Escaping the Soviet Bloc, Sent to the Gulags, Raped in Prisons with Florica Means
5 min readAug 22, 2022
My guest, Florica Means, is the first polymath I’ve had on this show. She was born & raised in Romania. She escaped her home country in 1990, at the age of 36.
Her story is incredible, which, even writing the word incredible, feels like I’ve cheapened the word a long time. I’ve done it justice here though, but I’ve been forced…
