Last Empty Places

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]

Finding a Waypoint Home

Dehydration on Mt. Rainier, white water rapids, pulling a 100 foot house boat with rope, and slot canyon-level focus. Peter Stark and Jimmy Mac welcome Army combat vet Sarah Lee, founder of Waypoint Vets, a charity that provides transformative wilderness adventures for veterans. Sarah discusses how losing the identity and structure of military life brought her to rock bottom, how getting lost kept her from losing herself, and the clean slate feeling of an empty place. She also explains how Waypoint Vets curates adventures for seekers of all levels and abilities that help vets find meaning and rewrite what they thought they were capable of through shared experiences and trust in others–and themselves. Find Waypoint Vets at waypointvets.org [http://waypointvets.org]. Visit us at peterstarkauthor.com [http://peterstarkauthor.com], and on YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZXjqXRDFxviTt5XuSU0rzQ]. A Planet Clare Production | planetclareproductions.com [http://planetclareproductions.com]

Lost Is a State of Mind

Peter Stark and Jimmy Mac uncover metaphors for loss as they discuss the transformative experience of starting anew–including Peter’s very own origin story that took him from the depths of the 1973 oil crisis to the peaks of the Himalayas, and back again. Plus: What to do when you want to panic, what happens when the center does not hold, what incites the world’s greatest stories–and a look at Lord of the Flies. Visit us at peterstarkauthor.com [http://peterstarkauthor.com/], and on YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZXjqXRDFxviTt5XuSU0rzQ]. A Planet Clare Production | planetclareproductions.com [http://planetclareproductions.com/]