Welcome to your wrong about the podcast where every so often we get to share something brand new and very exciting with you.

And that means that today you will be listening to the world premiere of survival correspondent Blair Braverman's new podcast, What to Carry, What to Burn.

I'm so excited about this. I got to be the guest on this inaugural episode. It is about

the friendly Arctic and the survival of Ada Blackjack. If you've been listening to the show

for a while, then there's a very good chance that Blair has guested in some of your favorite episodes

as well as mine, including Survival in the Andes, Chris McCandless, Aaron Walsden,

the Oro Lynn, and my personal favorite, Balto. Blair is an amazing writer and journalist

and my favorite storyteller in the world. And now we get to listen to a whole podcast where she will tell us stories

and bring us to that campfire that we go to whenever we get to hear from her. And I'm so

happy to be around this crackling fire listening to the story with you. This episode was edited

by Blair Braverman. And if you want to hear the second half

of Ada's story, which I also recorded with Blair, and to subscribe to the rest of the series,

you can visit the links in our show notes. I'm so happy. You're here. I'm so happy to get to share

this brand new, amazing show with you. And now here is the very first

episode of what to carry, what to burn. I'm going to hire this untrained 20-year-old as the

captain of my expedition,

what could possibly go wrong.

I'm your host, Blair Braverman, and I'm a right. Welcome to a brand new podcast, What to Carry, What to Burn.

I'm your host, Blair Braverman, and I'm a writer, an adventurer, and a long-distance dog sledder.

This is a podcast of stories about the ways we stay alive.

Today, my guest is Sarah Marshall, host of the podcast you're wrong about, and also my very good friend,

and I will be telling her the true story of Ada Blackjack. This story does have some difficult topics, including abuse and attempted suicide. So please look out for yourself and only listen if you're

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