current admissions officers, including a Director of Admissions. We have over 700 hours of free content available at yourcollegeboundkid.com. We started in February, 2018 and we have had at least one new episode every week since then.
About the NACAC Podcast Network
Do you have a podcast about the college admission process? If so, you’re welcome to inquire about joining the NACAC Podcast Network. The network features a group of NACAC-recommended podcasts that provide accurate and insightful information for students, families, college counselors, and college admission professionals.
