This post first appeared Nov. 23, 2022. It runs again now because of its timeliness, as we approach the end of one year, the beginning of another.
It was the podcast you hope for setting out for a long walk: a tale of adventure and intrigue from a distant time that makes you think, Man, I wish I’d been there. That sense of longing fades to wistfulness when you realize you could have been there. Or some place very much like it.