He’s the first to say it, he’s no adventurer.

And yet somehow he’s found himself tracking down Giant Squid in the middle of the night during a hurricane on the ocean and trekking through the wilds of the Amazon in search of a legendary explorer who went missing in the 1920s.

The author of The Lost City of Z (one of my favorite books) and The Devil and Sherlock Holmes, David Grann.

Today he joins us to talk about how he got his start as a journalist and how he’s experienced some crazy adventures in pursuit of his stories.

Because even if you’re not looking for adventure, sometimes it comes looking for you.

This is part one of a two-part interview. Check back tomorrow for part II.

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In This Episode:

His journey to becoming a writer.
The news story that led him down his long-form path.
Where his ideas come from.
Some of the troubles he’s landed in on his research trips.
Being caught in the middle of a hurricane, in the middle of the night on a boat.

and much more!

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