Latest / The Thought Atlas Podcast
What If You Had to Leave Everything Familiar to Find Yourself? | Sarah Marshall
What happens when you step outside the world you’ve always known?
Today’s guest is Sarah Marshall, a novelist, former U.S. Navy officer, engineer, traveler, and longtime participant in Burning Man.
Sarah says she left home at 17 and has spent her life exploring—moving between highly structured institutions such as the military and industry and experimental environments that offered very different ways of experiencing community, creativity, and connection.
She has attended Burning Man more than 20 times, and her novel, Playa Dust in My Soul, draws on those experiences to explore belonging…
The skinny
The skinny isn't ready yet — notes appear once the transcript is processed.