‘No man is an island,’ goes the old saying. But a (wo)man can be stranded on an island and hence effectively BE an island. Or something. Anyway, this week Patrick and Andy look at the rare phenomenon of the hermit.

What makes a person cut themselves off from society? Is it intrinsically a symptom of mental illness? Or something else?

If you have listened to Consume Us before then you know we don’t really have a conclusion, but it’s a fun and scary ride, so listen along.

And props to the Stan and Dan band who wrote a song on the subject of Christopher Knight, the Backpack Burglar AKA North Pond Hermit.