Episode #1482
Jordan Jonas
Books mentioned
The Gulag Archipelago
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Coyote America
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Empire of the Summer Moon
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Jordan Jonas, winner of season six of Alone, recounts 77 days surviving in the Canadian wilderness while hunting, fasting, preserving food, and navigating encounters with moose, bears, and other wildlife. He also discusses time among the Evenki in Siberia, survival skills, Indigenous displacement and nomadic life, nature-based restoration, and his interest in future expeditions and conservation work.
What they talked about
- Winning Alone after 77 days
- Growing up on an Idaho farm
- Moving to Siberia at age 21
- Learning Russian from ex-cons
- Living with Evenki reindeer herders
- Wolverine stealing moose fat
- Bow hunting and survival gear choices
- Mental skills for survival
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