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Hosted by Orchid Initiative · health · EN · 6 episodes
In every episode of Life After Caltech, hosts Claire Ellison (Ricketts House, 2027) and Mason Smith (Page House, 2009) interview alumni who graduated from the California Institute of Technology and took a nontraditional path to achieve their dreams. The podcast is an effort to show current students that no matter the ups and downs of your journey, there is, in fact, a Life After Caltech.
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Booking probability
27%
Guest openness
Selective
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Signup to Generate a PitchIn every episode of Life After Caltech, hosts Claire Ellison (Ricketts House, 2027) and Mason Smith (Page House, 2009) interview alumni who graduated from the California Institute of Technology and took a nontraditional path to achieve their dreams.
Life After Caltech is hosted by Orchid Initiative. The show has published 6 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include ""Back in the real world, oh, I'm good at these things again"" (19 July 2026, 48 minutes), ""Caltech was definitely more difficult than law school"" (4 March 2026, 46 minutes), and ""Put your oxygen mask on"" (6 October 2025, 50 minutes).
Life After Caltech publishes roughly every few months, with episodes averaging 48 minutes across 6 episodes.
Booking probability for Life After Caltech is 27%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Life After Caltech requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Life After Caltech's contact route on record: verified email.
The strongest fits for Life After Caltech are Universities & Colleges. Life After Caltech has a health audience.
Orchid Initiative hosts Life After Caltech, a health show with 6 episodes published.
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Life After Caltech
Jeremy Leibowitz (Page House ’10, Applied and Computational Math and Business, Economics, and Management) built a career in finance after a difficult and humbling experience at Caltech. Claire and Mason talk with him...
Episode #5
<p>Christine Woodin (Page House ’10, Applied and Computational Math) discovered her path to law late in her time at Caltech. Claire and Mason talk with her about how the problem-solving skills she developed there...
Episode #4
<p>Pallavi Gunalan (Venerable House ’11, Bioengineering and English) left a PhD program to pursue stand-up comedy and writing. In this raw and funny conversation, Claire and Mason talk with her about mental health...
Episode #3
<p>Yang Yang (Ricketts and Page Houses ’09, Biology) took time after graduation to recover from burnout and figure out what came next. Claire and Mason talk with him about choosing medicine, finding his specialty in...
Life After Caltech
<p>At one point, Nick Goeden (Page House ’09, Biology) couldn’t see a positive future after Caltech. Claire and Mason talk with him about how he worked through that low point, built resilience, and eventually co-founded...
Episode #1
<p>In the very first episode of Life After Caltech, hosts Claire and Mason introduce the origin and goals of the pod, with help from producer Riley Kwong. Then, listen as Claire and Mason get to know each other better...
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