Hi there! I'm Paul. I am a writer and podcast host. I have published two books, Raising a Thief and Master, Minion. I also publish a Substack with the same name as this podcast.  Before this gig, I was on Wall Street, most of that time with Bridgewater Associates, an investment firm. Previous to that, I worked as a reporter. My work has been published in The Wall Street Journal, The Boston Globe and aired on National Public Radio. I was educated at Brown University, The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts and The Maurice Thorez School of Foreign Languages in Moscow. I am a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. I live in Connecticut with my wife Marina, a licensed marriage and family therapist. We have two adult children.