Couchsurfing.com (among others) make this happen really easily. I'd be hosting people constantly but sadly my roommates don't approve.
you are the media you consume.
this help x and workaway thing is amazing too. 27 people through here since february!
these 'agencies' are really using the net for what it's great for... ~"When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate." Karl Jung~