Listen to the first episode of The Detour Year, our weekly podcast exploring less-traditional post-college experiences.

Young adulthood for many Americans has had a pretty standard formula for many generations: Graduate high school, go to college, get job. Wash, rinse, repeat if necessary.

Debby Newell juggled teaching abroad with planning her wedding.

But some of today’s college graduates aren’t ready to trade the independence of campus life for the ball and chain of the ‘9-5’ just yet. So we bring you The Detour Year, our weekly podcast exploring the less traditional post-college experiences and the young people who seek them out. We hope you’ll share yours with us, too.

Our first episode features Debby Newell, a 23-year-old who received a Fulbright grant to teach in Germany.

EPISODE RECORDED BY KATE SHELLNUTT

HOSTED BY LIZZ KANNENBERG

EDITED BY MELINA KOLB

 

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