Leah discusses one of her favorite places in the world, and one of her favorite books in the world. Also included are read-alikes, TV shows, and movies with a similar theme.

Here's everything we talked about in the episode:

Books mentioned:

"A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson. "Wild" by Cheryl Strayed. "Zero Days" by Barbara Egbert. "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer. "The Lost City of Z" by David Grann. "Grandma Gatewood's Walk" by Ben Montgomery. "Roughing It" by Mark Twain. "Travels in Alaska" by John Muir. "Dirty Shirt: a Boundary Waters Memoir" by Jim Landwehr.

TV shows and movies mentioned:

A Walk in the Woods (2015), Director Ken Kwapis

Naked and Afraid, Discovery

Man vs. Wild, Discovery

Running Wild with Bear Grylls, NBC / Nat Geo

The Island, NBC / Channel 4

127 Hours (2010), Director Danny Boyle

Swiss Army Man (2016), Directors Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert

The Indiana Jones franchise, Director Steven Spielberg

- Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

- Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)

- Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)

- Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)

Wild (2014), Director Jean-Marc Vallée

Into the Wild (2007), Director Sean Penn

The Lost City of Z (2016), Director James Gray

'Loon' soundclip provided via https://freesound.org and uploaded by user nicStage. It was recorded here in Wisconsin on Mercer Lake. The clip is provided under a Creative Commons Attribution license.

Check out books, movies, and other materials through the Milwaukee county library system:

countycat.mcfls.org

www.hoopladigital.com

wplc.overdrive.com

oakcreeklibrary.org