Playback: Lost At Sea

The Modern Mann

Matt Hill

Society & Culture, Relationships, Personal Journals

4.8 • 744 Ratings

🗓️ 28 February 2025

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Falling overboard following a fit of food poisoning, Brett Archibald survived 28 hours alone in the Indian Ocean. In this extraordinary interview with Olly, he re-lives his onslaught of hallucinations, his encounter with a shark and how he contemplated certain death... Read more about Brett's amazing story on his website, and in his book, Alone. This episode first aired in October 2017. Now remastered, we have paired this episode with our latest episode, Naked And Exhausted, for reasons known only to our producer. Watch the moment he's rescued: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOq5g0O9v9s Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello, Olly Mann here with our monthly playback on the last Friday of each month. We resurface an
0:06.8	interview from an older edition of the show which we think deserves your attention again.
0:11.9	And this month, we are bringing you a solid gold classic. It is a middle feature that when I meet
0:18.8	man fans in the street, they sometimes mention to me as their
0:21.8	favourite ever episode. It is nerve shredding at times, I will warn you. It is probably the
0:27.9	closest we've come to making a horror story. But it is also profound. It is the story of Brett
0:34.5	Archibald, who spent more than a day and night stranded alone in the middle
0:41.1	of the ocean. It is gripping, it is dramatic, relatable, sometimes even funny. I met Brett back in
0:48.5	2017, so it's been eight years since we made this, but it remains a favourite for me and for producer Matt.
0:56.0	And actually of all of our interviews, this is the one that has travelled. It was syndicated
1:00.4	on two Radio New Zealand and on BBC Radio 4 Extra, which is all highly unusual for content made
1:06.0	by an independent podcast like us. But, you know, sometimes you get lucky. You find an amazing guest like this who
1:12.6	tells their story so well. And really all I have to do is sit there and listen. If you haven't
1:18.3	heard this one before, you're going to love it. If you have, it's well worth hearing again,
1:23.0	because you can see it kind of as an adventure story or kind kind of as a parable, about keeping your head above
1:29.7	water. I think now that I'm closer in age to the age that Brett is in the story, it's become even
1:36.3	more resonant for me. Lost at Sea. That's this month's modern man playback. And it all starts next.
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