#802: Craig Mod — The Real Japan, Cheap Apartments in Tokyo, Productive Side Quests, Creative Retreats, Buying Future Freedom, and Being Possessed by Spirits

Hello, boys and girls, ladies and germs. This is Tim Ferris. Welcome to another episode of the Tim Ferris Show where I explore the strange, the edge, the practical. The nuance, the tactical. And my guest today is a dear friend. I've wanted to have him on the podcast for a very long time, Craig Maud. Craig mod M O D. He is a writer, photographer, and walker. We'll talk about that a lot. Living in Tokyo and Kamakura, Japan, he is the author of Things Become Other Things and Kissa by Kissa.

K I S A. Don't worry about it. We'll get to it. He also writes the newsletters Roden and Ridgeline and has contributed to the New York Times, The Atlantic, Wired, and more. He has walked thousands of miles across Japan in every conceivable place, and since 2016 he has been co running Walk and talks with Kevin Kelly. interesting man in the world. In various places around the world, the Cotswolds Northern Thailand.

Bali. Southern China. Japan. Spain, which includes the Portuguese and French Caminos, and much more. Today's episode is wide ranging. And I had so much fun with this. We ended up discussing Craig's early life, his path to Japan, his struggles with self worth and alcoholism, and how he overcame both of them, creative development.

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