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Welcome to the second season of VandyVox! Jacqueline Grogan is the host of Wandering Off, the Vanderbilt University Career Center professional development podcast. Through interviews with Vanderbilt faculty, staff, students, and alumni, Jacqueline explores the many unexpected turns people take along their paths from college to career. Jacqueline has talked to an English major turned photographer, an engineering science major who interned for a US senator, and a Career Center coach about imposter syndrome in the workplace. On this episode of VandyVox, we’re featuring Episode 15 of Wandering Off, an interview with Vanderbilt alumnus Wes Matelich, a philosophy major turned CPA turned cannabis entrepreneur. Jacqueline told me she was “surprised and delighted” by the reaction to this episode, which I believe is Wandering Off’s most-played episode to date. Jacqueline said that other students have recognized her around campus from this episode, and she had a friend send her screenshots of a group text that was discussing the interview. This was satisfying in part because Jacqueline was a bit hesitant about the episode, which discusses an industry that’s currently illegal in the state of Tennessee. But, as you’ll hear, Wes Matelich’s path from college to career is really interesting, and Jacqueline felt it would be encouraging to hear for students unsure about their post-college plans. If you’d like to hear more from Wandering Off, just search your favorite podcast app, or check the show notes for this episode of VandyVox for a link. You’ll also find a link to the Career Center website, if you’re interested in their approach to undergraduate student professional development. Thanks to Career Center coach Grace Foy for providing some background information on Wandering Off, and thanks to Jacqueline Grogan for sharing her work here on VandyVox. Links Wandering Off podcast, https://soundcloud.com/wanderingoff/tracks Vanderbilt University Career Center, https://www.vanderbilt.edu/career/ Jacqueline Grogan on LinkedIn, https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacquelinegrogan/