'Only people generations older could relate to the reporting pressures, but they couldn't relate to the still-being-a-dumbass-teenager part.'
Theo Baker was only 17 when he showed up on campus, got courted by big tech money and started reporting a story that ultimately led to the resignation of Stanford’s president.
Listen on your computer:Theo Baker was seventeen when he enrolled at Stanford and stumbled into one of the biggest stories on campus: academic misconduct allegations against the university’s president. His reporting eventually forced the president out. In this episode, Theo talks about breaking that story, navigating backlash from classmates and faculty, and what he’s learned about the ways Silicon Valley’s culture of ambition and power shapes college life. Death, Sex & Money is now produced by Slate!
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