The Roamers Book Club
A book club for those full of wanderlust, the ramblers, the globetrotters, and the wayfarers. Each month Christine and Kyle read and discuss an adventure book that they hope will inspire courage and adventure in their own lives and the lives of their listeners.
- Update frequency
- every 63 days
- Average duration
- 49 minutes
- Episodes
- 21
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2023
A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail
In 1995 travel writer Bill Bryson was living in the United States after residing in England for over twenty years and longed to reconnect with the country he once knew. Despite having little knowledg…
Into Thin Air - Jon Krakauer
In 1996 author Jon Krakauer joined a Mount Everest expedition to document the recent commercialization of the world's highest peak. As an experienced alpinist, Krakauer understood the inherent danger…
The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon - Stephen King
Have you ever been lost in the woods? Did you immediately ball up in the fetal position and scream for help? Stephen King's, The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon follows the story of Tricia McFarland, a nin…
The White Heart of Mojave by Edna Brush Perkins
After a long fight on the front lines of the women's suffrage movement Edna Brush Perkins and her friend Charlotte Jordan needed a vacation so they did what anyone would do to unwind and traveled for…
Sprinting Through No Man's Land: Endurance, Tragedy, and Rebirth in the 1919 Tour de France by Adin Dobkin
The Roamers dive into the book Sprinting Through No Man's Land by Adin Dobkin who painstakingly chronicled the journey of the 1919 Tour de France cyclists many of whom had recently completed service …
Wild by Cheryl Strayed
The Roamers discuss Cheryl Strayed's book Wild which was adapted into the film of the same name staring Reese Witherspoon. In 1995 Strayed set out on the Pacific Crest Trail to traverse 1,100 miles o…
Lost in the Jungle by Yossi Ghinsberg
Christine and Kyle read Lost in the Jungle by Yossi Ghinsberg which chronicles the time that Ghinsberg........got lost in the jungle. In 1981 he and three other backpackers tromped into the Amazon ju…
Riding On - A Shake the Sleeping Self follow up
The book club revisits Jedediah Jenkins book, To Shake the Sleeping Self by talking to some long distance cyclists about what they're experiences on the road and what they've learned from being on th…
Desert Solitaire by Edward Abbey
For two years in the 1950's Edward Abbey worked as a park ranger in Arches National Park (then monument) spending most of his time alone, contemplating the desert environment, humans relationship to …
Further Downstream - An interview with rafting expert Seth Peterson
As a follow up to Running the Amazon by Joe Kane, Christine interviewed her younger brother Seth Peterson who is a high skilled whitewater rafting and kyaking guide in the Pacific Northwest.
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Running the Amazon by Joe Kane
In 1986 a ragtag team of twelve explorers attempted to kayak the Amazon from source to sea. Their journey began 16,000 feet up in the Peruvian Andes and ended 4,200 miles away at the Atlantic Ocean. …
Welcome to the Goddamn Ice Cube: Chasing Fear and Finding Home in the Great White North
Throughout her teens and twenties Blair Braverman proved to herself that she could survive some of the coldest environments in the world while learning to drive sled dogs. Norway continuously beckone…
To Shake the Sleeping Self by Jedidiah Jenkins
Would you quit your dream job for an epic bike ride? Does travel result in life changing epiphanies? What impact do your parents have on who you become as an adult? The Roamers discuss Jedidiah Jenki…
Texas Talk with MK Paulsen
In Travels with Charley John Steinbeck wrote, "Once you are in Texas it seems to take forever to get out and some people never make it." Our Texas correspondent, MK Paulsen made it out, but will alwa…
Travels With Charley: In Search of America: John Steinbeck
How does the current state of America compare to that of the 1960's? Has progress been made? Are cities doomed to fail? What great adventure is on your bucket list? Christine and Kyle attempt to answ…
Soaring to Glory: A Tuskegee Airman's Firsthand Account of World War II
This month the Roamers Book Club read Soaring to Glory: A Tuskegee Airman's Firsthand Account of WWII. It is the remarkable story of Lt. Col. Harry Stewart Jr.--one of the last surviving members of …
The Snow Leopard by Peter Matthiessen
Following the death of his wife, Peter Matthiessen set out on a journey in 1973 through the Himalayas of Nepal with the goal of spotting the elusive snow leopard, but was he searching for something …
Following Tracks
We received a passionate opinion from a loyal Roamers member about Robyn Davidson's Tracks and we learned more about camels! Next week we'll be releasing our third episode which covers Peter Matthies…
Tracks by Robyn Davidson
"The most difficult part of any endeavor is taking the first step, making the first decision." We discuss Tracks by Robyn Davidson and her empowering 273-day, 1700-mile trek across the western Austra…
Kon Tiki - By Raft Across the South Seas
This episode of Roamers covers Kon Tiki which was a 1947 expedition where the author, Thor Heyerdahl and five others set out on an adventure as they sailed on a log raft from Peru to the Polynesian i…