About This Episode
What is this episode about?
The episode "Varsity Blues | The Side Door | 2" covers how independent college counselor Rick Singer discovers a loophole that almost guarantees his wealthy clients entry into elite universities. The episode follows the early mechanics of the scheme Singer builds around this discovery, laying the groundwork for the fraud that later unravels.
The case behind the episode
The episode ties into College Admissions Scandal — Operation Varsity Blues, the nationwide US bribery and fraud conspiracy involving consultant Rick Singer. Federally known as Operation Varsity Blues, the case was charged in Boston on March 12, 2019, after investigators uncovered a scheme in which wealthy parents paid Singer to secure their children's admission to elite universities through fraudulent means. Readers wanting the full background on the conspiracy and its fallout can turn to Operation Varsity Blues: Bestikkelsessagen om eliteuniversiteter, which lays out how the scandal exposed the mechanisms Singer exploited to game the college admissions system for his clients.
Hosts and release
No host is credited in the show's available data for this episode. The episode runs 38 minutes and was released on September 15, 2026, as the second episode in its series. Listeners interested in the broader arc of the story can find flere episoder af showet covering related developments in the case.
