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“Speaking as someone who is fat, balding and desk-bound, Cahall’s adventures take me into the throat of a beast that I may never see in real life. They are a lifeline to the dreams of wildness that stir in the back of my medulla oblongata. To paraphrase what Albert Newman said about the three bone rattling years he spent preparing to free-climb Tooth Rock--what would I be doing if I wasn’t listening to Dirtbag Diaries? Probably smoking crack. Cahall’s podcasts owe more than a little in style and tone to Ira Glass and This American Life, but it’s a good place for a boy to start. The production values are sometimes rough around the edges, and that fits nicely with the dirtbag ethos. I wouldn’t mind a few more rough edges if it meant getting even closer to the nitty and the gritty. Cahall’s prose is evocative and compelling, yet sometimes it can distance us from the action instead of pulling us into the chest cavity and pressing us against the beating heart of adventure. The music selections are excellent, giving fullness and body to each of the episodes. All in all, the first six adventures strike me as the sound of someone who is just starting to settle into the loping stride of an ultramarathon, and I hope many more will follow.”
WildRye via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
05/23/07
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“Thanks for your professionalism about a lifestyle that seems to most to be anything but professional. You are a familiar voice to those who have lived it.”
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“This podcast is as good as it gets for dirtbags and wannabes. If you aren't a dirtbag, even if you never want to be one, it might be worth it to listen to this podcast just to understand them. If you don't know what a dirtbag really is (or if you don't think dirtbags generally do...”Read full review »
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