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Eli Cohen

Equal parts skeptical and vulnerable, a podcast that questions life at The Claremont Colleges by having the conversations we typically avoid. Please contribute your thoughts with a voice memo to eli.cohen@pomona.edu.

Episodes

  1. 04/02/2019

    Title IX's Constant Cycle of Crisis (Part 3)

    On February 13th of this year, The Pomona College Advocates for Survivors of Sexual Assault, the 15 year old peer-to-peer support program, was unilaterally put on hold by the Pomona administration. Why exactly did they need to be disbanded immediately? When they are reinstated, what form will the program take? Why weren't the advocates given more forewarning? The decision felt drastic, and without clarity around the impetus behind the choice, left many students confused and angry. But when viewed in context of the last decade of Claremont's constant cycle of crisis around Title IX, the decision feels more inevitable than unprecedented. Pomona College’s Title IX Advisory Committee is the third working group in just six years. Three of the five colleges have been named in Department of Education investigations. The college's have been sued by students on eight separate occasions. For the third installment of our series on Sexual Assault at the Claremont Colleges, we're asking a simple question without any straightforward answer: how did we get here?

    31 min

  2. 02/11/2019

    (Dis)Orientation Adventure

    When Orientation Adventure—Pomona's four-day outdoors trip for incoming students—was cancelled, campus activism sprung into rare form. Petitions were circulated, meetings were held, statements were drafted, and alumni were notified. Within exactly one week, the Dean of Students Office retracted their decision. Many students were relieved, but an equally large contingency was furious.

    37 min

  3. 11/27/2018

    Named But Never Heard (Part 2)

    In the second part of our series about sexual assault on campus, Title IX, and “the lists,” I talk with a person who understands these lists in a ways most of us cannot—he’s actually on one of them. Our original conversations were held in private, have been transcribed, and are reproduced here by a voice actor—all identifying information has been removed. We talk about the experience of being on one of the lists, how he thinks Title IX could be changed, and what he thinks accountability looks like. While this interview is in no way exhaustive, his perspective and experience is an important part of understanding how issues of sexual violence are being handled at the Claremont Colleges. Please send all thoughts, questions, and concerns to eli.cohen@pomona.edu. Content Warning: Sexual Violence Resources: PO Advocates 24hr line: (909) 503-7972 Project Sister 24hr line: (909) 626-4357

    17 min

  4. SEASON 2, EPISODE 1 TRAILER

    Season Two Trailer

    Fear not ardent listeners! Season two is on it's way! And there's even a promo clip this time, so we're already eons ahead of last year. Recalibrated, reinoculated (it is flu season), and ready to go, DisCo season two is just around the corner!

    3 min

  5. 10/31/2018

    The Workshop Series: Transition

    Between February 22nd and March 8, The Hive and DisCo put on a series of podcasting workshops, where participants got to make their own collaborative podcast over the course of just three workshops. They did the interviews, created the storyboard, and two brave first-timers even produced episodes all by themselves. The topic: Transition! Thank you to Ahana Ganguly, Sam Sjoberg, and D.d. Maoz for making this all happen!

    28 min

  6. 09/27/2018

    Pilot Episode: Rules Unspoken

    Eli and Sully think about hookup culture at The Claremont Colleges. They talk to experts. They talk to students. They talk to themselves (but not in the crazy way).

    23 min

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About

Equal parts skeptical and vulnerable, a podcast that questions life at The Claremont Colleges by having the conversations we typically avoid. Please contribute your thoughts with a voice memo to eli.cohen@pomona.edu.

Information

  • Creator
    Eli Cohen
  • Years Active
    2018 - 2019
  • Episodes
    6
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Eli Cohen
  • Show Website
    Discussion Collective