Christopher is an endlessly curious thinker and explorer who travels between the worlds of nature, solitude, human thriving, and the forces that created the world in which we live.
— David Yarrow, Photographer
Baron is a researcher, explorer, interviewer and author. At the age of 50, his life took a transformative turn when he faced a series of health challenges and a horseback riding injury.
In the enusing years to recover and regain his health he became a subject matter expert on American healthcare, resiliency, mindset, and the science and philosophy of fitness, longevity, and a life well-lived.
He speaks eloquently and passionately about human thriving and is dedicated to sharing the knowledge he gained from decades of personal experience, thousands of hours of research, and his life living in Blue Zones, where he found vibrant older athletes and a template for longevity and health.
Baron is an advocate for the critical roles that nature, wilderness, and solitude have historically played in our lives, and the necessity for healthy connection in a profoundly disrupted world and lonely world.
He is the founder of Magical Year Retreats and host of Baron's America, More in Common. He lives in Aspen and has two adult children.