It's the middle of winter, so who better to chat with than Blair Braverman, writer, author, dog musher, and unofficial extreme cold expert about her life in Northern Wisconsin, competing in the Iditarod—the longest dog sled race in the world—and her new book, Small Game, about a survival reality show in the wildnerness that goes awry. Plus we hear from a listener who spends much of her time traveling with animals from between the east and west coasts of the U.S.