This week, Shan answers your prayers and brings on the one and only Momma Cals. Trying out her interview skills on Debbie is tough, as she's ready with an embarrassing moment, but the pair manage to talk about living so far apart, potential Ireland visit activities and more. 

 

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Shannon is joined this week by her friend Peter, as they talk all things tourism and travel. It's a long, juicy conversation with some hot takes on tourism and some food for thought.

 

Find Peter on Insta @peterinbarcelona - seriously, follow him, he's amazing

 

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In this episode, Shan is dishing out some advice for back to school! Sharing some things she's learned since moving to Ireland (4 years this week!), she hopes to set any newcomers up for success as they embark on this new adventure. 

 

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In this ep, Shan talks about her personal student loan debt journey. An unglamorous aspect of moving abroad, affording education involved taking out federal student loans, which she discusses in this episode along with a background of how the debt crisis is impacting Americans and what can be done. 

Sources:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/zackfriedman/2022/08/22/biden-could-announce-10000-of-student-loan-forgiveness-wednesday/?sh=58d60cda6097

 

https://www.brookings.edu/policy2020/votervital/who-owes-all-that-student-debt-and-whod-benefit-if-it-were-forgiven/

 

https://www.forbes.com/advisor/student-loans/average-student-loan-statistics/

 

https://educationdata.org/student-loan-debt-statistics

 

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/05/06/this-is-how-student-loan-debt-became-a-1point7-trillion-crisis.html

 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2022/05/22/student-loan-borrowers/

 

https://www.theguardian.com/money/2022/may/26/us-student-loan-debt-forgiveness-cost

 

To get involved:

https://studentdebtcrisis.org/

 

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In this quick chat, Shan shares tips and tricks for battling homesickness, a normal aspect of living somewhere new. You don't have to be in a new country to know what she's talking about. If this message resonates with you, or you think someone you know would benefit from hearing it, don't forget to share it out!

 

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Returning to the mic, Tim and Naeha join Shannon this week to talk about the past four years in Ireland as they prepare to mark a major milestone in life - graduation. Naeha is heading home, and Tim is giving Ireland one more year, so they reflect on their time in Dublin, favorite memories, and of course, spice bags. 

 

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In a slightly different approach to other episodes, Shannon shares her recent story of visiting the ER after a dog bite. One of the aspects of travel that she hadn't really thought about before, Shannon had a lotttttt of time to think about this experience over the weekend as she waited to get treated for a dog bite.

 

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Shan partners with Diarmuid for this episode of Shan Uses Her Degree. Here, they get into the very, very basics of what the Easter Rising was in Ireland and its significance in history. They also use their degrees (they have the same one) to chat about centenary commemorations and plug their virtual tour.

 

To watch Shannon and Diarmuid get into 1916 more professionally: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Umj-3PV418I

Check out Diarmuid's podcast - Go On Guess - @go_on_guess

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This week, Shan is introducing a new segment where she gives you her favorite places to visit in various locations across the US and Ireland. There was no better place to start than the Sweetest Place on Earth - Hershey, PA. Get a brief (very brief) history of the town as well as an intro to some of its top attractions. 

 

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For the first episode back, Shannon is catching you up on what she's been up to - including heading home for the first time since 2020! In thinking back on what it was like to be home, she reflects on some of the silly things she noticed and experienced after almost 2 years away. 

 

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