{"podcast":{"title":"Admissions Beat","slug":"admissions-beat-4462287","podcast_index_feed_id":4462287,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/Xa7viccF","website_url":"https://admissions-beat.simplecast.com","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/0439f9d6-ef41-4970-954e-2e52feec7fe4/f346788d-53d7-44e8-930d-559ce9f7e836/3000x3000/s8-admissionsbeat-logo-1500x1500p.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"Dartmouth Admissions","episode_count":136,"summary":"On the Admissions Beat, veteran dean of admissions Lee Coffin from Dartmouth College and a range of guests provide high school students 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.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/admissions-beat-4462287"},"episode":{"title":"March Madness Part 1: Reading Season","slug":"march-madness-part-1-reading-season","published_at":"2026-03-10T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/admissions-beat-4462287/march-madness-part-1-reading-season","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/admissions-beat-4462287","url":"https://admissions-beat.simplecast.com/episodes/march-madness-part-1-reading-season-0WN0WRDp","audio_url":"https://cdn.simplecast.com/media/audio/transcoded/5f9b28a5-bf1d-4441-9db5-096790089ed7/b86abed6-d3fe-4642-bea6-db292e207f10/episodes/audio/group/a5430f5e-a83c-40a3-8eb3-86d8279bac75/group-item/f72f1f0f-8f68-4c54-932e-4bcc0b197ee8/128_default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=Xa7viccF","summary":"In the first of a two-part episode, AB peeks behind the opaque curtain of a selective admissions office in March. Four Dartmouth admission officers join their dean for an introspective conversation about reading applications, which is \"the fundamental task we have as admission officers at a college,\" AB host Lee Coffin notes. As one veteran reader says, \"It's my favorite [part of the admissions cycle] because we get to meet people from all around the world...and put ourselves in the life of another person. It is a fundamentally positive and optimistic part of each admissions cycle.\"","meta_description":"In the first of a two-part episode, AB peeks behind the opaque curtain of a selective admissions office in March. Four Dartmouth admission officers join t…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2856,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/admissions-beat-4462287/episodes/march-madness-part-1-reading-season/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/admissions-beat-4462287/march-madness-part-1-reading-season.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}