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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

This is the first episode of Small Town Expats, welcome! Here’s what you’ll be getting into: The Who: an introduction to your host, Daniel Golliher, and your co-host, Andrew Lewis. The Why: an explanation of why we’re making this podcast The What: what we’re going to talk about, who we’re going to interview, and more. The Other […]