Ep. 102: North Sentinel Island: Violence, Audacity, and Coconuts

About this episode

Ian and Liv discuss the uncontacted inhabitants of North Sentinel Island and their violent defense of their territory.

Coconuts have a shockingly high street value. In this one, Ian and Liv talk about an island off the coast of India where the inhabitants have remain completely uncontacted by the rest of the world, and have defended their island with primitive violence for the last 200 years. Despite local laws prohibiting island interaction, people (yes, plural) have tempted their fate on North Sentinel Island. Also, Ian comes up with a new podcast idea. Liv redefines dating.

People in this episode

Hosts: Ian Terbovich, Olivia Scarano

Topics covered

• uncontacted tribes
• island culture
• primitive violence
• local laws
• dating

Keywords

• North Sentinel Island
• uncontacted tribes
• violence
• coconuts
• India
• local laws
• dating

Mentioned in this episode

Places: North Sentinel Island, India

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