Is the Budget of East High from High School Musical Realistic for a Public School in Albuquerque, NM?

Our heads are in the game, our hearts are in the song, but is our budget in any realm of possibility? In today's episode of Modern Muckraker, Mike Schubert and the team dive into the details of this Disney classic to determine whether or not the Wildcats' school spending could reasonably exist in their New Mexican setting.

Thanks to our experts:

Haley Hastings

Gordon Cox

Jake Masters

Juliana Varner

— Credits — 

• Created, Hosted, and Produced by Mike Schubert

• Written by Gracie Canaan and Mike Schubert

• Editing, Scoring, and Sound Design by  Brandon Grugle 

• Senior Project Management by Fredia Lucas

• Research by Alyssa Esteban

• Theme by Evan Cunningham

• Art by Jessica E. Boyd

• Executive Production by Multitude

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Modern Muckraker is an investigative journalism podcast about pop culture questions no one has dared to ask. With the help of actual, highly-qualified experts, host Mike Schubert will apply excruciatingly thorough research methods and intense scrutiny to get to the bottom of these seemingly unanswerable questions. Season 1 releases new episodes on Mondays from Oct. 11 to Nov. 1 2021. Learn more at https://www.modernmuck.com