About this episode

The episode discusses the collapse of a utopian community on Floreana Island during the Great Depression with author Abbott Kahler.

At the beginning of the Great Depression, three groups of Germans moved to Floreana Island in the Galápagos to create their own utopia. Over the coming years, paradise crumbled into sex, acrimony, and eventually murder. Author Abbott Kahler joins Alex and Boney to ask what the hell happened and to convince you to buy Abbott's book, in just 15 minutes. Patreon members get extra time: 15 more minutes, in which you get to see behind the scenes and find out how the book was written. You can subscribe here: https://www.patreon.com/cw/15MinuteBookClub Buy Eden Undone: A True Story of Sex, Murder and Utopia at the Dawn of World War II by Abbott Kahler at our Bookshop.org shop. Support authors, indie bookshops and us! UK Link - https://uk.bookshop.org/a/16621/9780008729721 US Link - https://bookshop.org/a/118682/9780451498663 Visit our Bookshop with books from all of our guests via the links below: (UK) https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/15MinuteBookClub (US) https://bookshop.org/shop/15MinuteBookClub Patreon members get extra time: 15 more minutes, in which you get to see behind the scenes and find out how the book was written. You can subscribe here…

People in this episode

Hosts: Alex Churchill, Matt Bone

Guest: Abbott Kahler

Topics covered

• utopia
• murder
• Great Depression
• Galápagos
• history
• books

Keywords

• Eden Undone
• Abbott Kahler
• utopia
• murder
• Great Depression
• Floreana Island
• Galápagos
• history
• books

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Patreon, Bookshop.org

Books & works: Eden Undone: A True Story of Sex, Murder and Utopia at the Dawn of World War II

Places: Floreana Island, Galápagos

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