Reid Mitenbuler is an author, a journalist, and an Air Force veteran.
His latest book, Wanderlust: An Eccentric Explorer, An Epic Journey, A Lost Age tells the untold story of the twentieth century’s most interesting man.
Peter Freuchen was a Danish explorer, globetrotter, novelist, journalist, actor, and game show contestant.
An imposingly large man (he stood over 6 '5”) with a wildly unkempt beard and a stiff wooden leg, the very image of Freuchen invites curiosity. Wanderlust, Reid’s latest excellent work, explores the life of an explorer in which you’re bound to get lost!
In this episode, Reid and I discuss:
The arresting image of Peter Freuchen; His three wives and their influence on him; His expeditions to the Arctic; Discovering the “top of the world’; Interactions with the indigenous Inuit people; The diet of the Inuit and their sexual practices; Bohemianism, within and out Europe; Freuchen’s eclectic politics; Nazism and Bolshevism; The virtues of being contrarian; The “Explorer’s Spirit”; The golden age of animation; The evolution of cartoons; Popeye and South Park; What is Whiskey?; The History of Whiskey in America; The Whiskey Rebellion; Alexander Hamilton v. Thomas Jefferson; How to be an author and publish a book; The writing process; and MUCH more!
Visit your local bookstore (or the links below) to get your hands on Reid’s three fine books:
Wild Minds: The artists and Rivalries that Inspired the Golden Age of Animation
Bourbon Empire: The Past and Future of America’s Whiskey
Wanderlust: An Eccentric Explorer, An Epic Journey, A Lost Age
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