Episode 16: James Wolanyk – From Boston to Latvia – The Power of Meditation and Authoring 4 Books

I got to sit down with a former colleague who I have appreciated for several years now. James Wolanyk, is a 27-year-old, originally from Boston, Mass, who has done a bit of traveling, living in Taiwan, Poland, and now lives in Riga, Latvia.
Episode 015: Living Abroad – How to Get Started and Make it Happen

I’m going to introduce 5 Key Areas that will guide you on your search for getting up and out of your country in order to fulfil your dreams of living and working in another country. Life is full of surprises and well, that’s what makes it both a little stressful, but so much more exciting!
Episode 014: Marcus Hudson – A Life of Service Leads to a Life of Purpose

From Boring (Oregon) to Bolshevik (ya know, Russia)Marcus grew up in a German-American home with 6 siblings on the west coast of the United States.He went to Brigham Young University and has a degree in linguistics.Between spending time in Germany and America he quickly developed the bug to explore.He spent some time studying Russian in Moscow […]
Episode 013: Get Up and Get Out COVID Style: Podcast, Anxiety and How to Set Yourself Up for Positivity

On this weeks episode, we take a deep look into our current situation and what we can do about it. We discuss some of my top podcasts and how each of them bring great value to my life and hopefully to yours.We discuss Freakonomics Radio, John Tierney, Kevin Kelly, Tim Ferriss, Sam Harris, Tom Bilyeu, […]
Episode 012: Katya and Wilson on Cross-Cultural Relationships, Marriage and Living Separately

Welcome to Episode 12: Katya and Wilson On the show today, we have a lovely couple that I’d like to introduce to you. Wilson was born in Hong Kong, moved to the US at 15, graduated from the University of Kansas and moved to Australia. He continued his studies and got into flying through a really […]
Episode 011: Katya and Matt – From Russia to the United States – Dubai – Moscow and back to the US

Today on the show we have a lovely couple that will share their story. Kate a 32 year old Russian came to the United States on a work and travel visa, met a boy, boy liked girl, girl sort of liked boy, one thing led to another and now they’ve been together for 12 years […]
Episode 010: Erik Olsen

Today on the show we have a fellow New-Yorker, Erik Olsen, a font of knowledge, he’s a PhD Candidate and lecturer at the University of Amsterdam in the Dept of American Studies. He taught a course “The American Dream”, inviting guest lecturers to give students an insight to the truth, the lies and everything in-between. […]
Episode 009: Stefan Boster

Today on The Get Up & Get Out Podcast we have Stefan Boster. He is a retired Respiratory Specialist from America (originally from Brooklyn). Stefan spends his time now between Bankok, Thailand and Ekaterinburg, Russia. Stefan shares his many stories with us, each one of them with a lesson to be learned.If you take away […]
Episode 008: Adrian Lopez

Today we are talking with Adrian Lopez from Mexico City. Adrian is a married, UI/UX designer, living in Munich, Germany with his wife, Sasha and their son. We get into his early life, working for Felipe Calderon, the president of Mexico, developing an ad agency with some friends, discovering his desire to live in Europe, […]
Episode 007: Matt Shannon

Today on the show we have a 6-year expat veteran, Matt Shannon. Matt Shannon is a 31-year-old from ME. He studied finance at the University of Maine and received a degree in 2011. In addition, he studied law in Russia and the UK. Over the years in Russia, he has worked at Mail.ru, Hannes Snellman, […]