510 - Harley Rustad (Author of Book About Justin Alexander)

01/13/22 • 97 min

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Tangentially Speaking with Christopher Ryan

Harley is the author of Lost in the Valley of Death, about the life and (probable) death of my friend (and former podcast guest), Justin Alexander. Pico Iyer, one of the best living travel writers, described Harley's book as, “One of the most haunting books of recent times. ... Somerset Maugham’s classic Razor’s Edge updated to the Age of Instagram."

My conversations with Justin are here and here. His Instagram feed is here.

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Intro music: “Brightside of the Sun,” by Basin and Range; "Border Country," by the Paper Stars.

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My conversations with Justin are here and here. His Instagram feed is here.

Harley on Instagram.

Find me on Instagram or Twitter.

Please consider supporting this podcast.

This Amazon affiliate link kicks a few bucks back my way.

Intro music: “Brightside of the Sun,” by Basin and Range; "Border Country," by the Paper Stars.

This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit chrisryan.substack.com/subscribe

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Intro music: “Brightside of the Sun,” by Basin and Range; "Mulata," by Raul Paz; "Elvis on the Radio, Steel Guitar in My Soul" by The KLF.

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Music: "Civilized to Death," by Jack Stafford; "Carefree Highway," by Gordon Lightfoot.

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