High School Matters
Hosted by Host · Randy Appell
4.9from 303 ratings
- 39
- Episodes
- 15
- Transcribed
- 303
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2021
- First episode
About High School Matters
How much did High School shape your life? High School Matters is a podcast dedicated to conversations I have with my former High School students where I set out to find out how High School mattered to them both then and now. What I uncover in these conversations is that the persona that these kids created in High School is not exactly what was beneath the surface. Follow on IG @HSMattersPodcast
- Publisher
- Randy Appell
- Category
- education · society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 9 Apr 2021
- Latest episode
- 29 Aug 2026
Latest episodes
15 of 39 episodes have a transcript.
29 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
The Kid Who Got Expelled - Part 2
19 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
The Kid Who Got Expelled - The Extended Cut - Part 1
29 Jun 2026TRANSCRIPT
The Guy Who (sort of) Remembers Freshman Friday
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The Kid Who Got Expelled - Part 2
Published 29 Aug 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] So a lot of the kids that went there – Because it shows that you're trying to get fixed. Or that you're in a therapeutic program. Whether you're putting that effort or not, something's going to change. Got it. Okay. Okay. So you did that for the good – And that was for me. I love that. That was nine weeks. I literally lived in the Utah wilderness. So I went from north to like the wilderness of Utah. Okay? Wow. And you got to understand – this was low impact camping. So you don't have like, you have like one pair of clothes, you know what I mean? You don't have like real food. You're eating like trail mix and rice for dinner. […]
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- Sam
- Kevin Nassimi
- Jon Shatzkamer
- Dave Siegel
- Kenny Eisenstein
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.8 / 5
- 196 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.9 / 5
- 107 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 42 / 100
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- 58
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 67
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