S01.E06 Aapeli - From couch surfer to host to building the best couch surfing community with couchers.org

from Footloose · host Tim Bull

Aapeli moved from Finland to Australia, abandoned childhood dreams of a career as a button accordion player, couch surfed the world then started building couchers.org all while pursuing his PhD in Mathematics. It's a wide reaching discussion on the joys of travelling the world, the generosity of others and the challenges of building a world wide platform while coordinating 90+ volunteers during a pandemic.

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