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“I kind of grew up on the internet, with a lot of friends in different
places all over the world. I don’t see a distinction between internet
friendships and ‘real’ friendships. So when I moved, most of my friendships
didn’t change at all, because they were already based on internet
communication or on phone calls.”
You’re moving to a new city! It’s an exciting chance to start fresh, maybe re-invent yourself a bit with a whole new social circle. But are you going to
lose the friends you made in the last place you lived? And how will you start
meeting new people? Eva always brings her violin with her; she says
“orchestras always need violins”, so she can usually find one to join just
about anywhere. Daniel doubled up on re-inventing himself the last time he
moved—he became “Dan” and “Professor Price”, with two very different
corresponding wardrobes. We talk about how landing in an academic department
makes moving easier, as does growing up and becoming more confident; how
people used the internet to meet each other before social media was invented
(blogs! Meetup groups!); and how one or two dedicated extroverts can hold a
group of friends together even when they scatter geographically.
Guests.
Eva Amsen is a former biochemist
who now works as a science writer and communicator.
She has lived in Amsterdam, Quebec City, Toronto, Cambridge (England), and now
London, where she plays in orchestras, browses bookstores and wanders the
city.
Daniel Price is a preacher’s kid
and former zoo-keeper from New Brunswick who is completing a PhD in medieval
religion at the University of Toronto, where he studies the weird and violent
world of Merovingian saints. He has held positions as a lecturer in history at
the University of Saskatchewan and a volunteer god of chaos in a large online
text MUD, and he spends his free time helping to develop equity and
accessibility policy for his union local. He lives with his delightful partner
and a handsome cockatiel who never stops whistling.
Show Notes.
“Making a New City Your
Home.” New York Times article citing Melody Warnick, author of This is
Where You Belong: Finding Home Wherever You
Are.
The blog of Brett Lamb, featuring the last of his famous photo
stories.
The London Euphonia Orchestra, Eva’s current orchestra, performs Georges
Bizet “Les Toréadors” from Carmen Suite No.
1.
The Doctor Who Fan Orchestra performs “Donna’s
Suite”.
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By Nadia Halim“I kind of grew up on the internet, with a lot of friends in different
places all over the world. I don’t see a distinction between internet
friendships and ‘real’ friendships. So when I moved, most of my friendships
didn’t change at all, because they were already based on internet
communication or on phone calls.”
You’re moving to a new city! It’s an exciting chance to start fresh, maybe re-invent yourself a bit with a whole new social circle. But are you going to
lose the friends you made in the last place you lived? And how will you start
meeting new people? Eva always brings her violin with her; she says
“orchestras always need violins”, so she can usually find one to join just
about anywhere. Daniel doubled up on re-inventing himself the last time he
moved—he became “Dan” and “Professor Price”, with two very different
corresponding wardrobes. We talk about how landing in an academic department
makes moving easier, as does growing up and becoming more confident; how
people used the internet to meet each other before social media was invented
(blogs! Meetup groups!); and how one or two dedicated extroverts can hold a
group of friends together even when they scatter geographically.
Guests.
Eva Amsen is a former biochemist
who now works as a science writer and communicator.
She has lived in Amsterdam, Quebec City, Toronto, Cambridge (England), and now
London, where she plays in orchestras, browses bookstores and wanders the
city.
Daniel Price is a preacher’s kid
and former zoo-keeper from New Brunswick who is completing a PhD in medieval
religion at the University of Toronto, where he studies the weird and violent
world of Merovingian saints. He has held positions as a lecturer in history at
the University of Saskatchewan and a volunteer god of chaos in a large online
text MUD, and he spends his free time helping to develop equity and
accessibility policy for his union local. He lives with his delightful partner
and a handsome cockatiel who never stops whistling.
Show Notes.
“Making a New City Your
Home.” New York Times article citing Melody Warnick, author of This is
Where You Belong: Finding Home Wherever You
Are.
The blog of Brett Lamb, featuring the last of his famous photo
stories.
The London Euphonia Orchestra, Eva’s current orchestra, performs Georges
Bizet “Les Toréadors” from Carmen Suite No.
1.
The Doctor Who Fan Orchestra performs “Donna’s
Suite”.
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