#6 - Roland Merullo
In the waning years of the Soviet Union, the U.S. Information Agency (USIA) mounted massive exhibitions about American culture throughout the USSR--with everything from fully equipped American kitchens to a car display featur...
#5 - Betsy Small
Betsy Small grew up aware of both her privileged place in the world and her family's rapid rise from poverty and persecution. Both left a mark, resulting in decades of empathy and action--at home and in some of the most vulne...
SP/FS Bonus: The Art of Diplomacy
In this short companion piece to Ambassador Pamela White's regular SP/FS episode, she discusses the art of diplomacy, using her time with The Gambia's fascinating but deeply flawed former President Yahya Jammeh. Pamela White ...
#4 - Ambassador Pamela White
Pamela White has given more than four decades of her life, serving the United States all over the world. As a Peace Corps volunteer, with USAID, and eventually as the U.S. Ambassador to The Gambia and Haiti, she has--and cont...
#3 - Glenn Blumhorst
Glenn Blumhorst is a global citizen who has lived, worked, and travelled in more than 70 countries. Starting as a Peace Corps volunteer in a tiny Guatemalan village, he would grow into a local legend: "Don Glenn de las Luces"...
#2 - Elizabeth Gore
Elizabeth Gore, founder of the hugely successful fintech company Hello Alice, has spent her life breaking down barriers and helping others to help themselves. Whether college classmates seeking independence, Bolivian women fa...
About the Host
Christopher Wurst
Christopher Wurst served more than two decades as a U.S. Diplomat, primarily as a Cultural and Press Attaché, in seven countries across four continents--including Ireland, Italy, Slovenia, Zambia, India, Pakistan, and Guatemala. As Senior Advisor for Innovation in the U.S. State Department's Bureau for Educational and Cultural Affairs, he produced and hosted the award-winning podcast '22.33,' featuring first-person narrative stories from international exchange program participants. Before joining the Foreign Service, he taught high school history and English in Minneapolis and South Africa. He was a guest writer for the TV comedy show 'Mystery Science Theater 3000,' where he also made his national television debut as a Moleman from outer space. As a photographer, he has had exhibitions in four countries. He currently splits his time between the United States and Slovenia, where his wife, Kjara, is a choreographer. Rex, their beagle-Aussie mix and Good Trouble rally veteran, has chased sticks in 10 different countries.