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    <title>The Rogue Academic - Episodes Tagged with “Musician”</title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2026 05:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
    <description>The Rogue Academic is an organization dedicated to fostering collaboration between creative folks to share crucial information left out of the standard academic training program. We cover four main pillars of missing information: Mental Health and Wellbeing for Artists, Financial Literacy, Leveraging Technology, and Building Community. If you feel like your institution hung you out to dry and left you with a phat bill for the pleasure... welcome to the path of the Rogue! We're here to help. 
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    <itunes:subtitle>The Rogue Academic - The Podcast! </itunes:subtitle>
    <itunes:author>Lexie Signor</itunes:author>
    <itunes:summary>The Rogue Academic is an organization dedicated to fostering collaboration between creative folks to share crucial information left out of the standard academic training program. We cover four main pillars of missing information: Mental Health and Wellbeing for Artists, Financial Literacy, Leveraging Technology, and Building Community. If you feel like your institution hung you out to dry and left you with a phat bill for the pleasure... welcome to the path of the Rogue! We're here to help. 
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  <title>Episode 13: Mean "Sheets"</title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>In the style of the famous "Mean Tweets" Lexie reads some critiques from professors she's been given over the years and chuckles at their inherent flaws as well as highlighting some comments from others.</itunes:subtitle>
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  <description>Lexie Signor and Brandon Hall share critiques they've been given throughout the years of their schooling, highlighting their inherent ignorance in some cases, flaws, and well-intentioned directions in others. In doing so, we discuss some of the things being allowed to continue in higher ed that should perhaps be questioned or changed in the future.  
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  <title>Episode 12: Do your own publicity! ...because of COURSE you CAN!</title>
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  <pubDate>Fri, 13 Feb 2026 15:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Tracy has started a viral social media following where she gives tips on how to promote yourself without having to hire a publicist and was kind enough to share those pointers with Lexie.</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>59:55</itunes:duration>
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  <description>After many years in marketing and having taught Marketing at the University of Chicago, Tracy is bring her exptertise to the masses with her company the PR Accelerator which empowers creatives all over the country to promote themselves well even without the aid of a publicist.  
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    <![CDATA[<p>After many years in marketing and having taught Marketing at the University of Chicago, Tracy is bring her exptertise to the masses with her company the PR Accelerator which empowers creatives all over the country to promote themselves well even without the aid of a publicist. </p><p>Links:</p><ul><li><a title="Get the full scoop Here! " rel="nofollow" href="https://www.thepraccelerator.com">Get the full scoop Here! </a> &mdash; Tracy's home for all things PR... yes, you CAN do this! </li><li><a title="Tracy&#39;s Instagram" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.instagram.com/tracysamanthaschmidt/">Tracy's Instagram</a> &mdash; Countless hours of GREAT info here! Definitely give this a scroll. </li><li><a title="TikTok- the scroll that started it all! " rel="nofollow" href="https://www.tiktok.com/@tracysamanthaschmidt">TikTok- the scroll that started it all! </a> &mdash; This is a treasure trove of fantastic advice for promoting your business online. A MUST scroll! </li></ul>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p>After many years in marketing and having taught Marketing at the University of Chicago, Tracy is bring her exptertise to the masses with her company the PR Accelerator which empowers creatives all over the country to promote themselves well even without the aid of a publicist. </p><p>Links:</p><ul><li><a title="Get the full scoop Here! " rel="nofollow" href="https://www.thepraccelerator.com">Get the full scoop Here! </a> &mdash; Tracy's home for all things PR... yes, you CAN do this! </li><li><a title="Tracy&#39;s Instagram" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.instagram.com/tracysamanthaschmidt/">Tracy's Instagram</a> &mdash; Countless hours of GREAT info here! Definitely give this a scroll. </li><li><a title="TikTok- the scroll that started it all! " rel="nofollow" href="https://www.tiktok.com/@tracysamanthaschmidt">TikTok- the scroll that started it all! </a> &mdash; This is a treasure trove of fantastic advice for promoting your business online. A MUST scroll! </li></ul>]]>
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  <title>Episode 0: Lexie's Villain Origin Story</title>
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  <pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2025 19:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
  <author>Lexie Signor</author>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Co-Producer Eric Schwarz interviews Rogue Academic founder Dr. Lexie Signor about why she was inspired to start The Rogue Academic.</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>1:23:44</itunes:duration>
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  <description>This is the villain origin story of founder Dr. Lexie Signor sharing with us the harrowing tales of how many times she did all the right things and then got screwed over by a system built to benefit folks who do not identify as "others." If you're frustrated about not being able to progress down a traditional path with your career, this may shed some light as to why and furthermore HOW to leave the system behind and forge a successful path for yourself outside of the norm. Enjoy! ...and Go Rogue!  
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    <![CDATA[<p>This is the villain origin story of founder Dr. Lexie Signor sharing with us the harrowing tales of how many times she did all the right things and then got screwed over by a system built to benefit folks who do not identify as &quot;others.&quot; If you&#39;re frustrated about not being able to progress down a traditional path with your career, this may shed some light as to why and furthermore HOW to leave the system behind and forge a successful path for yourself outside of the norm. Enjoy! ...and Go Rogue! </p><p>Links:</p><ul><li><a title=" The Rogue Academic" rel="nofollow" href="https://therogueacademic.com"> The Rogue Academic</a></li><li><a title="Lexie Signor" rel="nofollow" href="https://lexiethetrumpeter.com">Lexie Signor</a></li><li><a title="Hyde Away Coffee 10% Off Use Code: ROGUE10" rel="nofollow" href="https://hydeawaycoffee.com">Hyde Away Coffee 10% Off Use Code: ROGUE10</a></li><li><a title="Enshittification" rel="nofollow" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enshittification">Enshittification</a></li><li><a title="Lexie&#39;s Tedx Talk" rel="nofollow" href="https://youtu.be/A_pifsSJyvw">Lexie's Tedx Talk</a></li></ul>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p>This is the villain origin story of founder Dr. Lexie Signor sharing with us the harrowing tales of how many times she did all the right things and then got screwed over by a system built to benefit folks who do not identify as &quot;others.&quot; If you&#39;re frustrated about not being able to progress down a traditional path with your career, this may shed some light as to why and furthermore HOW to leave the system behind and forge a successful path for yourself outside of the norm. Enjoy! ...and Go Rogue! </p><p>Links:</p><ul><li><a title=" The Rogue Academic" rel="nofollow" href="https://therogueacademic.com"> The Rogue Academic</a></li><li><a title="Lexie Signor" rel="nofollow" href="https://lexiethetrumpeter.com">Lexie Signor</a></li><li><a title="Hyde Away Coffee 10% Off Use Code: ROGUE10" rel="nofollow" href="https://hydeawaycoffee.com">Hyde Away Coffee 10% Off Use Code: ROGUE10</a></li><li><a title="Enshittification" rel="nofollow" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enshittification">Enshittification</a></li><li><a title="Lexie&#39;s Tedx Talk" rel="nofollow" href="https://youtu.be/A_pifsSJyvw">Lexie's Tedx Talk</a></li></ul>]]>
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