Alex Zharov

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122 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Mar 2026 last heard 15 Mar

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This American Life · 628: In the Shadow of the City · 15 Mar 2026 podcast

We didn't know where we were.

And then we realized we weren't going to make it anywhere.

And we're like, in the morning, we'll figure out what to do.

So we went to sleep.

I swam really violently to get myself warmed up.

And by the middle, I got really tired, and it was really cold.

And I'm like, oh, it's much worse than I thought.

And there's birds flying, like, peeking on me.

I'm like, these crazy, strange, far-away birds are going to bite me or something, you know?

And I got really lucky, because my legs suddenly hit the...

hit the bottom, and I'm like, and I was so happy when I came out there, I was so cold, but I was happy, okay, and I was definitely sure that it was civilization, because tall buildings were right behind the trees, they were like, and the bridge was right over there, and I'm like, oh, finally, and I was even singing a song walking, and the birds were screaming something to me, and I'm like, yeah, yeah, you know, I made it.

Because I thought we were going to be stuck there for a really long time, maybe for the whole day.

The only thing I could do is just try to get to civilization.

And especially these islands, they were pressuring me to go there.

They were so close.

And I got really bored.

I wake up in the morning.

I don't want to stay in one spot on the yacht and think about how we're going to get saved.

I really want to do something.

And I'm like, OK, I'm going to have this little adventure.

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