About this episode

The episode recounts the harrowing survival story of Lauren Elder after her plane crashes in the Sierra Mountains.

It’s 1976, and a 20-something aspiring painter, Lauren Elder, is flying over California’s Sierra Mountains to pick up a cat named Ferocious. When the plane crashes, she’s faced with a decision: stay and wait for rescue, or cross a wilderness where—in her hallucinatory state—she can’t even tell what's real. Sources for this episode include the book And I Alone Survived by Lauren Elder and Shirley Streshinsky, articles in Artforum and the LA Times by Maria Borges and Cecilia Rasmussen, LaurenElder.com , and the Women Eco-Artists Dialogue ( weadartists.org ). https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-may-07-me-then7-story.html https://www.artforum.com/events/lauren-elder-216640/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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