The American Exchange Project

In a country where political division is being exacerbated by urban-rural divides, how can we increase mutual understanding? David McCullough thinks he has the answer in the American Exchange Project, which sends American high school seniors to different parts of the country the summer right after they graduate. Andrew sits down with David to talk about the project, progress that's been made, and the impact it's had so far. If the American Exchange trip becomes a new civic rite of passage, could we start to bridge the divide in the US?
00:00 - Intro
04:35 - The Importance of Experiential Learning
09:11 - Starting and Growing AEP
15:28 - Finding Things In Common
18:44 - How to Join the Exchange
23:44 - How It Works
27:04 - How to Get Involved
30:47 - New Friendships and Connections
36:02 - Long Term Goals of AEP
38:46 - The Positive Effects Nationwide
44:35 - AEP’s Long Term Goals
47:31 - A Civic Right of Passage
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  • @JeffCaplan313
    @JeffCaplan3133 ай бұрын

    It's because of ideas like this that I was a big supporter of Mr. Yang back in 2019/2020. 👍 I always imagined that if rural Americans swapped places with urban Americans for a couple years at age 18 for mandatory service, we'd accelerate the pace of change in this country even further. I think this has the potential to be an enormous government program. Take that as you will. In any case, I'll be tuning in.

  • @vondoromal7016

    @vondoromal7016

    3 ай бұрын

    Right on!!!

  • @NewToneProducer
    @NewToneProducer3 ай бұрын

    Amazing that not only David came. To the same idea independent of you, but ACTUALLY DID IT! Amazing story. Thank you David, and here's to hoping more and more catch on.

  • @lordcrunk4790
    @lordcrunk47903 ай бұрын

    Never stop forming networks of Worker Owned Cooperatives.

  • @makaracomeau160
    @makaracomeau1603 ай бұрын

    What a magical idea...love the success you've hàd & wish you continued success for the rise in 💖💖💖🌎 consciousness for all!!!

  • @vondoromal7016

    @vondoromal7016

    3 ай бұрын

    Yes, a magical idea from a magical Asian man who wanted to give everyone a thousand dollars a month. 😊 This was a running joke from the Andrew Yang presidential campaign. I hope I did not offend! Yang

  • @Matt-nv8je
    @Matt-nv8je3 ай бұрын

    This is true! Most Americans never leave their own State. I'm from NJ and also had family in NC so I exprience difference between the two states at an early age. Then I joined the Army and I was all over the country and world. I can get up and move to another State with ease!

  • @TheVigilante2000

    @TheVigilante2000

    3 ай бұрын

    Acceding to OnePoll, -- Eleven percent of survey respondents (all US residents) have never traveled outside of the state where they were born. Soooo not most.

  • @Matt-nv8je

    @Matt-nv8je

    3 ай бұрын

    @@TheVigilante2000 Really is Regional. A lot of people live on the borders of two States. But it really the same region of the country. Like NJ/NY. So technically they have travel to a different State. But did they leave the regional Metro area? No.

  • @joshuasprinkles3490

    @joshuasprinkles3490

    Ай бұрын

    @@Matt-nv8je but that’s not what you said.

  • @HagothVoyage
    @HagothVoyage3 ай бұрын

    Thanks for another great one.

  • @lisalachance9854
    @lisalachance98543 ай бұрын

    Pretty fabulous program

  • @vondoromal7016
    @vondoromal70163 ай бұрын

    I think its a great idea to have a military guy be thr COO. The military has this thing called "Force Integration" where people from all over the nation are blended together to accompish the mission. The mission is to integrate the nation. This is a noble mission! This is a legacy building mission!

  • @lilmish1
    @lilmish13 ай бұрын

    Any chance you can get Biden to promote this program

  • @lordd007
    @lordd0073 ай бұрын

    Still wished we had yang as president❤

  • @vondoromal7016
    @vondoromal70163 ай бұрын

    We can make social entrepreneurship on all of Andrew Yang's presidential campiagn policies. Next stop is abolishing the penny!😊

  • @beginnersguide4556
    @beginnersguide45563 ай бұрын

    For some reason my 3 grader asked ( Who is Michael Jackson? ) I showed her a few video's but when i got to ( BLACK or WHIGHT. ) She grabbed my arm at the - American Indian Scene - and said, Mom we have to get out of here! They have Guns!!!

  • @joshuasprinkles3490

    @joshuasprinkles3490

    Ай бұрын

    Never happened

  • @joshuasprinkles3490
    @joshuasprinkles3490Ай бұрын

    I mean I think it’s a great idea but it feels like the founder does the opposite I’ve watched several of his interviews and he exclusively interviews and takes donations from ultra liberals like Yang and PBS. I find it unlikely this program doesn’t project its liberal ideals on the students. Hope I’m wrong. I’ve been to 49 states and I encourage others to experience our country. I’ve noticed one thing in my travels. The people who love our country have seen and traveled our country.

  • @tonyfarhner9714
    @tonyfarhner97143 ай бұрын

    It's called a vacation.

  • @tristanmoller9498

    @tristanmoller9498

    2 ай бұрын

    The difference lies in integrating into another part of society. It totally changes your perspective. I moved around a lot as a teenager and one of the nice side-effects was that I was never preoccupied with being popular at school. I just did my thing and had the friends, that liked what I did and that I liked. If you have friends in many other places, it drastically decreases the importance of how popular you are at any one given place. That is very freeing and allows you to focus on things you truly want. Perspective changes like these don’t happen through vacations. Another one (when I visited a friend’s family in Texas and talked a lot about their belief systems with them) was that people, who have fundamentally different beliefs are not necessarily malevolent. They’re good people just like you and I. Experiencing this makes you very resilient against and skeptical towards the constant bashing of the other political side that is so common in the media. Too often those on the other side are considered the villains. Whereas, when you spend enough time talking to them, you realize, they are rarely motivated out of hate and want the best for the country. They are not all ignorant, they just have a different idea of what “best for the country“ looks like. This rarely happens on vacations. It’s the result of many comparatively deep conversations that you only have, if you actually integrate into the society in that other place.

  • @tristanmoller9498

    @tristanmoller9498

    2 ай бұрын

    I just learned that it’s only one week and not even 3 months. Nevermind about what I said.