Michael Finkel - Writing About the Last True Hermit and Other Adventurous Stories

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🗓️ 20 June 2018

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Michael Finkel is the author of the New York Times bestseller, The Stranger in the Woods: The Extraordinary Story of the Last True Hermit, which chronicles a highly intelligent man that lived alone in the woods of Maine for 27 years without lighting a single fire, or talking to a single soul. An outdoors lover himself, who splits time between Montana and Southern France, Michael has a penchant for stories about those who live on the edges of society, and people who live with less.

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0:00.0	This episode features author Michael Finkel.
0:05.2	Welcome to Wild Ideas Worth Living,
0:07.3	an adventure podcast presented by REI Co-op,
0:10.4	the brand who helps get you outside
0:12.3	through gear, classes, and adventures.
0:15.0	We talk to experts who have taken a wild idea and made it a reality so you can too.
0:20.0	From people who have climbed the tallest peaks, started thriving businesses, and even broken records,
0:25.2	some of the wildest ideas can lead to the most rewarding adventures.
0:29.4	I'm your host, Shelby Stanger, and I hope you enjoy this show.
0:33.0	Have you ever wanted to be alone in the woods?
0:39.0	Have you ever wanted to be alone in the woods?
0:41.0	What about being alone for 27 years? Why would someone do this? How would
0:47.5	they do it? Especially without lighting a fire or talking to a single soul in Maine where it's well below freezing in winter.
0:54.4	Well Michael Fingle is a curious and accomplished journalist with a penchant for
0:58.3	stories about people who do something like this or people who lie on the fringe and live with less.
1:04.0	Michael was a New York Times journalist. He was fired for doing a story about
1:08.7	allegations of slavery on the cocoa plantations of West Africa where he combined quotes of several shy boys
1:14.6	which isn't allowed in journalism. I tell you this because no one is perfect
1:19.2	Michael's totally open about this and the day he was fired something wild happened. He learned a man on the
1:25.9	FBI's 10 most wanted fugitive list, a man who was accused of horrific murders had just
1:31.4	been arrested in Mexico and that murderer had been telling people his name was
1:36.6	Michael Finkel and that he was a writer for the New York Times.
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