• How was it to be an exchange student before and after the fall of the Berlin Wall?
• How was it to come to Moscow during the transition of the USSR to a market economy?
• How was it to meet Gorbachov in person at Stanford and witness the dissolution of the Soviet Union?

Denys, the co-host of this show, spoke with Jeff Gospe* about these and many other stories to feed your curiosity and listen to four decades of exchanges and wisdom. There was so much information that the ExchangeMe team decided to split it into two episodes, the second fitting into a Global Response series.

What's inside this episode:

1:00 – meet Jeff!

5:30 – why taking tourism tours in 2-3 different languages;

09:30 – on national stereotypes before going to another country;

12:00 –  the US/USSR: on political systems comparison;

17:45 – Hoover Institute, meeting Gorbachov in Stanford and being interviewed by Ernst & Young (EY); going to Moscow eventually;

36:20 – youth exchange is even better education than Stanford because... 

*Jeff holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from Stanford University. Since November 2005, he has been working as a financial advisor at Morgan Stanley. He is also an active member of the Rotary Club of Santa Rosa, California, and a person with vast experience in exchange programs, including the Rotary Youth Exchange (RYE).

Denys Andrushchenko is a FLEX 🇺🇸 alumnus, Future Leaders Connect 🇬🇧 member, EaP 🇪🇺 Civic Digital Fellow, past-president of the Rotary Club Cherkasy-Centre 🕊, and co-founder of the SUN Leaders Program 🇺🇦.

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