'83 Dutchmen

Some of us made life pretty miserable for Ashish, and although he doesn't actually offer blanket forgiveness to all bullies in this episode, it's clear he has moved on with wisdom and aplomb. Collegiate was to be his refuge, but it became a new arena of indignity and petty humiliations. Hear some pretty startling confessions and learn the secret of how he "flipped a switch" and...

Taylor and "Jimmy" talk a lot about some things and not a word about others. About how we are all zigzags at this point in our lives, about the WORST headmaster in Collegiate's history and the worst class agent for the class of 1983. Reach out to Taylor if you can think you can make the gathering at Guettel's loft in early December! Although you must be a member of the Collegia...

Michael and Taylor compare widower notes, talk about high school theater as a way to meet girls, the pernicious effect of comparisons, how he thought he was 100% guaranteed to be the next to "meet with Mark and Michael," Reverend Houghtlin's stammer, and whether his children consider him "the coolest Dad ever." We also attempt (and mostly fail!) to do something  that'...

Paul came to Collegiate in 10th grade and managed to find a home for himself under the watchful eye of his father's ubiquitous fashion ads, which seemed to be on every passing bus in the early 80s. He and Taylor talk soccer (David Dishy's massive boot), theater, favorite teachers, and how Nick Hays managed to turn the old school shop into his office. Although you must be a member of the...

The first guest on the podcast who is NOT a member of Collegiate's class of 1983 (yet), Odette and Taylor talk about code-switching, the challenges of being a "brown mom" in a private school, and whether Taylor can call himself a "descendant of of immigrants" if his ancestors arrived on these shores with nothing 402 years ago (spoiler alert: no)! Although you must be a mem...

"Joey" Patterson might not have been as lost as Taylor Mali makes him out to be. Or maybe he was even more lost. We talk about who he remembers, who does the screaming in a restaurant's kitchen, the act of sharpening knives, all the lessons Collegiate taught him that he had to unlearn later, his complete domination of every Field Day he competed in, and the long road to finding out...

He and Taylor talk about "things I have never not been," going deeper, the Widowers Club, descended testicles, Hootie and the Blowfish, and the joyful work of uncovering, undoing, and unlearning life's lessons, accidents, and humiliations Although you must be a member of the Collegiate class of 1983 to join our WhatsApp group, anyone can make a donation to the school here: https://w...

Tony breaks down Hank Baer's comment about Collegiate boys and how they either go to Ivy League schools or rehab; his temper; how he might have ruined his father's professional golf career; a secret his mother kept from her children until after her death; a pencil-stabbing incident with Steven Polikoff; and friends who have died. Then, as only two Upper East Side private school white boy...

For the first episode of '83 Dutchmen , I had to have as my guest the man whose idea it was to start a podcast in the lead to our 40th reunion next year (May of 2023). We talk about much more than memories of The Collegiate School so even if you're not one of the former members of the class of 1983, you MAY find it interesting as well.  Although you must be a member of the Collegiate cla...