I'm a practitioner of conversation, empathy, community, and neighborhood observations.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

Why travel for a lot of money and meet few people when you can travel for little money and meet a lot of people?

Interests

I will talk to you about anything for two hours, and then send you an article on it.

• traveling
• geography
• history
• public policy

Music, Movies, and Books

The Hamilton soundtrack, The Lives of Others, and Dune (by Frank Herbert), respectively (honorable mention to the Wire for the unmentioned category of favorite TV show).

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

Drawn a map of the world in three minutes (no peeking at phones allowed!) (I also carved it on a pumpkin, but that took a lot more than three minutes).

Also, goatherded in China (see picture).

Teach, Learn, Share

History, geography, localism and local lore, counterintuitive public policy, improvisational comedy.

What I Can Share with Hosts

Humor, information, considerateness.

Countries I’ve Visited

Cambodia, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Germany, India, Indonesia, Japan, Lebanon, Mexico, Mongolia, Nepal, Norway, Poland, Russian Federation, Thailand, Turkey, United Kingdom, Viet Nam

Countries I’ve Lived In

India, United States