{"id":6277,"date":"2025-06-16T12:01:58","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T16:01:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/?p=6277"},"modified":"2025-06-15T22:52:33","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T02:52:33","slug":"episode-267-hatchet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/episode-267-hatchet\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 267 &#8211; Hatchet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/hatchet.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6278\" src=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/hatchet-201x300.jpg\" alt=\"Hatchet by Gary Paulsem\" width=\"201\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/hatchet-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/hatchet-147x220.jpg 147w, https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/hatchet.jpg 268w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 201px) 100vw, 201px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;re getting back to nature with this Flashback Summer episode. <a href=\"https:\/\/waltmcgough.com\/\">Walt McGough<\/a>, playwright, <a href=\"https:\/\/firsttimeatthetable.com\/\">professional dungeon master<\/a>, and Duartensian janitor, joined us in the Canadian wilderness to discuss <a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9781416936473\"><em>Hatchet<\/em> by Gary Paulsen<\/a>. Make sure to download a copy of this episode for your emergency Go Bag!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Readers advisory:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/readers-advisory-episode-267-hatchet\">Here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Footnotes:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/episode-200-200th-episode-dazzling-spectacular\/\">Episode #200 (featuring Walt DMing our D&amp;D game set in the land of Duartensia)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Coming up next:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/bookshop.org\/a\/5209\/9780345391803\"><em>The Hitchhiker&#8217;s Guide to the Galaxy<\/em> by Douglas Adams<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9925\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-6277-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/the_worst_bestsellers\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/audio\/267Hatchet.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/the_worst_bestsellers\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/audio\/267Hatchet.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/the_worst_bestsellers\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/audio\/267Hatchet.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/the_worst_bestsellers\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/audio\/267Hatchet.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/?powerpress_pinw=6277-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/the_worst_bestsellers\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-content\/uploads\/audio\/267Hatchet.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"267Hatchet.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re getting back to nature with this Flashback Summer episode. Walt McGough, playwright, professional dungeon master, and Duartensian janitor, joined us in the Canadian wilderness to discuss Hatchet by Gary Paulsen. Make sure to download a copy of this episode &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/episode-267-hatchet\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[850,639,875,6],"class_list":["post-6277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-podcasts","tag-flashback-summer","tag-gary-paulsen","tag-hatchet","tag-podcast"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6277","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6277"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6277\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6294,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6277\/revisions\/6294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.frowl.org\/worstbestsellers\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}