This week on Higher Ed Breakfast Club, we dive into gluten confusion, cereal curation, and the crisp chemical perfection of Diet Coke. Our guest, Kim Sousa Peoples, brings wit, wisdom, and we'll discuss one of the best vegan exceptions we’ve ever heard (hint: mall Chinese food chicken).

We talk:
🥯 The lack of good bagels away from the east coast
🥄 Student affairs sorcery behind the cereal bar
🧃 Bougie brunch beverages
🗳️ The erosion of trust in checks and balances
🇺🇸 What it means to become an HSI
🍽️ And yes… there’s more Vegemite talk.

It’s cozy, chaotic, and caffeinated.

🎧 Available wherever you get your podcasts or at higheredbreakfastclub.com

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Ever wonder what it really takes to help first-year students thrive in college? Or what happens when old high school rivals reconnect in higher ed?

On the latest Higher Ed Breakfast Club, Chris & Brian are joined by Kim Sousa Peoples—Senior Director for First Year Student Engagement at a North Carolina university (and fellow high school alum from back in the Kettering Fairmont days!).

We talk the joys and chaos of welcoming new students, surviving college as a “townie” kid, higher ed’s work/life balance crisis, and the hard truths of student affairs—plus: hash brown preferences, vegan breakfast hacks, and a live American taste test of Australia’s mysterious Vegemite.

Listen in for real talk, honest laughs, and maybe a few hot sauce recommendations.

Higher Ed Breakfast Club New Episode Drop!

The beads are flying, the Diet Coke is spilling, and Brian’s becoming a New Orleans legend (whether he wants to or not). In Part 2 of our convo with Kenneth Johnson, we go full storytelling mode—from shuttle mishaps and Mardi Gras mayhem to awkward poolside plantation debates and breakfast taco wisdom.

🥯 Plus: the crew digs into hot takes on donuts, energy drinks, and the controversial cereal rankings you didn’t know you needed.

🎓 And we don’t stop there. Kenneth gets real about the future of higher ed—DEI audits, shifting political winds, and how student leadership is evolving in the face of it all.

🔥 Oh, and did someone say Vegemite taste test and Australian shout-out? It’s coming.

Tap in now. Laugh, learn, and maybe rethink your next breakfast taco order and find out Brian's nickname.

👉 Listen wherever you get your podcasts.
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