Lina and I sit down to talk about some of the differences between being quarantined (whether self-imposed or otherwise) in Colombia and the U.S. Colombia is under a government mandated stay-at-home order except for essential goods and services, but in some places it's "optional". We talk about some of the reasons and consequences of both.

Since there is so much misinformation, anxiety and fear out there about this coronavirus situation, we try our best to stay out of any flat declarations about what is or isn't true. But we'll talk you through the situation the way we see it, from high atop our mountain perch in their family's finca near Subachoque, outside Bogota.

This will be the first of several of these "quarantine sessions," since we have the time and technology available to talk to you. Join us, subscribe to the podcast, leave us a comment and check out other Gone Native video, audio and article content we have on milesburke.net and social media @GoneNativeShow.

Today I decided to sit down with you and share a few spoken thoughts on being an American in Colombia. Except that where I'm sitting is the front lawn of a cabin in the mountains of Tabio, Cundinamarca, Colombia, near Bogotá. I'll talk about some of the names we give ourselves and are given by others, feeling like an outsider vs. an insider, and being a stranger in a strange land...

We wanted to give you a quick update about what we have coming up soon on the Gone Native podcast, including interviews, conversations, audio essays and more.

Lina and I sit down to discuss what this series is all about, why I decided to move to Colombia and how I ended up still here almost three years later, and what it was like for her growing up here in the turbulent 1990s and 2000s.