#134 - Rusty Young's Throwback
- Written by AdventureFit Radio
Rusty Young (born 1975) is an Australian-born writer known for his book, Marching Powder, published in 2003, and based on real life experiences in a Bolivian prison. He’s a commerce/law graduate from the University of New South Wales, who has lived most of his life in Sydney, Australia.
In this podcast, we initially get to know a little more about Rusty’s background before we delve a little more into how he went about writing and eventually publishing Marching Powder. We get a glimpse on his knowledge in the Bolivian prison drug trade and capturing the story while in a prison. Finally we also get a sneak peek on what's happening in his upcoming book Colombiano!
Interesting insights on the writing process, and the reality of storytelling in this pod. Listen to this great conversation guys!
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References:
- Book - Marching Powder
Show Notes:
- Tommy’s tribute. [6:00]
- A little bit of Rusty’s background. [07:50]
- What triggers you in moving into studying Law? [08:55]
- When did you start writing? [10:35]
- Rusty’s source of income. [11:56]
- What brought you on writing Thomas’ story? [13:15]
- What happened to Thomas then? [23:40]
- Interesting story that Rusty did not write in his book. [25:20]
- The writing process. [27:00]
- How do you stay motivated in Colombia? [32:20]
- How did you publish the book? [37:40]
- Rusty explains the types of cocaine. [40:15]
- Rusty shares his experience when he was in prison. [43:55]
- How did people in prison react? [48:25]
- The Marching Powder movie’s cast and staffs. [58:05]
- The Good, Bad and Science. [1:00:15]
- Craziest items that are inappropriate to travel. [1:00:35]
- A man tearing his ears to look like a Parrot. [1:03:25]
- If you could be an animal, what would it be? [1:04:15]
- Who built the Pyramid of Giza? [1:06:25]
- Rusty reasons out why he chooses Colombia above the other. [1:11:55]
- Colombia’s history. [1:17:15]
- The difference between fiction and nonfiction story. [1:21:12]
- Rusty’s experiences on traveling around the world. [1:30:05]
- 6 from 6 [1:37:05]
- Who is your biggest role model? [1:37:35]
- What are the things that you do when you are in downtime? [1:38:25]
- When you invite three people to dinner, who would that be? [1:39:15]
- Where is your favorite travel destination? [1:39:55]
- What is your dream destination? [1:42:25]
- When you are on a desert island, what three things that you would bring? [1:44:05]
Selected Links:
- Marching Powder
- South America
- La Paz
- Ecuador
- Bolivia
- Cocaine
- Thomas McFadden
- Colombia
- San Pedro Prison
- Marijuana
- Crack cocaine
- Cat
- Photographer
- Bribe
- Brad Pitt
- Plan B Entertainment
- Don Cheadle
- Shantaram
- Firearms
- Parrot
- Lion
- Pyramid of Giza
- Graham Hancock
- Central America
- Christopher Columbus
- Peru
- Child soldier
- Drug trafficking
- Pablo Escobar
- Fiction novel
- Kiteboarding
- Boracay, Philippines
- Siclovia
- Nepal
- Macbook Pro

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