Small Town Expats

This is the season 1–and podcast–finale of Small Town Expats. We would like to thank you for listening, and we hope to still hear from you in the future at contact@smalltownexpats.com. –Daniel & Andrew The post STE – Finale! appeared first on Small Town Expats.

In this episode Daniel and Andrew talk with Carol Maldonado from Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business; she’s a career coach at the Undergraduate Career Services Office. As a coach, she helps Kelley undergraduate students with resumes, job and internship searches, career exploration, and career fair and interview preparation. Some of the things we talk […] The post STE 011 – Career Advising with Carol Maldonado appeared first on Small Town Expats.

In this episode Andrew interviews Daniel Golliher about going from a small town to Harvard, and then they discuss his path from there after graduating in 2014. What was it like to be admitted to Harvard, and why do you think you were admitted (every decision is different)? What was it like to graduate without […] The post STE 010 – Harvard and Beyond with Daniel Golliher appeared first on Small Town Expats.

In this episode we talk with Hannah Jones about her move to Indianapolis, and how her transition from a small town was apparent in the adjustments she made to her new culture and workplace. Hannah possesses an undergraduate and graduate degree from Indiana University, and currently works in downtown Indianapolis in graphic design. We discuss […] The post STE 009 – Indianapolis and Graphic Design with Hannah Jones appeared first on Small Town Expats.

In this episode, Daniel talks with Andrew about his journey from a small town in Indiana to Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business–and later to Cincinnati–and what he recommends for others who would follow his path. Andrew’s educational and vocational background. How did coming from a small town influence Andrew’s experience of business school, especially compared […] The post STE 008 – From Small Town to Business School & Cincinnati with Andrew Lewis appeared first on Small Town Expats.

In this episode, Small Town Expats welcomes its first guest, Emily Amick. Daniel talks with Emily about her journey from a small town in Indiana to New York City, and how she navigated various vocational and cultural hurdles to become a makeup artist there. To learn more about Emily and her work, visit her website or […] The post STE 007 – From Small Town to New York City with Emily Amick appeared first on Small Town Expats.

In this episode we discuss some of the ins and outs of finding an apartment in different kinds of cities. Daniel and Andrew have collectively been apartment hunting in Bloomington, IN; Cincinnati, OH; Boston and Cambridge, MA; and a few others. Start by doing research. Google it (you should find things like this). Ask people […] The post STE 006 – Finding an Apartment in the City appeared first on Small Town Expats.

In this episode we discuss the benefits of living with other people, even though our cultural standard for success is living alone (at least until you get married). Our cultural view of having roommates as an adult Roommate horror stories The benefits of having roommates Safety (perceived and actual) Distributed fixed costs Social More efficient […] The post STE 005 – On Roommates appeared first on Small Town Expats.

In this episode we discuss the way that we thought about cities as we grew up in small town America, how we view them now, and how we constantly have to remind ourselves to be careful when we make conclusions about areas where we don’t live. What we learned from analyzing how we used to […] The post STE 004 – How Our Perspectives Changed appeared first on Small Town Expats.

In this episode, we explore experiences that we had growing up that, while we didn’t realize it at the time, indicated that we would probably be moving to the city later in our lives. These experiences were most often facilitated by our heavy involvement with two seemingly-opposite student organizations in high school: Business Professionals of […] The post STE 003 – Cosmopolitan Foreshadowing with BPA and FFA appeared first on Small Town Expats.