Linq find differences in two lists

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I have two list of members like this:

Before: Peter, Ken, Julia, Tom

After: Peter, Robert, Julia, Tom

As you can see, Ken is is out and Robert is in.

What I want is to detect the changes. I want a list of what has changed in both lists. How can linq help me?

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