Tangentially Speaking with Christopher Ryan

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

Jan 13, 2022

01:37:28

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Did He Love to Travel? Or Was He Doing That for His Audience?

03:15

Is There Something You Wanted in Your Life?

02:02

The Fucking Sand Flies in Paradise

03:00

Introduction

2min

I Don't Think Justin's Alive

4min

The Fucking Sand Flies in Paradise

3min

My Friend Justin Had Many Such Visions of His Demise

2min

Border Tre - A Song About Adventure and Risk

5min

A Lost in the Valley of Death

3min

What's Your First Book?

2min

The Incredibly Beautiful India

4min

Is It Like You're on Another Planet?

2min

10.

What Is the Residence Between Your Father and Justin?

3min

11.

Is It Just Luck?

4min

12.

I Vacillate, I'm a Man, I Miss Him, but I Am Angered at Him

6min

13.

Is Your Dad Taking Photos of Cotochrome?

3min

14.

Did He Love to Travel? Or Was He Doing That for His Audience?

3min

15.

The Sadu's Last Month in the Parverty Valley

2min

16.

Is It a Tragedy or a Tragic End?

2min

17.

Justin's Death

4min

18.

How Did He Develop Intimate Connections With Women?

6min

19.

Is There Something You Wanted in Your Life?

2min

20.

The Razor's Edge

2min

21.

A, Rat in 20 16 Has His First Trip to India

4min

22.

What's Your Final Wish?

4min

23.

The Last Place Justin Called Home Was a Cave

2min

24.

You Goed Looking for the Dude?

4min

25.

Is There Any Chance That He's Alive?

4min

26.

Is There a Way to Die Without Your Physical Body Dying?

5min

27.

Lost in the Valley of Death

3min

28.

Is There a Web Site That People Should Go to to See More of Your Work?

3min

29.

I'll Give Him Hit Every Time I Break Down, Ye

2min

30.

What a Beautiful Image!

4min

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.

Harley on Instagram.

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

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