Review: What To Burn, What To Carry Tells the Stories of People Confronted With Disaster

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Mangu-Ward, K. (2026, September 4). Review: What To Burn, What To Carry Tells the Stories of People Confronted With Disaster. Reason. https://reason.com/2026/09/04/what-to-burn-what-to-carry/

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Blair Braverman's newly launched podcast "What To Burn, What To Carry" has released six episodes so far. The podcast combines technical detail with suspenseful storytelling, appealing to both history enthusiasts and fans of true-crime podcasts. One episode tells the story of a woman who survived a 1976 plane crash in the Sierra Nevada by hallucinating her way out. Braverman's expertise as an adventurer and dogsledder is showcased throughout the podcast.

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Blair Braverman's new podcast What To Burn, What To Carry has released six episodes so far, with the first two focusing on her expertise as an adventurer, including a disastrous 1920s Arctic expedition where sled dog management was crucial to the plot. However, it is the later episodes that showcase Braverman's storytelling skills, particularly in one about a woman who survived a 1976 plane crash in the Sierra Nevada mountains after hallucinating and finding her way out alive. The podcast combines technical detail with emotional intensity, making it appealing to both history enthusiasts and fans of true-crime stories. It centers around people's ability to problem-solve and overcome challenges in the face of disaster, scarcity, and adversity.

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Who wrote this

Katherine Mangu-Ward

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🔮 You might even say I make…a good faith effort.

2026-10-01 · assertive framing · The Case for Good Faith

🔮 The podcast nicely combines the kind of technical detail and depth that a history dad might appreciate with the suspenseful emotional intensity that a true-crime girly longs for.

2026-09-04 · mixed framing · Review: What To Burn, What To Carry Tells the Stories of People Confronted With Disaster

Also by Katherine Mangu-Ward

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2026-10-01 · Reason

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But Braverman's qualities as a storyteller come through better in later episodes, especially one about how a lost woman hallucinating after a 1976 plane crash made it out of the Sierra Nevada alive.

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🔮 The podcast nicely combines the kind of technical detail and depth that a history dad might appreciate with the suspenseful emotional intensity that a true-crime girly longs for.

2026-09-04 · Reason

Review: What To Burn, What To Carry Tells the Stories of People Confronted With Disaster · mixed framing

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The first two lean into her expertise, with a disastrous 1920s Arctic expedition whose plot occasionally pivots on the selection and management of sled dogs. asserted

plot → lean → dogs

But Braverman's qualities as a storyteller come through better in later episodes, especially one about how a lost woman hallucinating after a 1976 plane crash made it out of the Sierra Nevada alive. asserted

woman → come → Nevada

The podcast nicely combines the kind of technical detail and depth that a history dad might appreciate with the suspenseful emotional intensity that a true-crime girly longs for. uncertain

girly → combine → that

Above all, this podcast is for those who appreciate stories about people's ability to figure things out in a world full of disaster, scarcity, and challenge. asserted

who → appreciate → disaster