Mike Polt, who previously shared his experience in Serbia, shares a contrasting tale of successful adaptation to new circumstances in...
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Michael Polt shares his perspective on the honored tradition of the State Department dissent channel, and discusses his experience in the...
Brand new to the job, Lizzie Slater arrives at Embassy Dar es Salaam ready to begin work on embassy communications of every kind. Then the...
"Trust and confidence has been placed in our integrity, our prudence and our ability. That's why we have been commissioned."
The Sequoia: A presidential yacht? A floating icon of American and diplomatic history? A loan gone south? Pete schools Laura on the proper...
We're in LA right now promoting a TV script we've written, inspired by many of AmDip's greatest stories including this one from an...
AMLO, or Andrés Manuel López Obrador, President of Mexico, takes the long view, and so does the Mexican populace, in the face of insults...
This one went to work in the Lyndon Johnson White House at the tender age of 25, became Johnson's Appointments Secretary (a role now called...
Communism drives immigration decisions, 1956. Hank Cohen is in love. It's his first tour, and he's in Paris. The Soviets invade Hungary and...
We're refreshing one of our earlier (and best!) episodes from the early days, before anyone had heard of us. But now you have! And so we...
We love music. We love it almost as much as we love listening to our friends tell stories about life overseas. So here's our end-of...
Larry Dinger regales us with tales of tires on fire, pollution, trekking, and one of the most bizarre episodes in monarchy in the world...
