#39 Survival (Part 2)

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Comedy, History, Education

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🗓️ 29 April 2024

⏱️ 36 minutes

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This is Part 2! For Part 1, check the feed from yesterday! In this episode we’ll be taking a look at incredible stories of survival through history; from the men of the American Civil War who had their lives saved via a Bible in their pocket, Alexander Selkirk - the man whose story inspired Robinson Crusoe, Violet Jessop - who survived three infamous ships of the White Star Line and the bonus bit for the OWAT: Full Timers this week is ‘the miracle of the Andes’ ie. the story of the Uruguayan rugby team who survived a plane crash in the Andes and were forced into cannibalism to overcome starvation (among many, many other hardships). Elsewhere, this week we’re discussing ‘Custardo’ and whether this is a realistic alternative for Tom given his love of drinking neat custard. We also discuss whether it’s appropriate to bring the embalmed bones of Jeremy Bentham on tour with us. If you’ve got anything to add on anything here, you know what to do: [email protected] If you're impatient and want both parts in one lovely go next time plus a whole lot more(!), why not treat yourself and become an Oh What A Time: FULL TIMER? In exchange for your £4.99 per month to support the show, you'll get: - two bonus episodes every month! - ad-free listening - episodes a week ahead of everyone else - And first dibs on any live show tickets Subscriptions are available via AnotherSlice, Apple and Spotify. For all the links head to: ohwhatatime.com You can also follow us on: X (formerly Twitter) at @ohwhatatimepod And Instagram at @ohwhatatimepod Aaannnd if you like it, why not drop us a review in your podcast app of choice? Thank you to Dan Evans for the artwork (idrawforfood.co.uk). Chris, Elis and Tom x Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to part two this week it's survival on with the show Okay, I am going to talk to you lovely
0:14.0	somebody's laughs and with us wrong.
0:18.0	Okay, I am going to talk to you lovely boys today about a man some believe is the real
0:27.4	Robinson Crusoe okay this is a man incredible story to survive on this a man by
0:32.2	the name of Alexander Selkirk who from 1704 survived four years and four months living on an island alone in the South Pacific.
0:43.0	So before we start, let's just ask a simple question.
0:45.9	How do you think you would do, honestly, on a desert island?
0:50.0	Awful.
0:51.0	What skills do you have and how long are you surviving? I want you to be honest about this. What's the honest?
0:55.1	The thing I think about being stranded at Desert Ireland is, if you didn't survive that first month, you'll probably be all right. But that's a...
1:02.0	Yeah, that's a good point. I's a good point I don't know I don't know I don't
1:05.4	know how I mean you need to get a fire going I would struggle with that's a good
1:09.3	that's a good point says Ellen no you know Chris has nothing to back that up with whatsoever.
1:14.0	That's a really good point though.
1:15.0	I mean, if you can find a sort of water source and something to eat, then it...
1:22.0	Like a vending machine. Yeah, I mean's... Like a vending machine.
1:23.0	Yeah, I mean, I, because what I'm saying is I would be dead on day two.
1:27.9	And so if I can somehow survive those first few weeks, then that changes things, isn't't it I mean the loneliness would be insane yes
1:36.4	absolutely I read a lot of books about the Lebanon hostage crisis I read Terry Waite's book
1:44.9	Terry Waite was in solitary confinement for four and a half years
1:50.1	Yeah telling himself his own life story because he had no one to talk to.
1:54.6	I often think about Albert Spear who was the kind of chief architect of the Nazis.
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