More Honest
Out There
Willow Belden
4.6 • 608 Ratings
🗓️ 31 October 2019
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
When Benjamin Drachman announced that he wanted to keep an audio journal during his thru-hike of the Pacific Crest Trail, his sister Julia saw an opportunity: Why not make it into a podcast?
Benjamin agreed to send her his recordings — all of them.
The resulting podcast is called The Attempt. Each episode, Julia weaves together highlights from Benjamin’s journal, to create a narrative about his journey. It’s a deeply personal account of a long-distance backpacking trip — one that makes you laugh, and cringe, and reflect on your own life choices.
On this episode of Out There, we give you a taste of The Attempt, and we talk with Julia about what it’s like telling such an intimate story about a sibling.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Willow Belden and you're listening to Out There, the podcast that explores big questions through intimate stories outdoors. |
| 0:15.5 | First of all, happy Halloween. Those of you with small children are probably going trick-or-treating. |
| 0:21.8 | But kids are not the only ones who are in for a treat today. |
| 0:25.6 | That's because here and out there, we are doing a giveaway. |
| 0:30.6 | We have lots of free gear to give out. We've got gut-hook trail guides. |
| 0:35.6 | We have insulated food and beverage containers from Think Sport. |
| 0:39.4 | We have natural deodorants from humble brands. |
| 0:42.6 | We have personal hygiene packs from potty packs and more. |
| 0:47.2 | It's super easy to enter the giveaway. |
| 0:49.8 | Just find us on Instagram at Out There Podcast. |
| 0:53.5 | You'll see a post advertising the giveaway. |
| 0:55.8 | All you need to do is like that post, follow us, and tag three friends. |
| 1:01.1 | We'll pick winners when we reach 2,500 followers on Instagram. |
| 1:06.6 | You know, you could enter the giveaway right now. |
| 1:10.4 | Just pause this episode so you don't miss anything and take 15 seconds to do it. |
| 1:15.1 | I promise this is a treat, not a trick. |
| 1:20.1 | Okay, on to business. |
| 1:22.8 | If you've ever kept a journal, you know how personal that process can be. |
| 1:28.8 | I, for one, have written things in my journal that I wouldn't dream of sharing with anyone. But there's a guy named |
| 1:34.2 | Benjamin Drachman, who's currently hiking the Pacific Crest Trail, and he's sharing his entire |
| 1:40.1 | journal with his sister. Not only that, but he's allowing her to make a podcast out of it. |
| 1:46.6 | As in, she takes his journal, picks out the best parts, and then shares them with the entire |
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