Episode · No Stupid Questions · 2024-07-21
Books mentioned on 204. What Happens When You’re Cut Off From All Human Contact?
How is the brain affected by solitary confinement? How would you deal with being stranded on a deserted island?
Mike Miltimore discussed This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger. Angela Duckworth discussed Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe and Wild by Cheryl Strayed.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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This Tender Land
This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger is a historical fiction novel set during the Great Depression that follows a group of orphans escaping a harrowing Native American boarding school.
Discussed“I was just reading a book called this tender land about Native American schools and there's one child in it who is constantly sent to solitary confinement this room and there is a rat there in the room that becomes like his buddy”
Where to get it
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Robinson Crusoe
Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe is a classic adventure novel about a castaway who spends decades on a remote tropical island facing isolation and survival challenges.
Discussed“Robinson cruso is a book written about a man who Shipwrecked and his experience in this shipwreck this sounds like the kind of book I would not want to read I would be like at the library and I'd be like nope I want to read the book about horses”
Where to get it
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Wild
Cheryl Strayed’s bestselling memoir, Wild, chronicles her grueling 1,100-mile solo hike along the Pacific Crest Trail as a journey of emotional healing and personal transformation following profound personal loss.
Discussed“did you ever read that book by Cheryl sted what is it even called she like goes on the Appalachian Trail is it wild that's right”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (3) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“First of all, I actually think we would both have a decent chance because I think that you have enormous grit. And I'm not just trying to go off your book.”
“Robinson Crusoe is a book written about a man who shipwrecked and his experience in this shipwreck.”
“Also, Cheryl Strayed's book, Wild, is about the author's experience hiking the Pacific Crest Trail, not the Appalachian Trail.”