Ep. 830: Where "sorry" does not put the crackers in our stomachs Video

Video description: It's graduation time for college students, but today we're exploring an announcement from Paypal co-founder Peter Thiel offering a $100,000 fellowship to drop out and start their own company. He argues that people under 20 can learn more useful real-world skills at a start-up than at a University, where they'll ultimately leave in massive debt.

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