Fraternity Foodie

Check out our latest podcast interviews (and food suggestions) from all over North America!

Jeff Harry: How can college students remedy burnout through play? Featured

Jeff Harry shows individuals and companies how to tap into their true selves, to feel their happiest and most fulfilled — all by playing. Jeff has worked with Google, Microsoft, Southwest Airlines, Adobe, the NFL, Amazon and Facebook, helping their staff to infuse more play into the day-to-day. Jeff is an international speaker who has presented at conferences such as INBOUND, SXSW, and Australia’s Pausefest, showing audiences how major issues in the workplace can be solved using play. His playwork has been featured in the New York Times, AJ+, SoulPancake, the SF Chronicle, and CNN. While we spend most of our time pretending to be important, serious grownups, it’s when we let go of that facade and just play, that the real magic happens. Fully embracing your own nerdy genius — whatever that is — gives you the power to make a difference and change lives. Jeff believes that we already have many of the answers we seek, and by simply unleashing our inner child, we can find our purpose and, in turn, help to create a better world. In episode 292 of the Fraternity Foodie Podcast, we find out why Jeff chose Tufts University for his undergraduate experience, what....

Cesar Perez: What do you want to tell college students about driving while intoxicated? Featured

A professional actor with a promising career, Cesar Perez was on a meteoric rise until a drunk driver slammed into his car head-on. He coded on the paramedics more than once on the way to the hospital, and coded again when he arrived. It’s a miracle he even survived. Still, he wouldn’t have called it miraculous at the time. In one devastating blow, all his dreams had been ripped away. A severe brain injury had left him almost entirely incapacitated. His right arm was paralyzed. His femur had snapped in two. His face was shattered. He spent months learning how to breathe, eat, walk, and talk all over again. In the midst of it all, his girlfriend left him—the same girlfriend he had been on his way to see that fateful night. But life, ultimately, is a gift. Fragile, firm, and beautiful. Throughout the course of Cesar’s long, often tortuous recovery, “Chase the Light” shines with courage, grace, and the resilience of the human spirit—reminding us that every life has meaning and every soul has a purpose, always, even in our darkest moments. In episode 291 of the Fraternity Foodie Podcast, we find out why Cesar chose Georgia Southern University,....

Anna Rodin: What should college students do if they feel lost & overwhelmed navigating adulthood? Featured

Our next guest is Anna Rodin. Anna’s mission is to share experiences from her own life and research, as well as advice from experts for people in their twenties. Anna is an author being published in January 2023 and she is working with New Degree Press and the Creator Institute to make this happen! She was brought to this book writing community after making some unexpected but extremely valuable detours, like studying abroad her first semester of school, getting her yoga teacher certification, and eventually transferring schools. Anna is very excited to share what she learned and the others that she was able to include in the book. In episode 290 of the Fraternity Foodie Podcast, we find out why Anna chose UConn for her undergraduate experience, what it was like to study abroad in Italy at 18 years old, what are the benefits of yoga for college students, what is driving her to publish her book called “For Your Twenties”, which thought leaders really resonated with her, why it’s important to uncover old wounds and face old trauma, what our college students should do if they feel a bit lost and overwhelmed navigating adulthood and choosing a career, and....

Alan McMillan: How can college students graduate with multiple job offers? Featured

Alan J. McMillan is the founder of LearnEarnRetire.com, the informational resource for students and early employees transitioning from campus, to career, to their eventual financial independence. He is a retired high-tech executive who held the VP of Sales role four times in Silicon Valley with venture funded start-ups. He discovered a new calling when he identified an unmet need—and that is helping college students understand what it takes to figure out what they want in career and in life, nail their education, get a job that is the first step in an amazing career, have the skills to maintain employability over the arc of their career, and develop a plan that can lead to their financial independence, without demoting their lifestyle. He has spoken to thousands of students across America in live lectures and has built a formal curriculum in colleges including an acclaimed class at Ohio University. Discount code for our listeners! https://www.learnearnretire.com/offers/kj7A3sqL?coupon_code=JHFBAIENBD In episode 289 of the Fraternity Foodie Podcast, we find out what it was like for Alan to go through the MBA at the MIT Sloan Fellows program, advice he has for the students that are thinking about bringing a new product or service to market,....