5.25 Pukelids Taxivomitry

Episode Summary

Pukelid’s Taxi Vomitry was a high-school and college runner who moved to China to teach mathematics. After COVID temporarily sent him back to the United States, another Beijing running group mentioned where “all the good runners” went. He arrived knowing nothing about beer or trail marks, quickly learned the checks, attended twenty-five weeks in a row, and became central to the local kennel.

His elaborate name combines Euclidean geometry with repeated tequila-fueled vomiting in taxis, though friends shorten it to Pukelid. The main subject is his self-published novel “Simply Hash,” developed from an earlier television script and shaped by Beijing, lockdown, and the structure hashing gave his life. He discusses fictionalizing real experiences, editing, publishing costs, AI, China’s changing environment, and the risks and rewards of presenting hash culture to a wider readership.