How To Survive with Danielle &amp; Kristine

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How To Survive Isolation & Horrible Neighbors with Sharon Houston Nov 29, 2022

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Danielle and Kristine learn how to survive extreme isolation, and the delightful Sharon Houston discusses her nightmare neighbors.

Danielle was aided in her research by this article from the BBC, How Extreme Isolation Warps Minds.

And she also got into some of the Covid tips for the Lockdown.

Here's a fun article about how the lockdown affected introverts & extroverts differently.

Danielle shared the harrowing story of Sarah Shourd, an American imprisoned in Iran in extreme isolation for 410 days. If you'd like to learn more about Sarah's experience, watch the documentary here, CNN also covered the story, and you can learn more about Sarah Shourd at her website.

Then it was time for our most excellent guest Sharon Houston. She shared an insane neighbor story for the ages. Have your own nightmare neighbor story you want to share? Email us at podcasthowtosurvive@gmail.com and tell us all about it.

A Chilling Look Inside North Korean Prison Camps

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How To Survive Thanksgiving with Danielle Fishel Nov 22, 2022

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Danielle and Kristine learn how to Thanksgiving with family, and it's a Dish reunion as the wonderful Danielle Fishel joins us to talk about surviving Thanksgiving with young kids!

Since most of us don’t live inside a Nancy Meyers movie, Thanksgiving isn’t that treasured holiday full of warm cozy feelings and LL Bean Sweaters.

Maybe you have a toxic family member or members? Well on this episode of HTS, we are going to give you some tips on how to not only Survive this holiday season BUT ENJOY THE HELL OUT OF IT.

HTS shared some tips Courtesy of an Article From Bustle

In a Guardian piece by Christina Wyman, she postulates that the obligation to be with family is built into the fabric of American culture. You’ll see it in every Holiday advertisement, movie, and holiday-themed show that fetishizes this idea of the loving nuclear family as opposed to hanging out with friends or going to a movie alone.

How to Survive Thanksgiving with a QAnon Family Member

Thank you to Vice & Slate for so much fascinating information

The number of people sitting down to dinner with family and friends who are believers in QAnon is pretty nuts. The current reports put it at 1 in 5 Americans (41 million)

Here is the fascinating story of the woman who was radicalized overnight.

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How To Survive North Korea and The Wrong Village in Northern Germany with J. Keith van Straaten Nov 15, 2022

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Danielle and Kristine learned how to survive North Korea this week, and our friend J. Keith van Straaten joins us to talk about when he found himself in the wrong village in Northern Germany.

For some history of the world's most repressive regime and the last closed totalitarian state, Human Rights Watch is a great place to start.

To understand more about the Cult of Personality and Juche, Vox has a great explainer.

Here's an NPR piece that you can listen to or read.

And if you can't get enough, some more about the gulags.

First Story of Escape: Shin Dong-hyuk

His story is famously told in the book Escape From Camp 14

If you want to read about the admitted inaccuracies in his report, this Washington Post piece is excellent.

Next Up: The Lover & The Despot

This is a crazy documentary (watch the trailer here) that you can stream on Amazon Prime. This KPCC review has some fun pics, including the one below.

There wasn't time to get into this, but Assassins looks insane. You can also hear the incredible story in podcast form.

Check out J. Keith van Straaten's podcast!

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How To Survive A Car on Fire & "Dude Where's My Car," with Phil Stark Nov 08, 2022

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This week Danielle and Kristine learn how to survive a burning car, and comedy writer Phil Stark joins us to talk about his journey from writing "Dude, Where's My Car?" to his career as a therapist.

Here's some helpful general information on car explosions, so you know what to watch out for.

What about rising temperatures? Does that affect the danger? Read this!

Was this Tesla possessed by the Devil?

Here is a brief re-telling of the Pinto's deadly history and the original Mother Jones expose that brought the Pinto down.

Remember back in 2016 when those Samsung phones kept exploding? Here's an article that reveals the cause; surprisingly, it wasn't our combined stress hormones. However, it looks like Samsung continues to be plagued by phones catching fire, and batteries being too swole.

We were thrilled to be joined by the therapist and film and television screenwriter Philip Stark for the second half, who shared his story of finding a second career after massive success in Hollywood. Buy his book!

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How To Survive Everest & Falling Off A Cliff with Amanda Deibert Nov 01, 2022

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This week Danielle and Kristine learn how to survive climbing Mount Everest, and our new friend Amanda Deibert joins us to talk about the time she fell off a cliff at the absolute worst time possible.

Kristine dug into the topic without any supplemental oxygen and got a wealth of information from National Geographic,

What makes Everest so Deadly from Livescience

How Climbers Are Ruining Everest from Reader's Digest

Some Tips on Climbing Everest from CNN

Want to take a tour of Everest Base Camp?

According to Wikipedia, Ken and Kevin are the two contenders for male Karen.

Doesn't the Khumbu Ice Fall sound relaxing? Sign up for our newsletter to see the video of someone falling! (don't worry, they don't die.)

In case you want more information about deaths on Everest.

A short video on the first two men to summit Everest, although some speculate it could've been George Mallory

Your odds of dying if you try to climb Everest are 1 in 100 (less than 1%). Here are some comparison numbers of other ways to go.

There are tons of survival tales to be found regarding Everest. But Lincoln Hall's captivated us. You can also watch an entire documentary on his rescue on youtube.

Want more movies on Everest? Here is a list!

We were thrilled to be joined by comic book writer, screenwriter, and graphic novelist Amanda Deibert for the second half, who shared a fantastic story of falling off the Appalachians in a very awkward situation.