With Harley Rustad, discussing his fascinating new true crime/travelogue Lost In The Valley Of Death. We covered: "India Syndrome"; the paradoxes of authenticity on social media; the intrepid 1800s explorer Richard Burton; and the potentially deadly perils of mythologizing your own life on Instagram. This book really got to me, and I spend a bit of time at the opening of the show trying to figure out why.

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