Episodes 15
Avg. Duration 4m
Activity Sporadic
Since Sep 2025
Latest Episode Feb 2026

Publishing Details

Schedule
Weekly
Format
Episodic
Consistency
42%
Hosting
anchor.fm

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About This Podcast

Moving abroad can give you a new country—but not a community. 3rd Space Bucharest is a podcast about building real friendships and social belonging hosted by Eric Melchor, a Texas expat living in Bucharest. I share stories, experiments, and lessons learned from creating in-person gatherings, cocktail parties, and third spaces designed to bring people together. This podcast is for people who want more than surface-level connections. 3rd Space party waitlist: https://forms.gle/HQApbV4cHzAKDXUB7 substack: 3rdspacebucharest.substack.com

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Recent Episodes

S1E15 25 Strangers, One Bar, and a Big Experiment in Bucharest

Feb 22, 2026 6m

What happens when 25 people in Bucharest buy tickets to something that isn’t networking… isn’t dating… and isn’t dinner?In this episode, I break down the very first paid 3rd Space Bucharest event —…

S1E14 Why We Need a Third Space (And Why I Built One in Bucharest)

Jan 31, 2026 3m

Most adults have two places in their lives:Home.Work.And that’s the problem.Somewhere along the way, we lost our third place—the space where people gather just to connect, talk, learn, and feel human…

S1E13 From Twitter to Bumble: My Detox from Digital Addiction

Dec 12, 2025 4m

I used to think social media was just “networking” — Twitter, LinkedIn, Bumble — all ways to connect, build opportunities, maybe even meet someone new. And sure, they worked… I booked podcast guests,…

S1E12 You’re Not Qualified? Perfect, Do It Anyway

Dec 11, 2025 3m

Sometimes the stuff you think will make you happy—a fancy watch, a new promotion—ends up collecting dust. But the wild, “you’re not qualified” ideas? Those are the ones that change you. In this…

S1E11 Dinner With Strangers? What's this Timeleft thing?

Nov 27, 2025 4m

What happens when you sign up to have dinner with five total strangers? In this episode, I share my experience with Timeleft, from the great conversations that turned into real friendships… to the…

S1E10 The Secret Weapon That Makes Parties Instantly Better

Nov 14, 2025 3m

Most people think icebreakers are cheesy—and yeah, they usually are. But when they’re done right, they’re the cheat code for turning a stiff room full of strangers into an actual party. In this…

S1E9 Harvard study - Close relationships, matter more than money or fame

Nov 05, 2025 4m

Harvard spent 85 years studying happiness and came to one clear conclusion: relationships keep us healthier, happier, and living longer. In this episode, I talk about how that study changed the way I…

S1E8 Why Most Parties Suck (and How Not to Ruin Yours)

Oct 29, 2025 5m

Most meetups suck. You show up, there’s a long table, no host, no energy, and you end up talking to some guy about sailing when you don’t even know how to swim. That’s why I started running cocktail…

S1E7 How to Make Friends in a Foreign City Without Looking Like a Tourist Loser

Oct 22, 2025 4m

So I went to Lisbon, asked a bunch of strangers on LinkedIn for recommendations, and then invited them all to a cocktail party in my Airbnb. Ten people showed up. No fancy venue, no catering—just…

S1E6 Nobody Cares About Your Cheese Plate - how I get people excited about a party before they walk in

Oct 15, 2025 4m

Most people think a party starts when the first guest walks in. Wrong. It starts a week earlier—with the little stuff you do to get people excited. I’ll share how I used tricks from my podcast days…

S1E5 Tiny Apartment, Huge Vibes: What Actually Matters at a Party

Oct 08, 2025 3m

Everyone stresses over the wrong things when they throw a party—the food, the cocktails, the venue. I don’t. My living room is the size of a shoebox, my “catering” is a bowl of peanuts, and half the…

S1E4 Depressed or Divorced? Just Throw a Damn Party

Oct 01, 2025 4m

Your marriage ends, you’re devastated, you’re lonely… what do you do? Most people crawl under the covers or drown themselves in Netflix. Me? I started throwing cocktail parties. And it worked. What…

S1E3 Separated after 15 years and Suddenly 19 again

Sep 24, 2025 5m

Free nights, no dishes, no bedtime stories—sounds like freedom, right? Wrong. It’s a trap. I got on Bumble, went on a bunch of dates, and realized I wasn’t building a life, I was wasting one.…

S1E2 Every Other Weekend with my kids? Screw That.

Sep 24, 2025 5m

Separation sucks, but you know what sucks more? Only seeing your kids on alternating weekends like you’re some kind of visiting uncle. Screw that. I got an apartment two streets away, and now I’m…

S1E1 Six Figures in Texas… Now I’m Mr. Mom in Romania

Sep 24, 2025 5m

Five years ago, I was living the American Dream: six-figure salary, nice house, two new cars, fancy daycare for the kids. Fast forward to today—I’m in Romania, separated, speaking broken Romanian at…

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3rd Space Bucharest has published 15 episodes since September 2025, covering topics in Relationships, Society & Culture.

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