This Exonian Life

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It's "This Exonian Life." I'm Nick Song. Each episode, we bring you the stories heard on and around Exeter's campus. We believe that everyone (yes, even you!) has a story to tell. The stories we put out range from interviews with accomplished assembly speakers, to the conversations held in a friend's dorm room in the middle of the night. "This Exonian Life" is unaffiliated with Phillips Exeter Academy and produced by Nick Song, Class of '18.

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PMAC for Short

Jun 02 2018 45 mins

Episode Notes It's a Special Graduation Special!!! As the Class of 2018 (my year) is set to matriculate, so is the Academy's 15th Principal Instructor, Lisa MacFarlane. Before we journeyed towards greener pastures, I sat down with Principal MacFarlane (known as PMAC around campus). We discussed her childhood growing up around the world as a Third Culture Kid, being apart of the fir

You Know How that Nick Go

Dec 01 2017 10 mins

Episode 5 // You Know How that Nick Go This TEL episode is all about yours truly, Nick Song 18. Now I know what you're some of you are thinking: you may say I'm being "self-absorbed," or "ego-tistical," or even just call it "actually kinda sad." And yeah you're probably all right, but I think it's kind of a dope idea. Over the summer, I reached out to some of my friends and asked

Join Wentworth and See the World: Selective Service and Exeter

Dec 01 2017 6 mins

Episode 4 // Join Wentworth and See the World: Selective Service and Exeter This episode is a little bit different than the ones in the past. We're going to be tackling the issue of Selective Service, or registering for the draft. All eligible male citizens of the US are required to register with Selective Service once they turn 18. I along with many of the other Seniors and P.G's

String 3 by Nader Babar

Nov 29 2017 4 mins

String 3 by Nader Babar An original composition written and performed on the guitar by Nader Babar. Let him know what you think! Find out more on the This Exonian Life website.

Ranting in Urdu

Nov 29 2017 64 mins

Episode 3 // Ranting in Urdu On this episode of TEL, we break through the Exeter bubble and turn our gaze to the east. Born in Houston, Nader Babar '18 has lived in Pakistan all his life. He returned to the states a little over a year ago when he started at Exeter in his Junior year. We talk about his experience as both a citizen of the US and Pakistan as well as the societal diffe

'Gesso' with a G

Aug 14 2017 7 mins

Episode 2 // 'Gesso' with a G On this episode we begin our look into Exeter students: the "future leaders of the world!" (whatever that means...) Grace Huang '18 is an award winning artist and fashion designer with her work having been displayed in numerous galleries and shows across the US. I had the pleasure to talk with her in December of last year to talk about growing up in Ho

The Train-Hopping Poets

Jul 22 2017 16 mins

Episode 1 // The Train-Hopping Poets On this first episode of "This Exonian Life," we have brothers Kai and Anders Carlson-Wee. Their documentary film, Riding the Highline, chronicles a freight-hopping trip the two took in 2015 from Minnesota to the Cascade Mountains. They sat down to talk with us in February to talk about their love of in-line skating, how they first began writing