About this episode

The episode discusses Jack London's story 'To Build A Fire', focusing on survival in extreme cold and the human experience in unforgiving landscapes.

A man travels through the Yukon at seventy-five below zero. He is practical. He is experienced. He is not wise enough. Jack London wrote this in 1908 after his own time in the Klondike, and he stripped it of everything except cold, distance, and the small decisions that separate the living from the frozen. There is no villain here. Only temperature, and the certainty that the landscape does not forgive. Recorded in the room, but tonight the room is very far away. Some stories take you somewhere the fire cannot follow. Written Works for You, By You — where your words get their first yes, out loud, where someone can hear them. Submissions always open: writtenworksforyoubyyou@gmail.com I'm still listening. Leave a five-star review for a shout out: Reddit : ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠wwfyby⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ . Instagram : ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@writtenworksforyoubyyou⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ . Website : ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠writtenworksforyoubyyou.carrd.co⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Available on Spotify, Apple, Amazon Music, iHeartRadio, and wherever you listen. The room is open. I'm still listening.

People in this episode

Host: Lourdes

Topics covered

• Yukon
• survival
• cold
• Jack London
• literature
• decision making

Keywords

• Jack London
• To Build A Fire
• Yukon
• survival
• cold
• literature
• decision making

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