{"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":"The Initial Friendship Market","slug":"the-initial-friendship-market","published_at":"2026-05-12T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/admissions-beat-4462287/the-initial-friendship-market","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/admissions-beat-4462287","url":"https://admissions-beat.simplecast.com/episodes/the-initial-friendship-market-J0XghjXA","audio_url":"https://cdn.simplecast.com/media/audio/transcoded/5f9b28a5-bf1d-4441-9db5-096790089ed7/b86abed6-d3fe-4642-bea6-db292e207f10/episodes/audio/group/fdd176c6-32f6-4420-ae3f-019a82f3f107/group-item/fb610806-95e3-4917-b521-5156be537118/128_default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=Xa7viccF","summary":"In the season finale, sociologist Janice McCabe offers insights on friendship from her new book Making, Keeping, and Losing Friends, as this fall's entering class makes the transition from home to college. \"Belonging is a powerful human need,\" Professor McCabe notes, and the post-admission period leading up to orientation and the start of classes is what McCabe calls \"the initial friendship market.\" An expert in how people connect in social situations, she advises students to \"be intentional about what, who, and where you look\" for friends during this fast-moving moment, a powerful transition when everyone is eager to make new friendships.","meta_description":"In the season finale, sociologist Janice McCabe offers insights on friendship from her new book Making, Keeping, and Losing Friends, as this fall's enteri…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3006,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/admissions-beat-4462287/episodes/the-initial-friendship-market/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/the-initial-friendship-market.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}