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Latest Episodes
Trust Your Crazy Ideas: Yasmine Arrington Brooks on ScholarCHIPS, Parental Incarceration, and Turning Pain into Purpose
What happens when a high school student takes one deeply personal experience and turns it into a national movement?In this powerful episode of Scholar Scoop, host Steve Loflin sits down with Yasmine Arrington Brooks
Purpose, Failure, and Entrepreneurial Resilience: Jon Brandt on Building a Life That Matters
What if your early failures were actually preparing you for your greatest impact?In this episode of Scholar Scoop, Steve Loflin sits down with serial entrepreneur Jon Brandt to explore how struggle, self-awareness, and purpose c...
One Year of Scholar Scoop: Steve Loflin on Saying Yes, Building a Network, and Making College Count
In this special solo episode of Scholar Scoop, host and NSCS founder Steve Loflin celebrates the podcast’s one-year anniversary and reflects on the conversations, connections, and lessons that made the first year so meaningful.S...
Replay: How College Shaped My Life with Karin Wiedemann
Originally released in May 2025, In the debut episode of Scholar Scoop, Steve Loflin reconnects with longtime friend and Global Leadership Development Specialist Karin Wiedemann for a conversation about the experiences that shape us long after ...
Replay: How One Loss Sparked a Mental Health Movement with Active Minds Founder Alison Malmon
In honor of Mental Health Awareness Month, we’re revisiting this powerful conversation from the Scholar Scoop archive.Originally released in May 2025, this episode features Steve Loflin in conversation with Alison Malmon, Founde...