Lost Contingencies

The Dogs of Kilimanjaro

Fresh off a Kilimanjaro hike for a worthy cause, veteran and Sierra Delta founder BJ Ganem joins Peter and Jimmy for a conversation about adventure, purpose, and the strange ways we find our bearings in life. Drawing on his deep passion for our four-legged companions, BJ explores how man’s best friend may also be the best safeguard against ever truly getting lost. Along the way, Peter travels across Canada with a dog sled team, while Jimmy reflects on why sharing your life with a pet might be the closest thing we get to a preview of heaven. Learn more about Sierra Delta at sierradelta.com [http://sierradelta.com] and find the Waterboys at waterboys.org [http://waterboys.org]. Visit us at peterstarkauthor.com [http://peterstarkauthor.com], and on YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZXjqXRDFxviTt5XuSU0rzQ]. Follow us @lastemptyplaces [https://www.instagram.com/lastemptyplaces/?hl=en] on Instagram A Planet Clare Production | planetclareproductions.com [http://planetclareproductions.com]

You May Find Yourself...

From “The D.H. Lawrence Room” in a New Mexico hotel, Peter joins Jimmy for a conversation that begins as a continuation of their discussion about contingencies for getting lost, before drifting somewhere stranger and more transcendent—into the idea of abandoning past and future entirely in order to exist fully within the immediate wilderness. Visit us at peterstarkauthor.com [http://peterstarkauthor.com], and on YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZXjqXRDFxviTt5XuSU0rzQ]. Follow us @lastemptyplaces [https://www.instagram.com/lastemptyplaces/?hl=en] on Instagram A Planet Clare Production | planetclareproductions.com [http://planetclareproductions.com]

Lost Contingencies

It isn't an adventure without the risk of being lost. Accepting that reality could be the difference between life and death. Peter and Jimmy discuss the difference between being lost with a plan versus the terror that comes with realizing you have no way home. Visit us at peterstarkauthor.com [http://peterstarkauthor.com], and on YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZXjqXRDFxviTt5XuSU0rzQ]. Follow us @lastemptyplaces [https://www.instagram.com/lastemptyplaces/?hl=en] on Instagram A Planet Clare Production | planetclareproductions.com [http://planetclareproductions.com]

We Lost It at the Movies

Jimmy and Peter head into Hollywood’s treacherous development hell with returning guest Michael Punke, author of The Revenant, and celebrated screenwriter Tab Murphy (Gorillas in the Mist). What begins as a conversation about screenwriting and adaptation opens into something deeper: mountain men, Jeremiah Johnson, the creative power of empty places, and the value of stripping a story down to its bare essentials. Along the way, they kick around the question of whether's America’s independent spirit began with a man in buckskins trying to sell a beaver pelt? Follow Tab Murphy @talbotmurphy [https://www.instagram.com/talbotmurphy/] on Instagram. Follow Michael Punke at @mwpunke [https://www.instagram.com/mwpunke/?hl=en] on Instagram and @MPunke [https://x.com/MPunke] on Twitter. Visit us at peterstarkauthor.com [http://peterstarkauthor.com], and on YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZXjqXRDFxviTt5XuSU0rzQ]. Follow us @lastemptyplaces [https://www.instagram.com/lastemptyplaces/?hl=en] on Instagram A Planet Clare Production | planetclareproductions.com [http://planetclareproductions.com]

Revenants and Mountain Men

Peter and Jimmy discuss being lost, the art of historical fiction, and getting lost in Hollywood development with Michael Punke, author of "The Revenant." While in their conversational wanderings, they find time to reflect on how physical ailments, injuries, and mental health issues amplify what it means to be without a map. Michael also takes a moment to describe building a rifle. Follow Michael Punke at @mwpunke [https://www.instagram.com/mwpunke/?hl=en] on Instagram and @MPunke [https://x.com/MPunke] on Twitter Visit us at peterstarkauthor.com [http://peterstarkauthor.com], and on YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZXjqXRDFxviTt5XuSU0rzQ]. Follow us @lastemptyplaces [https://www.instagram.com/lastemptyplaces/?hl=en] on Instagram A Planet Clare Production | planetclareproductions.com [http://planetclareproductions.com]