What is up you guys? Welcome to another edition of Controversial Thoughts. I am your

most current Gourim D, Paul Saladino, and one of the fun things about this mini monologue

podcast that I publish on Fridays is that I get to tell stories. I can tell stories

about research that I find interesting, or I can tell stories about my life and my experiences,

which is what I'll be talking about today. Specifically the story of why I am currently

living in Costa Rica. I know many of you have asked this question. I've talked about it

a little bit on live question and answers on Instagram and you're asking what are you

running from the feds? Is there a vegan mob or mafia against you? No, none of those things

I'm not in trouble with the law in the United States. There's no vegan mafia against me.

In fact, I don't think there's even a vegan mafia out there because their bones wouldn't

be very strong and they'd be pretty weak and sarcophemic. They wouldn't be very intimidating

anyway, but I am living in Costa Rica now because this is a place that really grabbed me

when I came here. The story is that I came in February. There was a large storm in Austin,

a big winter storm. I was on my way back from Africa. As many of you know, I spent a couple

of weeks in Tanzania with the HODZ up. Some of the last remaining hunter gatherers in

the planet in Lake Easi. I got to hunt with them. I got to live with them. I got to eat

with them and talk to them. It was amazing. I've done multiple podcasts on my experiences

with the HODZ up if you're interested. But on my way back, I stopped in DC to see my family

and this huge winter storm hit Austin. As a chance will have it, I thought I'm not going

to go back to Austin right now with the midst of a water shortage and electricity issues.

I'm just going to go somewhere warm for a little bit and get in some surfing. I love

being in the ocean. And so I came here to Santa Teresa Costa Rica. This place I'd heard

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