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Roadtrip Nation
Degrees of Freedom | Rethinking Higher Ed
Season 28
Episode 6
College is still one of the best ways to advance your dreams for yourself. Follow the roadtrippers as they explore options that disrupt the ideas they had about whether higher ed is worth it. As they meet people who’ve taken unorthodox paths to success, they see how college is still one of the most valuable pit stops you can make on the path to achieving your goals.
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El Paso to Abilene: the roadtrippers talk career callings with a pilot and a pediatrician.
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After an interview with Governor David Y. Ige, the road trip comes to a close.
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The road-trippers reach Oʻahu, their trip’s third and final island destination.
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The road-trippers travel to the island of Maui and visit a humpback whale sanctuary.
The journey begins; the students interview two Hawaiian residents working in the sciences.
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The end of the journey, with GoldieBlox’s Debbie Sterling and MythBusters’ Kari Byron.
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NASA’s largest rocket engine test facility, and engineer and designer Leah Buechley.
25:15
Stories from engineer Katherine Kuchenbecker, artist Zaria Forman, CEO Jewel Burks.
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The road trip begins with Harvard professor Evelynn Hammonds and artist Janet Echelman.
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As their trip comes to an end, the team reflects on everything they learned along the way.
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The team has an action-packed week highlighted by stops in Las Vegas, Denver, and Chicago.
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The team’s journey takes them into Silicon Valley, the hub for innovation in technology.