The MeatEater Podcast

Ep. 455: The Wager with David Grann

07.03.2023 - By MeatEaterPlay

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Steve Rinella talks with David Grann, Janis Putelis, and Corinne Schneider.

Topics include: All of David Grann's best selling books; when your books get turned into films; the nautical terms we use in daily life; how history shapes us but we're oblivious about it; infighting at the Audubon society over a name change; a great idea for a new book; the last stitch; the prize of all the oceans; building a ship out of 4,000 oak trees; inspecting fingernails for tar; the natural particles of land; scurvy, the great killer of seamen; why you should bring limes to sea; human bodies acting as concave sails; visiting Wager Island; stranded with nothing but wild celery; the Minnesota Starvation Experiment; forced to proceed to extremities; when the manuscript is so old you have to rest it on a pillow; interpretive vs. fact based; and more. 

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