{"id":44531,"date":"2011-08-24T14:08:44","date_gmt":"2011-08-24T18:08:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/?p=44531"},"modified":"2011-09-06T13:10:42","modified_gmt":"2011-09-06T17:10:42","slug":"planet-waves-fm-if-youre-applying-to-college","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/planet-waves-fm\/planet-waves-fm-if-youre-applying-to-college\/","title":{"rendered":"Planet Waves FM: If you&#8217;re applying to college"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-44531-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/planetwaves.fm\/podcast\/110824podcast.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/planetwaves.fm\/podcast\/110824podcast.mp3\">http:\/\/planetwaves.fm\/podcast\/110824podcast.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p>Today&#8217;s edition of Planet Waves FM is an interview with Porter Eichenlaub, a young world-traveler who describes his process of working with mentors and creating and finding other forms of education and service. More and more young people are figuring out that this is a really good way to approach life &#8212; if you have some passion, ethics and a little discipline.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\">\n<dl id=\"attachment_45164\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"width: 210px;\">\n<dt class=\"wp-caption-dt\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&amp;hosted_button_id=GCBQAEYT9J644\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-45164 \" title=\"Click here to donate.\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/planetwaves.net\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/podcast-button.jpg?resize=200%2C133&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"133\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/dt>\n<dd class=\"wp-caption-dd\"><\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<p>This is an interview that can only speak for itself, but I&#8217;ve created this particular edition for young people, their friends and their parents, to provide some ideas for how to grow into adulthood and professional life that don&#8217;t require going $100,000 into debt &#8212; and that might work better.<\/p>\n<p>I know it would seem hard to top last week&#8217;s interview with C.T. Butler, a senior statesman of the American activist scene; think of Porter as one of the up-and-coming engineers of global redesign. At the end of the conversation, I do a reading of his chart.<\/p>\n<p>By the way &#8212; I mention a broadcast from 1969 that reminded me a lot of Porter (though he&#8217;s a bunch more focused and self-directed) done by the journalist Howard K. Smith. <a href=\"http:\/\/newstalgia.crooksandliars.com\/taxonomy\/term\/6346,6347\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>This is a priceless news artifact<\/strong><\/a>, telling the story of the Beat Generation, re-posted by our friends over at Crooks and Liars from their &#8220;newstalgia&#8221; collection. You may already know of this one &#8212; it&#8217;s called The Cool Rebellion, wherein the Beatniks question the materialistic values of their parents in the context of how unhappy the prior generation seems to be.<\/p>\n<p>To listen to today&#8217;s edition of Planet Waves FM in the old player, or to view the archives going back more than a year, <a href=\"http:\/\/planetwaves.fm\/current_sky\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>check this link<\/strong><\/a>. If you listen to Planet Waves FM in iTunes, please check this <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/planetwaves.net\/news\/?p=40675\">letter to iTunes listeners<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Planet Waves\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.planetwavesweekly.com\/resources\/images\/sign_white.jpg?resize=185%2C45&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Eric Francis\" width=\"185\" height=\"45\" vspace=\"10\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>http:\/\/planetwaves.fm\/podcast\/110824podcast.mp3 Today&#8217;s edition of Planet Waves FM is an interview with Porter Eichenlaub, a young world-traveler who describes his process of working with mentors and creating and finding other forms of education and service. 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