The Minor Gesture

The Minor Gesture

Finding the First Year by P. Cody Canning
S1 · E6
Feb 25, 2026
56:32

Episode notes

We enter the holiday season, late November and early December.

After combing through the possibilities that the first year is a con job or a dystopia or a tragedy, all to no avail. However, standing at a football game with my daughter and nephew, I realize what this story actually is: the root of my problems- I love this place, and its broken my heart.

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Keywords

College
College Success
First-Year Experience
College Persistence
Cost of college
Minor Gesture
Love