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Podcast: You Must Be Some Kind of Therapist
Episode: 146. Raising Young Renaissance Men: Maxim Smith on The Preparation, an Alternative to College
Description: Many parents today are disillusioned with the options they see for their adolescents. College often appears to be little more than an expensive four-year summer camp that churns out indoctrinated radicals without any practical skills. But most job options available to uneducated young adults can rightly be considered “dead end.” So what can bright, intellectually driven and motivated young people do to cultivate character and marketable skills that will set them up for a lifetime of success and fulfillment?Enter: The Preparation, an experimental four year program of self-development in which young men choose from...