The Bluebelle w. Blair Braverman
3/4/20261 hr 17 min
Do we ever finish surviving? Sarah tells Survival Correspondent Blair Braverman the incredible story of 11-year-old Terry Jo Duperrault, who was lost at sea for several days on a flimsy cork dinghy. She also explains the sinister truth behind the “accident” that set her adrift, her harrowing time on the open ocean, and what her life was like after she became a survivor. Along the way, Sarah and Blair discuss the tragedy of having your story silenced, the big things that help us pull through the impossible, and how, in Terry Jo’s case and in our own, survival is never really over. Digressions include: the iconic waterski teams of Green Bay, the usefulness of sled dog armpits, and whether or not we can trust handsome men.
Note: This episode is about surviving not just nature, but also violent crime. This episode also involves suicide. Please listen with care.
Produced + edited by Miranda Zickler
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First 90 secondsSarah Marshall· Host0:01
There's a sled dog grunt in my soup. Lower your voice or everyone will want some. [upbeat music] Welcome to You're Wrong About. I'm Sarah Marshall, and this week we are joined by our wonderful survival correspondent, Blair Braverman, except this time I'm telling her a story about what happened aboard the Bluebell and why an 11-year-old girl was its sole survivor. It's a survival story, and it's also a true crime story and a story involving suicide, so please listen with care. And now, let's go talk to our friend Blair Braverman and learn about survival in many different senses of the word. [upbeat music] Welcome to You're Wrong About, the podcast where we're surviving, and with me today is Blair Braverman, noted survivalist, and everyone listening today is surviving things right now, and we are gonna talk about another survival story and make a beautiful survival parfait. Blair, hello.
Blair Braverman1:16
Sarah Marshall.
Sarah Marshall· Host1:18
[laughs] I love using the term survival parfait with you.
Blair Braverman1:23
I, I've tried to think of a j- I don't have one. I'm not fast enough.
Sarah Marshall· Host1:27
Yeah.
Blair Braverman1:27
But, uh- It's okay.
Sarah Marshall· Host1:28
You'll think of a trauma dessert